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of Berlin. CHARLOTTENBURG. Sectimi 12. isi
beautiful stained-glass windows by Linnemann, representing Moses and
the four major Prophets. In the choir are statues of the Evangelists
by Janensch and Wenck; of SS. Peter and Paul, by Tlaverkamp; and
of Luther and Melanchthon, by 0. Lessing. The altar, the pulpit, and the
font are elaborate works in Istrian limestone, marble, and bronze. Beneath
the altar-canopy is a figure of Christ in the attitude of blessing, by
Schaper. To the left of the altar is the richly decorated imperial pew,
with a Jerusalem cross in mosaic. The vaulting of the Crossing, which
is 69 ft. square and 82 ft. high, bears colossal figures (21 ft. in height)
of four archangels and four fathers of the church. Beneath hangs a
handsome circular chandelier, 18 ft. in diameter, ornamented with apostles'
heads. The rose-windows in the transepts, each framed in mosaic, arc
filled with stained glass, by Get yes, representing the Presentation in
the Temple and the Resurrection; adjacent, the Last Supper and the
Entry into Jerusalem, mosaics after Pfannschmidt. The windows in
the Nave are filled with scenes from the life of Christ (above) and the
Christian virtues (below). Below the Organ Gallery arc mosaics after
Seliger, Mary and Martha, Christ and the centurion of Capernaum. The
organ, with a case in forged copper, has 80 stops and 4800 pipes.
The Tower has a peal of five bells cast from the metal of captured
cannon and worked by electricity. The belfry-stage commands a beau¬
tiful view of the AV. environs of Berlin.
The Romanesque houses opposite each end of the church are
also by Scliwechten. The neighbouring Exhibition Hull of the
Zoological Garden, 210 yds. in length, shows also Romanesque
forms (restaurant, sec p. 177). Among the streets radiating from
the church, the Kurfuhstkn-Pamm, an avenue leading to Halensee
(p. 184), is the most conspicuous for its many handsome structures.
At Nos. 208-9 is the exhibition of the Berliner Secession (PI. G, 7;
adm., see p. 37). — At Kant-Str. 12, near the Stadtbahn, is the
elegantly fitted up Theater des Wesfens (PI. G, 10; p. 28), built in
1890 by Sehring.
A little to the S. of the Emp. William Memorial Church begins
Wilmersdorf, a town with 84,000 inhab. (incl. Halensee). Station of
the Ringbahn, sit p. 13. Tramways (pp. 18-22), Nos. 66, 67, 78, 82, 89-92,
B, F, G, 0, S, and V.
In the Hakhenberg-Strasse, which leads to the N.W. from the
Zoological Garden Station to the bend ('Knie') of the Bcrliner-Str.
(see p. 1821, are the Ober-Venvaltungs-Gericht (Supreme Admini¬
strative Court), a baroque structure by Fiirstenau (1907; with
decorative paintings by F. AV. Mayer), and the Artillery and En¬
gineering School (PI. R, 10). Farther on are the Royal Academy
of Music (director, Prof. Ad. Schulze), with a long facade towards
the Fasanen-Str. (Nos. 1-9), and the Royal Academy of Art
(director, Prof. Anton von AVerner), arranged round a skilfully con¬
ceived court; in the wall of the fagade are two fountains with Or¬
pheus (by Herter, to the right) and Prometheus (by Hundrieser, to
the left); relief in the pediment by Alanzel, the Arts under the pro¬
tection of Peace.
The Academy of Music contains the Collection of Musical In¬
struments (adm., p. 39), founded in 1888 and enlarged in 1902 by the
acquisition of the Snoeck collection from Ghent (3000 Nos.), comprising
numerous instruments of artistic and historical interest.