Friedenskirche (Grünau)
The Evangelical Peace Church Grünau is located on Don-Ugoletti-Platz , at the end of Eibseestrasse, in the Berlin district of Grünau in the Treptow-Köpenick district and was built from 1904 to 1906 according to plans by Ludwig von Tiedemann (architect) and Wilhelm Walther (BDA). The designs for the altar, pulpit, stalls, entrance portal and doors are from W. Walther.
History, architecture, furnishings
The church is one of the churches that were built under the influence of the church building association and under the patronage of Empress Auguste Viktoria - popularly known as "Kirchenjuste".
There was relatively little war damage in World War II . On April 23, 1945, when Soviet troops marched into Berlin-Grünau, the inventory was extensively looted and destroyed. From the day of repentance in 1948, regular services were held again after the roof and windows had been repaired .
The Friedenskirche, in the Brandenburg style, shows a clear reference to late Romanesque buildings. It is considered one of the last buildings by the architect von Tiedemann.
The church, oriented in north-south direction, is clad with Nesselberg sandstone and red bricks and has a multifaceted entrance building on the south side with a three-sided polygon for the main portal and organ gallery . It is flanked on the south-west corner by a 35-meter-high square tower, on the south-east corner by the baptistery and apse .
Two transverse gable roofs on the west side with facing gables give the building a characteristic appearance.
Date from the construction period
- the oak carved altarpiece with crucifix by the court sculptor Wilhelm Sagebiel , Braunschweig, and
- the wood-carved pulpit made by Gustav Kuntzsch , Wernigerode .
- The font made of Wealden sandstone bears the inscription "Donated by Her Majesty the Empress Auguste Victoria ".
- The seven-armed candlesticks, newly designed and manufactured by Achim Kühn based on old photographs, have been standing next to the altar since 2008 .
The complete painting of the interior of the church by F. W. Mayer was based on historical models from the Middle Ages . This was painted over with white latex paint in 1966 . The colored lead glass windows with Christian motifs designed by Mayer have not been around since 1944. In the course of the decades a gradual deterioration spread, so that after the fall of the Wall a renovation and reconstruction could be tackled.
During the reconstruction in 2006, the experts from the architectural office Thoma und Thoma, Berlin, exposed most of the diverse, ornamental and figurative painting of the interior. A sanitary wing and a community room were built into the wing of the aisle, and the side gallery was converted into an event room.
The tower clock was faithfully restored on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Grünau district in 1999.
The district council assembly Treptow-Köpenick renamed the small forecourt at the Friedenskirche in 2008 in Don-Ugoletti-Platz . Don Ugoletti was pastor in the Italian city of Albinea , later a twin town of Treptow-Köpenick. He recorded the events surrounding the Villa Rossi in his diary and ensured that five executed Wehrmacht soldiers, including the Johannistaler Hans Schmidt, were not simply buried, but rather buried in the Christian sense.
literature
- Günther Kühne, Elisabeth Stephani: Evangelical churches in Berlin. Christlicher Zeitschriftenverlag (CZV), Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-7674-0158-4 , p. 429.
- Ernst Badstübner , Sibylle Badstübner-Gröger: Churches in Berlin - From St. Nikolai to the community center "Am Fennpfuhl" with photos by Martin Dettloff. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt , Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-374-00171-8 , p. 204 (ill. P. 148).
- Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin (ed.): Berlin and its buildings , part VI, sacred buildings . Verlag Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-433-01016-1 , p. 109, 385 .
- 100 Years of the Friedenskirche Grünau , Festschrift, published by the Evangelical Church Community Berlin-Grünau, Berlin-Grünau 2006.
- Ursula Steinike, Klaus Steinike: The history of salvation . A picture and text documentation on the history of salvation, shown on the interior painting of the Evangelical Peace Church Berlin-Grünau from 1906. Published by Evangelical Church Community Berlin-Grünau, Berlin-Grünau 2016.
- Ursula Steinike: The good conquers the bad - the pulpit of the Friedenskirche Grünau. In: Monthly magazine DER GRÜNAUER August 2019, Red Eagle Design, Berlin 2019, p. 3 ( digitized version , accessed on October 7, 2019).
Web links
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
- Website of the Evangelical Church Community Bohnsdorf - Grünau
- Website "Atlas of Religious Learning Places"
Individual evidence
- ^ "Kirchenjuste" - a portrait , viewed April 12, 2014.
- ↑ Ursula Steinike: In the footsteps of Wilhelm Sagebiel in Berlin and the surrounding area - a forgotten sculptor from Braunschweig , in: Braunschweigischer Kalender 2010 , Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig, ISSN 0343-0316 , p. 85 ff.
- ↑ Steffi Bey: District and community want to use Friedenskirche Grünau together. The Bible slipped off the altar. In: Berliner Zeitung , August 15, 1994; accessed on June 23, 2016.
Coordinates: 52 ° 25 ′ 4.8 ″ N , 13 ° 34 ′ 41.1 ″ E