House of One

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House of One
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founding 2011
Seat Berlin
main emphasis Construction of an interfaith building (church, mosque and synagogue under one roof)
Chair Roland Stolte
Website www.house-of-one.org
Building site for the House of One in Berlin-Mitte on Petriplatz , 2015

The House of One is an inter-religious building that from 2019 to 2021 on Petriplatz in Berlin district center is to be built. The building will house a synagogue , Christian church and mosque under its roof . At the same time, it should promote interreligious dialogue and thus become an interreligious peace project. The construction costs of the building, which are estimated at 43.5 million euros, come in roughly equal parts from the federal government and the city of Berlin as well as from donations and a crowdfunding campaign.

Preliminary work

Petrikirche ruins, 1951

The East Berlin Senate had the remains of the Petrikirche originally located here removed in 1964. Subsequently, the Petriplatz was also used as a market and parking lot.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the merging of the German capital, intensive archaeological excavations took place on Petriplatz from the late 1990s and again from 2006. The found foundations of the Petrikirche and other earlier buildings were temporarily backfilled with earth for conservation reasons, the bones of the deceased from the early Middle Ages were secured. In future, they will find their final resting place in an ossuary on Petriplatz.

The Berlin Senate soon made the decision to have the finds constantly present on the one hand and to build a common house of prayer for all three religions that have played a role in Berlin in the course of history on the other hand through a new church building : Christianity , the Judaism and Islam each worship a God (the One) are to be symbolized in the building.

An open global architectural competition was announced. The jury selected the design by the Berlin architects Kuehn Malvezzi as the winner, which prevailed over numerous designs.

Info pavilion

House of One - Pavilion, 2018

Between the end of 2017 and January 2019 there was a pavilion next to the building area for the House of One . The heated construction made of wood and plastic reproduced the future central room almost on a 1: 1 scale. Until the actual start of construction in February 2019, the pavilion served as an information and event location and for advertising the House of One . The pavilion was set up for the first time at the World Reformation Exhibition as part of the Reformation anniversary in 2017 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg .

In order to start the excavation work, the dismantling of the pavilion was celebrated with a ceremony on January 16, 2019. After dismantling, it will be rebuilt in Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt). At the same time, the Board of Trustees, together with all other participants, set the date for the laying of the foundation stone . It should take place on April 14, 2020, on the 237th anniversary of Lessing's Nathan the Wise first performance .

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the laying of the foundation stone for the House of One planned for April 14, 2020 has been temporarily canceled.

Description of the planned building

The winning design with a clear design language groups the three religious rooms inside the building around a central room (“city loggia” in the planned 40-meter-high tower), which is intended as a meeting place. However, each of the three sacred spaces should reflect the peculiarities of the respective religion or, to put it another way: “Lessing's ring parable becomes architecture”. A bone house will follow immediately and an archaeological window will open in the entrance area with a view of the exposed historical building foundations.

Start of construction

On March 4, 2019, the Senate transferred the building plot intended for the construction of the Three Religions House to the foundation for a symbolic euro on a long lease for 99 years. As a first measure, around 70 concrete pillars, each 30 meters long, were sunk into the damp Berlin soil from spring 2019 to stabilize the future building.

The total construction cost was estimated at around 44 million euros . The money comes from three different sources: on the one hand, the German Bundestag has decided an amount of ten million euros in the federal budget from 2019, on the other hand, the Berlin Senate will add an equal amount. Furthermore, the remaining amount is to be collected through donations, sponsoring and crowdfunding . When a donation total of 12.5 million euros has been reached for the project, the first phase of construction should begin. That was the case at the beginning of September, which is why the last of the 71 up to 35 m deep core drillings for the construction could be carried out on September 16, 2019.

Support structure

The House of One project is supported by the House of One Foundation - Prayer and Teaching House Berlin, founded on September 8, 2016 . The Board of Trustees includes Pastor Gregor Hohberg, Rabbi Andreas Nachama , Imam Kadir Sanci, Renate Franke, Barbara Witting, Süleyman Bag, Karl-Heinz Blickle, Celal Findik, Dirk Fischer, Johann Ev. Hafner, Gerrit Popkes and Mike de Vries. Roland Stolte (chairman and concept), Katrin Hasskamp (marketing) and acting Fredrick Barkenhammar (fundraising) were appointed to the administrative board. Dirk Pilz and the entrepreneur Catherine Dussmann were previously members of the Board of Trustees. The House of One Foundation is part of the Bet- und Lehrhaus Petriplatz Berlin e. V. emerged. The association will be continued as the Friends of the House of One .

