Not much from the Middle Ages to be found in Berlin, but this village church in the Dahlem district counts, begun in 1220, with later additions in the 1400s and 1600s. In the 1800s it served as a telegraph relay station for the Prussians who wanted to keep in touch with their new territories to the west. More recently, in 1980, a crowd of 6000 came to pay their respects to Rudi Dutschke, buried just behind the church. A 'radical' (Marxist) leader of the student movement in the 1960s, his is a revered name here now.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Dahlem Dorfkirche St. Annen, a village church
Not much from the Middle Ages to be found in Berlin, but this village church in the Dahlem district counts, begun in 1220, with later additions in the 1400s and 1600s. In the 1800s it served as a telegraph relay station for the Prussians who wanted to keep in touch with their new territories to the west. More recently, in 1980, a crowd of 6000 came to pay their respects to Rudi Dutschke, buried just behind the church. A 'radical' (Marxist) leader of the student movement in the 1960s, his is a revered name here now.
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