St. Antonius, Düsseldorf

Posted by MadScientist (Düsseldorf, Germany) on 24 June 2008 in Architecture and Portfolio.

Beautiful churches can be found everywhere, even in my own city: this is St. Antonius, just around the corner of my home. This is a quite young church; it was constructed between 1909 and 1910 by Josef Kleesattel, architect of a total of 40 churches. A nice city quarter church with good acoustics.

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Comments (9)

Laurent from Lyon, France

the light is really nice on this church giving a golden impression

24 Jun 2008 11:30am

@Laurent: The street where this church is located heads to the west, so there's always a good chance for this light when the sun is shining.

Jen from Alpharetta, United States

lovely church

24 Jun 2008 3:06pm

@Jen: Yes, a bit massive but nonetheless friendly and elegant.

Observing from Local, Gibraltar

Yes it's a very nice, well designed church. Nice mellow light too. Is that a camera on the wire?

24 Jun 2008 4:09pm

@Observing: A camera? Hell, no! :) That's just a lamp above a crossing.

Tracey from White Hall, United States

I love the image and the description reminded me of the book I am reading. Have you read Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett? One plot thread deals with a master mason whose life dream is to build a cathedral. You gotta get it if you haven't read it!

24 Jun 2008 4:56pm

@Tracey: I haven't read it but I put it on my wishlist :)
To build a cathedral... I know that dream! Not in a literal sense, but... :-)

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

This is a fantastic church, I like the shape of the two towers. The light in this shot is beautiful MS.

24 Jun 2008 7:58pm

@MaryB: Sun is kindly spoiling us in the last few days :-) Thanks, Mary!

Ekaputra Tupamahu from Malang, Indonesia

beautiful building...

24 Jun 2008 11:24pm

@Ekaputra Tupamahu: Yes, a nice little church, typical for the age of historicism. Thanks :)

akarui from Kagoshima, Japan

Beautiful warm light on this church. Nearly 8 o'clock :)

24 Jun 2008 11:57pm

@akarui: 8 o'clock in the evening, yes! Whenever I'm fed up with Düsseldorf I'm driving to Cologne. I did this shot when I was coming back home.

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

The very American looking STOP sign gives a first impression as an image from an US street.

26 Jun 2008 7:09pm

@Twelvebit: That's cool, I never paid attention to that. But the Internet has an answer for everything and I found a site that is dedicated to the German stop sign. (May I help translating: 1st image: ancestor of the stop sign (before 1938). Actually not a stop sign but a priority in traffic sign. 2nd image: Hitler introduces the first stop signs in 1938. 3rd image: GDR stop sign from 1956. Last image: recent stop sign, introduced 1971 (West) and 1978 (Eastern Germany). You live and learn.

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

Interesting. The first two signs at your link are what I associate with Germany. Maybe that's from watching too many movies depicting either WWII or the Cold War.

26 Jun 2008 11:19pm

@Twelvebit: I still remember these triangular signs from my childhood (I'm born in '66). Car drivers ignored them then, as now.

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