Blue plaque № 12359

Johannesburg, South Africa

The Friedenskirche ("Church of Peace") dates from 1912, built to house a German congregation formed in 1888. Designed by Theodore Schaerer and built of the stone from the ridge on which it rises, the Church remains an important landmark. Its distinctive Bavarian bell-tower was familiar to the German

immigrants, many of them living in Cosmopolitan Hillbrow. The site was declared a National Monument 1986.

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