The German Church

The German Church

Oh, finally. The good thing whit those stairs is that there aren’t that many of them. I hate stairs, and as you can understand, I am only getting older by the day.
Well well, this is my church. Well, not really MY church, but I would like to think so. You see, as I said before, I did a lot of work on the interior of this church. The church is called the German Church since, in its early days, it was used by the germen community here in Karlskrona. But its real name is The Holy Trinity Chruch and it was built and planned by a man called Hans Wachtmeister in the late 17^th century…(whispering) the leader of the germens here in town.
Anyway, that is not way we are here. I wanted to show you my things inside. I am very proud of my work. There were of course other designers, if we my call them that, working on the church to. I got my chance after the big fire. Nicodemus Tessin has made the roof inside the church. He was inspired by Pantheon in Rom. (daydreaming) I never went to Italy. I wanted though, but I never went.

Let’s go inside shell we? Come on then.

(inside) Ohh, look at those colons there. Aren’t they beautiful? I made those you know, with the leaves on the lower part and the straight lines on the top. All by hand! There were no machines back then…in my living time. It was hard work, but I had some help by my son.
And look at the ceiling! I’ve painted that, and made the decorations for it. Today, my church is a part of UNESCO’s world’s inherited and has been so since 1998.

Oh well, we can’t stand in here all day. Let’s go out and see what all the noises on the marketplace are about.

More information will come after I have seen or seen pictures from the inside of the church.

/CJ