German Church, Christchurch

Christchurch, New Zealand · built 1874

The German Church (Deutsche Kirche), also known as German Protestant Church, was a Lutheran church in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was built in 1872 when Christchurch had a growing German population. After the congregation encountered financial struggles in the 1880s, the church building was sold to private hands and operated as a community hall. The church building was confiscated in 1918 by the New Zealand Government and the church bells melted down in the aftermath of World War I when there were strong anti-German feelings in New Zealand. The church building was demolished in 1933 and made way for a parish hall. The site of the Deutsche Kirche is today occupied by the Christchurch Art Gallery.

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