Metz - The Temple Neuf
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The Temple Neuf is a Protestant Reformed church in Metz . The municipality is part of the Evangelical Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine.

The church was built between 1901 and 1904, when northeastern Lorraine belonged to the German Reich . The plans were drawn up by Stadtbaumeister Conrad Wahn . The Romanesque buildings on the German Rhine , such as the Abbey of Maria Laach or the cathedral of Speyer , the temple was modeled in neo-Romanesque style . For the construction of the untypical for the region gray sandstone from the Vosges was used. The decision to build had already been taken in 1898 by city council, against the precipitation of the old chestnut trees on the site but stirred up resistance among the population, which was even expressed in a petition to the emperor, which was of course unsuccessful. Wahn presented several designs, the one in the neo-Romanesque style was selected. The laying of the cornerstone by the governor took place in 1901, the inauguration in the presence of the Emperor and the Empress in 1904. The construction is 53 m long, the height of the main tower is 55 m. The choice of the Rhenish-Roman architectural style and the use of the non-local rock are often interpreted as politically motivated, the architecture should therefore contribute to the &quot;Germanization&quot; of the cityscape with reference to the tradition of the medieval German Empire.

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