Eyup Sultan Mosque (Gersthofen)
The Eyüp Sultan Mosque of the Gersthofen mosque community was inaugurated in June 2008. The mosque association is part of the Turkish-Islamic Union (DITIB).
history
The mosque community decided to build a new mosque in 1998 . Previously, a garage was used as a prayer room, which had no wash fountain and was too low.
The former mayor of Gersthofen, Siegfried Deffner, had campaigned for the construction of the mosque in Gersthofen. Originally, the mosque was supposed to be much larger, but after four building applications in a row it was made much smaller. In 2005, the Yilbirt architectural office was commissioned with the construction, and construction began in October 2006. A year later, the mosque could already be used by the parishioners during Ramadan .
The Protestant and Catholic pastors were present at the opening ceremony. Together they presented Mustafa Kabak, the chairman of the Turkish-Islamic community at the time, with a basket of bread and salt .
mosque
Turkish architect Sedat Yilbirt not only designed the building, but also the furnishings. The exterior of the mosque looks modern, the interior is traditionally furnished. The wooden entrance door was made using the Kündekari technique, small pieces of wood are joined together in such a way that a durability of over a hundred years is guaranteed. The interior fittings were made in Turkey and are based on the classic style that was widespread in the Arab world for centuries and dates back to the 14th to 17th centuries. The costs for the construction amounted to 700,000 euros, whereby it must be taken into account that the municipality provided a lot of its own contribution.
The dome has a diameter of eight meters and is decorated with individual gold leaves and a verse from the Koran on the edge. A special feature of the mosque is the 400 kilogram chandelier, which consists of three free-floating golden rings to which a total of 64 lights are attached. The sermon pulpit made of walnut is a work of art decorated with fine and intricate motifs and was made by eastern Turkish craftsmen in seven months of work. There was no minaret in the construction of the mosque. The windows are large and symbolize two praying hands reaching up to the sky. The paintings in the mosque were painted without stencils by four Turkish calligraphers over a period of four weeks. The women pray one floor higher and offset.
The Eyüp Sultan Mosque contains a men's prayer room with 136 m² and a women's prayer room with 56 m² and offers a total of 300 believers.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 24 ′ 53.8 " N , 10 ° 52 ′ 45.3" E