Church or chapel · 1867
St. John's Church in Tallinn
By the mid-19th century the congregation of Tallinn's Holy Spirit church had grown to over 14,000, so in 1851 fundraising began for a new parish church in the expanding suburbs below Toompea. Designed by city architect Christoph August Gabler and built by local craftsmen under master mason Carl Sensenberg from 1862, St John's was consecrated on 17 December 1867. The large neo-Gothic church with its tall west spire dominates the eastern edge of Freedom Square. In both the 1930s and the 1950s planners proposed demolishing it because its style clashed with the square, but it survived both times.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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19. sajandi keskpaigaks oli Tallinna Püha Vaimu koguduses üle 14 000 liikme, nii et 1851. aastal hakati Toompea all laienevasse eeslinna uue kiriku jaoks raha koguma. Linnaarhitekt Christoph August Gableri projekteeritud ja müürimeister Carl Sensenbergi juhtimisel kohalike meistrite poolt alates 1862. aastast ehitatud Jaani kirik pühitseti 17. detsembril 1867. Suur kõrge läänetorniga uusgooti kirik valitseb Vabaduse väljaku idaserva. Nii 1930. kui ka 1950. aastatel tegid planeerijad ettepaneku see lammutada, sest stiil ei sobivat väljakuga, kuid kirik jäi mõlemal korral püsima.
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