Bugenhagen Church (Hanover)

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Bugenhagenkirche with entrance

The Bugenhagenkirche is an Evangelical Lutheran church in the southern part of Hanover . It was built between 1960 and 1962 according to plans by the Karlsruhe architect Werner Dierschke and inaugurated on Eternity Sunday 1962. It is named after the reformer Johannes Bugenhagen . In 2015 the church was added to the register of cultural monuments .

description

The modern church building offers space for around 450 people. The main portal with a double-leaf steel door and the altar cross were made by the blacksmith Fritz Kühn from what was then East Berlin . The church is considered to be one of the most important church buildings of its time in Lower Saxony due to the design, the lighting, the materials and the high-quality furnishings with art.

Bell tower

The tower has a height of 42 meters. The tower frame consists of two vertically placed crossing lattice girders without diagonals. The main girders are very slim concrete cylinder columns. The distances between the eight crossbars increase according to the proportions of the golden section from bottom to top. The octagonal bell chamber is set on the top, highest floor, accessible via a filigree, metal spiral staircase.

organ

The organ was built by Paul Ott and inaugurated in 1967. It has 2,100 pipes in 31 registers . In 1998 it was cleaned, overhauled and re-voiced by the company Alexander Schuke, Potsdam. The actions are mechanical.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Quintad 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Coupling flute 8th'
octave 4 ′
Flute 4 ′
Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Forest flute 2 ′
Rauschpfeife II
Mixture V-VII
Trumpet 8th'
II breastwork C – g 3
Dumped 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
octave 2 ′
Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Sif flute 1'
Sesquialtera II
Sharp IV
Vox humana 8th'
Rankett 16 ′
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
Principal 16 ′
Sub bass 16 ′
octave 8th'
Gedacktpommer 8th'
Wooden flute 4 ′
Night horn 2 ′
Mixture IV
trombone 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Schalmey 4 ′

Bells

Side view

The bells were cast by the Schilling company in Heidelberg. All four bells have inscriptions:

  • "Watch, stand in faith, be male and strong" 1 Cor. 16.13
    in the year of the Lord 1937, re-cast 1962 (tone h, 350 kg)
  • "O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord" Jer. 22.29
    in the year of the Lord 1962 (tone h, 350 kg)
  • "One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism" Eph. 4.5
    in the year of the Lord 1962 (clay a, 500 kg)
  • "All tongues should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord ..." Phil. 2,11
    in the year of the Lord 1962 (ton e, 1200 kg)
    This bell was donated by the confirmands in 1961 and 1962.

literature

  • Hans Werner Dannowski, Waldemar R. Röhrbein: History of Hanover's Churches , Lutherhausverlag, Hanover 1983, p. 35
  • Wolfgang Puschmann: Bugenhagenkirche , in: Hanover's churches. 140 churches in and around town . Edited by Wolfgang Puschmann. Hermannsburg: Ludwig-Harms-Haus 2005, pp. 12–15. ISBN 3-937301-35-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rocco Curti: The Ev.-luth. Bugenhagenkirche in Hanover in: Reports on the preservation of monuments in Lower Saxony 2/2016, pp. 64–65.
  2. ↑ More information about the organ

Web links

Commons : Bugenhagenkirche (Hannover)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ′ 15.8 "  N , 9 ° 45 ′ 52.5"  E