Exterior view

In the first half of the 19th century in Germany, alongside Gothic Revival buildings, other styles in church architecture had also gained a footing. The first sketch of the church of the Redeemer (Heilandskirche) as an Italianate building with a detached campanile was made by the new Prussian king, Frederick William IV. Standing on an artificial terrace surrounded by an open arcade, the church, executed by Friedrich Ludwig Persius, resembles a ship in the water. A particularly attractive feature is the contrast between the arcading and the delicate patterning in variegated brick on the walls behind.