Emmaus Church (Karlsruhe)

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Emmaus Church

The Emmauskirche is a Protestant church building in the Waldstadt district of Karlsruhe .

Building history

After the creation of the Waldstadt district in 1957, it became necessary to build a Protestant church in the newly built district. In 1959, already 5,500 people lived in the new district, of which about half Protestant denomination was. After a transitional period in which services were celebrated in the kindergarten barracks and confirmation classes were held, the architect Peter Salzbrenner won the competition to build a new church. On September 19, 1965, four bells rang for the first time from the new tower and on December 19, 1965, the fourth Sunday in Advent , the Emmaus Church and the associated community center were inaugurated. The construction costs amounted to 2.4 million DM .

Between 1980 and 1991, regular extensions to the church and community center were carried out, such as a vestibule and disabled access. From spring 2005, the concrete parts of the church had to be extensively renovated and the roof had to be re-covered after storm damage in 2001. The removal of contaminated sites such as asbestos and PCB was also necessary. The costs, originally estimated at 200,000 euros , increased to a total of one million euros, which were mainly raised through donations, grants from the regional church and mortgage loans . In this context, the chancel of the church was redesigned and the inauguration took place on July 30, 2006.

Furnishing

On the outer wall there is a relief by Gottfried Gruner .

literature

  • Uwe Hauser, Hermann Jordan: The Protestant parishes at the Emmaus Church. In: Walter Hof (ed.): The forest city in Karlsruhe: a lively district in the country . Karlsruhe 2007, ISBN 9783881904674 , pp. 187ff. ( online )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Uwe Hauser, Hermann Jordan: The Protestant communities at the Emmaus Church. In: Walter Hof (ed.): The forest city in Karlsruhe: a lively district in the country . Karlsruhe 2007, ISBN 9783881904674 , pp. 187ff.

Coordinates: 49 ° 1 ′ 58.2 ″  N , 8 ° 26 ′ 27.3 ″  E