Johanneskirche (Manfort)

Johanneskirche

The Johanneskirche is a Protestant church in the Leverkusen district of Manfort . The architect Otto Bartning planned the Protestant church in Manfort as one of the last buildings from the “Emergency Church Program” that was launched in the Federal Republic after the Second World War. It was inaugurated in March 1954 and is now a listed building. It is the seat of the parish of the same name in the Evangelical Church District of Leverkusen .

history

The church was built between 1953 and 1954 according to plans by Otto Bartning .

organ

In 1956, the Peter company from Cologne installed their op. 93, a two-manual organ , which was fundamentally rebuilt and expanded in 2010 by the Fasen company .

The current disposition is:

Hauptwerk C – g 3 Pipe pommer 16 ′ Principal 8th' Gemshorn 8th' Dumped 8th' Octave 4 ′ Night horn 4 ′ Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Super octave 2 ′ Mixture 5f. Trumpet 8th'

Swell C – g 3 Wooden principal 8th' Open flute 8th' Salicional 8th' Principal 4 ′ Transverse flute 4 ′ Flageolet 2 ′ Sesquialtera 2f. Scharff 4f. Rohrschalmey 8th' oboe 8th'

Pedal C – f 1 Principal bass 16 ′ Sub bass 16 ′ Octavbass 8th' Flute bass 8th' Choral bass 4 ′ Backset 4f. trombone 16 ′ Bass trumpet 8th' Clairon 4 ′

• Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P, Sub II / I, Sub II
• Playing aids : tremulant for the swell, setter system.

See also

• List of sacred buildings in Leverkusen

Web links

• Homepage of the Evangelical Johannes-Kirchengemeinde Leverkusen-Manfort
• Description and history on the website of the Internet Initiative Leverkusen eV (with picture)

Coordinates: 51 ° 1 '52.7 "  N , 7 ° 1' 13.4"  E