Emmaus Church (Berlin)

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Emmaus Church
Berlin-Kreuzberg Emmauskirche 20050309 380.jpg
address Berlin-Kreuzberg ,
Lausitzer Platz
Denomination evangelical
local community Emmaus-Ölberg parish
Current usage Parish church; Cultural place
Old church
start of building 1891
completion 1893
inauguration August 27, 1893
style Round arch style
architect August Orth
New nave
start of building 1957
completion 1959
inauguration December 6, 1959
style Post-war modernity
Architects Werner and Ludolf v. Walthausen

The Emmauskirche (also Emmaus Church ) of the Evangelical Emmaus-Ölberg parish in the parish of Berlin Stadtmitte of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia was built according to plans and under the direction of August Orth from 1890 to 1893 on Lausitzer Platz in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg . It formed an ensemble of buildings with the Görlitzer station opposite, also planned by August Orth . The nave , which was destroyed in the Second World War , was dismantled, as was the annexes to the church tower . A new nave was built in the late 1950s.

history

The Emmaus parish was initially a daughter of the St. Thomas parish . In 1872 an emergency church was first built on Lausitzer Platz in order to offer the future new congregation its own worship service. On April 1, 1887, the community formally separated from the St. Thomas Congregation. When it was founded, the Emmaus congregation had around 70,000 members. The elections to the Reichstag in 1877 brought an increase in votes for the Social Democrats in this urban area. The rulers attributed this to the declining ties of the people to the church. The increasing poverty and proletarianization of the population resulted in mass exits from the church . The rulers tried to strengthen their influence again by supporting the Church of the Old Prussian Union and therefore encouraged the building of large churches. The district synod made 200,000  marks available for the construction of a church, the magistrate took over the same amount and made the property on Lausitzer Platz available. The foundation stone was laid on June 5, 1890 . Due to objections from the building academy responsible for testing the structural engineering and the building police , construction work had to be suspended until spring 1891. On August 27, 1893 was the inauguration of the church. In the pews 2,400 people found space. When worship singing Royal Court and Cathedral Choir .

In 1944 were the explosions of bombs whose windows destroyed near the church. This made it unusable in winter. On February 3, 1945, the nave burned down completely after an air raid . The services were now held in the church's air raid shelter . Since July 1, 1949, the nave and the annexes of the tower were demolished due to the risk of collapse. Only the tower with the mosaic above the entrance portal remained.

From 1957 to 1959 a new nave with only 500 seats was built, which was inaugurated on December 6, 1959. The preliminary design made Werner v. Walthausen, the construction work was in the hands of Ludolf v. Walthausen. From 1990 to 1995, the church tower was rebuilt for parish activities, offices and a parish service apartment according to plans by Wulf Eichstädt. On August 27, 1995 the Emmaus parish merged with the nearby Mount of Olives parish to form the Emmaus-Mount of Olives parish .

architecture

Old church

Orth designed a church building that was a synthesis of a longitudinal and a central structure . The whole room, except for the choir , was filled by galleries on two levels. The core of the building was an octagon with the pulpit in the middle . A dome rested on eight free-standing bundle pillars , with daylight shining through the side windows . A small lantern adorned the outside of the dome. On five sides of the octagon joined apses on. The median in the longitudinal axis of the church was the sanctuary . On the other three sides of the octagon was a three-aisled nave with four axes. In front of this was the 74 meter high tower with the portal , framed by polygonal building wings . Above the entrance Paul Mohn designed a mosaic with Christ and the Emmaus disciples and the saying: “Lord stay with us, because evening is about to come”. It was manufactured by the German Glass Mosaic Society Puhl & Wagner , at that time in Rixdorf .

New nave

Between 1957 and 1959, a hall church with truncated end walls in axial alignment was built according to plans by Werner von Walthausen . She moved north from the tower. Their area corresponds approximately to that of the old nave. It is only connected to the tower by a gallery . The ridge of the gable roof remains 16 meters below the height of the portal. The side walls are staggered by narrow, eaves-high ribbon windows that are arranged at an angle. In the summer of 1998 the pews were replaced by chairs.

Furnishing

Bells

Three cast steel bells from the Bochumer Verein bell foundry hang in the tower . The following information can be found in an inventory list of the foundry: The three-part bells came in a bell room, which are arranged next to each other and form a regular octagon. The production of all three bells including accessories such as clapper, axles, bearings and chime levers cost 7,160 marks.

size Pouring year Chime Weight (kg) lower diameter (mm) Height (mm) inscription annotation
greatest 1892 b 0 2550 1885 1655 GLORY TO GOD ON HEIGHTS / AND PEACE ON EARTH / AND MANY PEOPLE.
middle 1964 of the 1st 2010
(1560)		 1680
(1570)		 1380 + COMING, FOR EVERYTHING
IS READY +		 The first middle bell was also made in 1882 (dates in brackets) and apparently had to be replaced later.
smallest 1892 f 1 1019 1385 1185 A SOLID CASTLE IS OUR GOD / HIS EMPIRE HAS TO REMAIN.

organ

The Emmauskirche has a special organ in which a pipe organ was combined with an electronic organ .

The pipe organ was inaugurated in 2002. The instrument was built in 1960 by the organ builder G. A. C. de Graaf for the Noach-Kerk in Amsterdam , and after its profanation it was sold to Berlin. The pipe organ has 22 registers on two manuals and a pedal. The first manual is a coupling manual. In the years 2002–2004, the instrument was expanded to include 24 electronic registers .

II Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Prestant 08th'
2. Reed flute 08th'
3. Viola di gamba 08th'
4th octave 04 ′
5. flute 04 ′
6th Nasard 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Gemshorn 02 ′
8th. Mixture IV
9. Trumpet 08th'
III Breastwork C – g 3
10. Holpijp 08th'
11. Playing flute 04 ′
12. Prestant 02 ′
13. Fifth 01 1 ⁄ 3  ′
14th Tertz 01 3 ⁄ 5  ′
15th octave 01'
16. Krummhorn 08th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – g 1
17th Sub bass 16 ′
18th Gemshorn 08th'
19th Night horn 04 ′
20th Pointed cover 02 ′
21st bassoon 16 ′
22nd Clear 04 ′
HW electronic
Section A.
Drone 16 ′
Hollow flute 08th'
Dumped 04 ′
Trumpet en ch. 16 ′
Trumpet 04 ′
Section B.
Drone 16 ′
Concert flute 08th'
Pointed flute 04 ′
Trumpet 16 ′
Cornett V
BW electronically
Section A.
Principal 08th'
octave 04 ′
Gemshorn 02 ′
Mixture III
Dulcian 16 ′
Section B.
Flauto traverso 16 ′
Wooden flute 08th'
Viol 08th'
Salizional 08th'
Flauto traverso 04 ′
Electronic pedal
Contrabass 32 ′
Principal 16 ′
Bombard 32 ′
shelf 16 ′
  • Coupling : coupling manual for the pipe organ (II, III / I), II / P, III / P

literature

Web links

Commons : Emmauskirche (Berlin)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b compilation of the bells delivered to Berlin and the surrounding area . Bochum Association, around 1900. In the archive of the Köpenick Church of St. Josef, viewed on August 6, 2019.
  2. ↑ A new organ in Emmaus

Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ 59.4 "  N , 13 ° 25 ′ 51.7"  E