Parish hall of the Christ Church (Dresden-Strehlen)

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The parish hall of the Christ Church in Dresden-Strehlen from the Christ Church
Side wing of the parish hall on Elsa-Brändström-Straße

The parish hall of the Christ Church in Dresden - Strehlen on Elsa-Brändström-Str. 1 is a parish hall built in 1935/1937 according to plans by Heinz Arnold Götze for the Protestant parish of the Christ Church . The listed building is one of the few church buildings in Dresden that were erected between 1933 and 1945, along with the Church of Hope and the Church of St. Hubertus .

history

The Christ Congregation in Strehlen owned the Christ Church , built between 1903 and 1905 , but lacked a community center. Only in 1934 could a competition be announced, which the architect Heinz Arnold Götze won. From 1935 to 1937 he built a community hall, the architecture of which was “ homely ” and which felt obliged to “traditional rural building”. The building consists of a wide main wing opposite the Christ Church and a side wing arranged at right angles to it on today's Elsa-Brändström-Straße. Administration and community rooms as well as a 400-person hall with a stage and gallery are arranged in the main wing, and service apartments in the side wing. The architectural features of the building are a simple, restrained style, the calm overall shape, the light-colored plaster and the rubble-stone base. The main entrance received a roofed porch made of quarry stone masonry, above which is the pointed tower. Also noteworthy is the tower ball, consisting of a globe with four flags that, viewed from above or below, form a swastika around the globe. This symbolism comes from the teaching of the German Christians , who dominated the community at that time and wanted to realize the "unity of Christian cross and swastika". The interior walls, ceilings and the interior are made of different types of wood.

After the destruction of Dresden in 1945 and the community breaking away from its past, the hall became an important cultural center for Dresden as a whole and a venue for various artists. The restriction to community-owned use only took place again in the 1990s.

literature

Web links

Commons : Gemeindehaus Christuskirche, Dresden  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Matthias Donath: Architecture in Dresden 1933-1945. 2007, pp. 41-42.
  2. ↑ Hartmut Ellrich: Dresden 1933-1945: The historical travel guide. 2008, p. 91.
  3. ^ Joachim Fischer: The Saxon regional church in the church fight 1933-1937. 1972, p. 19f.
  4. ↑ Donath, p. 42.

Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 36.5 ″  N , 13 ° 45 ′ 55.5 ″  E