Church of the Redeemer (Bamberg)
The Erlöserkirche ( ) is a Protestant church in downtown Bamberg on the right bank of the Main-Danube Canal .
history
The Erlöserkirche was built between 1930 and 1933 under the direction of the architect German Bestelmeyer and inaugurated in 1934.
On February 22, 1945, the Church of the Redeemer was hit by bombs in an Allied air raid and severely destroyed. The community had to move to other buildings. The reconstruction was only completed in 1950.
In 1972, subsequently built-in rooms of the community center were inaugurated in the basement of the church.
inner space
The interior consists of a decagon with an inner diameter of 22 meters and a height of 19 meters and offers 700 seats. When entering the church, the gaze falls on a representation of the crucified Jesus, the Savior , from whom the church takes its name. The permanent exhibition Bonhoeffer in Harlem by the Sino-Australian artist John Young has been in the Church of the Redeemer since 2013 . The exhibition consists of a hand-knotted silk carpet and eight chalk drawings.
Exterior view
The campanile , which is only connected by an intermediate building with sacristy and sacristy apartment, is reminiscent of southern models . The tower clock from 1934 is located on the 55 meter high tower. The largest dial of this clock has a diameter of six meters.
Bells
Until 1942, four bells hung in the tower, which were cast by the Ulrich company from Rothenburg ob der Tauber in the striking tones h 0 , d 1 , f sharp 1 and a 1 . Only the second largest bell survived the Second World War. It was traded in in 1958. In the same year, Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling cast four new bells, but not in the originally planned historical disposition.
|
No. |
Surname |
Casting year |
Caster |
Diameter (mm) |
Mass (kg) |
Percussive ( HT - 1 / 16 ) |
| 1 | Christ bell | 1958 | Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling | 1675 | 3316 | h 0 ± 0 |
| 2 | Prayer bell | 1383 | 1833 | d 1 +2 | ||
| 3 | Our Father Bell | 1225 | 1228 | e 1 −1 | ||
| 4th | Baptismal bell | 1095 | 884 | g 1 +3 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.bavariathek.bayern/ Wiederaufbau/gebaeude/detail/evang-erloeserkirche/ 256
- ^ Claus Peter: Bells, bells and tower clocks in Bamberg . Heinrichs-Verlag, Bamberg 2008, p. 271ff.
Web links
- www.erloeserkirche-bamberg.de (homepage)
Coordinates: 49 ° 53 ′ 41 ″ N , 10 ° 53 ′ 49 ″ E