Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Munich)

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Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Munich

Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Munich, exterior view 2014

Denomination : Roman Catholic
Patronage : Heart of jesus
Consecration date : November 26, 2000
Rank: Parish church
Parish : Parish Herz-Jesu Munich
Address: Lachnerstrasse 8, 80639 Munich

Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 22.5 ″  N , 11 ° 31 ′ 43.3 ″  E

The Catholic parish church Herz Jesu in Munich - Neuhausen (Lachnerstrasse 8) was built between 1997 and 2000 according to the plans of the Munich architecture firm Allmann Sattler Wappner . The modern building soon became one of the most frequently visited churches in Munich.

Friedrich Cardinal Wetter consecrated it on November 26th, 2000 like the previous church to the Heart of Jesus ; the blessing of the organ and the wall painting took place in October 2004.

Predecessor churches

In 1890, the year Neuhausen was incorporated, the church built at that time was consecrated . The former Neuhauser village church , which is named after the Neuhauser itinerant preacher Winthir , had become too small due to the enormous population growth. The construction of the new church was possible so quickly because the property had been donated and the architect Johann Marggraff could fall back on the wooden structure of a former festival hall of the VII German Gymnastics Festival on Theresienwiese.

First Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Munich, Neuhausen (center), burned down in 1944 after a bomb attack

The parish kept the name Mariae Himmelfahrt; the church was consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Herz Jesu). In 1936 the parish was also renamed "Herz Jesu". In 1940 a new organ was installed. On July 12, 1944, the church burned down almost completely in an Allied bombing raid. Only the tabernacle and the four late Gothic altar wing reliefs from Michel Erhart's circle remained .

Second Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Lachnerstrasse, burned down in 1994.

After the destruction, the parish church was redesigned from 1948 to 1951 by the architect Friedrich Haindl , which was referred to as an "emergency church" in the entry plan. For this second Sacred Heart Church, parts of the former cinema and theater hall of the SS guards of Adolf Hitler from Obersalzberg were built . The interior was dominated by a wooden ceiling with laminated girders and a span of 23 m as well as 16 wooden pillars; the central nave was 22.74 m wide and the two side aisles 5.70 m, the visible height was 11.50 m. The total length inside (with gallery) was 59 m, there were 1200 seats on the benches. The relatively small tower was also made of wood, on the outside there were four round plastered columns made of concrete rings (canal construction) above a six-step staircase and a wooden canopy above.

Thanks to the wooden paneling and especially the wooden ceiling, the Herz-Jesu-Kirche had extraordinarily good acoustics of concert hall quality. In 1953 an organ by Walker (Ludwigsburg) with 75 registers was completed. At that time it was the second largest organ in Munich. This laid the foundation for a long tradition of church music under the direction of music director Josef Schmidhuber and Professor Karl Maureen .

Thanks to loans, foundations and acquisitions, the long-time pastor Fritz Betzwieser in particular provided a rich array of new and old art.

On the night of November 25th to 26th, 1994, a fire completely destroyed this church. Only the Knappe crucifix , two colored windows by Seewald and the three bronze doors by Mikorey survived the fire disaster. Donations made the new building possible from 1997 to 2000.

architecture

Interior, looking forward to the altar
Herz-Jesu-Kirche with open gates, 2002
Detail of the glass surface from which the gates consist. Each of the blue rectangles with a specific arrangement of nails corresponds to a letter in the alphabet.
Cloister
Station X of the Way of the Cross in the cloister (The photo shows Station X, the stairs in front of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem)
Station XII of the Way of the Cross in the cloister (The photo shows Station XII in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem)

The current, third Herz-Jesu Church is a simple glass cuboid with a blue front and (semi) transparent sides (16 meters high, 21 meters wide and 48 meters long). In terms of construction, it is a steel skeleton with a suspended glass facade. Inside this glass box there is another, this time wooden cube, into which light falls from the side through more than 2,000 vertical wooden slats, depending on the position of the sun, whereby the brightness increases continuously towards the altar. The opposite is the case with the transparency of the outer walls, which - protecting the altar area from view - appear completely opaque there , while in the anteroom they are made of clear glass. A walkway runs between the inner and outer cube. The four walls of the inner cube are separated by a gap and thus appear as free-standing panes. The suspended ceiling does not rest on the interior walls either, but appears to float above a gap in light. The organ gallery is on the entrance side. It is designed as a box space made of concrete placed on round supports in the inner cube. The visitor enters the church through the low area under the organ gallery. The floor in the inner cube slopes down towards the altar, creating an inviting feeling of security. The light wood of the interior structure and the side of the church pews facing the entrance also contribute to this. The back wall of the church stalls is dark, the background of the gallery box black, which makes the silver organ, which is located above the entrance of the inner cube, visually stand out. A wall-high metal- woven tombac curtain by the artist couple Lutzenberger + Lutzenberger, which is woven more densely in some places, forms the end of the room on the side of the altar . Depending on the incidence of light, the cross appears sometimes lighter, sometimes darker than the surroundings, which creates a changeable, lively impression.

