The

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Church of St John () in

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was built in the

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style from 1864 to 1876 by its chief architect, Christian Friedrich von Leins. It lies on a peninsula of the ''Feuersee'' (Fire Lake), while the main entrance and tower marks the beginning of the former ''Johannesstraße'' (St. John's Street). After being nearly destroyed in the

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, the main church building was reconstructed, but the Gothic vaults were replaced with a modern flat ceiling and the tower was intentionally left incomplete to serve as a sort of war memorial. File:Johanneskirche Night.jpg, St John's at night File:Johanniskirche Stuttgart 1900.jpg, St John's in 1900

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