Holy Spirit Church (Gütersloh)

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Holy Spirit

Basic data
Denomination Roman Catholic
place Gutersloh , Germany
diocese Archdiocese of Paderborn
Patronage Holy Spirit
Building history
architect Reinhold Fischer-Fürstenau
construction time 1961-1962
Building description
inauguration June 8, 1963
Architectural style Modern
Construction type Hall church
Function and title

Parish church

Coordinates 51 ° 54 '20.7 "  N , 8 ° 21' 6.4"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 54 '20.7 "  N , 8 ° 21' 6.4"  E

The Heilig-Geist-Kirche is a Catholic parish church in Pavenstädt , a district of the East Westphalian district town of Gütersloh , not far from the district building. The parish of the Holy Spirit is part of the Gütersloh Mitte-West pastoral network .

history

From 1954, Catholic citizens from the west of Gütersloh collected money for the construction of a church in Pavenstädt. On July 30, 1957, they founded the “Heilig Geist” church building association. By the end of 1959 they had raised 68,666 D-Marks in donations, after which concrete planning for the construction of the church began.

In 1955, a girls' dormitory was opened in Pavenstädt, which is now used as a parish home. On March 4, 1961, the Paderborn cathedral capitular, Prelate Henneke, laid the cornerstone of the Holy Spirit Church on the neighboring property, which was completed the following year. The architect was Reinhold Fischer-Fürstenau from Gütersloh. The two buildings are at right angles to each other and delimit an open area that emphasizes the southern long side with the church tower . The building was consecrated on Whit Saturday, June 8, 1963, by Archbishop Lorenz Jaeger .

architecture

The rectangular sacred building, designed in a simple design language, has a gable roof with surfaces of different widths, as the north wall is significantly lower than the south side. A round building in the rear, eastern part houses the baptistery and part of the sacristy . The west side is dominated by a large arched window. In the south aisle, struts divide the wall into seven intervals. All the windows in the church were made by the German-Dutch artist Frans Griesenbrock . A vestibule connects the tower, which is square in plan, with a gable roof. The hall-like interior is shaped by a framework of pillars and slanted ceiling struts.

  • View of the altar

  • View from the altar towards the main entrance

  • organ

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