Dominikuskloster (Berlin-Lankwitz)

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Monastery church

The Dominikuskloster is located behind the Lüdeckes' Schulzenhof, built in 1776, in Alt-Lankwitz 37 & 39 in Berlin-Lankwitz . Since 1927 it has been the motherhouse of the religious institute of the Sisters of Christ, who first dedicated themselves to the care of babies. A sanatorium for Kneipp medicine was built there in 1935 . It was later converted into a hospital and later a nursing home. In summer 2003 it was closed for financial reasons. The building complex is part of the listed ensemble of the Angerdorf Alt-Lankwitz.

history

In 1926 the Christ the King sisters acquired the former Lehnschulzengut in Alt-Lankwitz. They renovated the manor house and expanded it to become the mother house called Dominikushaus. On June 15, 1929, the Congregation of the Sisters of Christ the King was canonically established by Adolf Cardinal Bertram , Prince-Bishop of Breslau. In order to run an infant and children's home with a day nursery , a guest house , the chapel of grace and a student dormitory in Alt-Lankwitz, the nuns founded the Dominikushaus GmbH. In 1935 the Kneipp sanatorium was added. The buildings were destroyed in a bombing raid on August 23, 1943. Reconstruction began in 1946. In 1954 it was opened as a hospital after appropriate expansion . After it was increased and modernized in 1961, the facility was named Theodosius Hospital. In 1967/68 the side wing was modernized. As part of hospital planning , it was converted into a nursing home in 1977 . In December 2002 the home had to close and its 70 employees had to be dismissed after the sisters had been cheated of all their assets by the two managing directors of their Dominikushaus GmbH. In February 2003, the sisters filed for bankruptcy . The property had to be sold. The Theodosius hospital was demolished and residential buildings with around 150 apartments were built in the monastery garden . The Catholic community Chemin Neuf has lived in the monastery since 2006 . The service will continue in the Chapel of Mercy.

Building description

The building complex of the monastery is hidden by the former Schulzenhof and cannot be seen from the street. It is characterized by a basilica with a campanile next to it , in which hangs a ring made of three bronze bells , which comes from the Gebhard bell foundry . The first two were cast in 1954, the third bell was cast in 1958.

Chime Weight
(kg)		 Diameter
(cm)		 Height
(cm)		 Crown
(cm)		 Inscription in the flank (extracts)
G' 583 110 94 18th MY JESUS, I EXPECT EVERYTHING FROM YOUR LOVE.
b ′ 338 90 77 16 ... ON THE 25TH RETURN OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONGREGATION OF SISTERS OF OUR LORD JESUS ​​CHRIST ...
f ′ 814 123 105 22nd MY JESUS, I EXPECT EVERYTHING FROM YOUR LOVE.

At right angles to the basilica and parallel to the street is an extension that used to house the student dormitory and in which the Chapel of Grace is located.

Web links

Commons : Dominikuskloster  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments, Volume Berlin , Munich / Berlin 2006.
  • Klaus-Dieter Wille: The bells of Berlin (West). History and inventory. Berlin 1987.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christ the King Sisters, orden-online.de, accessed on October 9, 2017

Coordinates: 52 ° 26 '19.2 "  N , 13 ° 21' 23.9"  E