Lukaskirche (Dresden)

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Southwest view of St. Luke's Church (2007)

The Lukaskirche in the Dresdner Südvorstadt is the church building of the evangelical Lukaskirchgemeinde in Dresden . The exterior of the church is characterized by the historicist style of the neo-renaissance , while the interior was originally dominated by Art Nouveau . The steeple of the steeple, which once shaped the cityscape, has been missing since it was destroyed in the war, and an initiative is promoting reconstruction.

In addition to the use of the location for nationally and internationally known music recordings, the church is the most important location for the parish, which has over 3200 members.

history

Lukaskirche Dresden with steeple, around 1903
Organ of the Lukaskirche
View of the Lukas Church and its surroundings in front of the new buildings on the western Lukasplatz (2008)

The Lukaskirche, named after the Evangelist Lukas , was built between 1899 and 1903 according to the plans of the Leipzig architect Georg Weidenbach . The building was completed in spring 1903; the church was consecrated on March 29, 1903. In the 83 meter high tower there were four bronze bells created by the Bierling foundry , which were melted down in 1917. The interior was beautifully painted in Art Nouveau style by Otto Gussmann . The organ was built in 1901 by the Dresden company Jehmlich and could not be used for many years after the war.

Between 1908 and 1933 the court preacher Johannes Kessler , who had previously worked as a prince tutor at the court of Kaiser Wilhelm II , worked here.

During the time of National Socialism, the church had a pastor who was close to this ideology as well as representatives of the Confessing Church, which the Gestapo observed . The air raids on Dresden on February 13, 1945 caused severe damage to the Lukaskirche, so the interior burned out completely and the striking tower dome was destroyed. As a result, the church remained unused for some time.

From 1948 to 1970 Walter Feurich was the parish priest of the Lukaskirche. He was considered a representative of the Church movement under socialism .

Ruins of the Lukaskirche with a view of Andreas-Schubert-Straße in 1946
North side of St. Luke's Church, surrounded by rubble

Towards the end of the 1950s, it was used as a location for orchestra rehearsals and recordings. Between 1964 and 1972, under the direction of the Dresden architect Herbert Burkhardt, the church was converted into a recording studio for VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin . Among others, Herbert von Karajan and Karl Böhm conducted here and soloists such as Theo Adam , Peter Schreier and Herman van Veen sang . Records that were recorded here often bear the note Studio Lukaskirche for the location where they were recorded. With the help of the income from the rental for sound recordings, the church was gradually repaired.

Since 1972 the church has been used again by the Lukaskirchgemeinde for church services.

A report prepared in 2017 for the reconstruction of the historically significant tower helmet attests the structural load-bearing capacity and enables the Friends of the Lukaskirche Dresden eV to work with precise figures. The entire construction project should cost around one million euros, which is to be financed in part by donations. One of the supporters is the CDU member of the Bundestag, Andreas Lämmel , who wants to advertise the reconstruction of the Lukas church tower in the federal government.

Peal

The bell consists of four cast steel bells, the bell frame and the bell yokes are made of steel. Below is a data overview of the bell:

No. Casting date Caster material diameter Dimensions Chime
1 1921 Bell foundry Lauchhammer Cast steel 2200 mm 4500 kg b °
2 1921 Bell foundry Lauchhammer Cast steel 1920 mm 3250 kg of'
3 1921 Bell foundry Lauchhammer Cast steel 1580 mm 1550 kg e ′
4th 1921 Bell foundry Lauchhammer Cast steel 1350 mm 950 kg G'

literature

  • Joachim Winkler: The Lukaskirche . In: City of Dresden (Hrsg.): Lost churches: Dresden's destroyed churches. Documentation since 1938 . Dresden 2018, p. 57–60 ( online edition. PDF; 6.4 MB).
  • Rainer Thümmel: Bells in Saxony . Sound between heaven and earth. Ed .: Evangelical Regional Church Office of Saxony . 2nd, updated and supplemented edition. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , p. 288 (With a foreword by Jochen Bohl and photographs by Klaus-Peter Meißner}).

Web links

Commons : Lukaskirche, Dresden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dresden districts: Lukaskirche
  2. ↑ Joachim Winkler: The Lukaskirche . In: City of Dresden (Hrsg.): Lost churches: Dresden's destroyed churches. Documentation since 1938 . Dresden 2018, p. 57–60, here p. 58 f . ( Online edition. PDF; 6.4 MB).
  3. ^ Förderverein Lukaskirche eV (Dresden). Retrieved May 21, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Feasibility study on the Lukaskirchturm , Förderverein (PDF), accessed on April 5, 2017
  5. ^ A tower for the Lukaskirche , sächsische.de , January 23, 2018
  6. ^ A b Rainer Thümmel: Bells in Saxony . Sound between heaven and earth. Ed .: Evangelical Regional Church Office of Saxony . 2nd, updated and supplemented edition. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-374-02871-9 , pp. 288 (With a foreword by Jochen Bohl and photographs by Klaus-Peter Meißner).

Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 54 "  N , 13 ° 44 ′ 3"  E