Johanneskirche (Mannheim)
The Johanneskirche is a Protestant church in the Mannheim district of Feudenheim . The neo-Gothic building was built between 1887 and 1889 according to plans by Hermann Behaghel .
history
The Reformation was introduced in Feudenheim in 1556 . As a result, the St. Peter and Paul Church, like the entire Electoral Palatinate, was subject to multiple religious changes before it was finally awarded to the Catholics in 1705 when the Palatinate church was divided. The Reformed therefore had to go to church in Käfertal until they could build their own church in 1715. It was rebuilt and enlarged in 1787. In 1821 the Reformed and Lutherans , who did not have their own church in Feudenheim, were united in the United Evangelical Protestant Church in the Grand Duchy of Baden .
The industrialization of Mannheim at the end of the 19th century led to rapid population growth in Feudenheim as well. Therefore, it was decided to build a large church according to the plans of Hermann Behaghel . The groundbreaking ceremony took place on May 3, 1887, and the St. John's Church was inaugurated on August 24, 1889, in the presence of Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden .
In the Second World War , all but one of the bells had to be given up and in August 1943 an air mine destroyed the windows and covered the roofs. From 1946 the church could be used again, in 1954 four new bronze bells were added to the remaining steel bell and in 1956 the building was renovated. In 2007 the two evangelical congregations in Feudenheim, Johannes and Epiphanias , merged.
description
The Johanneskirche is a three-aisled hall church in neo-Gothic style with a polygonal choir . In the middle and at the front there are transepts with side portals. The brick building is structured with red sandstone. The tower with buttresses is crowned by a pointed roof. The ogival main portal is decorated with a Wimperg gable and a three-pass . The tracery windows were designed by Rudolf Yelin after the destruction of World War II . The wooden side galleries inside the church are also in the neo-Gothic style. The organ dates from 1968.
Spire
Main portal
Christ window (central choir window)
See also
literature
- Hans Huth: The art monuments of the Mannheim II district . Munich 1982, ISBN 3-422-00556-0 .
- Andreas Schenk: Architectural Guide Mannheim . Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-496-01201-3 .
- Günther Löhr: Feudenheimer church history . Mannheim 1977.
- History workshop Feudenheim / Michael Caroli: Feudenheim: Illustrated history of a Mannheim suburb . Mannheim 1991, ISBN 3-923003-53-6 .
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Coordinates: 49 ° 29 '10.4 " N , 8 ° 32' 2.9" E