Ringkirche

The Ringkirche (Ring Church) is a Protestant church in Wiesbaden, the state capital of Hesse, Germany. The Romanesque Revival church was built between 1892 and 1894 and designed by Johannes Otzen. The historic monument also serves as a concert venue.

== History == thumb|upright|Interior, sketch by architect Johannes Otzen thumb|upright|Interior The Ringkirche was the first Protestant church in Germany to follow the Wiesbadener Programm, which focused on a clear view from every seat to the combined altar, pulpit, organ and choir areas. It was built between 1892 and 1894 and designed by Johannes Otzen, one of the authors of the Wiesbadener Programm. The hall is a of a type which became a model for Protestant church buildings until the end of World War I. It was consecrated in 1894, seating 1,100 people. Its organ was built by Walcker, with a Romantic disposition, of which 75% is again intact today. The organ was modified to a neo-Baroque disposition in 1949, but restored to its original disposition by major restoration from 2015, leaving not one of the c. 1,800 pipes untouched. Around a quarter of them were replaced. and the others were repaired.