Gustav Adolf Church (Berlin)

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Gustav Adolf Church

The Gustav-Adolf-Kirche is a church building designed by Otto Bartning in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg . It is named after the Protestant King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden .

history

Interior towards the altar

The Gustav Adolf Community in northern Charlottenburg, which became independent in 1915, did not initially have its own church building. Finally, in 1924 an architecture competition for a building site directly on today's Mierendorffplatz was carried out, which resulted in over 100 submitted designs. None of the award-winning designs could be implemented because the city could no longer provide the building site due to the increasing volume of traffic and changes in urban planning. At the end of the 1920s, the community bought a corner piece of land south of the Jungfernheide train station and commissioned the then well-known church architect Otto Bartning to plan the church. In 1929 Bartning was commissioned by the parish council to build a church with 1200 seats. The construction costs amounted to 396,000 marks (adjusted for purchasing power in today's money: approximately 1.77 million euros), this came 35,000 mark for the organ and bells, 1932 was the groundbreaking ceremony and after two years of construction, the church was in September 1934 dedicated to . In 1942 the three big bells had to be delivered, the small bell rang until 1962.

After severe damage in the Second World War , the church was provisionally rebuilt from 1950 to 1951 with the help of donations under the direction of Otto Bartning. It turned out that the load-bearing concrete yokes had survived the destruction and the fire unscathed. In 1957 the Gustav-Adolf-Kirche was placed under monument protection. From 1962 to 1963 the church was simplified somewhat, but restored as true to the original as possible. In 1964 the newly cast bells came into the tower. In 1972 the organ was inaugurated by Detlef Kleuker , which was financed by proceeds from church concerts and donations from the community.

The church and the adjoining parish and nurses' house, like almost all of Otto Bartning's surviving buildings, are now a listed building.

The church is open for tours on Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. until the end of October each year.

architecture

The Gustav-Adolf-Kirche is built in the style of the New Objectivity . The 47 meter high bell tower is located on the southeast side of the property, directly at the intersection. From the tower the floor plan of the church spreads out like a fan. Load-bearing pillars and yokes made of reinforced concrete extend from the tower and slope down to the sides. The filling brickwork consists of yellowish clinker bricks . Inside, brightly glazed bricks and large windows made of lead-framed glass in warm tones dominate. The altar is located directly at the foot of the tower, opposite is a gallery and the organ built in 1972. The interior is 19 meters high and looks very spacious, Otto Bartning planned the church for 1150 seats.

The side extensions of the nave flank two three-story meetinghouses, between them and the church is the driveway to the main entrance of the church. A large hall originally planned as a connection between these two wing structures was never implemented for financial reasons.

organ

Kleuker organ from 1972

Detlef Kleuker built the organ in 1971/1972. It has a mechanical tone and an electrical stop mechanism . The instrument has 41 registers , which are divided into three manuals and pedal . The prospectus takes up the entire width of the organ gallery. The swellable breastwork is located above the gaming table behind seven wooden blinds. Above that, Hauptwerk and Positiv are mounted in eleven tall rectangular boxes with flat pipe fields. They are arranged in a W-shape and are divided into two except for the middle field. The pedals are set up behind. The disposition is neo-baroque and is as follows:

I positive C-g 3
Coupling flute 08th'
Pointed 08th'
Principal 04 ′
Night horn 04 ′
Forest flute 02 ′
Fifth 01 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Sesquialtera II 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Aliquot 08 ⁄ 7 ′ +  8 ⁄ 9 ′ +  8 ⁄ 11 ′
Scharff V 01'
Dulcian 16 ′
Krummhorn 08th'
Tremulant
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
Quintadena 16 ′
Principal 08th'
Reed flute 08th'
octave 04 ′
Capstan whistle 04 ′
Nasat 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
octave 02 ′
Flat flute 02 ′
Mixture VI 01 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Sharp III 02 ⁄ 3 ′
Trumpet 08th'
III Breastwork
(swellable) C – g 3
Wooden dacked 8th'
Pointed flute 4 ′
Principal 2 ′
Sif flute 1'
Terzian II 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Zymbel IV 2 ⁄ 3 ′
French oboe 8th'
shelf 4 ′
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
Principal 16 ′
Sub bass 16 ′
Octave bass 08th'
Pommer 08th'
Choral bass 04 ′
Night horn 02 ′
Rauschpfeife II 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Mixture VI 02 ′
trombone 16 ′
Trumpet 08th'
Clarine 04 ′

Bells

Four bronze bells hang in the tower, which were cast by the Rincker bell and art foundry in 1964 .

Chime Weight
(kg)		 Diameter (
cm)		 Height
(cm)		 Crown
(cm)		 inscription
cis' 1722 145 130 19th YOUR WILL WILL HAPPEN.
e ' 1091 122 104 19th PEACE BE WITH YOU.
fis' 0724 108 087 17th WE ARE WAITING FOR A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH +
a ' 0508 095 079 16 THE LORD IS RISEN +

Evangelical parish

The Gustav-Adolf-Kirche and the two houses on the site are used by the Evangelical Church Community Gustav-Adolf Berlin , one of 19 Protestant parishes in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf parish . The parish also runs a day-care center right next to Jungfernheide train station . In the Gustav-Adolf-Kirche there are regular services as well as devotions, concerts and other events.

literature

  • Daniel Krencker : The competition to build a new church for the Gustav Adolf congregation in Charlottenburg . In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung . Vol. 45 (1925), No. 16, urn : nbn: de: kobv: 109-opus-57774 , pp. 181-186
  • Parish church council of the Evangelical Gustav-Adolf-Congregation (Ed.): The Gustav-Adolf-Kirche in Berlin-Charlottenburg . (PDF; 2.9 MB) Berlin 1999 (Festschrift for the 65th anniversary of the church inauguration)
  • Ev. Gustav-Adolf-Kirchengemeinde with the Otto Bartning-Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kirchenbau (OBAK) (Ed.): The Gustav-Adolf-Kirche in Berlin-Charlottenburg and its architect Otto Bartning: Festschrift for the 75th anniversary of the inauguration . Balthasar-Verlag, Gifhorn 2009, ISBN 978-3-937134-51-2 .
  • Ulrike Nierste: Expressionism and New Objectivity: The Gustav Adolf Church by Otto Bartning and the church building in the Weimar Republic , Berlin 2010 ( FU object database )

Web links

Commons : Gustav-Adolf-Kirche (Berlin-Charlottenburg)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in Orgel Databank , accessed on July 27, 2019.
  2. ^ Klaus-Dieter Wille: The bells of Berlin (West). History and inventory. Gebr. Mann, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-7861-1443-9 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 31 ′ 42 "  N , 13 ° 17 ′ 56"  E