Tyska kyrkan

About the church

Tyska kyrkan (the German Church), or Christinæ kyrka, is a church building on Norra Hamngatan in central Gothenburg. The church belongs to the non-territorial Tyska Christinae parish (Deutsche Gemeinde Gothenburg) in the Diocese of Gothenburg.

The church was named after Gustav II Adolf's daughter, Queen Kristina. It is a hall church built of yellow brick, and the main building, including the chancel end (but not the tower), is covered with roughcast render coloured yellow. The church, with its tower to the west and its chancel to the east, stands at Norra Hamngatan 16, one block from Gustav Adolfs torg. "Lilla Berget" ("the Little Hill") was the name of the hill on which Tyska kyrkan, Göteborgs rådhus and the building of Göteborgs Handelstidning were all built. The hill also forced the Stora Hamnkanalen to make a sharp bend at Kämpebron. The area of Lilla Berget is bounded by the streets Smedjegatan, Postgatan, Tyggårdsgatan and Köpmansgatan.

The church has a carillon, built in 1961, with 42 bells. The tower of the brick church was originally designed by the Stockholm architect Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, who also designed Drottningholmsteatern and parts of Stockholm Palace.

The text has been translated from the article Tyska kyrkan, Göteborg on Swedish Wikipedia and may be used under CC BY-SA 4.0.