Gnadenkirche (Osnabrück)
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| Denomination : | Evangelical Reformed |
| Consecration year : | 1960 |
| Address: | Rappstrasse 57, 49084 Osnabrück |
Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 6 ″ N , 8 ° 4 ′ 54.3 ″ E The Gnadenkirche was an Evangelical Reformed church in the Osnabrück district of Schinkel . The church was built in 1960 after the number of Evangelical Reformed Christians in Osnabrück rose sharply. The church was closed in 2007/08 due to funding problems and declining church attendants. In 2011 the church building was demolished. However, the tower remained standing and forms a unit with the day-care center that was built on the site.
history
closure
In 2007, the Evangelical Reformed Church in Osnabrück was forced to close three of its five churches due to financial feasibility. All three closed churches were in the outskirts of the city. In addition to the Gnadenkirche, the Atterkirche on Karl-Barth-Strasse in the Atter district was de-dedicated and used as a building by the “Wir in Atter” association. The Church of the Redeemer on Lerchenstrasse was also given to the Roman Orthodox Church.
The Evangelical Reformed community of Osnabrück has retained the mountain church and the peace church .
The church closed on January 6, 2008.
demolition
Since the transmitter unit of a mobile phone provider is housed in the church tower, the tower could not be demolished with the church building. The concluded contract for the use of the tower will run until at least 2021.
Daycare center and church tower
From the demolished church only the steeple remained. A day-care center with a capacity of 100 children was built on the site of the church building. On November 2, 2011, the foundation stone of the new daycare center was laid in the presence of the then Mayor Boris Pistorius .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Joachim Dierks: A monument to the German-Dutch friendship . Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung from August 29, 2017, accessed on October 3, 2018.
- ↑ Chronicle - our Schinkel , accessed on October 5, 2018.
- ↑ Kindergarten with church tower . Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung of February 10, 2008, accessed on October 3, 2018.
- ^ Jann Weber: Farewell to Schinkeler Gnadenkirche . Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung from May 5, 2011, accessed on October 3, 2018.
- ↑ Thomas Wübker: Osnabrück: Foundation stone laid for the daycare center on Rappstrasse in Schinkel . Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung of November 3, 2011, accessed on October 3, 2018.