All Saints Church, Dresden
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All Saints Church was a Church of England
church on Wiener Straße, Ecke Beuststraße, in Dresden
. It was in the Early English Period of Neo-Gothic.
and the London architect James Piers St Aubyn
for the many Anglicans living in Dresden. It was a small three-aisle basilica design, with a low choir and a polygonal apse. To its south was a square tower based on the Marburg Elisabethkirche with a tall octagonal spire. The roof was open on the inside and covered in sculpture. In January 1927 an agreement was signed between the All Saint's English episcopal church and the Evangelical-Lutheran St.-Pauls-Gemeinde for a change of use and from then on, for thirty years, the church was used by that Lutheran congregation. The church was only slightly damaged in the Second World War but nevertheless fell out of use.
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
church on Wiener Straße, Ecke Beuststraße, in Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
. It was in the Early English Period of Neo-Gothic.
History
It was made possibly by a legacy from the widow of Wilhelm Heinrich Göschen (William Henry Goschen), a merchant from Saxony living in London. It was built from 1868 to 1869 by August PieperAugust Pieper (architect)
August Pieper was a German architect, active in Dresden, Cologne and Hamburg. His brother was the engineer Carl Pieper , who also lived and worked in Hamburg in the 1880s.-Life:...
and the London architect James Piers St Aubyn
James Piers St Aubyn
James Piers St Aubyn , often referred to as J. P. St Aubyn, was an English architect of the Victorian era, known for his church architecture and confident restorations.-Early life:...
for the many Anglicans living in Dresden. It was a small three-aisle basilica design, with a low choir and a polygonal apse. To its south was a square tower based on the Marburg Elisabethkirche with a tall octagonal spire. The roof was open on the inside and covered in sculpture. In January 1927 an agreement was signed between the All Saint's English episcopal church and the Evangelical-Lutheran St.-Pauls-Gemeinde for a change of use and from then on, for thirty years, the church was used by that Lutheran congregation. The church was only slightly damaged in the Second World War but nevertheless fell out of use.