Church of Christ the King (Radebeul)

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The Christ the King Church is located at Borstrasse 11 in the Niederlößnitz district of the Saxon city of Radebeul . The Catholic Church is an extraordinary building with an equilateral, triangular floor plan and glass walls. The church designed by architects Günter Behnisch and Gerald Staib was consecrated on November 25, 2001.

Catholic church of the Christ the King parish Radebeul, Architects: Behnisch & Partner, 2001

description

The two-storey church stands on the property directly in front of the Catholic Parish of Christ the King , which was built as a “Roman villa” in 1876 by the Ziller brothers .

One side of the equilateral triangle made of steel, concrete and glass is roughly parallel to the street. On top is a flat roof , which is green. The entrance is on the southwest side under a semicircular exit. Some of the glass fronts consist of multi-colored, striped glasses, while other, transparent surfaces allow a view in and out.

The light-flooded interior, which according to Günter Behnisch “breathes space and is a source of light”, has around 140 seats. The sacred interior ( altar , tabernacle , ambo , baptismal font , altar cross and chandelier ) was designed by the Dresden artist Reiner Tischendorf. The arrangement of the artistic objects in the room creates a cross shape, the longitudinal axis of which runs from the font in the entrance area over the altar to the altar wall, while the transverse axis from the altar cross in the east is formed by the installation of the ambo, Easter candlesticks, the 6 altar candlesticks and the tabernacle. The baptismal font, the altar table and the altar wall are cast from concrete on site, the altar wall stands free in the space in front of the glass north wall facing the street.

The area around the "Weinbergkirche" is planted with vines in order to create a "connection between the viticulture of the Loessnitz and the celebration of the Eucharist ".

history

As a result of the Reformation, in 1537 or 1539 the last Catholic pastor, Dr. Eisenberg, the Loessnitz. The Catholics who continued to live there then belonged to the parish of the Dresden Court Church and later to the St. Josefs parish in Dresden- Pieschen .

From January 1926, the diocese of Dresden-Meißen in Kötzschenbroda again set up a pastoral office, which looked after the Lößnitz communities as well as Coswig , Moritzburg and Radeburg . The first pastor was Joseph Just, who until then had been chaplain at the Hofkirche, head of the higher religious school in Dresden and vice-principal at St. Benno-Gymnasium .

In March 1927, a temporary St. Joseph Chapel was inaugurated in the former studio building of the sculptor Matthäus Wolfenter on the property of the Heinrich Völkel rental villa in Heinrichstrasse 9, which is named after him. The pastor could also live in this rental villa.

The property at Borstrasse 11 was then acquired. In October 1927, the Catholic Pastoral Office for Kötzschenbroda applied for a chapel to be set up on the south-facing garden side of the main house and the connecting building. The first service there was held on March 4, 1928, the solemn benediction was carried out by the archpriest Bodenburg. In 1952, due to the growth of the community, a used prefabricated barrack was erected as a side chapel in front of the outbuilding on the left side of the street. In early 1964, the chancel was redesigned and a baptistery was added. In 1986 the congregation received a one-manual Jehmlich organ.

In order to be able to build a church for the growing congregation, a competition was held in 1997/1998 among eight architectural offices invited, which was won by the Stuttgart office of Behnisch & Partner . On the basis of the winning contribution, the architectural community of Professors Günter Behnisch and Gerald Staib built the new Catholic parish church Christ the King on the property at Borstrasse 11, between the rectory and the street , an extraordinary building over an equilateral, triangular floor plan and with glass walls. The interior was designed by the artist Reiner Tischendorf.

The last service took place on November 21, 2001 in the chapel of the rectory building. On November 25, 2001, Christ the King's festival of that year and at the same time the 75th anniversary of the reestablishment of the Catholic parish in Lößnitz, the new parish church was consecrated to Christ the King by Bishop Joachim Reinelt . The neighboring community of Friedewald also belongs to the catchment area of ​​the Catholic parish .

Since September 2015 the parish no longer has its own pastor, it is administered from Meißen.

literature

Web links

Commons : Church of Christ the King  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Markus Hansel; Thilo Hansel; Thomas Gerlach (epilogue): In the footsteps of the Ziller brothers in Radebeul . Architectural considerations. 1st edition. Notschriften Verlag, Radebeul 2008, ISBN 978-3-940200-22-8 , p. 54-55 .
  2. ↑ From the history of the parish "Christ the King" Radebeul. (No longer available online.) In: Internet site. Catholic parish of Christ King Radebeul, formerly the original ; Retrieved September 19, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.christuskoenigradebeul.de  
  3. ↑ a b Reiner Tischendorf: The liturgical objects of the Catholic parish Christ the King, Radebeul. (PDF; 1.2 MB) 2000, p. 4 , accessed on March 26, 2009 .
  4. ^ Frank Andert (editor): Stadtlexikon Radebeul. Historical manual for the Loessnitz . Ed .: Large district town of Radebeul. 2nd, slightly changed edition. City archive, Radebeul 2006, p. 102 .
  5. ^ History. In: website. Catholic parish of Christ King Radebeul, accessed on June 5, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Congregational Letter 2015/3.

Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 23.7 ″  N , 13 ° 39 ′ 10 ″  E