▁never ▁the ▁seat ▁of ▁a ▁bishop . ▁ ▁After ▁being ▁heavily ▁dam aged ▁during ▁the ▁bomb ing ▁of ▁Berlin ▁in ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁reconst ruction ▁was ▁completed ▁ 1 9 8 8 ; ▁the ▁church ▁now ▁serves ▁as ▁a ▁museum . ▁ ▁Church ▁and ▁con greg ations ▁In ▁ 1 7 0 1 - 1 7 0 8 ▁Giovanni ▁Simon etti ▁built ▁the ▁first ▁church ▁after ▁a ▁design ▁of ▁Martin ▁Gr ün berg . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁third ▁church ▁in ▁Friedrich stadt , ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 6 8 8 , ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁town ▁of ▁pr inc ely ▁dom ination , ▁while ▁the ▁neighbour ing ▁old ▁Berlin ▁and ▁C öll n ▁were ▁cities ▁of ▁town ▁privileges . ▁The ▁Prince - E lect or ▁originally ▁only ▁provided ▁for ▁a ▁Cal vin ist ▁con greg ation , ▁since ▁they ▁- ▁the ▁H oh enz oll ern s ▁- ▁themselves ▁were ▁Cal vin ists . ▁But ▁also ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁Luther ans ▁moved ▁in . ▁Therefore , ▁in ▁ 1 7 0 8 ▁the ▁New ▁Church ▁became ▁a ▁Cal vin ist ▁and ▁Luther an ▁Sim ult ane um . ▁ ▁The ▁site ▁for ▁the ▁church ▁was ▁dis ent ang led ▁from ▁the ▁so - called ▁Swiss ▁C emetery , ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁provided ▁for ▁H ug uen ots , ▁who ▁had ▁come ▁to ▁Berlin ▁between ▁ 1 6 9 8 ▁and ▁ 1 6 9 9 ▁from ▁their ▁inter mitt ent ▁refuge ▁in ▁Switzerland . ▁The ▁original ▁building ▁had ▁a ▁pent ag onal ▁foot