Bugenhagenkirche (Braunschweig)

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South view of the Bugenhagenkirche

The Bugenhagenkirche in the Gliesmarode district of Braunschweig is a modern-style church belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Riddagshausen-Gliesmarode. The monument north of Berliner Strasse and An der Bugenhagenkirche was erected in 1936. The church was named after the German theologian Johannes Bugenhagen (1485–1558), who played a key role in the Reformation in Braunschweig.

The Braunschweig Spiritual Choir , founded in 1968, is based in the Bugenhagen Church.

history

Originally, Gliesmarode was not a parish of its own, since 1031 it belonged to the Magnikirche in Braunschweig. In 1226 Gliesmarode became the property of the Riddagshausen monastery . The village remained a parish after Riddagshausen until the 20th century. At the beginning of the 20th century, the small village grew into a suburb with the construction of workers' settlements for the nearby industry. Events of the parish took place in the school and in the Gliesmaroder tower and the desire arose for a separate church for Gliesmarode. In 1935 a parish was founded in Gliesmarode. The foundation stone was laid on February 9, 1936. It was consecrated on December 20, 1936 by Regional Bishop Helmuth Johnsen (1891–1947).

The new baptismal font was consecrated during the festive service for the 25th anniversary on December 17, 1961. On March 9th, 1975 the new parish hall of the Bugenhagen parish was inaugurated on October 24th of the same year the youth center of the parish was opened. A Bugenhagen relief was added to mark the 450th anniversary of the Reformation. On January 16, 1989, the twin city of Magdeburg was given a cast of the crucifix created by Jürgen Weber for the Bugenhagen Church for Magdeburg Cathedral. In the meantime, the Bugenhagen parish united with the parish of Riddagshausen.

Architecture and equipment

The church was built according to the plans of the architect August Pramann (* 1887) and is situated on a hill higher than the surrounding area. With its arched and round windows, the modern Bugenhagenkirche has the effect of a Romanesque church. In addition to the church interior, the church building has several adjoining parish rooms, which in turn have rectangular windows. The community rooms can be opened up to the church through mobile partition walls . The church building is not geosted , the altar is on the west side. The rectangular church tower with a clock is lined up on the south side of the church and is therefore in the field of vision of Berliner Straße. Both the facade and the inner walls are kept simple and modern and painted completely unadorned. The interior walls are painted completely white. The window panes of the church interior are made of colored glass in regular geometric shapes.

In order to stand out from the surrounding area, especially from the high-rise buildings built in the 1970s, the originally white facade of the church was painted reddish-orange ( Siena-red ) in 1972 at the request of Pastor Dieter Hansmann . This set an unusual accent.

Inside the building there are several items of equipment from the post-war period, created by the sculptors Kurt Edzard (1890–1972) and Jürgen Weber (1928–2007). Edzard created the font and the baptismal relief in 1961. They remember the baptism of Jesus. Weber designed the altar (1978), the pulpit (1985) and the crucifix from an oak trunk (inauguration on March 23, 1986). The organ with three musical mechanisms and 16 registers , completed in 1991, was created by Siegfried Bürger. The Bugenhagen relief is a cast of the Bugenhagen portrait on the Worms Reformation Monument by Ernst Rietschel.

literature

  • Hansmann, Dieter: Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the Bugenhagen Church in Braunschweig-Gliesmarode (1936-1986) , 1986
  • City Archives Braunschweig: City Chronicle Braunschweig
  • Program for the Open Monument Day 2014

Web links

Commons : Bugenhagenkirche  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gliesmarode in BLIK
  2. ^ Probstei Braunschweig: We show our church ; October 10, 2015

Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ′ 43.4 "  N , 10 ° 33 ′ 35.1"  E