Advent Church (Kassel)

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The Advent Church is a church building of the Evangelical Church Community Wehlheiden in Kassel .

history

Until 1888 the area of ​​today's parish Wehlheiden belonged to the parish of Weißenstein in Kirchditmold . Since the inauguration of the Advent Church on December 22nd, 1888 (the 4th Advent), the parish became independent. The church was built in neo-Gothic style on a piece of land that the Jewish entrepreneur Sigmund Aschrott gave to the community. The church has been called the Advent Church since 1909.

During the Second World War , the church was nearly destroyed by bombing raids by British bombers on the night of October 22nd to 23rd, 1943. The high spire fell on fire into Lassallestrasse, the side wings were completely destroyed and the church burned down completely.

In 1961, the reconstruction began and the church was consecrated again on the 1st of Advent 1963, in a greatly changed form, and handed over to the community. The church tower was not designed in the originally slim, pointed shape, but is now a "stump tower" without a spire. The building floor plan was also rebuilt in a very different form, as another chapel and community center were added. The reliefs of the bronze portal door were designed by Hermann Pohl and show biblical scenes for Advent. The stained glass windows were designed by Hans Leistikow and the baptismal font was designed in 1995 by Siegfried Gerstgrasser from Canadian pine.

  • Portal door with ornaments

  • Chancel with stained glass window

  • Ornaments on the east side of the church

organ

Bosch organ 2014

Werner Bosch created today's organ in 1966 . The prospectus is dominated by four fields with free-standing pipes descending to the right, which hide the cabinet housing. Only a part of the blinds of the swell is visible. The instrument has 23 registers , which are divided into two manuals and pedal . The disposition is as follows:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Quintad 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Pointed flute 8th'
octave 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Spitzprincipal 2 ′
Mixture V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Trumpet 8th'
II Swell C – g 3
Dumped 8th'
Principal 4 ′
recorder 4 ′
Italian principal 2 ′
Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Septsesquialter II-III
Sharp IV 2 ⁄ 3 ′
Rohrschalmei 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
Principal bass 16 ′
Sub bass 16 ′
Flute octave 8th'
Pipe pommer 4 ′
Rauschwerk V 4 ′
Trumpet 16 ′

Web links

Commons : Advent Church  - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Description of the church in the entrance

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Organ of the Advent Church on organindex.de, accessed on April 28, 2014.

Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 50.1 ″  N , 9 ° 28 ′ 6.5 ″  E