Friedenskirche (Berlin-Westend)
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The Protestant Church of Peace , a church building in the style of the beginning modern , the so-called Heimatschutzarchitektur , is located in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf , Westend district at Tannenbergallee 6. It was built according to plans by the architect Emil Fangmeyer using a studio building. The church with the bell tower is a listed building .
history
The oldest houses in the Heerstraße estate in the west of Charlottenburg date from 1909. After the end of the First World War , the estate was built in its current form. As the development increased, so did the number of parishioners. Therefore, on July 1, 1919, the peace community was founded as the second branch of the Epiphany community for the residential area on Heerstraße . Initially, the services took place in the Epiphany Church, and since October 14, 1923, in the forest school. In 1926 the parish acquired the 1,567 m² plot of land at Tannenbergallee No. 6, on which the sculptor Wilhelm Wandschneider's studio had been located since 1916, for 70,000 marks (purchasing power adjusted in today's currency: around 267,000 euros) , and converted the half-timbered house into an emergency church . The large glass windows facing the street remained unchanged. The chapel had no church stalls , but about 120 chairs. The first service took place on February 7, 1926. Fangmeyer, a member of the community as well as the building contractor, first added a few low- profile extensions with roof overhangs to the country house in 1928 , then in 1932 he expanded the building to its current size of 470 m 2 of overbuilt property . The glass front to Tannenbergallee was removed and the nave was extended. The cross arms were also added. 150 new places were created in this way. An organ gallery was also built, which could seat 30 more people. In place of the wooden belfry , the campanile was built sideways . 60,000 marks were available for the construction work and the interior fittings. During the renovation work, the services took place again in the forest school. The inauguration of the "Berlin-Heerstraße" church took place on October 9, 1932; it was only named "Friedenskirche" in 1962.
The parish originally had big plans to build a new church. According to a model by Otto Bartning , a rectangular, pointed barrel vaulted church with a narrow, filigree bell tower was to be built on Heerstrasse and Kranzallee. His proposal was rejected because it was too modern. Another preliminary draft from him, now for a plot of land that was being considered at Waldschulallee and Harbigstrasse, could not be carried out for financial reasons.
The church, damaged in the Second World War , was restored by Fangmeyer from 1947 to 1949. The community maintains two other preaching sites, one in Eichkamp , the other in Ruhleben . The old rectory , built by Erich Blunck in 1929 , was sold in 2001. A modern new building was built next to the Friedenskirche.
Building description
The gray plastered masonry structure consists of a high nave under a gable roof and a low transept covered with tied roofs , from which adjoining rooms extend. Harold Bengen created a three-colored crucifix on the gable wall facing the street - sgraffito , other works by him, such as the wall painting behind the altar, were destroyed in the war. The hipped roof of the church tower has been adorned with a gold-plated cross since 1960 . The weathercock that was previously there is now on the church roof. The nave is provided with a trapezoidal vault, which is formed on the sides by the gable roof and on the top by a flat ceiling .
The church interior receives little daylight through the dormer windows , three on each side. Two chandeliers and several reflector bulbs on the ceiling also illuminate the nave. The retracted, barrel-vaulted choir , separated from the nave by a triumphal arch , is illuminated indirectly. The big one of the two bronze bells was lost in the war, the small one hangs today in the Evangelical Church of Treschklingen . Three new chilled iron bells , which are exclusively concave, were cast by Franz Weeren in the 1950s.
| Chime | Weight (kg) |
Diameter (cm) |
Height (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| H | 504 | 105 | 72 |
| g sharp | 236 | 81 | 56 |
| e | 160 | 71 | 50 |
Furnishing
Two steps lead to the chancel where the pulpit is, two more to the wooden altar . A simple wooden cross hangs on the wall behind him.
Around 1970 four wooden statues by the sculptor Otto Flath were placed in the church. St. Michael , St. Francis , Elijah and a trumpet angel are depicted .
On September 12, 1982 the new organ with 16 registers and 934 pipes was inaugurated, which comes from the company Gebr. Späth Orgelbau . Your disposition can be viewed at Orgel Databank . The old organ came to the Eichkamp parish hall.
literature
- Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin: Berlin and its buildings. Part VI. Sacred buildings. Berlin 1997.
- Günther Kühne, Elisabeth Stephanie: Evangelical churches in Berlin. Berlin 1978.
- Christine Goetz , Matthias Hoffmann-Tauschwitz: Churches Berlin Potsdam. Berlin 2003.
- Klaus-Dieter Wille: The bells of Berlin (West). History and inventory. Berlin 1987.
- Michael Kennert, Anne Berghöfer: 75 Years of the Church of Peace 1932-2007. Berlin 2007.
- Michael Kennert: On the history of the Ev. Peace Community Berlin-Charlottenburg. Berlin 2011.
Web links
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List with further information
- Evangelical Peace Community in Charlottenburg
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 19.2 ″ N , 13 ° 15 ′ 12.1 ″ E