On the board of the association, the Jewish side is represented by the Abraham Geiger College and the Jewish Community in Berlin , the Christian side by the Protestant parish of St. Petri - St. Marien and the Muslim side by the Forum for Intercultural Dialogue . The respective representatives of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim side do not represent their religions in a representative way, but exemplarily.

On March 6, 2019, Catherine Dussmann announced her binding withdrawal from the foundation because "growing tensions about the polarizing presence of the Muslim sponsoring association" had arisen. The association belongs to the Gülen movement , which several Muslim associations and mosque associations reject as partners - it is suspected of having played a major role in the 2016 state coup in Turkey. She further added: "I cannot support a project that, instead of promoting understanding and dialogue between and within religions, creates new conflicts". With this step taken in public, Ms. Dussmann would like to trigger a new discussion about the (final) direction of the House of One .

financing

The project, which is estimated at 43.5 million euros, is to be financed primarily through a crowdfunding campaign. On June 3, 2014, the official start of the donation campaign was announced at a press conference. The fundraising campaign is based on the support of many small donors. Via the website, donors can buy symbolic stones and leave a message.

By October 2017, the donation total was around 5.5 million euros. The sum includes a financing commitment from July 2016 in the amount of 2.2 million euros from the federal budget as part of the “National Urban Development Projects” funding program and a further 1.2 million euros from the State of Berlin. On November 23, 2018, the German Bundestag decided on support amounting to ten million euros. Co-financing by the federal government will only take place if funds from the State of Berlin and private donations are available in the same amount. Funds from the State of Berlin are to be made available through SIWANA funds (“Special Fund Infrastructure of the Growing City and Sustainability Fund”) (status: February 2019).

From the mid-2010s, the project, now fully referred to as the House of One - Prayer and Teaching House , got its concrete start. A foundation with Roland Stolte as chairman was set up to supervise the construction work and provide support . Between the beginning of 2018 and mid-January 2019, visitors were able to get to know the project and historical details in an information pavilion, a low-rise building made of wood and transparent plastic, opened on the edge of the excavation pit. The federal government has approved ten million euros for the construction of this interreligious house of God. The city of Berlin is also planning a participation of ten million euros , at least the same amount should come from private donations. A possible financing gap could then be closed by means of crowdfunding . The total construction costs are estimated at around 44 million euros (as of the end of 2018). At the closing of the info pavilion, the exact date for the laying of the foundation stone was announced: it should take place on April 14, 2020. This relates to the anniversary of the premiere of Lessing's drama Nathan the Wise in 1783 in Berlin. To stabilize the future building, around 70 concrete pillars, each 30 meters long, will be sunk into the damp Berlin soil in 2019.

In July 2019, the Senate published a development plan , with which the citizens were invited to assess and participate. With this plan, the use of a part of the area of ​​the former Petriplatz is to be changed in such a way that a previous public traffic area is to be changed to a private traffic area with the special purpose of "lounge area". The public usability remains, however.

Reactions

It is critically questioned whether the project is supported by all three religious communities at all. From the Muslim side in particular, there was a “rejection of all relevant mosque associations or Muslim umbrella organizations”, which ultimately led to the fact that only 100 members, belonging to the Gülen movement , could be won as a sponsor. Other world religions, especially the Roman Catholic Church , were not even asked.

The oldest Berlin history association, the Association for the History of Berlin , also raises the question in its bulletin of why the courage is lacking to rebuild what was once the tallest church tower in the city - similar to the garrison church in Potsdam .

During a discussion about a cross attached to the roof and an inscription at the Humboldt Forum , Berlin State Bishop Christian Stäblein described the House of One as a necessary counter-image against "intolerant claims to exclusivity (...) - also as historical quotes". One needs “signs of community and eye level more than ever”.

literature

  • Gregor Hohberg, Roland Stolte: The house of the three religions. Prayer and Teaching House Berlin. Drafts for a sacred building of tomorrow. DOM publishers; 1st edition 2013, ISBN 978-3-86922-260-8 .

