Heilandskirche (Berlin)

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Heilandskirche in Berlin-Moabit

The Savior Church in Berlin-Moabit is the parish church of the Evangelical congregation Tiergarten. The neo-Gothic church on Thusnelda-Allee with its 87-meter-high tower is the focal point on the western edge of the Kleiner Tiergarten . The area is bordered by Turmstrasse in the north and Alt-Moabit in the south .

The parish belongs to the church district Berlin Stadtmitte (KKBS) of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (EKBO).

history

Since the Johanniskirche , the first Moabit church, proved to be too small for the rapidly growing population in the second half of the 19th century, the Heilandskirche was built as a branch between 1892 and 1894 . For this purpose, a piece of the small zoo was cut off and made available for the church.

The design came from the architect Friedrich Schulze , the execution was done by Paul Kieschke . The cross-shaped brick building - hall church has short transepts , whereby it as a central- acting. The slender tower was given a raised pointed roof with four small pointed turrets at its base. These correspond to the ridge turret over the crossing and the gusset towers in the inner corners of the ships. The Bolle company donated the three bells that have been preserved to this day. The church was consecrated on June 20, 1894. The community only became independent in 1896. In 1905 it was given a community center on Putlitzstrasse. In 1905/06 the pastor's residence and parish hall was built at Ottostraße 17 .

The church suffered severe damage in the Second World War . In an air raid in November 1943, the roof structure and spire burned down. As a result, the church was in ruins. In the 1950s it was rebuilt in a very simplified way under Erich Ruhtz and Erich Glaß. The roof was re-covered in 1951. The roof turret was omitted and the four corner turrets were made smaller. With the exception of the ground floor, the destroyed choir was now given a flat end, and the pointed tower was restored in its old form. Neo-Gothic ornaments have been removed from the interior. Since the number of parishioners had decreased, the galleries were dispensed with. The rededication took place in 1960. The new altarpiece was made according to the design by Hans Gottfried von Stockhausen and installed in 1961.

Since before the merger with the neighboring Reformation parish to form the parish of Moabit West in 2004, the number of parishioners had sunk to below 5,000 and only a fraction of the necessary construction maintenance costs were available, the parish decided to give up the much too large parish hall and continue its work on the Thusnelda Focus avenue. For this purpose, the Heilandskirche was rebuilt and renovated in 2004. It received improved electrics, new underfloor heating and mobile seating for multifunctional use. The side rooms on the west side of the church were converted into community rooms with a small church office as well as multi-purpose and group rooms. The existing Café Thusnelda was renovated, creating new bright and open community rooms in the entrance area together with a sanitary area suitable for the disabled. In January 2016, the parishes of Moabit West, Erlöser , St.Johannis and Kaiser-Friedrich-Gedächtnis merged to form the Evangelical Parish of Tiergarten.

organ

Organ with 46 registers

The organ was built in 1962 by the organ builder Gerhard Schmid (Kaufbeuren). The instrument has 46 registers on three manuals and a pedal . The Spieltrakturen are mechanically, the Registertrakturen electrically.

III swell breastwork C–
1. Coupling flute 08th'
2. Quintad 08th'
3. Pointed Gamba 08th'
4th Principal 04 ′
5. Chamois flute 04 ′
6th Nasat 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th recorder 02 ′
8th. third 01 3 ⁄ 5  ′
9. Seventh 01 1 ⁄ 7  ′
10. Principal 01'
11. None 008 ⁄ 9 ′
12. Sixth 008 ⁄ 13 ′
13. Spicy Mixture 01'
14th Dulcian 16 ′
15th oboe 08th'
Tremulant
II main work C–
16. Gedacktpommer 16 ′
17th Principal 08th'
18th Wooden flute 08th'
19th Gemshorn 08th'
20th octave 04 ′
21st Tube bare 04 ′
22nd Pointed quint 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
23. Principal 02 ′
24. mixture 01 1 ⁄ 3  ′
25th Sharp 01'
26th Trumpet 08th'
I Rückpositiv C–
27. Wooden dacked 8th'
28. Willow pipe 8th'
29 Prefix 4 ′
30th Cane quintad 4 ′
31. Little Pomeranian 2 ′
32. Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
33. octave 1'
34. Cymbel 01 ⁄ 2 ′
35. Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
Pedals C–
36. Principal 16 ′
37. Sub bass 16 ′
38. Large school 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
39. octave 08th'
40. Dumped 08th'
41. Reed flute 04 ′
42. Gem pipe 02 ′
43. Night horn 01'
44. Intoxicating bass 04 ′
45. trombone 16 ′
46. Trumpet 08th'

Bells

The Heilandskirche has a bell made of three cast steel bells from the construction period , donated by the family of the parish entrepreneur Carl Bolle . They were manufactured by the Bochumer Verein in 1893 and survived both world wars because the authorities were not interested in steel casting . The bell is located in an almost square bell chamber with the basic dimensions 4.4 m × 4.5 m. The production cost 6344  marks .

Bell jar Chime Weight
(kg)		 Diameter (
mm)		 Height
(mm)		 inscription
smallest fis' 0881 1255 1120 Shoulder : GEG. FROM BOCHUMER ASSOCIATION F. MINING AND CAST STEEL FACTORY.
Flank : DONATED BY THE C. BOLLE FAMILY, BERLIN 1893. Opposite: COMES IN FRONT OF HIS FACE WITH FROHLOKKEN. PSALM 100.2b.
middle dis' 1230 1440 1275 Shoulder : GEG. FROM BOCHUMER ASSOCIATION F. MINING AND CAST STEEL FACTORY.
Flank : DONATED BY THE FAMILY C. BOLLE, BERLIN 1893. Opposite: SERVE THE LORD WITH JOY, PSALM 100,2a.
greatest h ° 2250 1780 1565 Shoulder : GEG. FROM BOCHUMER ASSOCIATION F. MINING AND CAST STEEL FACTORY.
Flank : DONATED BY THE C. BOLLE FAMILY, BERLIN 1893. Opposite: JAUCHZET DEM HERR ALL WELT, PSALM 100.1.

Others

Thusneldaallee, the short connecting piece between Turmstrasse and Alt-Moabit, is only 50 meters long, making it the shortest avenue in Berlin. The only building in the street is the Heilandskirche.

Every Saturday in dry weather there is a flea market for the homeless help. There is also a late café in the annex , which provides the homeless with drinks and hot food twice a week .

literature

  • Horst Fritzsche: Guide to Berlin's street names. Zoo. 2nd edition Edition Luisenstadt, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-89542-054-9 , p. 178.
  • Matthias Hoffmann-Tauschwitz: Paths to Berlin Churches. Suggestions for exploring church sites in the western part of Berlin. Wichern-Verlag, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-88981-031-4 , p. 47.
  • Günther Kühne, Elisabeth Stephani: Evangelical churches in Berlin. 2nd edition CZV-Verlag, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-7674-0158-4 , p. 270 f.
  • Ulrike Schilling: "More than ever, active love is needed". The Evangelical Heilandskirche community in Moabit from 1892 to 1945. Evangelical Heilandskirchengemeinde Moabit, Berlin 1992 ( PDF; 3 MB )

Web links

Commons : Heilandskirche  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ More information about the organ of the Heilandskirche
  2. ↑ 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 ° 31 '33.8 "  N , 13 ° 20' 23.7"  E