Karlskirche (Kassel)
The Karlskirche in Kassel (also Oberneustädter Church ) is a Protestant church building in the center of Kassel. The baroque church built by Paul du Ry was consecrated in 1710. The Karlskirche served the community of Kassel Huguenots as a place of worship. The octagonal building is located on Frankfurter Strasse, the former center of Kassel's Oberneustadt . After being severely damaged in World War II , it was reconstructed in a simplified form.
history
The religious refugees from France, who were settled in the newly founded Oberneustadt by Landgrave Karl , tried harder at the end of the 17th century to build their own church. In 1697 their application was granted and on August 3, 1698 Landgrave Karl laid the foundation stone for the church building on his 45th birthday. On February 12, 1710, the church was consecrated by the French preacher. In 1867, the last service in French took place inside. The building was badly damaged by Allied bombing raids in autumn 1943. The dome and the entire interior were lost. In 1957, the greatly simplified structure could again be used as a church. The parish of the Karlskirche was merged into the newly created parish of Kassel-Mitte on January 1st, 2008.
architecture
The base forms an elongated octagon, which is divided at its corners by striking buttresses. Originally there was a rectangular porch on the main page facing Frankfurter Strasse, which hid the stairwells and formed the main entrance. This facade was not reconstructed after the war. The mighty dome was also destroyed in the war and replaced by a simple roof structure. The interior originally had no galleries and was only supplemented by a circumferential gallery in 1730 and 1874. The galleries were not reconstructed either.
Carillon
On Easter Sunday 1957, a carillon consisting of 35 bells was inaugurated. The bells were cast by Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling in Heidelberg. In 1989 and 1995 the carillon was expanded and now has a range of four octaves and has 47 bells.
swell
- Alois Holtmeyer: The architectural and art monuments in the Kassel administrative district, Bd. VI , Marburg 1923
Web links
- Side of the community
- History of the carillon of the Karlskirche
- Carillon portrait on the homepage of the German Glockenspielvereinigung eV
Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 42 " N , 9 ° 29 ′ 41" E