The goals

The entire front can be opened completely like a huge two-winged gate, but this only happens on high holidays, otherwise you enter the church through two smaller wicket doors in the main portal. The church has the largest church gates in the world. The front consists of 24 by 18 squares, which in turn consist of small rectangles on which there are patterns of stylized white nails. The artist Alexander Beleschenko developed an alphabet especially for this purpose, whereby a certain arrangement of nails in a rectangle - based on a cuneiform script - corresponds to a letter. The Passion story according to John 18-20 is quoted with these "letters" on the surface of the gates. Through a second layer of glass, this time with blue nails on transparent glass, some parts of the surface appear in a darker blue, a light blue cross becomes shadowy. The cross motif is repeated on the inside of the altar wall.

The Way of the Cross

A way of the cross by the artist Matthias Wähner leads around the inner cube . The various stations of the suffering of Jesus are illustrated by black and white photographs of the corresponding stations on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem.

The campanile

The steeple (37 m high, 4 m × 6 m area) responds to the stored volume of the church building as a vertical accent. Since it is separated from the building as a free-standing campanile , its cubic shape can be preserved. In the campanile there is a five-part chime with the beat tone sequence Es 1 –as 1 –b 1 –c 2 –es 2 ( Westminster bell ). All bells were cast by Rudolf Perner in Passau .

organ

Interior, rear view of the organ

The organ from the workshop of the Marburg organ builder Gerald Woehl was inaugurated in 2003. By enclosing the organ in its own box, the acoustics should also be improved.

The modern prospectus design in the form of a free-pipe prospectus is striking . Since the organ loft of the church is designed as a resonance room, a visible organ case could be dispensed with.

The instrument itself has 63 registers , divided into three manuals and pedal . The game contracture as well as all coupling are mechanically, the key action is electric. The key coverings are made of mammoth bones . Originally the instrument was planned with 67 registers.

The music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Olivier Messiaen formed the musical cornerstones for creating the following disposition . While the dispositions and intonations of the main and upper works are based on organs with a Central German character, the swell is based on the model of the organ in the Sainte-Trinité church in Paris . This distinctly “colored” overall arrangement makes it possible to present a wide range of organ music (old masters, romantic and modern music). Organist is (as of April 2020) Karl Maureen .

I main work C – a 3
01. Principal 16 ′
02. Drone 16 ′
03. Principal 08th'
04th Reed flute 08th'
05. Viola da gamba 08th'
06th Flûte harmonique0 08th'
07th Octave 04 ′
08th. Pointed flute 04 ′
09. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
10. Octave 02 ′
11. Large Mixture VI
12. Mixture IV
13. Cimbel III
14th Cornet V
15th Trumpet 08th'
II Oberwerk C – a 3
16. Quintadena 16 ′
17th Principal 08th'
18th Gemshorn 08th'
19th Unda maris 08th'
20th Dumped 08th'
21st Quintad 08th'
22nd Octave 04 ′
23. Hollow flute 04 ′
24. Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
25th Octave 02 ′
26th flute 02 ′
27. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
28. Sif flute 01'
29 Sesquialter II0
30th Mixture IV
31. oboe 08th'
Tremulant (weak)
III Swell C – a 3
32. Quintaton 16 ′
33. diapason 08th'
34. Flute traverse 08th'
35. Viole de Gambe 08th'
36. Voix céleste 08th'
37. Cor de nuit 08th'
38. Dulciane 04 ′
39. Flûte octaviante 04 ′
40. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
41. Octavine 02 ′
42. Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
43. Cymbals III
44. Basson 16 ′
45. Trompette harmonique0 08th'
46. Clairon harmonique 04 ′
47. Basson Hautbois 08th'
48. Voix humaine 08th'
Tremulant (strong)
Pedal C – f 1
49. Pedestal 32 ′
50. Principal bass 16 ′
51. Sub-bass 16 ′
52. Violonbass 16 ′
53. Thought bass 16 ′
54. Octave bass 08th'
55. violoncello 08th'
56. Dumped 08th'
57. Octave 04 ′
58. Mixture VI
59. Bombard 16 ′
60. trombone 16 ′
61. Trumpet 08th'
62. Clairon 04 ′

literature

  • Monika Römisch: Catholic parish church Herz Jesu Munich-Neuhausen. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, 3rd edition, Lindenberg 2005, ISBN 3-89870-010-0 .
  • Nicolette Baumeister: New Munich Architecture - Munich Building Culture 1994–2004. Verlagshaus Braun, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-935455-50-X , p. 66.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dieter Feder: The Herz-Jesu-Kirche - final at the third attempt . In: Neuhauser Werkstatt-Nachrichten . No. 31 , 2013, p. 16-18 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e R. Müller-Mehlis: Munich - Herz Jesu . In: Schnell, Kunstführer . No. 1303 , 1981, pp. 19 .
  3. ↑ Source: Munich Wiki
  4. ^ S. Hofmann: Friedrich F. Haindl. Buildings 1945–1951 . Kromat Verl., Bremen 1952.
  5. ^ Lutzenberger projects
  6. ↑ see English Wikipedia page
  7. ↑ cf. Project data
  8. ↑ Herz Jesu Munich. Retrieved May 4, 2020 .
  9. ^ Website of the parish Herz Jesu München, section Church music , accessed on April 20, 2020
  10. ^ Subsequently supplemented by G. Woehl

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