All Saints Church (Borsigwalde)
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The Catholic Church of All Saints ( ) in Rärmstrasse 18-20 in the Berlin district of Borsigwalde in the Reinickendorf district was built in 1955 based on a design by Felix Hinssen . The church and the rectory , which was built in 1938, are listed as historical monuments .
history
In 1896 the Borsig works were relocated from Moabit to Tegel . Workers' settlements for workers and their families from the Rhineland and Silesia were built close to the factory from 1898 onwards . These were mostly Catholic . But it was not until April 1, 1938, on the initiative of the pastor of the Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Tegel, that the All Saints Curate was established . At the end of 1938, construction of the rectory, which also served as an emergency church , was completed. For pastoral care could Congregation of the Sacred Heart priests are obtained which already since 1908 in Wedding were active in the labor ministry. With the beginning of the Second World War, the construction of a church was a long way off. It was not until 1954 that the congregation received the financial means to build its own church from the American “Wooden Church Crusade”. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on June 30, 1954 . The foundation stone was laid on October 4, 1954, the topping-out ceremony on November 15, 1954 and the consecration of the church on July 3, 1955. Until 2004, the All Saints Church was also the parish church of the parish, then All Saints and St. Bernhard merged to form the parish of St. Bernhard . The parish church of the new congregation is St. Bernhard, All Saints is the second place of worship.
Building description
The church designed by Felix Hinssen takes up the Berlin tradition of the early 1930s. As an extension to the older rectory, a hall church is built as a plastered masonry structure. The side bell tower consists of two side walls made of reinforced concrete , in between, somewhat drawn in, the bell chamber , which is covered with a barrel vault. The front surfaces of the bell chamber were glazed in the mid-1990s. The nave is covered with a hipped gable roof . The facade facing the street has a rectangular portal and is dominated by the large rose window above , behind which the gallery for the organ is located. The side walls have high-lying round windows .
Because of cracks in the plaster, the interior of the church was faced with bricks in 1967, and it was given a wave-like folded wooden ceiling. The retracted chancel was furnished with a crucifix by Paul Brandenburg in 1969 . He also created the altar , the ambo and the tabernacle .
Bells and chimes
For cost reasons, the bell room was initially empty. On April 2, 1961, on Easter Vigil, the ringing of four bronze bells, cast by Feldmann & Marschel , announced the resurrection of Christ.
| Chime | Weight (kg) |
Diameter ( cm) |
Height (cm) |
inscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G' | 674 | 103 | 90 | COR JESUS SACRATISSIMUM MISERERE NOBIS. |
| b ' | 395 | 86 | 73 | COR MARIAE IMMACULATUM ORA PRO NOBIS. |
| c " | 279 | 77 | 67 | SANCTE JOSEPH PROTECTOR ORA PRO NOBIS. |
| d " | 192 | 69 | 59 | OMNES SANCTI ET SANTAE DEI INTERCEDITE PRO NOBIS. |
At the end of the 1970s, nine more bells were installed to complement the chiming to a carillon .
| Chime | Weight (kg) |
Height (cm) |
inscription |
|---|---|---|---|
| e " | 145 | 63 | REQUIEM AETERNAM DONA EIS DOMINE. |
| f " | 135 | 61 | SANCTE JOHANNES OPN |
| G" | 98 | 54 | SANCTE MARTHA OPN |
| a " | 76 | 50 | SANCTE GEORGI OPN |
| b " | 68 | 47 | SANCTE BARBARA OPN |
| H" | 61 | 45 | SANCTE ANTONI OPN |
| c '" | 55 | 43 | SANCTE PETRE OPN |
| cis' " | 50 | 42 | SANCTE ELISABETH OPN |
| d '" | 45 | 40 | SANCTE HEDWIGS OPN |
literature
- Christine Goetz and Matthias Hoffmann-Tauschwitz: Churches Berlin Potsdam. Berlin 2003.
- Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin: Berlin and its buildings. Part VI. Sacred buildings. Berlin 1997.
- Klaus-Dieter Wille: The bells of Berlin (West). History and inventory. Berlin 1987.
- Gerhard Streicher and Erika Drave: Berlin - city and church. Berlin 1980.
- Hilde Herrmann: Development and expansion in the diocese of Berlin. Berlin 1968.
Web links
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List with further information
- Catholic parish of Saint Bernhard Berlin-Reinickendorf
- Friends of the Catholic Church of Allerheiligen Borsigwalde e. V.
Coordinates: 52 ° 35 ′ 4.2 ″ N , 13 ° 18 ′ 3.8 ″ E