Resurrection Church (Hannover)

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Resurrection Church in Hanover

The Church of the Resurrection in Hanover is a modern church building in the Döhren district at Helmstedter Straße 59 .

It is the church of the Evangelical Lutheran Resurrection Community Hannover-Döhren. It bears its name because of its location on the street that leads to the former main entrance of the Seelhorst city cemetery . The community was founded on April 1, 1957 as a spin-off from the St. Petri community in Döhren due to the rapidly growing catchment area in the Döhren district east of Hildesheimer Straße.

The church building with equipment and the tower stands as a monument under monument protection .

Church building

Layout

The Church of the Resurrection was designed by the Hanoverian architects Horst Langer and Andreas Frieß and was ready for use at Easter 1964. The church is one of the most exciting church buildings that arose in Hanover after the Second World War . The entire architecture reflects the idea of ​​the resurrection .

The east- facing floor plan of the church is designed as an irregular hexagon, which is broken open on the side opposite the altar by a rectangle inserted at the side. Due to the shape of the floor plan, the cubature and the lighting, the entire room is concentrated on the altar area. The side and altar walls of the building are not interrupted by any visible construction. A concrete grid light band running uniformly high over the side walls with fillings made of colored lead glazing is led down the side walls of the altar area and rises steeply on the rear wall of the altar area. To the rear the room is optically separated by three galleries (community, organ and choir gallery ). The Vesper chapel is built under the community gallery so that two sacred rooms are united under one roof.

The church was constructed as a concrete skeleton building, which is clad on the outside with red-brown bricks and on the inside with white-painted sand-lime bricks. The gallery parapets were made of exposed concrete . The ceiling is clad in wood with shadow gaps and is designed to be reminiscent of the roof of a tent. The greatest length of the church is 34.90 m, the greatest width 32.80 m, the height of the ridge 14.50 m, the built-up area 770 m². The main room has about 320 seats.

The campanile is made of reinforced concrete and has a height of 39.5 m.

Furnishing

The center of the interior is the elegantly curved altar made of basalt. A monumental crucifix made of cast bronze hangs above the altar, based on medieval triumphal crosses . The church door, which is covered with bronze plates on the outside, has a sunk relief that recalls the calling of Moses by God in the burning bush ( 2 Mos 3  EU ). The crucifix and the bronze panels of the entrance door were designed by Siegfried Zimmermann . The cast bronze baptismal font comes from Ursula Querner-Wallner .

The concrete lattice work of the light strip with its bright colors of the lead glazing represents a modern adaptation of the ancient transennes and was created by Gerhard Hausmann .

organ

Brochure view
Sound sample organ: Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532

The organ was built in 1969 by the Hillebrand Orgelbau organ building workshop; two vacant registers were added in 1974. The instrument has 22  registers , divided into two manuals and a pedal . The action is mechanical, the wind chests designed as sliding chests.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Principal 8th'
Reed flute 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Flute 4 ′
recorder 2 ′
Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Mixture IV-V
Trumpet 8th'
II breastwork C – g 3
Dumped 8th'
Reed flute 4 ′
Octave 2 ′
Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Sesquialtera II
Sharp III
shelf 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Octave 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Rauschpfeife II
Mixture IV
trombone 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'

Bells

The four-part "resurrection" bell was created in 1963 by Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling . All bells are marked on the upper edge with the inscription "YOU SHOULD BE MY Witnesses" ( Acts 1,8  EU ). The upper tape of bell 1 is filled with 12 crosses, the upper tape of the other bells with one cross each. The individual bells are named after the witnesses of the resurrection and carry their Easter confession on the lower edge.

No. Audio Surname purpose Lower inscription Diameter
(mm) 		Weight
(kg) 		Strike tone
(a ′ = 435 Hz)
01
Bell 1
 The disciples Prayer bell THE DISCIPLES ■ THE LORD IS TRULY RISEN + LUK 24 ■ 34 1,080 878 f sharp ′ + 3 ⁄ 16
02
Bell 2
 Peter Death bell PETER ■ LORD, YOU KNOW ALL THINGS, YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU + JOH. 21 ■ 17 970 609 g sharp ′ + 2 ⁄ 16
03
Bell 3
 Thomas Wedding bell THOMAS ■ MY LORD AND MY GOD + JOH. 20 ■ 28 800 352 h ′ + 4 ⁄ 16
04th
Bell 4
 Mary Magdalene Baptismal bell MARIA MAGDALENA ■ I HAVE SEEN THE LORD + JOH. 20 ■ 18 710 242 cis ′ ′ + 3 ⁄ 16
0
Plenary of bells

See also

literature

  • Martin G. Kunze: The Resurrection Church in Hanover-Döhren In: Region Hanover, Ev.-luth. Sprengel Hannover (ed.): Churches - monasteries - chapels . 1st edition. Lutherisches Verlagshaus, 2005, ISBN 3-7859-0924-1 , pp. 95 ff.

Web links

Commons : Church of the Resurrection (Hannover)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Discography

  1. ↑ Jesus, my joy. Choir and organ works, CD, 1999, Ev.-luth. Resurrection Church in Hanover, self-published

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Puschmann (Ed.): Hanover's churches. 140 churches in and around town . Ludwig-Harms-Haus, Hermannsburg 2005, ISBN 3-937301-35-6 , p. 108.
  2. ↑ a b c tour. Church of the Resurrection Hannover-Döhren, archived from the original on July 19, 2007 ; accessed on March 16, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Ten of 38 under monument protection. Ten post-war churches placed under monument protection. Evangelische Zeitung, November 20, 2014, archived from the original on November 22, 2014 ; accessed on October 22, 2014 .
  4. ↑ a b Andreas Frieß: Building description of the church building. Hanover, September 1960. In the general file “Kirchbau”, Vol. 1, Ev.-luth. Parish office of the Resurrection Church in Hanover-Döhren
  5. ^ Andreas Frieß: building plans for the church. Hanover, 1961. In the general file “Church / Parish Hall”, Vol. 3, 511, Ev.-luth. Parish office of the Resurrection Church in Hanover-Döhren
  6. ^ Albrecht Leuteritz: Vita Text. In: Gerhaus Hausmann's website. Retrieved June 20, 2015 .
  7. ^ Obituary for the death of Gerhard Hausmann. Press release. Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover, accessed on June 20, 2015 .
  8. ^ Organ consecration in the resurrection community. Hanover, April 6, 1969. In general files 500 - 513, 5131 Organ, Ev.-luth. Parish office of the Resurrection Church in Hanover-Döhren
  9. ^ Letter from A. Friess to FW Schilling. Hanover, July 29, 1963. In general files 500 - 513, 5130 Tower, Bells, Ev.-luth. Parish office of the Resurrection Church in Hanover-Döhren

Coordinates: 52 ° 20 ′ 20.9 ″  N , 9 ° 46 ′ 17.7 ″  E