Diakonie Institution Church (Halle)

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Church in the Diakoniewerk
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The Diakonie Church or Church in the Diakoniewerk was built in 1893 as part of the Diakonissenanstalt according to plans by Friedrich Fahro in Halle (Saale) . The church, together with the Philippuskirche in Leipzig, is one of only two sacred buildings in Central Germany according to the Wiesbaden program .

The deaconess institution, the historical parts of which were built from 1867, was Halle's first modern large hospital and at the same time the central branch of the order in the province of Saxony . The church stands in the garden of the institution and is surrounded by diaconal buildings.

The church building is a small central building with a cross-like floor plan in neo-Gothic style. Three cross arms were created as conches . The church has a crossing tower . The neo-Gothic interior is almost completely preserved. The southern cross arm was equipped with two-storey galleries , the other three cross arms with simple galleries. The altar stands in front of the north arm of the cross, behind it the pulpit . As a result, the altar, as the center of the liturgical event, is surrounded on three sides by the pews of the church and is also of central spatial importance. With its room layout, Fahro follows the Wiesbaden program for the design of Protestant sermon churches. The church is given special architectural importance, as it is considered to be one of the earliest examples of this type of room, which had a decisive influence on church construction in the 19th and 20th centuries.

In addition to a ground-level entrance from the park side, there is a special feature of a second entrance via a bridge-like access on the upper floor, which allows direct access from the hospital corridors.

In 1908 the church received a new organ from master organ builder Wilhelm Rühlmann from Zörbig . This instrument replaced the organ from 1879, which had been installed on the north gallery until then and which had previously been installed in the chapel of the deaconess institution. Because of its size, the new organ was installed on the eastern side gallery. It has twenty registers and to this day has its original romantic disposition .

literature

  • Holger Brülls, Thomas Dietsch: Architectural Guide Halle on the Saale . Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-496-01202-1 .

Web links

Commons : Kirche im Diakoniewerk (Halle)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official designation according to the Diakoniewerk Halle website ; Retrieved August 13, 2012
  2. ^ A b Holger Brülls, Thomas Dietzsch: Architectural Guide Halle on the Saale . Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-496-01202-1 .
  3. ↑ Christoph Radbruch, Elisabeth Koch (ed.): From the Diakonissenanstalt to the Diakoniewerk Halle. Halle (Saale) 2011, p. 105.

Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 39.6 ″  N , 11 ° 57 ′ 36 ″  E