Emmaus Church (Bad Griesbach)

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The Emmaus Church from the north-west

The Emmaus Church in Bad Griesbach im Rottal was built in 1991/92 as part of the ecumenical pastoral care center in the Bad Griesbach-Therme district, Kurallee 3.

history

After the state recognition of the Griesbach thermal springs in 1979, a Catholic and an Evangelical-Lutheran course pastoral care was founded in 1980 . The good ecumenical cooperation and the friendly cooperation between the two responsible pastors gave rise to the idea of ​​an ecumenical pastoral care center , which was finally established between 1991 and 1992 by the Catholic diocese of Passau and the Protestant deanery of Passau. The architects of the church were Alexander Freiherr von Branca from Munich and Norbert Liebich. The church was consecrated on October 11, 1992 by the Protestant regional bishop Johannes Hanselmannand the Roman Catholic Bishop of Passau , Franz Xaver Eder .

architecture

Chancel and organ

The church, which is connected to the course pastoral care center with meeting and event rooms, is located at the entrance to the spa area of ​​Bad Griesbach and is visible from afar. The white plastered church building with the prominent protruding apse is crowned by a bell tower with a golden cross.

The semicircular church space offers space for 400 visitors. It is dominated by the 100 m² painting of the also semicircular apse, which was created by Oskar Koller from Nuremberg. The painting follows the motif "from darkness into light" with strong contrasts and intense color values, which merge into lighter colors from the outside in. The altar cross hanging centrally above the altar and the Way of the Cross are by Waldemar Otto ( Worpswede ). The altar cross with the Emmaus group integrated into it according to the patronage of the church represents the two disciples on the way to Emmaus , whom Jesus Christ joins undetected ( Lk 24 : 13-29  EU ).

The Evangelical Our Father Chapel and the Catholic Sacrament Chapel are added to the left and right of the common church space.

The Sacrament Chapel

Our Father Chapel

The Our Father Chapel is to the left of the chancel and is designed as a Protestant prayer room. The stained windows are by Hubert Distler , as is a relief-like representation of the Our Father prayer in graffito technique on the left side wall.

Sacrament chapel

The sacrament chapel is the Catholic prayer room with tabernacle and is located to the right of the chancel. The altar and chandelier were created by Leopold Hafner .

organ

The organ was built by Georg Jann from Allkofen . It has 18 stops on two manuals and a pedal .

Disposition :

I. Hauptwerk C – g ′ ′ ′
Principal 8th'
Bourdon 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Night horn 4 ′
Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Octave 2 ′
Mixture 4-fold 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
shelf 16 ′
Tremblant doux
II Echowerk C – g ′ ′ ′ (swellable)
Wooden dacked 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Wooden flute 4 ′
Transverse flute 2 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Forest flute 2 ′
Tremulant
Pedal C – f ′
Sub bass 16 ′
Flood 8th'
Octave 4 ′

Bells

The Emmauskirche has two larger bells that were named after Martin Luther and Brother Konrad . Both bells were cast by the Passau company Perner . In addition, the church has a carillon made of twelve smaller bells.

literature

  • Heinz Brockert: Sing and pray with one voice. Bad Griesbach has been giving examples of lived ecumenism for 20 years . In: Grüss Gott. Companion of the Evangelical Church on vacation and cure. Munich 2012, pp. 18–20.

Web links

Commons : Emmauskirche (Bad Griesbach im Rottal)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 25 '52.3 "  N , 13 ° 11' 1.3"  E