Fatih Mosque (Pforzheim)
The Fatih Mosque ( German "Conqueror Mosque" ) in Pforzheim was built from 1990 to 1992 as the first mosque in Baden-Württemberg . The mosque association is the "Turkish-Islamic Union of the Institute for Religion Pforzheim eV" in the umbrella organization DITIB . The prayer hall seats 750 people, of which the women's gallery seats 150.
The Fatih Mosque is designed as a "domed mosque" with a 23 meter high minaret . The foundation stone was laid on March 17, 1990, the inauguration on September 26, 1992. The planning was carried out by Gökcen Sungurtekin. The construction costs amounted to 5.5 million marks. A collection of the Protestant and Catholic Church in Pforzheim, which donated a chandelier for the prayer hall, was controversial. The “Office for Religious Affairs in Turkey” ( Diyanet ) contributed with 125,000 marks and the city of Pforzheim with a donation of 4,000 marks.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 53 ′ 57 " N , 8 ° 43 ′ 36" E