Kreuzkirche (Munich)

This article explains the Evangelical Kreuzkirche in Munich. For the Catholic Kreuzkirche see All Saints Church on the Cross . For Holy Cross churches in Munich see Holy Cross Church # Munich .

Kreuzkirche

Campanile

The Kreuzkirche is an Evangelical Lutheran church in the Munich district of Schwabing-West .

building

The Kreuzkirche is an inconspicuous white-plastered concrete skeleton building with brick-filled walls on a hexagonal floor plan with narrow windows below the flat roof , a work by Theodor Steinhauser from 1968; it is set back slightly from the street front. A high Campanile in concrete , however, next to the church building is visible from afar.

The interior of the church presents itself as a high hall; the walls are clad with clinker bricks .

history

The parish of the Kreuzkirche emerged from a spin-off from St. Markus . In 1930, a wooden emergency church stood on the site of today's church. The parish of the Kreuzkirche has had this status since April 1, 1933. In July 1944 the wooden church was destroyed in a bomb attack. From 1946 the Kreuzkirche was housed in a barrack , a donation from Switzerland . A first permanent church was built in 1950 based on plans by Otto Bartning ; Bartning used the foundation walls of a school gym that was also burned out during the Second World War with its wooden roof construction . After the current church was built, the old church was converted into a parish hall with 250 seats; the artistic design comes from Hubert Distler . Since February 2009, the parish hall has been named after Albert Lempp , who campaigned for the foundation of the Kreuzkirche congregation before he became co-author of the Easter Message from Munich Laity , a courageous memorandum against the terror of National Socialist rule .

Notable works of art

Kreuzkirche - interior

entrance

• In the church there is a large silver cross adorned with rock crystal , a work by Hermann Jünger from 1968. The relief at the entrance gate and the tower cross are works by Karlheinz Hoffmann .

organ

The organ

The organ was built in 1985 by Orgelbau Sandtner as Opus 135. It has 22 stops on two manuals and a pedal . The disposition is:

II major work Principal 8th' Wood-covered 8th' Octave 4 ′ Pointed flute 4 ′ Field whistle 2 ′ Mixture IV-V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Trumpet 8th' Tremulant

III positive (swellable) Reed flute 8th' Viola di gamba 8th' Flûte harm. 4 ′ Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Principal 2 ′ Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Scharff III 2 ⁄ 3 ′ Chalumeau 8th' Tremulant

Pedal: C – g 3 Sub-bass 16 ′ Praestant 8th' Pommer 8th' Tenor octave 4 ′ bassoon 16 ′

• Coupling : II / P, III / P, 1st manual = coupling manual III / II
• Playing aids : mechanical pleno circuit
• Comments: sliding drawer , mechanical play and stop action

Bells

In its uppermost cube-like segment, the characteristically designed tower houses a three-part bronze bell from the Erdinger bell foundry in the striking tones D flat ¹ , F sharp ¹ and G sharp ¹ . The bells were cast in 1967.

Chaplain

• Pastor Sabine Geyer
• Pastor Hermann Geyer
• Student pastor Martina Rogler
• Pastor Michael Lorenz
• Youth Deacon Karsten Urbanek

particularities

The Protestant parish Kreuzkirche operates a day care center and a public library .

Web links

Commons : Kreuzkirche (Munich)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kreuzkirche Schwabing . Evangelical Kreuzkirche Munich-Schwabing
• Internet pages of the Kreuzkirche Munich

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bavarian organ database online
2. ↑ Disposition of the organ

Coordinates: 48 ° 9 '44.3 "  N , 11 ° 33' 57.5"  E