Church in the community center Heerstraße Nord (Berlin-Staaken)
The church in the community center Heerstraße Nord is the church of the community part Heerstraße Nord of the Evangelical Berlin Congregation to Staaken . It is located in the community center building complex at Obstallee 22e.
Origin and development
During the construction of the satellite town of Heerstraße Nord in Berlin-Staaken, the Evangelical Congregation Heerstraße Nord was founded on January 1st, 1969 and initially developed from a shop rented in 1970 (Loschwitzer Weg 15) and then from the parish hall at Pillnitzer Weg 8, which opened on 30th Was inaugurated by Bishop Kurt Scharf in May 1971 ; the sermon was delivered by Ernst Lange . The first pastor was Gerhard Niederstucke. As a community reform project, “a community-oriented community that is close to people” was targeted. A “classic” church building was abandoned. The Protestant parish established in cooperation with the community association Heerstraße Nord e. V. , a medical practice group (today: Medical local supply center of the community hospital Havelhöhe ) and the support association Heerstraße Nord for senior and handicapped work e. V. , which operates a social station, the community center Heerstrasse Nord (GWZ) . From 1978 to 2009 the Spielhaus e. V. to the partners. According to the usage agreement, it connects the partner institutions to "conduct community work on the site of the municipality as a binding task for all groups working there".
The parish was merged on May 1, 1999 with the village church Alt-Staaken and the Confidence Church to form the Evangelical Parish of Staaken . Today the community's social-diaconal projects are located in the community center at Pillnitzer Weg 8.
- The pastors
- Gerhard Niederstucke (1969–1973)
- Wolfgang Grünberg (1971–1978)
- Jochen Muhs (1974 − approx. 1981)
- Winfried Böttler (1977–1988, since 1975: vicar)
- Ulrich Dietzfelbinger (1982−?)
- Andreas Hochfeld (1986-2002)
- Klaus Wiesinger (1985-2007)
- Cord Hasselblatt (since 1991)
Buildings and church space
The center consists of two neighboring building complexes and was built from 1976 to 1978 according to plans by the architect Heinz E. Hoffmann; The German Class Lottery provided financial help .
On the ground floor of one building there is group and meeting rooms as well as the office of the parish as well as the church room, which develops as a polygonal low structure from the building complex to the outside. It is illuminated indirectly from above through a ribbon of windows in front of it. Inside the building, it can be extended to include the foyer of the community center for larger church services. The altar and the seating are kept mobile in order to enable creative forms of worship. The ceiling is designed as a coffered ceiling in concrete, the walls are clad with tiles in shades of brown. The church interior can also be recognized from outside by such tiles. A triptych by the painter Arthur Degner , a student of Lovis Corinth, hangs above the altar . It depicts the Golgotha scene, the crucifixion of Jesus .
The church interior can be reached from the community center and directly from the outside through a separate entrance on the south side of the building, which is marked by a cross on the facade. In the entrance area there is a glass mosaic "Jeremia" by Siegmund Hahn. Opposite the entrance to the community rooms in the north is an open bell tower with a bell that comes from the August-Hermann-Francke-Heim and was donated by the Staaken Dorf parish on the occasion of the topping-out ceremony of the community center in 1976. The chilled iron bell was cast by Franz Weeren in the 1950s and is 55 cm high, 74 cm in diameter and weighs 172 kg.
organ
In the early years there was an electronic organ in the church . In 1996, the congregation acquired a single-manual pipe organ with pedal from the Old Catholic Church in Neukölln. The registers are divided and can be switched on separately in the bass and treble range.
The organ has the following disposition:
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- Pairing : paired pedal
literature
- Evangelical parish in Staaken: 40 years Pi 8. Berlin-Spandau no year (2011) PDF
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Parish Staaken ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 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. (PDF; 2.9 MB)
- ^ Community Center Heerstraße North.
- ^ Klaus-Dieter Wille: The bells of Berlin (West). History and inventory. Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-7861-1443-9 , p. 143.
Coordinates: 52 ° 31 '20.4 " N , 13 ° 9' 57" E