Louis Cayart and Abraham Quesnay built the first parts of the church from 1701, and it was completed on March 1, 1705 for the Huguenot community, modeled on a Huguenot temple at Charenton-Saint-Maurice. Carl von Gontard added the domed tower, dated 1785 in the text, with Georg Christian Unger credited with its construction.
Otto March reshaped the sober Calvinist interior in 1905. The church was severely damaged in the Second World War and rebuilt from 1977 to 1981 under Manfred Prasser, Roland Steiger and Uwe Karl. The article gives no dimensions or materials.
It stands on the Gendarmenmarkt facing the Konzerthaus and the German Cathedral. The name Dom comes from the French dôme, and it was never a bishop's seat. The tower holds a public observation deck and the Berlin Huguenot museum. The article gives no hours or prices.
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