Johanniskirche (Mannheim)

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Johanniskirche
John relief

The Johanniskirche is a Protestant church in the Mannheim district of Lindenhof . It was built between 1901 and 1904 by Robert Curjel and Karl Moser .

history

The planned residential development of the Lindenhof began in 1870, after there had previously only been a few courtyards in the area. Due to the proximity to the city ​​center , development after 1890 was very dynamic. In 1900 the new district already had 10,000 inhabitants. The number of Protestant residents who were cared for by the Friedenskirche in Schwetzingerstadt rose from 1,578 to 7,455 between 1895 and 1905. As early as 1897, the parish council saw a separate church service room in Lindenhof as urgent in order to counter the “propaganda” of the other denominations.

In 1900 an emergency church was built and in the following year a vicarage responsible only for the Lindenhof was set up at the Friedenskirche . At the same time the construction of the Johanniskirche began. The foundation stone was laid in 1902. This was preceded by a competition to which all Protestant architects from Mannheim and from abroad Robert Curjel and Karl Moser , Hermann Billing and Theophil Frey were invited. Curjel and Moser, who shortly thereafter realized a very similar church with the Luther Church in Karlsruhe , prevailed, and three years later the Johanniskirche was inaugurated on May 29, 1904. With the later built Luke Church and St. Mark's Church on the Almenhof and the Neckarauer Matthäuskirche the four neighboring churches were thus after the four evangelists named

Due to the changed groundwater level, cracks appeared in the dome as early as 1909, so that the foundation had to be reinforced and the plaster renewed. In the war year 1917, three of the four bells had to be delivered as metal donations from the German people . The replacement was cast in 1925 but was again drafted during World War II in 1942. The following year the church burned down to the outer walls after an air raid. After the war, the church was rebuilt under the direction of Max Schmechel , whereby the interior was completely redesigned, and inaugurated on November 6, 1955 by the regional bishop. In 2004 the interior was renovated and in 2006 the church tower was renovated.

description

Layout
Bell for Sunday service

The Johanniskirche stands on a corner lot in the western Lindenhof. The architects Curjel and Moser chose a style that combined neo-Romanesque with Art Nouveau elements and adhered to the principles of the Wiesbaden program . The floor plan of the central building is based on a Greek cross . Originally there were gables on all four sides , but the two on the north and south sides were not reconstructed after the Second World War. The outer walls are made of bushes with light-colored sandstones from Haardt . The distinctive church tower with the adjoining vestibule was placed on the southwest corner. It is covered with a hexagonal helmet roof. The blue and gold, square dials of the tower clock were only reconstructed in 2006 based on old templates. The bell storey is extensively decorated with leaf ornaments. On the west facade of the church, in a blind niche, there is a relief of John , which was created by the sculptor Fridolin Dietsche .

The vaults in the interior were not restored after the war destruction. The crucifixion group, executed as a mosaic relief by Fridolin Dietsche and Max Laeuger , was also lost . It was replaced by a large crucifix by Hanns Markus Heinlein . Since the anniversary year 2004, a ribbon of color has been running under the gallery, the 129 wooden panels of which were created by the artist Bettina Mohr. The Steinmeyer - organ with two manuals dating back to 1955, it was supplemented with another Manual 1959-60 and has 42 registers . In 2004 another organ with 19 registers by Matz & Luge was installed to the right of the altar . The ring consists of five bells . The second largest bell from Rincker dates back to 1903, the other bells were cast by Bachert in 1963. The strike tone sequence h 0 –d 1 –e 1 –g 1 –a 1 is coordinated with the bells of the Catholic St. Joseph Church .

See also

literature

  • Udo Wennemuth: History of the Protestant Church in Mannheim . Sigmaringen 1996, ISBN 3-7995-0930-5 .
  • Wolf Engelen: Our Lindenhof . Mannheim 1996, ISBN 3-923003-75-7 .
  • Andreas Schenk: Architectural Guide Mannheim . Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-496-01201-3 .
  • City archive Mannheim, Mannheimer Architektur- und Bauarchiv eV (ed.), Andreas Schenk: Mannheim and its buildings 1907-2007: Volume 3 . Mannheim 2002, ISBN 3-923003-85-4 .
  • Hans Huth: The historical monuments of the city circle Mannheim I . Munich 1982, ISBN 3-422-00556-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MARCHIVUM : Chronicle star . June 22, 1902, Retrieved September 28, 2018 .
  2. ^ Behrens architects
  3. ↑ mohr-arts.com ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mohr-arts.com
  4. ^ Volker Müller: Bells in Mannheim . 2007.

Web links

Commons : Johanniskirche  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 28 ′ 25.6 ″  N , 8 ° 28 ′ 1.7 ″  E