Garrison Church
A garrison church is a church building that was erected for the military ( garrison ) stationed on site or at least temporarily used by them. It is sometimes also written as a garrison church or referred to as a military or local church .
At the beginning of the 20th century, churches in larger garrison towns in Germany were built for the military stationed there, or existing churches were used as such. The churches were often owned by the state.
After the Second World War , the garrison churches , as far as they had survived the bombing war , continued to be used by local parishes.
Military parishes
Derived from the tradition of mercenaries whose troop own political communities were, the members formed a regiment from the 18th century own parishes whose church records from the field preachers were performed. With the expansion of the armies from the 19th century onwards, the military chaplains were responsible for larger units or individual garrisons. It was independent of the respective civil parish. It was directed by a garrison pastor. This was appointed in Württemberg by the king and installed by the bishop. The parish was also assigned a garrison sexton. From the ecclesiastical side, it was viewed as a personal parish.
A separate cemetery was even laid out for the Württemberg Honorary Invalid Corps .
The Bundeswehr and Austria have their own military parishes , often location-based for the soldiers at the respective location and their families. In many cases, the parish churches of the local parish are also used.
Examples
Germany
- St. Johannis (Altona) , former garrison church
- Garrison Church (Anklam) , former garrison church
- Garrison Church (Berlin) , former garrison church that no longer exists today
- John's Basilica , former Catholic garrison church in Berlin
- New evangelical garrison church at Südstern in Berlin
- St. Marien am Behnitz , temporarily Catholic garrison church in Spandau near Berlin
- Saint Michael Church (Berlin) , former Catholic garrison church
- Matthäuskirche (Braunschweig) , former garrison church
- Liebfrauenkirche (Bremen) , former garrison church
- Garrison Church (Celle) , preserved architectural monument at the French Garden in Celle
- Garrison Church of St. Martin in Dresden
- Garrison Church Düsseldorf , which served as a garrison church for the longest time, no longer exists today
- Christ Church in Flensburg - Mürwik at the Mürwik base
- St. Michael Church (Flensburg-Weiche) , former garrison church
- Old Garrison Church (Hanover) , former sacred building in Hanover's old town
- Garrison church on Goetheplatz , church building in Calenberger Neustadt (Hanover), demolished in 1960
- Franciscan Church (Ingolstadt) , served as a garrison church from 1837 to 1945
- Garrison Church (Kassel) , former garrison church
- Pauluskirche (Kiel) , former garrison church
- Petruskirche (Kiel)
- St. Heinrich (Kiel) , Catholic garrison church
- Church of the Exaltation of the Cross (Königsbrück) , former garrison church
- St. Jürgen Church in List (Sylt) , former garrison church
- Friedenskirche (Ludwigsburg) , former garrison church
- Lübeck Cathedral , temporarily served as a garrison church
- Garrison Church (Mannheim) , former garrison church
- St. Barbara (Munich) , was at times a garrison church
- Netzaberg-Chapel (2014-2017), church center of the largest US garrison outside the USA
- St. Johann Baptist (Neu-Ulm) , former garrison church
- Garrison Church Oldenburg , former garrison church (1903 to 1987)
- Luther Church (Pirmasens) , former garrison church
- Garrison Church (Potsdam) , former garrison church that no longer exists today, reconstruction began in 2017
- St. Peter and Paul (Potsdam) , former Catholic garrison church
- Pauluskirche (Plauen)
- Christ Church (Rendsburg)
- Garrison Church (Spandau) , former Protestant garrison church (1890 to 1945)
- St. Konrad (Speyer)
- Thorn Garrison Church (today Toruń , Poland), evangelical sacral building built between 1894 and 1897 for up to 1,800 people
- St. Georg (Ulm) , former garrison church
- Pauluskirche (Ulm)
- Hospital Church (Wetzlar) , served at times as a garrison church
- Marktkirche (Wiesbaden) , temporarily served as a garrison church
- Christ and Garrison Church (Wilhelmshaven)
- Church of the Schottenkloster Würzburg , served at times as a garrison church
France
- Garrison Church Metz , former garrison church
- Paulskirche (Strasbourg) , former garrison church
Austria
- Barmherzigenkirche (Graz) , 1838–1938 and again from September 21, 1966 garrison church
- Schwarzspanierkirche in Vienna, a former church that temporarily served as a (1861–1918: Protestant) garrison church and was therefore popularly called the garrison church
- Stiftskirche (Vienna) , since 1921 Roman Catholic garrison church of Vienna
- Votive Church (Vienna) , garrison church between 1862 and 1918
Poland
- Agnes Church in Krakow
- Garrison Church in Olsztyn
- Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Stettin) , German Protestant garrison church until 1945, today Polish Catholic parish church
- Bugenhagenkirche (Stettin) , until 1945 German Protestant parish church, today Polish Catholic garrison church
Romania
- Military band at Piața 700 , Timișoara
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ history. Retrieved February 18, 2018 .
- ↑ compass. Soldier in the world and in the church. Retrieved February 18, 2018 .
- ↑ garnison-kirche-celle.de
- ↑ barmherzige-brueder.at The developments since 1950, Barmherzige Brüder, Geschichte, undated (2015), accessed January 6, 2016.