Dietrich Bonhoeffer Church (Wenzenbach)
The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Church is an Evangelical Lutheran branch of the Regenstauf parish and is located at Bahnhofstrasse 10, near the town hall in Wenzenbach .
history
With the arrival of new Protestant citizens to Wenzenbach, after a long-term provisional arrangement, it became necessary to build a Protestant church. The distribution committee of the Bavarian regional church approved the plans on December 5, 2014 and approved the necessary funds.
The foundation stone was laid on October 31, 2015, Reformation Day. The walls were erected and the roof completed in December of the same year. The indoor work and the outdoor area with forecourt could be completed by the end of June 2016. The church was consecrated on July 3, 2016.
Building description
The church is a single-storey multi-purpose building made of solid wood, using prefabricated parts, 33 m long and 11 m wide. Inside is the church room with 90 seats, which can be expanded to 150 seats together with the community hall. The space shell also houses a group room, two offices, a tea kitchen, sanitary rooms and a foyer. A heating system that uses geothermal energy is sufficient to heat the low-energy house . In addition, a photovoltaic system was installed. The central point in the church is an earth-colored block of rammed earth, about one and a half tons in weight. It was made on site.
organ
Since April 20, 2019, the church has had a mechanical slider - organ built by Richard Rensch (1964), which was transferred and rearranged by Orgelbau Rainer Kilbert . She has the following disposition :
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Bell jar
In the summer of 2017 a bell tower was added on the church square. A bell made by the Perner company was installed in it. The bell weighs 155 kg and sounds on the strike note e 2 . The bell saying goes : "God, let my thoughts gather to you." On the opposite page the name of the church and the year of casting can be read. It is set in motion by a special linear motor for bells. The bell was consecrated on July 21, 2019 by Dean Herrmann from Regensburg in an open-air service.
Award
The church was awarded the 2018 Timber Construction Prize.
Web links
- Website of the ev. Parish Regenstauf, Lapperdsorf and Wenzenbach
Individual evidence
- ↑ Church building on the website of the Protestant parish Regenstauf, Lapperdsorf and Wenzenbach, accessed on October 31, 2016
- ↑ a b Report on laying the foundation stone and building description on the website of the municipality of Wenzenbach, accessed on October 31, 2016
- ↑ a b Announcement of the inauguration on Mittelbayerische.de, accessed on October 31, 2016
- ↑ Report in the Mittelbayerische Zeitung : Timber Construction Prize for Bonhoeffer Church of September 24, 2018, vol. 27, no. 220, p. 40.
Coordinates: 49 ° 4 ′ 32.9 ″ N , 12 ° 11 ′ 40.1 ″ E