Church of the Redeemer (Attendorn)
The Erlöserkirche is a listed church building belonging to the Protestant parish in Attendorn , a town in the Olpe district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).
history
After there had been only one Protestant Christian in Attendorn in 1820, their number grew in the following years due to the onset of industrialization and especially the settlement of the Landwehr Battalion 35. The first Protestant service in Attendorn was in 1839. The military community developed nine years later the Protestant parish of Attendorn. The first Protestant church with 200 seats was built in 1855 in the garden of the rectory.
From the early 20th century, this church no longer met the requirements for the larger community. A larger church building was to be built to accommodate all parishioners. The building should be able to accommodate 500 visitors. The community secured three plots of land on today's Klosterplatz in the direct vicinity of the monastery church . The city councilors, who are mostly Catholic, rejected a building in such a prominent place in the city. The Protestant parish then chose a building site on the site of the filled city moat.
The parish commissioned the architect Gustav Mucke with a design. In the spring of 1913, the preparatory work for the building of the church began, for which the foundation stone was laid on August 3, 1913. Most of the work was given to craftsmen from the region in order to improve relations with the Catholic majority society. The community reckoned with construction costs of 80,000 marks, the final bill was 86,000 marks, most of which were financed through donations and through support of the Gustav-Adolf-Werk . On July 28, 1914, the Church of the Redeemer was handed over to its destination.
At the end of the Second World War, the Church of the Redeemer was damaged twice, initially by the bombing raid on Attendorn on March 28, 1945, and almost three months later by an ammunition explosion on the nearby Klosterplatz. This also caused damage to the organ, which could be repaired in the following months so that it could continue to be used until the beginning of February 1970 the instrument still in use was installed.
In 1995, the three steel bells received from the Bochum Association after the Second World War , the original bronze bells had been melted down in 1942, were exchanged for five new bronze bells. The new peal was coordinated with the bells of the not far away Sauerland Cathedral . In addition, a bell that was already used in the previous building has been preserved. Two years later, the interior was extensively renovated for the first time since the 1960s for around 630,000 DM, including renewing the heating and lighting.
architecture
The massive, cross-shaped central building made of embossed cuboids has a floor area of 335.61 square meters and the tower standing on the side has a floor space of 32.45 square meters. Colored stone was used for the outer structure . Art Nouveau was originally found both in the lighting and in the painting of the ceilings and walls. The choir area had a carpet pattern in the lower part, and a starry sky in the upper part. In the 1960s, the walls were painted gray, dark wood dominated, everything was designed in a uniform manner in line with contemporary tastes. The main room is arched ridge ; in the barrel-vaulted side arms were galleries built. The ornamental painting from the construction period was restored in 1997, with the exception of the starry sky in the choir room, according to findings. Most of the furnishings date from the time it was built. The rear area can be separated by a folding door if necessary.
37 crosses in the entrance area remember those who fell in both world wars.
organ
The organ was built in 1969 by the organ construction company Kleuker (Bielefeld-Brackwede). The slider chests instrument has 14 sounding registers on two manuals and pedal and is in neo-baroque style scheduled . The actions are mechanical.
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- Coupling: II / I, I / P, II-P
literature
- Ursula Quednau (edit.): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, North Rhine-Westphalia II: Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , p. 54.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Karl-Hermann Ernst: Military community becomes a church community. November 3, 2014, accessed on July 11, 2020 (German).
- ↑ a b c d By Karl-Hermann Ernst: The foundation stone was laid 100 years ago. August 2, 2013, accessed on July 11, 2020 (German).
- ^ A b c d e Karl Hermann-Ernst: Erlöserkirche is 100 years old. July 29, 2014, accessed on July 11, 2020 (German).
- ↑ a b c History of the Church of the Redeemer. October 1, 2007, accessed on July 11, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Information on the organ
Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 34.3 " N , 7 ° 53 ′ 59.8" E