Church of the Redeemer (Frankfurt-Oberrad)
The Erlöserkirche ( ) in the Oberrad district of Frankfurt is a church of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau . It was inaugurated in 1914 and rebuilt in a contemporary style in 1956 after being destroyed by air raids in World War II .
prehistory
There was a church in Oberrad since 1270, which was named after the local patron saint, Saint Margaretha . It was located on the south side of Offenbacher Landstrasse, east of Mathildenstrasse. When the new Church of the Redeemer was built at the beginning of the twentieth century, the old village church came into municipal ownership and was used as a warehouse. It burned down in 1943 and the ruins were torn down in 1953. Residential buildings were built in their place.
The Church of the Redeemer 1912 to 1945
As a replacement for the old village church, the new Erlöserkirche was built between 1912 and 1914 on the southern outskirts of Oberrad on Melanchthonplatz. It comes from the architect Karl Blattner , who chose elements of historicism and neoclassicism . Together with the Grunelius School and a day-care center, further social institutions were created for the district.
The parish pastor from 1925 to 1939 was Johann Georg Probst (1885–1962), who turned more and more away from the regime from the initially enthusiastic National Socialist and founder of the first Frankfurt local group of German Christians . After the November pogroms in 1938 , he publicly criticized the deportation of Frankfurt Jews. He was imprisoned in 1939 and had to leave Frankfurt after his release in 1940.
The church burned down completely after an air raid on October 4, 1943 . Attempts by the congregation to rebuild the church were frustrated by further attacks. Another attack on March 18, 1944 completely destroyed the church, the adjoining parish hall and the sacristy.
description
The reconstruction of the Erlöserkirche was carried out according to plans by the architect Alfred Schild . It was inaugurated on March 18, 1956. The hall church on a rectangular floor plan is covered with a flat roof, which extends far into the street space on the southern entrance side and is supported by slender supports. The relief of Christian Faith in the Atomic Age by Knud Knudsen , which was placed above the south portal in 1961, is characteristic of the external appearance . Figures and reliefs are made from cement, chrome-nickel steel and mosaic-like artificial stone in black, white and yellow, which show the redemption of humanity through Jesus Christ . God's love symbolized by a ray of light falls on the cross, which is rammed into the world. The bell tower in the east stands above the sidewalk, so that an arcade in the public space forms the entrance.
Inside the semicircular is sanctuary accented by a large skylight. In the western wall, circular and, on the eastern side, high-rectangular colored windows provide atmospheric lighting. The windows consist of unwiped , lead-glazed antique glass . They were designed by the architect according to the specifications of Pastor Johann Georg Christian.
Furnishing
The crucifix above the altar was also made by Knud Knudsen. Altar, pulpit and baptismal font were made according to the architect's designs. The pulpit is made of black Detopak glass . The font has the shape of a cylindrical fountain. The relief Lux mundi by Rolf Kissel has been hanging in the chancel since 1997 . The sacrament house made of gray sandstone in the 15th century and the crucifixion group made of red sandstone from 1703 behind the pulpit come from the village church . On the gallery above the entrance there is an organ by Eberhard Friedrich Walcker with 21 registers and two manuals .
literature
- Joachim Proescholdt and Jürgen Telschow: Frankfurt's Protestant Churches through the ages , Frankfurter Societätsverlag, Frankfurt 2011, ISBN 978-3-942921-11-4
Individual evidence
- ^ Carl-Wilhelm Reibel: The Protestant Redemption Congregation in Oberrad 1933-1945. In: Frankfurt am Main 1933–1945. Institute for Urban History , accessed on February 21, 2014 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 5 '52.2 " N , 8 ° 43' 39.4" E