Insula Church
The Insula Church , established in 1951 in the Bischofswiesen district of Strub as part of the “ Insula World ”, belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Berchtesgaden .
history
The premises and the buildings of the Insula served as a BDM school during the National Socialist era , for which a raised bog was drained and a mountain (Schusterbichlberg) and a small baroque castle were removed. In the 1940s, the Wehrmacht took over the site and, after further expansion, used it as a barracks.
After the end of the war, the buildings were used by the special organization of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) as a repatriation camp for displaced persons (DP) until 1946 . From 1947 onwards, under the sponsorship of the International Refugee Organization (IRO) and in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation, they offered accommodation, in particular for Latvian refugees who had not been repatriated until then, and served a Latvian school. In 1949 the sponsorship changed to the Inner Mission Munich ; In 1974 it went to the Evang.-Luth. Diakoniewerk Hohenbrunn over.
On May 6, 1951, after appropriate renovations, the buildings were given their new use as an Evangelical Lutheran old people's home and were ceremoniously inaugurated. At this ceremony in the presence of numerous high-ranking guests of honor, the church, which was converted from a gymnasium to the Insula church , was also handed over to its destination.
Furnishing
The dominant wall paintings in the church interior were created by Erich Gindler by the end of 1950, according to information on the homepage of the responsible parish . Accordingly, he was one of the first refugees to find a place to stay in the Insula after the war , and the people depicted in the paintings would bear the features of his Latvian roommates. In the short vita of Gindler published by the East Prussian State Museum , his acceptance of public contracts is noted for the 1950s, but not a stay in the insula between his release from English captivity in February 1946 and his subsequent longer stay in Murnau, so that possibly from one coincidental identity of another artist must be assumed.
The regular Sunday services are also transferred to their rooms for residents who are unable to attend church.
Responsible parish
In addition to its Christ Church as the main church in Berchtesgaden , the Evangelical Lutheran Church Community of Berchtesgaden is also responsible for the Evangelical Lutheran church buildings in Bischofswiesen , Ramsau near Berchtesgaden and Schönau am Königssee . The parish is part of the Traunstein deanery within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria . In view of the small percentage of its community members within the mentioned communities of the Berchtesgadener Land district , it is in the minority situation of a diaspora . (→ See also the section: Religion in Berchtesgaden)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ieva Zake: American Latvians. Politics of a Refugee Community . Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick 2010, ISBN 978-1-4128-1451-5 , p. 32.
- ↑ a b c Lebenswelt Insula , section history , online at dw-hohenbrunn.de
- ↑ a b c d berchtesgaden-evangelisch.de ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. To the Insula Church on the homepage of the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Berchtesgaden
- ↑ archiv.ostpreussisches-landesmuseum.de Vita for temporary exhibition in 2008 of works by Erich Gindler in the East Prussian State Museum
- ↑ ev-dekanat-traunstein.de membership of the ev.-luth. Parish of Berchtesgaden to the Evangelical Dean's Office Traunstein
Web links
Coordinates: 47 ° 37 '37.5 " N , 12 ° 58' 2.7" E