Christ Church (Lüdenscheid)
The Christ Church is the center and property of the Evangelical Christ Church Community in Lüdenscheid . Alongside the Erlöserkirche, it is the second large Protestant church in the city center and, with 1,200 seats, it is the largest church in the Märkisches Kreis .
history
After the Kreuzkapelle in today's area of Sternplatz was given to the Catholic community in 1827, there was only one Protestant church in Lüdenscheid's city center for decades , today's Church of the Redeemer , which at the time was still known as the City Church . Even after the construction of two churches in Lüdenscheid-Land , the Oberrahmede Church in 1890 and the Kreuzkirche Bruges in 1899 , the necessary new Protestant church was still to be built in the city itself. Strong population growth at that time pushed for it. The construction of the generous, but not disproportionate in view of the demand, took place in 1900–1902. The architect was Gustav Adolf Fischer from Barmen . On the occasion of the consecration , the Church of the Redeemer was also given its current name. Damage caused by Allied fire in 1945 could be repaired again in the following period. On July 7, 1986, the Christ Church was entered in the list of monuments of the city of Lüdenscheid. The church tower was extensively renovated in the years 2018–2019.
description
The church tower with a pointed stone helmet is the highest in Lüdenscheid at 61.5 m. It is dominantly oriented towards the axis of Heedfelder Straße that adjoins it to the west and forms an important dominant feature in the cityscape. The neo-Gothic house of God is based on high Gothic construction and had the Trinity Church in Berlin-Charlottenburg as a direct model.
The Christ Church largely corresponds to the Wiesbaden program for Protestant church buildings. The gallery building made of ashlar has a central portal on the tower front. A Greek cross forms the floor plan . At its apex, the room expands to an approximately 16.5 m high vault. The 21 × 17 m measured nave is a cross vessel associated with 25 m width. The choir is around 9.50 m wide and 7 m deep.
The two rose windows of the transept have a diameter of 8 m. The name Christ Church is given expression by the representation of the three "offices" of Jesus: Outside on the tower above the main portal is the figure of the teaching prophet, the picture on the neo-Gothic stone altar shows the sufferer because of the sins of the people in Gethsemane and in the rose window above The altar shows the risen one who has conquered death, surrounded by a heavenly host depicted on the choir vault.
In the choir area there are further references to Christ: The soffits below the vaulted arch have been painted with the figures of the 12 apostles by Professor Thol since 1955 . The arch itself bears the inscription "Jesus Christ, yesterday and today and the same also for ever" (Hebrews 13: 8).
organ
The organ was built in 1902 by the organ builder E.F. Walcker built and rearranged in 1957 in line with the organ movement. In 2008, the Stockmann Brothers organ workshop largely returned the instrument to its original state. a. the gaming table was also reconstructed. The original pneumatic action was replaced by electric action in 1957. In the course of the restoration, the electric actions were replaced. The instrument has 36 registers on three manuals and a pedal .
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- Coupling : II / I (also as super-octave coupling), III / I (also as super and sub-octave coupling), III / II, III / III (as super and sub-octave coupling), I / I (as super and sub-octave coupling), I. / P, II / P, III / P
local community
The Christ parish belongs to the Evangelical Church District Lüdenscheid-Plettenberg of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia . It has three districts, each with a parish office (Oeneking, Wehberg and Knapp). In addition to the Christ Church, there is a community center on Bahnhofstrasse . The Markuskirche was inaugurated in 1979 for the parish of Wehberg . At that time it replaced a provisional makeshift church ("Barackenkirche") from the founding phase of the surrounding new building area.
The Christ Church Community maintains two kindergartens, one on Nordstrasse and another on Olpendahl , Wehberg .
See also
literature
- Heimatbund Märkischer Kreis (ed.): Art and history monuments in the Märkischer Kreis , p. 412/413, ISBN 3-89053-000-1
- Heimatverein Lüdenscheid eV (Ed.): Lüdenscheid yesterday and today, 75 historical postcards - 75 current photos. Texts by Wolfgang Schumacher, Lüdenscheid 1992, pp. 60/61
Individual evidence
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 16.5 ″ N , 7 ° 37 ′ 22.8 ″ E