Galilee Church (Erkner)
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The Evangelical Galilee Church in Erkner is a neo-Gothic church that was built between 1896 and 1897 and is a listed building.
history
Local history
Erkner was first mentioned in 1579, the Christianization of the region began in the 12th century. While the population was 175 in 1837, in 1896 there were almost 3,000 inhabitants due to the construction of a few factories.
In 1863 a separate churchyard was laid out in Erkner on Neu-Zittauer Straße. The church belonged to Woltersdorf , where the church was also located. Church services have been held in the station building since 1853, in the old schoolhouse from 1857 and in the new schoolhouse from 1878.
Building history
In 1873 the district office started negotiations with the aim of erecting a church building in Erkner. However, it was not until Empress Auguste Viktoria took over the patronage of the church on July 2, 1895 that the efforts were successful. In the same month a church building association was founded, which eagerly collected donations and was able to purchase suitable land. On December 8, 1895, the representatives of the commune, the parish and the state and church authorities, as well as the Empress, decided to begin building preparations immediately. The piano manufacturer Carl Bechstein donated the building site for the church as well as 7,000 marks for building costs up to the estimated 100,000 marks. In addition, Bechstein donated the three bells , the organ and a grand piano. Planning and project management were in the hands of the architect Ludwig von Tiedemann , while the construction management was carried out by Robert Leibnitz .
The foundation stone was laid on May 4, 1896 , and the shell was completed by mid-September. The topping-out ceremony was celebrated on October 22, 1896 . The expansion was continued in the summer of 1897. In the presence of the Empress Auguste Viktoria and a prince, the solemn inauguration of the church, which was named Galilee , took place on October 24, 1897 . - The construction costs came to 110,000 marks in the end.
On April 23, 1933, the Luther Hall of the community was inaugurated. In a bombing raid on March 8, 1944, which targeted the industrial facilities in Erkner, the church was destroyed down to the foundation walls and the steeple. The entire interior - except for the sacrament implements - also fell victim to the attack. The church registers kept in the basement of the rectory were also destroyed, except for one, which became illegible.
On Easter Sunday 1946, the church bells rang for the first time after the attack. The reconstruction of the Luther Hall, which began in 1948, was completed in 1951 and the first service was held here on March 29 of that year. In 1954 roofing work was carried out on the church tower roof. The church was rededicated on May 4, 1958. The costs for the reconstruction amounted to 209,474.00 DM.
The new organ from the Sauer workshop was inaugurated on December 17, 1961. An extension to the Luther Hall was completed in September 1970 and the church was renovated in 1982. A tower renovation was completed on October 31, 1999 and the round window in the nave was completed on December 12, 2004.
Building description
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overview
It is a neo-Gothic style single-nave church with a three-pointed steeple . The base of the church was made of Rüdersdorfer limestone , on top of which the church walls were made of red brick .
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On the side of the nave there is a large round window. The church seal with the inscription "LUCAS 5 VERS 4" is worked into the glass.
organ
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The organ of the Galilee Church was made by the Sauer organ building workshop and inaugurated on December 17, 1961. It has 40 registers , which are distributed over three manuals and pedal .
Peal
The bell was donated by Carl Bechstein along with the bell cage. The three cast steel bells were made by the Bochumer Verein in 1897 , they have the inscriptions GEG on their shoulders . V. BOCHUMER VEREJN J. BOCHUM: 1897 and GEST. BY C. BECHSTEIN . Their production including clapper, bearings, axes and bell lever cost 6,059 marks . Bechstein dedicated the bells to his three sons and also had each bell labeled with the name of one of his three brothers (Edwin, Karl and Johannes).
An inventory list of the foundry contains the following information:
| size | Chime | Weight (kg) | lower diameter (mm) |
Height (mm) | inscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| greatest | f | 2590 | 1885 | 1655 | Edwin , GLORY TO GOD ABOVE |
| middle | f | 1033 | 1335 | 1185 | Karl , PEACE ON EARTH |
| smallest | G | 694.5 | 1175 | 1040 | Johannes , a pleasure for the people |
The bells are among the few remaining parts of the original furnishings.
Pastors
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1897–1901: Julius Lamprecht 1901–1910: Emil Barthold 1910–1932: Walter Heinicke 1932–1938: Eckart Hoene 1938–1941: Richard Otto |
1942–1945: Kurt Richter 1945: Walter Cäsar 1946–1948: Georg Seiffert 1949–1965: Herbert Deysing |
1966–1986: Goetz Pfundt 1986–1995: Hilmar Schmid 1996–2014: Cordula Heilmann since 2015: Carsten Schwarz |
Web links
Individual evidence
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- ↑ Compilation of the bells delivered to Berlin and the surrounding area ; Bochum Association, around 1900. In the archive of the Köpenick Church of St. Josef, viewed on August 6, 2019.
Coordinates: 52 ° 25 ′ 12.4 ″ N , 13 ° 45 ′ 10 ″ E