Johanneskirche (Berlin-Lichterfelde)
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The Protestant St. John's Church in Berlin district of Lichterfelde the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf is one of Baroque and classicism reminiscent central building with echoes of the incipient modernity .
The foundation stone of the church, which was built according to a design by Otto Kuhlmann and is now a listed building, took place on Ascension Day, May 1, 1913, and on November 2, 1914 the church was consecrated.
history
In 1865, the Hamburg entrepreneur Johann Anton Wilhelm von Carstenn acquired, among other things, the Lichterfelde estate near Berlin, which he parceled out and then founded the Lichterfelde villa colony . After the consecration of the Church of St. Peter in 1898 and Paul Church in 1900 delayed the independent municipality large light field to participate in the financing of a third big church in the emerging Villenkolonie because according to the Brandenburg Konsistorialordnung of 1573 the king of Prussia , the cost of building the Church had to take over. The budget was 240,000 marks (adjusted for purchasing power in today's currency: around 1.67 million euros), of which the parish had to raise 40,000 marks for the hall in the basement. After Lichterfelde had become part of the Steglitz district when Greater Berlin was formed in 1920 , the parishes of Giesensdorf , Paulus, Petrus and Johannes introduced separate bookkeeping. In 1954 the entire parish of Lichterfelde was divided into the five parishes of Giesensdorf, Johannes, Paulus, Petrus and Martin-Luther. In 1969, the southern district of the Johannesgemeinde became the Johann Sebastian Bach municipality.
building
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The pointed building site between Ringstrasse and Pfleidererstrasse led to the solution of a rotunda , over a wide parabolic band the tile-roofed parabolic dome , crowned by an open, copper-clad lantern in which the bells hang. The domed roof, which dominates the overall picture of the exterior, made an expensive tower superfluous. The former Bethlehem Church and the Trinity Church were models for the Johanneskirche and the Queen Luise Memorial Church in Schöneberg , which was two years older . Because of the tight construction space, the architect moved the community hall with stage and side rooms and the confirmation hall (today: Café Nachbar ) to the ground floor and the church hall to the upper floor. Rounded extensions for the sacristy and main staircase with vestibules complement the central building, which is designed as a plastered masonry structure . The hall's narrow rectangular windows are located between simple pilasters above a brightly contrasting cornice . The portico , which is preceded by the semicircular staircase, is flanked by two half- columns, which are crowned by the two reformers Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon . Above the main portal on the stairwell there is a medallion with the head of John , to whom the church is consecrated. On both sides of the same the words of 1 John, chapter 4, verse 16, are carved: "God is love".
Bells
The church bell consists of four bronze bells .
| Bell jar | Caster | Pouring year | Chime | Weight (kg) |
Diameter ( cm) |
Height (cm) |
inscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | unknown | 16th century | as' | 374 | 85 | 71 | |
| 2. | Franz Schilling | 1949 | c " | 247 | 74 | 61 | CREATE PEACE IN YOUR GATES. SACH. 8.16 |
| 3. | it" | 145 | 62 | 51 | TRO E STET TRO E STET MY PEOPLE + JES. 40.1 | ||
| 4th | f " | 96 | 55 | 45 | GLORY TO GOD ON THE HEIGHT + |
The predecessor bells, except the first, were both in the first as in the Second World War have been melted down.
Interior
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Despite its modest size, the interior of the church with a circumferential gallery has a monumental effect due to the circular floor plan of around 20 meters in diameter. The main church hall, however, was arranged axially . Opposite the protruding, arched vestibule, the altar and pulpit lay one above the other in the central axis of the interior according to the Wiesbaden program of 1891 . There was a basket-arched organ niche above the altar . The three frescoes at the entrance to the church are by Ursula Kükenthal, a painter who was associated with the Johannesgemeinde. From 1964 to 1965 the interior of the church was redesigned. To improve the acoustics , a slightly outwardly vaulted false ceiling was installed in the church space below the dome, while the image of the Last Judgment by Michael Ell was hidden in the dome and the central chandelier was destroyed. Instead of the rigid pews , there were chairs, the arrangement of which could be better adapted to the room. The new Schuke organ with mechanical action , two manuals and 23 sounding stops , divided into the main work , Rückpositiv and pedal work , was no longer placed above the altar, but on the gallery opposite. Your disposition can be viewed at Orgel Databank . In 1990 the interior of the church was renovated, partly in the original color, and it received a new central light.
literature
- Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin: Berlin and its buildings. Part VI. Sacred buildings. Berlin 1997.
- Günther Kühne, Elisabeth Stephanie: Evangelical churches in Berlin. Berlin 1978.
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments. Band Berlin. Munich / Berlin 2006.
- Klaus-Dieter Wille: The bells of Berlin (West). History and inventory. Berlin 1987.
- Gottfried Brezger, Hildegard Frisius and Rolf Lüpke: Hundred Years of Neighborhood, The Johanneskirche in Berlin-Lichterfelde , Westkreuz-Verlag Berlin 2014
Web links
- Ev. Johanneskirchengemeinde Lichterfelde
- Brandenburg consistorial order
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List with further information
Coordinates: 52 ° 26 ′ 12.4 " N , 13 ° 17 ′ 32" E