Eben Ezer Chapel (Wuppertal)
The Ebenezer Chapel in Wuppertal is a monument protected church . It is the church of the Evangelical Free Church Community in Wuppertal-Barmen .
Surname
The church is named after the biblical stone of help ( 1 Sam 7,12 EU ) (cf. Eben-Ezer Church ). Since 1998 it has also been called “Köbner's Church” in memory of Julius Köbner , who founded the Baptist congregation in Barmen in 1852 .
Architecture and building history
The chapel at Wartburgstrasse 44 was built in 1855/1856 in neo-Gothic style from sandstone , with a risalit-like accented portal . It was inaugurated between September 27 and 29, 1856. During the Second World War it was destroyed in 1943 and rebuilt by the municipality in 1953.
meaning
It is the mother church of the Rhenish Baptist congregations and thus an important historical and cultural testimony to the city of Wuppertal. The church building was therefore placed under monument protection on August 27, 1984.
literature
- Sigrid Lekebusch, Florian Speer : Churches and places of worship in Barmen . In: Churches and places of worship in Wuppertal , Volume 2 (= contributions to the history and local history of the Wuppertal, Vol. 43). Schmidt, Neustadt an der Aisch 2008, ISBN 978-3-87707-721-4 .
Web links
- Entry in the Wuppertal monument list
- History of the municipalities with construction dates
- A visit to “Köbner's Church” Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) on January 21, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ An ecumenical guide through Wuppertal ( Memento from September 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 56.8 ″ N , 7 ° 11 ′ 1 ″ E