Web links

Commons : House of One  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Three religions build together. In: the daily newspaper . Retrieved October 25, 2015 .
  2. ^ Christian Latz: Demolition and departure at the House of One in Berlin Mitte. January 17, 2019, accessed January 21, 2019 .
  3. ^ "House of One" - one house, three religions on Petriplatz. In: Berliner Morgenpost , June 3, 2014.
  4. ^ Excavation finds: A bone house on Petriplatz. In: Berliner Zeitung , November 15, 2012.
  5. ↑ Architecture: The love of brickwork. In: Der Tagesspiegel , March 12, 2013.
  6. ↑ Brigitte Schmiemann: House of One now invites you to its pavilion. The temporary building will serve as an event location until the foundation stone is laid for the planned Three Religions House. In: morgenpost.de . January 30, 2018, accessed December 30, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Three Religions House: “House of One” is coming in 2019. The construction of the “House of One” is to begin next year. Now there is an information pavilion for the interreligious house on Petriplatz. In: tagesspiegel.de . January 29, 2018, accessed December 30, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Where Jews, Christians and Muslims should pray together. A synagogue, a church and a mosque under one roof: an interreligious sacred building is to be built on Petriplatz in Berlin-Mitte from 2019. Since Monday, interested parties have been able to find out more about the project in a pavilion at the planned location. www.rbb24.de, January 29, 2018, accessed December 30, 2018 .
  9. ^ Christian Latz: Demolition and departure at the House of One in Berlin Mitte. January 17, 2019, accessed January 21, 2019 .
  10. ↑ a b laying of the foundation stone in spring 2020 on house-of-one.org; January 16, 2019, accessed March 7, 2019.
  11. ↑ April 2020 is the laying of the foundation stone on house-of-one.org; July 4, 2019, accessed January 11, 2020.
  12. ↑ Corona: laying of the foundation stone postponed. In: house-of-one.org. March 16, 2020, accessed March 28, 2020 .
  13. ^ Benedikt Crone: House of One. Seldom has architecture stimulated the debate on religious understanding as much as the House of One in Berlin. Fundamentalism and xenophobia are to be countered by a massive and multi-religious brick building by Kuehn Malvezzi. In: bauwelt.de . 2016, accessed February 24, 2018 .
  14. ^ A house of teaching and prayer for Berlin: Lessing's ring parable becomes architecture. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine , September 14, 2012.
  15. ↑ Visualization of the House of One on the architects' website, 8 views; Status: 2017 , accessed on March 10, 2019.
  16. ↑ a b Withdrawal from the "House of One" project . In: Berliner Zeitung , 9./10. March 2019, p. 13.
  17. ↑ Building land for a symbolic euro. March 5, 2019, accessed April 11, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Plans for House of One are becoming more and more concrete. In: Berliner Abendblatt. March 15, 2019, accessed April 11, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Petra Kohse: House for three religions. A pavilion marks the heart of the future House of One. In: berliner-zeitung.de . January 29, 2018, accessed December 30, 2018 .
  20. ↑ a b Approval of funds by the Bundestag: "House of One" receives ten million euros from the federal government. In: rbb24. November 23, 2018, accessed December 30, 2018 .
  21. ↑ The beginning has been made. In: house-of-one.org. September 16, 2019, accessed September 22, 2019 .
  22. ↑ 71 piles for the "House of One". The foundation work for the Three Religions House has been completed. In: Jüdische Allgemeine . September 16, 2019, accessed December 21, 2019 .
  23. ↑ Uta Stiller: "House of One" in Berlin-Mitte: Common house of God for Christians, Jews and Muslims. “To the Bürjameesta? This way! ”So on Monday the construction workers guided the visitors through the construction site of the“ House of One ”on Petriplatz in Mitte. In: BZ September 16, 2019, accessed on December 21, 2019 .
  24. ^ Official Journal for Berlin. (PDF) Senate Department for Justice and Consumer Protection, creation of a foundation, announcement of August 9, 2016, JustV II D 4th State Administration Office Berlin, August 19, 2016, accessed on September 25, 2016 : “Based on Section 2, Paragraph 2 of the Berlin Foundation Act In the version of the announcement of July 22, 2003 (GVBl. p. 293) it is announced that the Foundation House of One - Bet- und Lehrhaus Berlin has been recognized as having legal capacity. "
