Jakobuskirche Bielefeld
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. James in Bielefeld's Mitte district , Jakobusstraße 3, was built in 1912 in a mixture of Art Nouveau and reform architecture . The church initially included not existing today large town hall and the church tower , but only the nave . In the past, this was used for meetings and other community events in addition to church services.
Four windows in the church from 1922/23 are works by the glass painter Karl Muggly .
In 1938 the church was expanded to include a parish hall with three large apartments on the top floor and a church tower with four bells . Today there are three hard cast iron bells that were cast by the Schilling und Lattermann foundry in Apolda in 1928 and sound in the tones of Ges, As and Es '.
From 1930 to 1963, only interrupted by the war effort, Wilhelm Niemöller , Martin Niemöller's brother , officiated as pastor at the Jakobuskirche. Until 1958 the Jakobuskirche belonged to the parish of the Neustädter Marienkirche . 1958 was created by Abpfarrung the independent James community. In 2007 the parish, which belongs to the Evangelical Church of Westphalia, has around 4000 members.
See also
- List of architectural monuments in the Bielefeld-Mitte district
- List of religious buildings in Bielefeld
Web links
Coordinates: 52 ° 0 '49.7 " N , 8 ° 33' 2.6" E