Kapernaum Church (Munich)
The Kapernaumkirche is an Evangelical Lutheran church on Lassallestrasse on Lerchenauer See in Munich . The name is derived from the biblical place Kapernaum . It was inaugurated on October 6, 1968. The parish fair takes place annually on Thanksgiving . The church is part of the Feldmoching-Hasenbergl cultural history trail .
architecture
The church building with the separately standing, 44 m high church tower and the associated parish hall and rectory were built in the years 1966-68. The architect was Reinhard Riemerschmid . The entire ensemble is now a listed building .
inner space
The worship room is pyramid-shaped, is supposed to be reminiscent of a tent and is completely clad with wood on the inside. Because of its height and brightness, it initially seems very surprising to many visitors.
Altar island
The rows of seats with a total of 336 seats are arranged around an altar island , which is separated from the interior by two steps. Everything that is needed for worship is located there: The altar itself consists of a solid, polished Nagelfluh plate and is directly connected to the pulpit . The Lord's Supper and prayer are supposed to be symbolically linked with the word and the proclamation . In addition, there is a cross made of steel and synthetic glass, the Easter candle and the baptismal font with a silver baptismal bowl in the center.
window
In addition to two large window fronts on the sides, there is a narrow, colorful ribbon of windows directly behind the altar, which extends to the top of the room. It was designed by Gerd Jähnke and can be divided into four sections. If this window consists of predominantly heavy and dark colors in the lower part, it becomes lighter and lighter upwards. It shows God and our world in multiple polarities: earth - heaven; earthly city - God's city; dark - light.
In the lowest part, gloomy colors such as anthracite, brown and violet indicate the laborious earthly life, full of worries, hardships, fears, illness, guilt and death. Above it, green colors, a gate, stones and stairs symbolize the biblical city of Capernaum. Above it again you can see a sloping, violet cross and the darkened sun of Golgotha in predominantly gray and black tones . It is the central point of the window, and thus symbolizes one of the central points of the Christian faith: the sacrificial death of Jesus. In the uppermost section, predominantly in red, blue and yellow, is the heavenly Jerusalem , ruled by the eye of God . Towards the top it becomes brighter, more light, more redeemed and more perfect.
organ
On the gallery is an organ from GF Steinmeyer & Co. from 1948, which originally comes from the Christ Church and was converted in 1976 for the Kapernaum Church by the Deininger company. The arrangement of the prospect pipes was done so that they replicate the tent roof of the church building. The organ has 2 manuals , a pedal and 18 stops . The organ consecration took place on December 19, 1976.
Outdoor area
A special feature of the church building is the large, copper-coated tent roof that extends to the ground on the east side. The entrance area on the west side, which consists largely of glass panes, offers a view of a spacious park. It is noticeable that the same floor covering continues from the church interior to the outside without a step. The message of the divine service should be carried into everyday life from the inside out. From the outside, the elongated parish hall looks like a castle (" A solid castle is our god "), but with the slender church tower, the pointed tent roof and the glass fronts with the passages to the Lerchenauer See, it is still open and friendly.
Trivia
- At 44 m, the parish hall is just as wide as the church tower is high.
- For structural reasons, the church tower does not contain any bells.
local community
The congregation of the Kapernaumkirche currently (2013) consists of around 3700 members. The municipality extends in the north-west of Munich over the districts of Fasanerie-Nord , Feldmoching , Lerchenau , Lerchenauer See and Ludwigsfeld . The Bethanienkirche in Feldmoching also belongs to the community . In 2005, the Golgotha Church in Ludwigsfeld was given up for financial reasons.
Support association
Since the financial resources available to the community are not sufficient to cover the maintenance of the buildings, the support association "Community needs spaces eV" was founded. The aim of the association is that the parish centers of the Kapernaum and Bethanien Church with their equipment can be maintained and financed. In 2009 and 2010, the Friends' Association subsidized extensive renovation and renovation work in the Kapernaum Church, as well as in 2012 a. a. the renewal of the heating system in the Bethanienkirche.
Motto
The community has given itself the motto "Faith, Life, Become". These four terms are intended to describe the life of the community or to represent a self-claim:
- Carefully and lovingly designed services in the cycle of the church year are intended to deepen faith
- Pastoral accompaniment and festive arrangements should help to celebrate the high points and turning points in life and to grow with them
- Conversations, encounters and content-related impulses are intended to stimulate further development as a person
- In all of this, however, it should not be important to be already finished, perfect, complete and in "possession of the truth", but on the way, in " becoming ".
Martin Luther set out in a concentrated way what the congregation would like to orientate itself on:
- Life is not a pious thing, but a pious thing,
- not health, but getting well,
- not a being, but a becoming,
- not a rest, but an exercise.
- We're not yet, but we will.
- It's not done or done yet
- but it is in motion, in swirl.
- It's not the end, but it's the way.
- It doesn't all glow and shine
- but everything cleans itself.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of monuments in Munich. (PDF; 1.7 MB) Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, accessed on March 8, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c Church leader Kapernaumkirche. Evang. Kapernaumkirche, Ulrich Leser, accessed on March 8, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c Festschrift on the occasion of the 10-year parish festival, published by Rev. Ludwig Haffner in October 1978
Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 51.1 ″ N , 11 ° 32 ′ 6 ″ E