Ascension Church (Berlin)
| Himmelfahrtkirche Himmelfahrtskirche |
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 Himmelfahrtkirche am Humboldthain |
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| Construction year: | 1890–1893 (1st building) 1954–1956 (2nd building) |
| Inauguration: | June 4, 1893 (1st building) May 20, 1956 (2nd building) |
| Builder : |
August Orth (1st building) Otto Bartning (2nd building) |
| Style elements : |
Neo-Romanesque (1st building) Modern (2nd building) |
| Client: | Evangelical Ascension Church Community Berlin |
| Location: | 52 ° 32 '40.2 " N , 13 ° 23' 22.9" E |
| Address: | Gustav-Meyer-Allee 2 13355 Berlin Berlin , Germany |
| Purpose: | evangelical church |
| Local community: | Ev. Parish at Humboldthain (from 2001) |
| Regional Church : |
Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (since 2004) Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg (1948–2003) Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union (1893–1948) |
| Website: | www.ekhu.de |
The Protestant Church of the Ascension (also the Church of the Ascension ) is the second sacred building with this name at the Humboldthain Park . The plans for 1956 Otto Bartning built church stands in the Gustav-Meyer-Allee 2 in Berlin district of Gesundbrunnen the Mitte district . The building complex consisting of a hall church on a rectangular floor plan , bell tower and additions for other community facilities is listed . The Himmelfahrt parish merged with the neighboring peace parish in the spring of 2001 to form the parish on Humboldthain . Since the Peace Church has served as the Serbian Orthodox Church of Peace Zum Heiligen Sava since 2001 , “the new Church of the Assumption, built in 1956,” was and is also the place of worship for the merged congregation. The parish maintains ecumenical relations with the Mor Izozoel parish . This Syrian Orthodox parish uses the Ascension Church as a guest and also participates in ecumenical celebrations together with the Protestant parish.
Building history
First church building: 1890 until it was destroyed in World War II
With the development of the outer suburbs after 1870, the number of Christians living there increased. With a series of new buildings, supported by the Evangelical Church Building Association , churches were built for them close to their home, which were then separated from the parish of the previously responsible parishes with part of the parish area. The first Church of the Assumption stood opposite the confluence of Ramlerstrasse in Brunnenstrasse in the northeast of the Humboldthain park and was built by August Orth from 1890–1893 in neo-Romanesque arches made of yellow brick and terracotta and inaugurated on June 4, 1893. Stylistically, it was similar to the Dankeskirche Wedding . The Church of the Assumption was initially a daughter church of the Elizabeth Church, before its northern parish was spun off and constituted on January 1, 1894 with the new church as the Church of the Assumption. The Friedenskirchengemeinde was constituted on January 19, 1891, and the northwestern part of the parish was assigned to the Bartholomäuskirchengemeinde .
Orth's monumental brick building was "destroyed in the last days of the war in 1945". The burned-out ruins of the church were removed and the 72 meter high tower was blown up on July 14, 1949. In the tower there was the 5.6 × 5.6 m large bell room with a three-part chime made of cast steel bells, made by the Bochumer Verein . The following information can be found in an inventory list of the foundry: the bells were arranged on two floors one above the other and suspended by means of anti-friction bearings and rope winches. The production of the bells including accessories such as clapper, axles, bearings and chime levers cost 4,646 marks .
| size | Chime | Weight (kg) |
lower diameter (mm) |
Height (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| greatest | cis | 1496 | 1570 | 1380 |
| middle | e | 1056 | 1385 | 1225 |
| smallest | G | 682 | 1175 | 1070 |
Second church building: at a new location from 1951
After the remains of the church building had been cleared , the services were relocated to a former restaurant on Swinemünder Strasse and Ramlerstrasse. However, this solution was unsatisfactory in the long term, which is why the continuing Ascension Church planned to build a new church. A church building association was therefore founded on July 28, 1951 . The cleared property was needed for the construction of a rose garden in Humboldthain, so the parish exchanged it with the city of Berlin for the current location. In November 1953, the financing of 200,000 DM for the implementation of the first construction phase was made possible through donations , grants and loans . The foundation stone for the new building was laid on December 30, 1953 and it was dedicated as a church on May 20, 1956 .
memories
In the spring and summer of 2015, the foundations of the previous building that had been preserved were excavated and secured. An information board about the history of the old church was placed in the rose garden.