  25. ^ Farewell to Dirk Pilz. In: house-of-one.org. November 4, 2018, accessed January 10, 2020 .
  26. ^ Regret over the withdrawal of Catherine Dussmann. In: house-of-one.org. March 7, 2019, accessed January 10, 2020 .
  27. ↑ Frank Bachner: Entrepreneur Dussmann withdraws from religious project because of the Gülen movement. In: tagesspiegel.de. March 9, 2019, accessed January 10, 2020 .
  28. ^ House of One Foundation established. With the constituent meeting of the Board of Trustees on September 8th, the interreligious dialogue and building project House of One received a new supporting structure: the House of One Foundation. house-of-one.org, September 23, 2016, accessed on September 25, 2016 : “The foundation council includes: Pastor Gregor Hohberg, Rabbi Dr. Andreas Nachama, Imam Kadir Sanci, Renate Franke, Barbara Witting, Süleyman Bag, Karl-Heinz Blickle, Celal Findik, Dr. Dirk Fischer, Dr. Dirk Pilz, Gerrit Popkes, Mike de Vries. Roland Stolte (chairman and concept), Katrin Hasskamp (marketing, from 1.1.2017) and acting Fredrick Barkenhammar (fundraising) have been appointed to the administrative board. "
  29. ↑ Interreligious project in Berlin-Mitte: “The House of One” - one house of God, three religions. In: Der Tagesspiegel , June 3, 2014.
  30. ^ Sascha Lübbe: Interreligious House of Prayer in Berlin: All under one roof . In: The daily newspaper: taz . January 17, 2019, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed January 21, 2019]).
  31. ↑ Home. house-of-one.org, accessed August 26, 2016 .
  32. ↑ KNA : The new foundation aims to promote the “House of One”. It is a mammoth interreligious project: In Berlin, the "House of One" is to be a place of worship for Jews, Christians and Muslims. But one crucial ingredient is still missing for construction to start. In: kathisch.de. September 23, 2016, accessed on September 25, 2016 : “The costs are estimated at 43 million euros. The federal government has already pledged 2.2 million euros, the state of Berlin a further 1.2 million euros. In addition, according to the previous sponsoring association, private supporters from more than 20 countries have donated around one million euros so far. The sponsors want to start with the first construction phase when ten million euros are available. "
  33. ↑ 10 million euros for "House of One". The “House of One” is to be built in the Mitte district of Berlin and combine a church, a synagogue and a mosque under one roof. www.kath.net, November 27, 2018, accessed December 12, 2018 .
  34. ↑ SIWANA. February 6, 2018, accessed February 27, 2019 .
  35. ↑ SIWANA: Senate approves proposal for the use of funds. February 16, 2017, accessed February 27, 2019 .
  36. ↑ 650 million for Berlin's infrastructure. Retrieved February 27, 2019 .
  37. ↑ Allocation SIWANA V. (PDF) Retrieved on February 27, 2019 .
  38. ↑ House of One receives ten million euros from the federal government , broadcast on rbb24 on November 22, 2018, accessed on March 7, 2019.
  39. ↑ laying of the foundation stone in spring 2020 on house-of-one.org ; accessed on March 7, 2019.
  40. ↑ Development plan I-218-1, public participation in the land-use planning . In: Berliner Zeitung , July 26, 2019, p. 16, announcements.
  41. ↑ Manfred Uhlitz: A word about the Petrikirche . In: Mitteilungen des Verein für die Geschichte Berlins , 114th vol., Issue 1, January 2018, p. 236.
  42. ↑ Claudius Prößer: Interreligöses "House of One": Blessed with money and worry . In: The daily newspaper: taz . July 22, 2016, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed December 30, 2019]).
  43. ↑ Susanne Memarnia: Topography Director Andreas Nachama: "Politics is not helpful" . In: The daily newspaper: taz . December 28, 2019, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed December 30, 2019]).
  44. ↑ Manfred Uhlitz: A word about the Petrikirche. In: Mitteilungen des Verein für die Geschichte Berlins , 114th year, issue 1, January 2018, p. 239.
  45. ↑ Dispute over the dome of the Humboldt Forum: Regional Bishop Stäblein sees the controversial verdict with skepticism. In: rbb24.de. May 30, 2020, accessed June 21, 2020 .
  46. ↑ Many religions - one space?!: Analyzes, discussions and concepts. The house of the three religions. Prayer and Teaching House Berlin (Gregor Hohberg, Roland Stolte). Bärbel Beinhauer-Köhler, Mirko Roth, Bernadette Schwarz-Boenneke, accessed on January 31, 2016 .

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