Church of the Sacred Heart

About

The Sacred Heart Church (German: Herz-Jesu-Kirche) is a Catholic church located in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, externally built in Neo-Romanesque style. Designed by Christoph Hehl, professor of medieval architecture, the building was completed after 16 months of constructions in 1898. The Neo-Byzantine-style murals inside the church were done by Friedrich Stummel.

- Apse: Jesus as Christ Pantocrator, above the Hand of God

- Ceiling of the choir: Sacred Heart, carried by two angels

- Walls of the choir: Angels carrying Instruments of the Passion

- Saints of the local parish: Meinrad of Einsiedeln, Aloysius Gonzaga, Elizabeth of Thuringia, Teresa of Ávila

- John the Evangelist and Paul the Apostle

- Lamb of God with the Seven seals and a vexillum, adored by 24 presbyters

- Spandrels (left and right): The Prophets Malachi, Isaia, Ezekiel and Jeremiah

- Mary, Mother of Jesus with two angels, the saints Agnes of Rome, Gertrude of Nivelles and Saint Monica, her son Augustine of Hippo and the saint Hedwig of Silesia

- Saint Joseph, Alphonsus Liguori, Pope Leo I, the Doctor of the Church Augustine of Hippo and Bernard of Clairvaux

- West side: Simon Petrus sinking in the water, Jesus walking on water

- East side of nave: Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well

- West side of nave: The sinner washing the feet of Jesus

- Western wall of the central transept: Crucifixion of Jesus

- West side: Jesus as a friend of the children

- Ostseite: Jesus is healing and comforting the needy