Christian Heyden (baptised 14 August 1803, died 4 November 1869) was a German architect. He is known for Gothic Revival buildings, especially churches, in

Westphalia Westphalia (; german: Westfalen ; nds, Westfalen ) is a region of northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has an area of and 7.9 million inhabitants. The territory of the regi ...

, Germany.

Career

Heyden was the son of the '' Baumeister'' Johann Christian Heyden the elder. He was baptised on 14 August 1803 in Freckhausen.Hermann J. Mahlberg: ''Der Aufbruch um 1900 und die Moderne in der Architektur des Wuppertales. Abendrot einer Epoche.'' Wuppertal 2008, . Heyden was from 1843 member of the board of the Barmer section of the Central Cathedral Building Society. He was a member of the

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''Hermann zum Lande der Berge'' and in 1863 was awarded the Prussian

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. Heyden has been regarded as a leading figure for Gothic Revival buildings in

. He often collaborated with . He created the in

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, the Große Kirche in

Aplerbeck Aplerbeck is a borough (''Stadtbezirk'') of the city of Dortmund in the Ruhr district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since 1929, it has been a suburb of Dortmund, located in the city's south-east. The river Emscher, a tributary of the Ruhr ...

, the near

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, the Protestant church in , the in

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, the tower of the in

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, the Protestant church in

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and the Christuskirche in

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. Heyden has been regarded as a leading figure for Gothic Revival buildings in

. He often collaborated with . He created the in

, the Große Kirche in

, the near

, the Protestant church in , the in

, the tower of the in

, the Protestant church in

and the Christuskirche in

. He built in

also the town hall which was demolished in 1970.,Axel Hinrich Murken and Christa Murken-Altrogge: ''Die Baugeschichte des alten Gütersloher Rathauses''. Gütersloher Beiträge (1971), pp 481–487. the (demolished in 1968), and the ''Avenstroths Mühle'', a listed monument. Heyden took part in buildings of '' Gasanstalten'', including Barmen, Gütersloh and

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Gallery

Martin-Luther-Kirche.jpg, Martin-Luther-Kirche in

, 1861 Aplerbeck Grosse Kirche IMGP0427 wp.jpg, Große Kirche in

, 1867–1869 Sprockhoevel-HasslinghausenKirche1-Asio.JPG, Hasslinghausener Kirche in Hasslinghausen, 1853–1854 2013-03-25 Grabenstraße 10, Christuskirche (Königswinter) IMG 4576.jpg, Christuskirche in

, 1863–1864 Wuppertal Wichlinghauser Kirche.jpg, Wichlinghauser Kirche in

Wuppertal Wuppertal (; "'' Wupper Dale''") is, with a population of approximately 355,000, the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the 17th-largest city of Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of the cities and to ...

, 1867 Bielefeld Süsterkirche.jpg, Süsterkirche in

(steeple by Heyden), 1861 Werdohl-Christuskirche1-Asio.JPG, Christuskirche in

, 1866–1868 Menden-HeiligGeistKirche2-Asio.JPG, Heilig-Geist-Kirche in

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, 1861–1864

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auf der Gütersloh {{DEFAULTSORT:Heyden, Christian 19th-century German architects 1803 births 1869 deaths People from Oberbergischer Kreis