Church in the Johannesstift

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The Evangelical Church in the Johannesstift is the church of the Johannesstift Berlin at Schönwalder Allee 26 in the Berlin district of Hakenfelde ( Spandau district ). It is located in the center of the monastery grounds in a prominent position on the plane tree avenue, the central axis of the listed building ensemble , which was created according to a design by the architect Otto Kuhlmann .

Church in the Johannesstift

history

Because of the establishment of the Westhafen in Moabit , the Evangelical Johannesstift near the Plötzensee was relocated to the Spandau Forest . The architects Hermann Solf and Franz Wichards carried out Kuhlmann's design. The residential buildings were built between 1907 and 1910, the church between 1914 and 1917. Its interior was first rebuilt by Winfried Wendland in 1936. The actual stylistic adjustment was carried out by Karl Wilhelm Ochs in 1967–1968 . The last time the church was redesigned was in 2003.

architecture

Building description

The neo-renaissance architectural style of the church symbolizes the end of the Wilhelmine era . Still sounds in the with clinkers deluded masonry already the Modern on.

The short nave of the church, covered with a gable roof , and the stubby arms of the transept , which also have gable roofs, make the building appear as a central building on the floor plan of a pressed Latin cross . However, it can also be viewed as a basilica because the central nave has narrow aisles . The recessed polygonal choir has low extensions .

The barrel vault in the central nave is designed like a reticulated vault . During the renovation in the 1960s, the galleries on the side were connected to the gallery on the entrance side, on which the organ stands. The choir windows were extended to the floor. At this time, the pergolas were also attached to the right and left of the portal . Karl Wilhelm Ochs also had the decorative painting and historical furnishings removed.

The building is dominated by the 56 meter high, mighty, stepped bell tower above the crossing . His octagonal, curved and slate-covered helmet carries a lantern .

organ

Since 1928-1998 in Johannesstift the Berlin School of Church Music was, the church received a 1937/1938 Kemper - organ . It was replaced in 1968 by a large Walcker organ , which was overhauled and expanded by Otto Hoffmann in 2003. With 64 stops on four manuals and pedal , it is one of the largest organs in Berlin.

Bells

In the bell room with a square floor plan (side length 2.4 m) hangs a ringing made of four bronze bells , whereby the small bell is only used as a chiming bell. At the inauguration of the church, the community had a three-part ring made of cast steel bells that had been cast by the Bochum Association . An inventory list of the foundry contains the following information: the ensemble of bells with clapper, bearing, axes and chime lever cost 1,551 marks to manufacture .

Bell plan (old)
size Chime Mass
(kg)		 lower
diameter
(mm)		 Height
(mm)
greatest a 520 1045 935
middle H 298 0890 800
smallest d 202 0760 690

These bells were probably no longer usable by the Diakoniegemeinde before the First World War , so that a complete ring of high-quality bell bronze was commissioned and installed. It is not known whether bells were requested as a metal donation from the German people during the wars and were later replaced.

Bell plan (new)
Chime Mass
(kg)		 Diameter (
mm)		 Height
(mm)		 inscription
as ′ 540 970 800 HONOR THE KING. EVANGELIC JOHANNESSTIFT SPANDAU 1909. FRANZ SCHILLING, APOLDA, 3939.
b ′ 370 870 670 AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA DOMINUS TECVM 153X.
of" 220 710 570 AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA DOMINUS TECVM 153X.
d ″ 180 700 590 CAST BY H. HUMPERT. BRILON, A.D. 1930.

literature

  • Christine Goetz , Matthias Hoffmann-Tauschwitz: Churches Berlin Potsdam. Berlin 2003.
  • Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin: Berlin and its buildings. Part VI. Sacred buildings. Berlin 1997.
  • Klaus-Dieter Wille: The bells of Berlin (West). History and inventory. Berlin 1987.
  • Günther Kühne, Elisabeth Stephanie: Evangelical churches in Berlin. Berlin 1978.

Web links

Commons : Stiftskirche Johannis Evangelist (Berlin-Hakenfelde)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Compilation of the bells delivered to Berlin and the surrounding area ; Bochum Association, around 1900. In the archive of the Köpenick Church of St. Josef, viewed on August 6, 2019.

Coordinates: 52 ° 34 ′ 10.9 "  N , 13 ° 11 ′ 43.2"  E