Johanniskirche (Eberswalde)
The Johanniskirche (Evangelical Church St. Johannis - named after the Evangelist Johannes ) is a church building in the neo-Gothic style in the town of Eberswalde . It was built from 1891 and inaugurated in 1894. It is located in the city center on Ludwig-Sandberg-Straße, the community belongs to the Evangelical City Church Community Eberswalde in the Barnim parish of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia .
Emergence
After the immigration of Swiss and Huguenot emigrants in Neustadt-Eberswalde, the Protestant-Reformed St. Johannis congregation was founded in 1693 . From 1717 it had its own half-timbered church on the market square. After this had become increasingly dilapidated, the Architects' Association in Berlin organized a competition among its members in 1885 for a new building for the congregation, which has since become part of the Lutheran sister congregation of St. Maria Magdalenen. The design by Hugo Hartung and Richard Schultze won 1st prize, but was not implemented. Instead, from October 1891, at the new location on Eberswalder Alsenplatz (temporarily Karl-Marx-Platz), the design by building officer Robert Thiem with detailed designs by Berlin architect Ernst Milde was implemented . The Paul Arendt company in Eberswalde was entrusted with the construction.
history
The official laying of the foundation stone took place in April 1892. After a construction period of 25 months, the church was inaugurated on October 3, 1894. On the occasion of an extensive renovation in 1928, the color scheme of the interior was renewed and the gas lighting was replaced by electric light.
A bombardment in April 1945 severely damaged the church. The war damage to the outer skin had been repaired by 1951. The roof, especially the gutters, and the masonry could only be repaired temporarily. The broken stained glass of the church windows was replaced with window parts from another church.
From 1965 to 1966, the chancel including the pulpit was extensively redesigned. In 1967 the church received a new organ.
In the 1970s there was new structural damage. Significant efforts were made between 1979 and 1986 to prevent the Church from deteriorating further. This included the repair of the heating and the almost complete renewal of the belfry.
Extensive renovations of the roof structure and masonry took place between 1993 and 1996. In addition, the tower and church roof were re-covered. After more than 100 years, the tower cross was overhauled and the tower ball, which was damaged in World War II , was repaired and gilded. In the spring of 1994 the tower clock was put back into operation with the original dials with Roman numerals. Shortly before the 100th anniversary, an infestation with real dry rot was found in the roof structure (presumably a late consequence of the war damage), which led to the building authorities' closure. However, this damage could also be secured by the anniversary in October 1994.
shape
The Johanniskirche is built of brick in the neo-Gothic style and has a main and a side aisle. The 41 m high bell tower is attached to the main nave on the southeast side. A smaller tower on the northwest side serves as access to the west gallery. The choir (chancel) in the east is also attached to the main nave as a semicircular apse.
Furnishing
The original interior of the church, which has been preserved to this day, includes the pews and the west gallery with around 500 seats as well as the font made of sand-lime stone. The chancel and the wooden pulpit correspond to the functional appearance, which was aimed for with the renovation in 1965/66 according to plans of the church building councilor Snell from Potsdam. A crucifix is suspended above the renewed altar . Its copper body comes from the Potsdam artist Robert Kahlbaum. Daylight enters the interior through colored mosaic windows in the five-sided apse and in the south wall of the main nave. The original altarpiece Christ and Samaritan Woman at Jacob's Fountain by the Berlin painter Richard Martin is also attached to this wall. Also on this wall is the quote from the 1st letter of John: “Let us love him; for he first loved us ”(John 14:19).
organ
The organ of the Eberswalde company Kienscherf, which was put into operation in 1894 , was replaced in 1967. The new mechanical instrument from the organ builder Hermann Eule from Bautzen has two manuals, a pedal and 19 registers , which are characteristic of the Neo-Baroque.
Peal
The bell tower received three bronze bells from the Zehlendorf foundry Meister Collier. The two larger ones had to be handed over to the army administration in 1917, and the small bell was sold. They were replaced in 1919 by cast steel bells (17, 9.5 and 6 quintals heavy, cast in Bochum). They bear the inscriptions of the old bells: The largest or sacrament bell “Come, because everything is ready”, the middle or baptismal bell “Whoever comes to me I will not push out” and the smallest or prayer bell “Today, so you my voice listen, do not tighten up your hearts ”. The three bells sound in the triad f sharp a – c. The bell ringing machines were last renewed in 1986.
future
The St. John's Church has been used by the Evangelical City Parish as a winter church for church services and for individual church events since 2012 . The need for renovation of the building is still high. This applies to the interior renovation of the main nave as well as the masonry and the roof drainage. The future use of the church is uncertain in view of the financial resources required for this and the decline in usage possibilities.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eberhard Wühle: The old Johanniskirche. In: Eberswalder Jahrbuch (2010), Verein für Heimatkunde zu Eberswalde, pp. 125–131.
- ↑ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 5, 1885, No. 47 (from November 21, 1885) ( online ), p. 480.
- ↑ Alexander Brandt: History of the St. Johannis Community in Eberswalde. In the history sheets of the German Huguenot Association , Volume XIII, Issue 8 (1908), page 41.
- ↑ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 6, 1886, No. 4 (from January 23, 1886) ( online ), p. 39.
- ↑ 6 sheets on the design by Hartung and Schultze at the Architekturmuseum der Technische Universität Berlin
- ^ Rudolf Schmidt: History of the city of Eberswalde. Volume 1: Until 1740 (1939). Reprint, Eberswalde 1992, ISBN 3-925354-13-1 , pp. 412-416.
- ↑ a b Roland Krause, Horst Ritter (ed.): 100 Years of St. Johanniskirche Eberswalde 1894–1994 (Festschrift) . Self-published, Evangelische Stadtkirchengemeinde Eberswalde, 28 pp.
- ↑ Hans-Joachim Beeskow : Guide through the Protestant churches of the Barnim parish. Heimat-Verlag Lübben, 1999, p. 70
- ↑ Hermann Euler: The organs of the Eberswalder Johanniskirche. In: Eberswalder Jahrbuch (2008/09), Verein für Heimatkunde zu Eberswalde, pp. 158–165
Coordinates: 52 ° 49 ′ 57.9 " N , 13 ° 48 ′ 36.4" E