Church of the Resurrection (Schweinfurt)
The Resurrection Church is the parish church of the Evangelical Lutheran parish in the Bergl district of the city of Schweinfurt . The parish is part of the Schweinfurt deanery .
history
The parish came into being in the course of the settlement of the Bergl district through numerous migrations to Schweinfurt in the 1950s. It was initially supplied by the Kreuzkirche in the Oberndorf district. Between 1958 and 1959 the architect Olaf Andreas Gulbransson from Munich built the Church of the Resurrection. When it was completed, a parish of its own was founded, even after being separated from Oberndorf. The first divine service with inauguration took place on Eternity Sunday 1959. In 1962 the church tower was also built. Between 2012 and 2013 the church underwent extensive renovations.
description
The church is a central building in the shape of a Greek cross , formed by two crossing naves with an octagonal pyramid. The concrete building, clad with red bricks, is accessed via three flight of stairs . The church tower stands as a campanile next to the church. At the crossing point of the ships are the baptismal font and the raised altar on an altar island . Behind the altar is a cross with the risen Christ engraved on it . The Jerusalem chandelier, acquired in 1962, was designed by Professor Franz Rickert from Munich and executed by Professor Erwin Sattler, his student. It refers to chapter 21 of the Revelation of John . Gerhard Schmid from Kaufbeuren installed the organ in 1967.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 2 ′ 21.1 ″ N , 10 ° 12 ′ 13 ″ E