Evangelical Church Broich
The Evangelical Church Broich is a neo-Gothic hall church in the Broich district in Mülheim an der Ruhr . It is one of eight churches in the parish that are under monument protection . As of August 1, 2011, the Broich Church is one of three parish churches of the new Broich-Saarn Evangelical Church Community.
history
A Protestant parish has existed in Broich since 1890. The neo-Gothic church was inaugurated in 1901 on Wilhelminenstrasse in the Broich district of Mülheim. The master builder was the Mülheim architect Heinrich Heidsiek, who created and executed the plans for several churches and town halls in the Ruhr area and on the Lower Rhine.
The architect and his work were unanimously praised: “Master builder ... Heidsiek, according to whose plans the stately, architecturally significant building was built ... Chords of the new organ roared mightily through the beautiful, stylish room ... the wonderful house of God ... celebrated the brilliant builder of the church "-" ... the Broich Church is created in a rare unity of external form and internal unity. "
The church building was extensively restored in 2000/01.
architecture
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The hall church made of Ruhr sandstone is built on a cross plan. The wide, high, almost square central nave is accompanied by two narrow aisles, but because of its dimensions it gives the impression of a central building. The rectangular choir and naves have a ribbed vault . The inside of the building is plastered white, pillars or columns and vault ribs are set off in pale red. The church has a wooden gallery running around three sides, which is structured by blinded, ornament-like pointed arch arcades. The organ is set up on the middle gallery, the gallery is supported by two cast iron columns.
The church is flanked by a 47 m high steeple.
Construction concept
At the time of construction, the building concept of the church was already architecturally and theologically outdated. The Wiesbaden program of 1891, which showed new ways in Protestant church building, did not come to fruition. That would have u. a. Required: Avoidance of the neo-Gothic architectural style, as it was preferred until the 1870s, as well as the concentration of the principal pieces altar, pulpit and organ on one visual axis.
Instead, recourse to older church building concepts is increasing:
- Floor plan: complex in the shape of a cross (Eisenacher Regulativ, 1861)
- Architectural style: preferably "Germanic-Gothic" ( Eisenacher Regulativ , 1861)
- Choir / altar area is taken for granted and indispensable ( Dresdner Thesen , 1856 and Barmer Thesen , 1860), raised by several steps and large enough that the liturgical acts around the altar can take place in it, stone vaults in the altar area (Eisenacher Regulativ, 1861 ). Great care should be taken with the layout of the chancel (Eisenacher advice, 1898)
- Location of the pulpit: where the ship and choir meet (Dresden theses)
- Organ opposite the chancel (Barmer theses)
- Galleries: only on the long sides ( Eisenacher advice , 1898)
Werner Franzen states that the Eisenach principles [d. H. the rather conservative building concept]: “There are no indications that the consistory [management of the Rhenish Provincial Church] is interested in a binding implementation of the Eisenach building rules. In the following decades, too, there was no sign of more intensive awareness of and observance of the pronouncements of the Eisenach Church Conference on questions of church building in the Rhineland. In 1898 the so-called "Eisenach advice" appeared, a revision of the Eisenach regulation, which the Rhenish Provincial Synod dealt with in the following year. A polite, but completely non-binding recommendation is passed on to the communities. "
Obviously, however, the principles of the Broich presbytery at that time were taken to heart and implemented by the architect Heinrich Heidsiek. Deviations from the conservative building concept of Broich Church were due to the urban environment: an eastward orientation of the church would have meant a departure of the main portal from the existing road connection and the neighboring urban facilities such as the town hall, post office and train station, which were then in Broich. In addition, there was already residential development on the property boundary to the west, which also limited the space for the construction, so that the church almost gives the impression of a central building.
Interior
Interior fittings such as the pulpit and altar are also designed in a neo-Gothic style.
Choir window
The three-part choir window from 1948/49 based on a design by the glass painter Karl Hellwig (1911–96) takes up the idea of a medieval winged altar ( triptych ) and thus underlines the building concept of the Broich church. The panel on the left shows biblical scenes relating to the sacrament of baptism, the right panel scenes relating to the Lord's Supper; the middle row of windows thematizes the word of God according to John's Gospel . Hellwig completed the side windows with ribbons in 14 pastel shades and the rose window above the organ by 1953.
The organ
The organ from the time the church was built is considered the oldest in Mülheim an der Ruhr, especially since it consists of over 90% historical pipe material. The builder was the royal court organ builder Wilhelm Sauer from Frankfurt an der Oder. The historical Sauer organ is often used for the performance of late romantic organ music.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The community - built from living stones - 1890–1990, 100 years of the Evangelical Church Community in Broich.
- ↑ Werner Franzen: Places of worship in change. Protestant church building in the Rhineland 1860–1914. Düsseldorf 2004, vol. 1.2 (= Archive of the Protestant Church in the Rhineland. 34) (= Diss. Univ, -Gesamthochschule Duisburg 2002), page. Internet lexicon Wikipedia, Internet pages of the parishes, Mülheimer Jahrbuch 2007 (Rathaus Heißen), pp. 173–176
- ^ Mülheimer Zeitung March 18, 1901
- ↑ Project sketch for the restoration by master builder Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Deurer, Wesel 1998
- ↑ Regulatory for Protestant Church Building, Eisenach 1861 www.theomag.de/58/prog03.htm and Wiesbadener Program, Berlin 1891 www.theomag.de/58/prog05.htm
- ↑ s. Note 2
- ↑ Wilhelminenkirche in Broich, in: Places of Contemplation and Prayer - Ed. For the Open Monument Day 2007, p. 12 f.
- ↑ Günter Fraßunke, The glass triptych - Choir window of the Evangelical Church in Broich completed 60 years ago, in: Mülheimer Jahrbuch 2009
- ↑ Margitta Ulbricht, The one-man orchestra - Mülheim's oldest organ is in Broich in the Ev. Church on Wilhelminenstrasse, in: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, October 30, 2010
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 25 ″ N , 6 ° 52 ′ 11 ″ E