Gerhard Church (Gliwice)

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The Gerhardkirche in Gliwice, Upper Silesia, is a Roman Catholic parish church. The modern style church dates from the beginning of the 21st century and is dedicated to St. Gerhard Majella (1726–1755). The Gerhardkirche belongs to the parish of St. Gerhard in Gliwice (Gliwice) in the dean's office Gliwice-Łabędy of the Diocese of Gliwice . It is located at Ulica Wiejska 17 in the Stare Gliwice district (Old Gliwice).

history

Alt Gleiwitz was first parish in Laband and belonged to the parish of the Assumption of Mary . In 1951 the Redemptorists took over the pastoral care in the village and founded the new church on the Holy Cross. The services took place in the cemetery church on the central cemetery and in the Kreuzkirche . In 1953 the parish received a piece of land with an inn in Stare Gliwice to hold church services there. This was transformed into a chapel and consecrated to St. Gerhard Majella. From 1983 the parish of St. Gerhard was also named.

Construction of the church began in 2000. It was designed by the architects Sławomir Kaczorowski and Henryk Górczyński. The first service took place in 2008. On September 11, 2011, the church was consecrated by the bishop of Gliwice Jan Wieczorek (* 1935).

architecture

The Gerhardkirche is a modern building with a facade made of red bricks and partly made of plaster. It has a single church tower with a baroque onion dome and three bells from 1976.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information from the diocese

Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′ 32.7 "  N , 18 ° 37 ′ 13.2"  E