Kristus-Koningkerk
Kristus-Koningkerk is a church in Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders which is located on Louis Straussstraat. Kristus-Koningkerk is situated nearby to the museum Haus Guiette ( Le Corbusier 1927), as well as near the house Maison Guiette.Photo: Torsade de Pointes, CC0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church building in Antwerp, Belgium
- Also known as: “eglise du Christ-Roi”
- Address: Louis Straussstraat 3
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Olympisch Stadion and Maison Guiette.
Olympisch Stadion
Stadium
Photo: KSKB1935, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Olympisch Stadion or Kielstadion was built as the main stadium for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. For those games, it hosted the athletics, equestrian, field hockey, football, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, rugby union, tug of war, weightlifting and korfball events. Olympisch Stadion is situated 700 metres west of Kristus-Koningkerk.
Maison Guiette
House
Photo: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maison Guiette also known as Les Peupliers, is a house in Antwerp, Belgium, designed by Le Corbusier in 1926 and built in 1927. It was the studio and living quarters of René Guiette, a painter and art critic. Maison Guiette is situated 410 metres south of Kristus-Koningkerk.
Atlantic Wall & Air War Bunker Museum Antwerp
Museum
The Atlantic Wall & Air War Bunker Museum Antwerp is a military war museum in Park den Brandt, Wilrijk, Belgium which preserves fortifications of the Atlantic Wall from the Second World War. Atlantic Wall & Air War Bunker Museum Antwerp is situated 1 km southeast of Kristus-Koningkerk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wilrijk and Hoboken.
Wilrijk
Town
Wilrijk is a district of the municipality and city of Antwerp in the Belgian province of Antwerp. Wilrijk had been a separate municipality before January 1, 1983; the enlarged municipality of Antwerp was decentralized in 2000 and Wilrijk became one of the city's nine districts.
Hoboken
Town
Photo: GVR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hoboken is a southern district of the arrondissement and city of Antwerp, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located at the Scheldt river. The name of the district has its origins in Middle Dutch.
Zuid
Quarter
The Zuid is a southern neighborhood in the city center of Antwerp, abutting the Scheldt River. The Zuid had a revival in the mid-1980s and is now composed of buildings in the Art Nouveau and Modern architecture styles.
Kristus-Koningkerk
- Categories: museum, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Antwerp, Arrondissement of Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.18713° or 51° 11′ 14″ northLongitude
4.39149° or 4° 23′ 29″ eastOpen location code
9F3659PR+VHOpenStreetMap ID
way 205538785OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q4421168
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Western Frisian—“Kristus-Koningkerk” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Christus Koningkerk (Antwerpen)”
- Dutch: “Christus Koningkerk”
- Dutch: “Kristus-Koningkerk”
- French: “église du Christ-Roi d’Anvers”
- French: “Église du Christ-Roi d’Anvers”
- German: “Kristus-Koningkerk”
- Western Frisian: “Kristus-Keningtsjerke (Antwerpen)”
- Western Frisian: “Kristus-Keningtsjerke”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Haus Guiette ( Le Corbusier 1927) and Sporthal Wilrijkse plein.
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