Christ the King Church (Gliwice)
The Christ the King Church is a Roman Catholic church in Gliwice (Gleiwitz).
The modern church in the form of a basilica is located in the Zatorze district ( Stadtwaldviertel , formerly part of Petersdorf ) and was built according to plans by the architect Karl Mayr (* 1902).
history
As early as 1929, the architect Dominikus Böhm submitted two designs for a new church building: a central building on an elliptical floor plan and a second design with a cross-shaped floor plan. The latter is compared with the parish church of St. Wolfgang in Regensburg, which was built between 1937 and 1939.
After the Böhm designs were rejected by the Archdiocese of Breslau , the architect Karl Mayr was finally commissioned with a new plan in 1934. Only two months passed between the completion of the project draft and approval by the diocese; The foundation stone was laid on September 2, 1934 . After 15 months of construction, on 3 November 1935 the Church by Cardinal was Adolf Bertram of Breslau ordained .
In 1938 the altar wall was painted by Karl Platzek with a monumental Christ the King fresco with the inscription “My kingdom is not of this world”. After 1945 the frescoes were painted over because of the German-language inscription.
In 1973 the church was renovated. Between 1994 and 1995 the roof of the church was renovated.
organ
The large organ has 56 registers on three manuals and a pedal . The playing and stop actions are electro-pneumatic.
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literature
- Beata Komar: Research into Christ The King Church's Archives in Gliwice View of the Future Development of this Church ♙ Silesian Technical University , Gliwice, 2008.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ August Hoff, Herbert Muck, Raimund Thoma: Dominikus Böhm. Schnell & Steiner Verlag, Munich 1962, pp. 217–222, p. 506.
- ↑ a b c Beata Komar: Research into Christ The King Church's Archives in Gliwice View of the Future Development of this Church ♙ Schlesische Technische Universität , Gliwice, 2008, p. 12 f.
- ↑ Information about the organ (Polish)
Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′ 4.8 ″ N , 18 ° 41 ′ 38 ″ E