Temple Neuf, Metz

Temple Neuf
Neue evangelische Kirche
View from rue des Roches
49°07′14″N 06°10′19″E
Location	Place de la Comédie, Metz
Country	France
Denomination	Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine
History
Status	Active
Architecture
Architect(s)	Conrad Wahn[1]
Style	Romanesque Revival architecture[2]
Years built	1901–1904[1][2]
Specifications
Capacity	1,200[2]
Length	53 metres (174 ft)[2]
Width	26 metres (85 ft)[2]
Number of domes	1
Dome height (outer)	55 metres (180 ft)[2]
Monument historique
Designated	1930[3]
Reference no.	PA00106919[3]

Temple Neuf (French pronunciation: [tɑ̃pl nœf], meaning "New Temple") is a Protestant church in Metz, France. It is located on place de la Comédie (next to Opéra-Théâtre),^[3] at the center of the Jardin d'Amour on the southwestern edge of Île du Petit-Saulcy, which is surrounded by the Moselle.

View from place de la Comédie

The church was built by Glod, with the first stone being laid on 25 November 1901 (when Metz was a part of the German Empire),^[2] following plans by architect Conrad Wahn.^[1] It was inaugurated as the Neue evangelische Kirche on 14 May 1904 in the presence of Wilhelm II, German Emperor, and his wife Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein.^[2] The church is an example of Romanesque Revival architecture,^[2] and has been a monument historique of France since 1930.^[3]

References

1. Pierre Bronn (2007). Le Protestantisme en Pays Messin: Histoire et lieux de mémoire (in French). p. 190. ISBN 9782876927148.
2. "Metz : quand Guillaume II défilait jusqu'au Temple neuf". Le Républicain Lorrain (in French). 22 January 2018.
3. Base Mérimée: Temple protestant, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

External links

Media related to Temple neuf de Metz at Wikimedia Commons

• Le Temple Neuf (in French)
• Paroisse de Metz – Temple Neuf (in French)