Bleckkirche

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Bleckkirche, zoo entrance in the background

The Bleckkirche is a listed church building in Bismarck , a district of Gelsenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is in close proximity to the Zoom Erlebniswelt .

History and architecture

Last Supper Relief
Look into the choir

The then Catholic lord of Grimberg Castle , Johann Hermann Franz Graf von Nesselrode , had to have a church built for his Protestant subjects on the Bleck, a low, sandy elevation in 1735. A small, two-bay hall church was built. The Bochum builder Hellhammer expanded this in 1888/89 to a neo-Romanesque brick hall with a west tower and a transept as well as a choir in the 5/8 end .

Today the Bleckkirche is from the Ev. Church district of Gelsenkirchen and Wattenscheid used as a synodal city church. On the one hand it is a place for special church services and church celebrations and on the other hand it is used as a “Church of Cultures” for intercultural work such as exhibitions, concerts, theater, readings, etc. used. As a church for the city, it invites everyone who is interested in this connection, regardless of denomination, church membership or religious affiliation. Pastor Thomas Schöps has been responsible for the project since 1996.

Furnishing

The stone altar was transferred from the castle chapel of Grimberg Castle in 1738 . It shows a Last Supper relief in a richly ornamented case and the Low German inscription of the words of institution from the 1st Corinthians Epistle of Paul, chapters 11: 23-25. Furthermore a crucifix with the donor's coat of arms of Heinrich Knipping, Herr auf Grimberg, and his wife Sybille von Nesselrode. This is one of the earliest of the Reformation certain altarpiece in Westphalia. The design, which is unusual in this area, is based on the designs of tombs by Cornelis Floris.

literature

Web links

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Coordinates: 51 ° 32 ′ 29.7 "  N , 7 ° 6 ′ 38.6"  E