Berlin Mosque
mosque in Germany
Key facts
- Built
- 1924
- Architect
- K. A. Herrmann
- Capacity
- 400 people
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Overview
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The Berlin Mosque stands in the Wilmersdorf district of Berlin at Briennerstraße 7/8. It is also known as the Wilmersdorf Mosque, the Indian Mosque and the Ahmadiyya Mosque, and it is regarded as the oldest surviving mosque in Germany. It was designed by K. A. Herrmann in an Islamic architectural idiom. The building has two detached minarets, each 32 metres high, and a dome 26 metres high with a diameter of 10 metres. The prayer hall holds about 400 worshippers. The mosque is protected as a cultural heritage monument.
History
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Construction of the mosque began in 1924. It was built on behalf of the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha'at-i-Islam Lahore (AAIIL) on the corner plot at Brienner Straße and Berliner Straße. According to the German source, building work continued between 1924 and 1928, while the Arabic source gives the construction years as 1923 to 1925.
From Wikipedia
The Berlin Mosque, officially the Wilmersdorfer Mosque (German: Wilmersdorfer Moschee), is a mosque located in the Wilmersdorf borough of Berlin, Germany. Situated on Brienner Straße 7–8, the mosque was designed by K. A. Hermann and was built between 1923 and 1925. Berlin Mosque, which has two 27-metre-tall (90 ft) minarets, was heavily damaged in World War II. The two minarets were rebuilt between 1999 and 2001. The mosque is owned and administered by the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha'at-i-Islam Lahore).
The foundation stone was laid on 6 August 1923 and the mosque was inaugurated officially on 26 April 1925. Completed in a Neo-Mughal style, reflecting the great buildings of that time with onion dome and pastel colors, the mosque is similar to the tombs of the Mughal Empire. The building's symmetry also reflects that of the Taj Mahal. Next to the mosque is the two-storey residence of the imam.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmersdorfer_Moschee
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Mosque
Wikipedia (es): https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezquita_de_Berl%C3%ADn
Wikipedia (fa): https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86
Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e_de_Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Ahmadiyah_Berlin
Wikipedia (ru): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%90%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%8F
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Camii