1851 – 1861

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In 1851 the foundation was laid for a Catholic garrison church called St. Michael. The episcopal inauguration was held in 1861. Late-Romantic urban planning, the design movement of the time, called for a body of water in front of the church. This was to be the Luisenstadt canal. St Michael’s was referred to as “by far the most beautiful church in Berlin” by Theodor Fontane.