Kreuzkirche (Mannheim)
The Kreuzkirche was a Protestant church in the Mannheim district of Neckarstadt-Ost / Wohlhotels . It was built between 1956 and 1958 according to plans by Jakob Friedrich Morkel and demolished in 2012.
history
Settlement of the Well-laid area began in the second half of the 19th century when the Eichbaum brewery was relocated from the city center to the north across the Neckar and the Giulini brothers founded a chemical factory here. From 1900 on, Protestant services were regularly held in a prayer room in the factory settlement. In the same period, due to the strong population growth in Mannheim during industrialization , the residential development in the western Neckarstadt grew in the direction of Wohlhotels. In 1913 a new parish was established in Neckarstadt-Ost, which - delayed due to the First World War - built the Melanchthon Church by 1923 . The year before, the size of the community made it necessary to set up a second parish, which was responsible for the eastern area, including the newly built municipal clinic .
By 1934, a parish hall with a church hall, kindergarten and living space for church servants and nurses had been built on Zellerstraße. During the Second World War, the parish hall was the only church in the Neckarstadt to remain undamaged. In the post-war period, Neckarstadt-Ost was one of the most densely populated districts in Mannheim, which is why in 1950 the “Parish at the parish hall Zellerstr.” Became the third parish of the Melanchthon Church. 32/34 “was founded. The following year, the parish council decided to break away from the Melanchthon Church. After a long debate, the name “Kreuzkirche” was chosen after the “Wicherngemeinde” and “Glaubenskirche” had been rejected and no suitable Baden reformer was found.
The old parish hall was expanded from 1956 until the inauguration on June 1, 1958 to a parish center with the Kreuzkirche, deaconess station, parish hall, rectory and kindergarten. Due to the decreasing number of members in the Protestant church, the Kreuzgemeinde merged with the Herzogenriedgemeinde in 2002. In 2009 a group parish was established for the parishes of Kreuz, Herzogenried, Luther and Melanchthon . In 2011 the cruciform church was abandoned and divested, in March 2012 the building was demolished.
description
The Kreuzkirche stood in the center of the old well-situated residential area. The district is characterized by high, multi-storey residential buildings with perimeter block development and an adjacent large industrial area. Architect Jakob Friedrich Morkel realized the concept of a comprehensive community center in 1958. After the renovation, the church offered 550 seats. The striking bell tower was designed in the style of the 1950s. The ring consisted of four bells . Three bells (weighing 931, 790 and 462 kilograms), which were cast by the Bachert bell foundry in 1958 , were bought by the Reformed parish of Greetsiel .
The organ with nine registers came to the Philippus Church in 2012 . Altar , pulpit and baptismal font were set up on the meadow of the Melanchthon Church. The cross from the roof was given to the Vogelstang community .
literature
- Udo Wennemuth: History of the Protestant Church in Mannheim . Sigmaringen 1996, ISBN 3-7995-0930-5 .
- City archive Mannheim , Mannheimer Architektur- und Bauarchiv eV (ed.), Andreas Schenk: Mannheim and its buildings 1907-2007: Volume 3 . Mannheim 2002, ISBN 3-923003-85-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Open-air service for the dedication of the altar, pulpit and baptismal font , Evangelical Church in Mannheim 2012
- ↑ Greetsieler bell is on the way ( 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. , Emder Zeitung February 16, 2012
- ↑ Daniela Dymokurská: Joy about own organ ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in Mannheimer Morgen March 14, 2012
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Coordinates: 49 ° 29 ′ 51.7 ″ N , 8 ° 29 ′ 30 ″ E