Church to the father's house
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The church Zum Vaterhaus is a Protestant church in the Berlin district of Baumschulenweg . It is located in Baumschulenstrasse and was inaugurated in 1911 as the first church in Treptow . The design for the church came from the Berlin architects Heinrich Reinhardt and Georg Süßenguth , who also designed the plans for the Treptow town hall .
history
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Under canon law, the parish has belonged to Stralau-Rummelsburg since the 19th century . The church therefore found regularly in the village church Stralau at the Berlin peninsula Stralau place; however, the journey across the Spree was very difficult for the believers . This did not change when the rural community of Treptow with around 600 inhabitants was formed. This is why the Rummelsburg pastor Schläger used the local schoolhouse in the Neue Krugallee for church services from 1891 onwards, in view of the increasing population development . Pastor Kessner took over this task from 1892 until finally in 1901 a pastor of his own was appointed. Pastor Theile moved the service to the new school on Kiefholzstrasse. But it was not until five years later that the parish received its own pastorate with Johann Ahlenstiel as the first pastor. Immediately after the founding of the parish, a church building association was established which could count on broad support in the community, for example from the teachers' association, the warrior association or the volunteer fire brigade. The mayor and church elder of the community, Paul Schablow , managed to obtain the property free of charge from the community of Treptow. However, they were not ready to provide any further support. On the contrary, the parish was asked to integrate the building into an overall urban structure. In addition to the actual church, the 1908 tender also included the construction of two schools with a gym and a director's house. The architects Reinhardt and Süßenguth ultimately won this lot. The result was a community facility, which is rather rare in Berlin, and which includes both municipal and church use.
The laying of the foundation stone for the church and the parish hall as well as the neighboring school took place on May 5, 1910. The ensemble was created in just 18 months. The construction of the church and the rectory with a small hall cost around 330,000 marks (adjusted for purchasing power in today's currency: around 1,864,000 euros). In addition to heating, it already included electrical lighting. The inauguration of the church took place on November 12, 1911 by the general superintendent Kessler in the presence of Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia , but the community did not become independent until April 1, 1948. In 1912 the first school building was built. The second building was dispensed with, as was the planned parish hall.
In World War II damaged bomb hit the church in the years 1941 and 1945. The church she built after the end of the war, especially with the help of donations again. A complete restoration of the ornamentation was dispensed with, so that the building could already be reopened on November 27, 1949 by the general superintendent Krummacher . In the years 1969 to 1971 the roof was renovated. In 1978 the entire ensemble of church, parish hall and school was placed under monument protection. In 1992 the interior was renovated, which included restoring the color of the apse in particular . A year later the facade and especially the towers were renovated. From 1995 the plastering of the tower was renewed and the roof was re- covered with beaver-tail tiles.
architecture
If you look at the ensemble from Baumschulenstrasse, you will see a three-wing complex consisting of the school building from 1912 on the left, the church with the striking double tower front in the middle and the parish hall on the right. An archway between the school and the church leads to the residential area behind. The forecourt was redesigned in 1994; The central element is the fountain by the Berlin metal sculptor Rüdiger Roehl with the title Mother Earth .
The church was built in Art Nouveau style and has a beige-yellow plaster. Both towers are 47 meters high and are structured by brick-covered cornices . They record the contour lines of the adjacent wing structures. This makes them appear much smaller than they really are. There is a lower tail gable between the two towers. Originally there were three bronze bells in the towers, which were melted down during the First World War . In 1926 she replaced the community with three steel bells from Schilling & Lattermann with the tone Es - G - A. Like their predecessors, they bear the inscription "How holy is the place", "Here is nothing else, because God's house" and " Here is the gate of heaven ”. In addition, they received the addition "Sacrificed to the fatherland 1917 - reborn Christmas 1926".
The double doors with a round arch portal, which serve as the main portal, are crowned by another gable in the facade. The facade decoration is limited to a few ornaments and heels made of limestone from the Dolomites . The central column is of the Ionic order , above there are two medallions with the face of Jesus Christ as well as a central writing field with a statement from the Gospel of John , which gave the church its name: "In my father's house are many apartments" ( Joh. 14,2 )
The portal leads into the vestibule, which is laid out with a black and white terrazzo floor . The walls are adorned with a few late classical relief bands and sparse plaster ornamentation. Two coffered doors lead to the three-aisled interior. It is divided into a central nave with a wooden barrel vault and two side aisles with massive round arched vaults and offers around 700 seats. The choir is located in the northwest, as the church is not faced due to the urban planning conditions . There is a continuous wooden gallery on three brightly designed longitudinal walls with scratch plaster , which is extended by a second organ gallery on the entrance side. They are illuminated through small arched windows. The galleries, like the stalls, are designed with simple floral elements.
The chancel was raised two steps. On the left is the octagonal baptismal font , on the right the octagonal pulpit with a cover made of softwood . The masonry altar with a wooden structure for the predella with the Lord's Supper and the altarpiece with the crucifixion of Christ are in the apse, the calotte of which is decorated with the evangelists. Both pictures come from the Schöneberg painter Friedrich Georg William Pape (1859–1920). The altar window was created in 1966 by the Schönebeck artist Christof Grüger , who, for example, also worked in the St. Jakobi Church . It is titled Heavenly City and consists of five segments, each divided into three parts, which were designed with blue, white, yellow and orange-colored glass splinters and are intended to commemorate the Revelation . The earth joins the New Jerusalem in the curved lines .
Furnishing
The most remarkable piece is a pilgrimage cross from 1911 from Kevelaer and a three-part wedding stalls. Below the gallery is a three-part wall mosaic by Gottfried Heinersdorff from 1925, which commemorates the fallen from the First World War. It shows the resurrection of Jesus Christ and eternal life as well as the text in the left area:
"GREATER / LOVE / CAN / NO ONE / HAVE / BECAUSE / WHO / THAT / HE / HIS / LIVES / LEAVES / FOR / HIS / FRIENDS".
It is continued on the right side:
"DEM / ANDENKEN / UNSER / VICTIM / IM / WELTKRIEGE / 1914/1918 / DIEKIRCHENGEMEINDE // BERLIN-TREPTOW / 1925 //".
The original furnishings also include two bronzed , 24-armed chandeliers in the church interior and an 8-armed chandelier on the organ from 1911. The original altar and baptismal font are still there, as is a silver-plated baptismal bowl that was made by the Treptower Municipal Association in 1911 donated for the inauguration. There were also other sacred implements such as two goblets, a jug, a paten and a box for hosts . In 1971, four altar candlesticks and a brass sacrificial dinnerware by Helmut Senf were added.
The organ comes from the Dinse company in Berlin and has two manuals with 27 registers . The brochure is built like the sounding board of the pulpit from dark-stained softwood. However, some baroque decorations were added here. It was damaged in the war and has not yet been restored. The parish has therefore made do with a Sauer organ since 1972 , which is set up next to the sanctuary.
literature
- Bastian Müller: Church to the Father's House - Evangelical Church in Berlin-Baumschulenweg . 1st edition. benedict müller verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-940131-03-4 , p. 24 .
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Coordinates: 52 ° 27 '54 " N , 13 ° 29' 7.3" E