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German Church
Tyska Christinae kyrka
Tyska kyrkan Göteborg september 2010.jpg
German Church, September 2010
57°42′24.13″N 11°57′53.2″E / 57.7067028°N 11.964778°E / 57.7067028; 11.964778
Location Göteborg
Country Sweden
Denomination Lutheran, Church of Sweden
Website svenskakyrkan.se/tyska
History
Consecrated 1748
Administration
Parish German Christinae Parish
Diocese Diocese of Gothenburg

The German Church (German: Deutsche Kirche, Swedish: Tyska kyrkan), also called Christinae Church (Christinae kyrka, Christinenkirche), is church located in the city centre of Gothenburg, Sweden. Named after Queen Christina, it was inaugurated in 1748, and used by the German and Dutch congregation in Gothenburg. The church contains a 42-bell carillon, which was cast by the Bergholtz Bellfoundry [sv] in 1961.

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