Church
Johannes Church
Round-arched Protestant city church with a soaring tower, rebuilt after wartime bombing, with a café foyer.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Johanneskirche, the great Protestant city church of Düsseldorf, starts on the night of June 12, 1943, when an air raid left it gutted but still standing. It follows the postwar years, when a city hungry for new roads had to decide what a damaged church in its centre was worth, and the two men who spoke up for it. Along the way you'll meet a journalist who went looking in the rubble. Stand on Martin-Luther-Platz, where you can see both the tower and the front of the church.
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