Building description
overview
“The whole building is designed as a community center .” Bartning had a decisive influence on the development of the modern Protestant sacred building . His churches are characterized by their clear structure of the space and the visualization of the construction of the building . The echoes of his standardized 43 emergency churches from the time after the Second World War are also unmistakable .
Exterior
The elements of the supporting structure consisting of columns and rafters of the nave are made of reinforced concrete . The walls are filled with brickwork and plastered. There is a ribbon of windows between the masonry and the eaves . In the basement and into the side upstream cubic extensions are community spaces. The sacristy is located on the east side of the nave, which is covered with a gable roof and separated by a corridor . The church entrance faces north to the Volkspark.
In the 22 meter high open campanile made of reinforced concrete, connected to the nave by a low wing , hangs a bronze bell made of three bells , which was made by Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock in 1954.
| Chime | Weight (kg) |
Diameter ( mm) |
Height (mm) |
inscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G' | 689 | 1030 | 860 | I LIVE AND YOU SHOULD LIVE TOO. |
| a ' | 471 | 920 | 740 | ALL FORCE IS GIVEN TO ME IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH. |
| c " | 268 | 760 | 630 | SEE I AM WITH YOU ALL DAYS UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD. |
Interior
The roof battens under the roof cladding are visible from the inside. The depth effect of the interior is reinforced in the direction of the altar by the frames , the penultimate of which protrudes further into the room. The last frame, in which the large glass window designed as an altar wall is located in the wall of the choir, is designed even closer . The choir is sheathed in the lower area, but the concrete frieze below the roof is rounded and suggests an apse . The interior is related to the cross-shaped split glass window, from the intersection of the cross bars in the window shining rays emanate through the colored glazing.
The rear part of the hall below the organ is separated from the church by a glass door in the middle and floor -to-ceiling folding doors on the left and right. It serves as a church café or winter church . For flexible use of the church space, church stalls were dispensed with in favor of wooden chairs, which are locked to the floor with wooden strips. The pulpit and altar stand on the ambo , the pulpit in front near the congregation, the altar in front of the large glass window. The organ comes from the organ building workshop Karl Schuke . More information about this organ can be found at Orgel Database . Further information on the history of the previous church and its organ can be found here.
literature
chronologically:
- Ernst von Mirbach: The Empress's three first churches for Berlin. Church of the Savior, Church of the Ascension, Church of Grace. Berlin 1902.
- Franz Gottwald (Hrsg.): Heimatbuch vom Wedding . Kribe-Verlag, Berlin 1924, p. 197 .
- Günther Kühne, Elisabeth Stephani: Evangelical Churches in Berlin , 2nd edition, Berlin: CZV-Verlag, 1986, p. 288f. ISBN 3-7674-0158-4 .
- Klaus-Dieter Wille: The bells of Berlin (West). History and inventory. Berlin 1987.
- Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin: Berlin and its buildings. Part VI. Sacred buildings. Berlin 1997.
- Christine Goetz , Matthias Hoffmann-Tauschwitz: Churches Berlin Potsdam. Berlin 2003.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The Ascension Church , on: Brunnenstrasse: From Rosenthaler Thor to Gesundbrunnen - The history of Brunnenstrasse , accessed on January 12, 2013.
- ↑ a b "Church Building Documentation Office" , on: Ev. Parish in Humboldthain , accessed on January 12, 2013.
- ↑ a b c d e f Günther Kühne and Elisabeth Stephani, Evangelical Churches in Berlin , 2nd edition, Berlin: CZV-Verlag, 1986, p. 288. ISBN 3-7674-0158-4 .
- ^ The church books of the General Superintendentur Berlin / 080 , accessed on January 12, 2013.
- ↑ 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.
- ^ A b c Günther Kühne and Elisabeth Stephani, Evangelical Churches in Berlin , 2nd edition, Berlin: CZV-Verlag, 1986, p. 289. ISBN 3-7674-0158-4 .
- ↑ Otto-Bartning-Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kirchenbau: Himmelfahrtkirche
- ↑ Information on the organ
- ↑ Information on the history of the previous church and its organ