Resurrection Church (Arnsberg)
The Resurrection Church in Arnsberg , built between 1822 and 1824, was the first Protestant church in the city.
As a result of the Counter-Reformation in the Duchy of Westphalia there was no Protestant parish in Arnsberg until the end of the Holy Roman Empire . This changed with the transition of the duchy to Hessen-Darmstadt in 1803. As a result, numerous Protestant officials came to the city with their families. The city was also the site of a garrison of Hessian troops. Initially, Protestants and Catholics used the St. George's Chapel in the old town of Arnsberg alternately. After the region passed to Prussia in 1816 and the Protestant population continued to grow, the need for an own place of worship became more pressing. The project was promoted in particular by Pastor Ferdinand Hasenclever .
The planning and decision-making history was complicated. Plans to rebuild the chapel used exclusively for the Protestant community also failed due to resistance from Karl Friedrich Schinkel . In view of the concentration of the new residents in the new “classical quarter” around Neumarkt, a new church building made sense. Since the plans for a neo-Gothic church, as suggested by Schinkel, did not fit into the overall layout of the square, it finally came about - also supported by Friedrich Wilhelm III. - a classical central building in the form of an isosceles Greek cross . A tower with a gallery rises above the central building.
Within the building, a central space is bordered by eight Doric columns . In the eastern part of the church is the altar and behind it an altarpiece by the painter Ernst Deger from 1830 in the style of the Nazarene school with the risen Christ. Both the baptismal table on the north side - modeled on an antique sacrificial bowl - and the pulpit are adapted to the classicist style.
An organ gallery was later added on the west side. After the church had proven to be too small due to the growth of the community, the building was expanded to the west in 1890/91. In the 1950s, the interior color scheme was redesigned based on classicist models. The interior has undergone further changes in the past few decades. Some of the pews were removed and replaced with chairs to enable multifunctional use. In response to the shrinking community, part of the extension from 1890 was cut off and is now used for community work.
The organ with 24 registers on two manuals and pedal was built in 1969 by Emil Hammer Orgelbau . The disposition is based on the style of Arp Schnitger .
The tower houses three bronze bells that sound in the tone sequence g sharp'-h'-dis "and ring on low cranked yokes. Two bells were made in 1946 by Albert Junker in Brilon.
A scene of the May 15, 2015 in the first first-run ARD movie Last Exit Sauerland of Nikolai Müllerschön has been turned in this church.
See also
literature
- Uwe Haltaufderheide: The architectural monuments of the city of Arnsberg. Collection period 1980–1990. City of Arnsberg, Arnsberg 1990, ISBN 3-928394-01-0 , pp. 17-19.
- Ludwig Schreiner: The Evangelical Church in Arnsberg. A building from the Schinkel era. In: Werner Philipps: History of the Protestant Parish Arnsberg (= urban history series of publications on the city of Arnsberg 8, ZDB -ID 260749-9 ). Arnsberger Heimatbund, Arnsberg 1975, pp. 66-76.
Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '38.3 " N , 8 ° 3' 49.7" E