Diakoniekirche Bad Kreuznach
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The Diakoniekirche Bad Kreuznach is a listed building on the grounds of the kreuznacher diakonie foundation (monument zone "Evangelical Diakonieanstalten" ).
history
The Diakoniekirche was built together with the motherhouse of the former Diakonieanstalten according to plans by the architect Friedrich Langenbach . Construction began in 1897 and the shell was finished in 1898. The church was consecrated on May 27, 1903. The church was badly damaged during World War II . The restoration of the church took place, among other things, because of the serious post-war shortage of craftsmen by the deaconesses and residents of the institution.
“The roof of our destroyed church is currently being covered. The building is no longer as high as it used to be. The self-made roof tiles were dragged in by sisters and children, one sister even sat on the rafters. "
After its restoration, the church was consecrated again on November 6, 1949. During the restoration, the pulpit and organ were placed over the altar . From 1979 to 1980 the room was completely redesigned by the architect Heinrich Otto Vogel from Trier . A semicircular apse was added and new church windows were built according to designs by the glass painter Alois Plum . The furnishings were supplemented by a large bronze cross based on a design by Ulrich Henn and another organ from the Rudolf von Beckerath workshop . In 1981 the tower was given a new spire.
Steeple
Jackdaws , barn owls , kestrels and bats have lived in the church tower for over 50 years . When the church tower was renovated after World War II, the deaconesses left openings for the animals. Nest boxes were also installed in the 1980s . The nest boxes are now being looked after by the nature conservation association NABU Bad Kreuznach. In 2007 the church tower was awarded the " Lebensraum Kirchturm " plaque .
Church forecourt
In 1989 a memorial by Thomas Duttenhoefer was inaugurated on the square in front of the Diakoniekirche , which commemorates the victims of euthanasia during the Third Reich . At Pentecost 2019, the bronze statue of a deaconess by Gernot Meyer-Grönhof was installed on the site in front of the church.
Church music
The church music at the Diakoniekirche is the since 1903 Kreuznacher-Diakonie Kantorei maintained. The first choirmaster was August Stern . From 1914 to 1919 Gisbert Enzian was the choirmaster. Cantor Helmut Kickton has been working here since 1987 .
Organs
Main organ
The organ was built in 1981 by the Rudolf von Beckerath Orgelbau workshop . The instrument has 20 registers , which are divided between two manuals and a pedal . The action is mechanical, the wind chests designed as sliding chests. The disposition is as follows:
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- mechanical coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
- Playing aids : Electronic setting system with 4 combinations
Choir organ
The choir organ was built in 1954 by Rudolf von Beckerath.
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literature
- Diakonie-Anstalten Bad Kreuznach (ed.): 100 years of Diakonieanstalten Bad Kreuznach. 1989.
- Realities of life - founder and builder: 150th birthday of Rev. D. Hermann Hugo Reich. 100 years parent company in Bad Kreuznach. 100 years of the Kreuznach Diakonie Kantorei. Verlag Matthias Ess, 2004, ISBN 3-935516-23-1
- Ulrike Winkler: 125 years of the kreuznacher diakonie foundation (1889–2014)
- Jin-Soo Chae : organ. ISBN 89-88793-42-0
Notes and individual references
- ↑ Main organ on www.Orgelsite.nl , accessed on December 16, 2018.
- ↑ The renovation of the church roof after World War II was actually carried out by the deaconesses due to the post-war shortage of craftsmen. See picture document on the homepage of the kreuznacher diakonie foundation: [1]
- ↑ www.nabu.de ; accessed on February 25, 2019
- ↑ 100 years of Diakonie-Anstalten Bad Kreuznach. P. 233
- ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung of May 28, 2019
- ↑ www.hanz-online.de of June 10, 2019
- ↑ Choir organ on www.orgelsite.nl , accessed on December 16, 2018.
Web links
Coordinates: 49 ° 50 ′ 10.9 ″ N , 7 ° 51 ′ 42.3 ″ E