Church of the Redeemer (Oberbruch)

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Evangelical Church of the Redeemer

Oberbruch Evang. Erlöserkirche.jpg

Denomination : evangelical
Consecration date : September 27, 1964
Parish : Oberbruch
Address: 52525 Heinsberg,

Boos Fremery Street

Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 17 ″  N , 6 ° 8 ′ 28 ″  E The Protestant Church of the Redeemer is located in the Oberbruch district ofthe city of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

The church stands together with the Oase youth home on Boos-Fremery-Strasse in Oberbruch.

history

After the Second World War , the Evangelical Church Community in the Heinsberg area expanded very strongly, also due to the influx of displaced families from eastern Germany . With the completion of the Christ Church in Heinsberg , the desire for its own church also awoke in Oberbruch. With a contribution from the regional church of DM 70,000, the municipality of Oberbruch also approved the project. In 1959 negotiations on the building site began , and construction began in 1962. The construction management was in the hands of the architect Walter Jendges . The solemn inauguration of the Church of the Redeemer and the consecration of bells took place on September 27, 1964 . The bells are a foundation of the general director Dr. Helmut Vits from the United Glanzstoff factories in Wuppertal . Hanna Boss , the wife of the former director of the Oberbruch Glanzstoffwerk , gave the Church of the Redeemer the Holy Communion chalice and a silver jug for the inauguration , while Pastor Fuchs added the silver plate.

In autumn 2017 it was decided that the necessary building renovation could not be financially supported and that the church should be de-dedicated and the entire site including the youth home should be sold. In the fall of 2018 the church was deedicated.

architecture

Because of the reduced load-bearing capacity of the subsoil , the architect developed a suitable concept for building the church. Supporting elements are six heavy steel support frame over which a relatively light case in the form of a reinforced concrete plate with a cover made of copper were drawn. The bell tower was made of exposed concrete and fields made of light white exposed aggregate concrete .

Furnishing

  • There is an organ in the church.
  • In the church there is an altar , a baptismal font and normal church furnishings.
  • In the church there is a group of apostles on the altar wall.
  • In the church tower there are four bells from 1964 in the pitch ges, b, des and es. All bells were cast in the bell foundry Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock in Gescher in Westphalia .
  • The church has stained glass . The artist Helmuth Uhrig created various glass pictures . The extensive glazing of the side walls consists of grooved raw mirror glass in different shades of gray. Further pictures were created by the Bernhard company from Ravensburg

gallery

  • Entrance area

  • Youth home

  • Exterior view

literature

  • Home calendar of the Selfkantkreis 1953: 400 years of the Evangelical Church Community Heinsberg , by Pastor Fuchs, Heinsberg, p. 53
  • Home calendar of the Heinsberg district 1992: The preaching houses of the Reformed Congregation Heinsberg in the 17th century , by Paul and Sigrid Krückel p. 52
  • Wilhelm Frenken: 400 years of the Heinsberg Evangelical Church Community

Web links

Commons : Erlöserkirche (Oberbruch)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Article in Aachener Zeitung from September 13, 2017
  2. ↑ Article in Aachener Zeitung from August 26, 2018
  3. ↑ Executing company Bernhardt from Ravensburg