Luther Church (Munich)
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The Luther Church in Munich - Giesing is a listed church building in the style of historicism in Martin-Luther-Strasse 4 on Giesinger Berg in Obergiesing . It is the parish church of the Evangelical Lutheran parish , which with around 7000 members is one of the largest Protestant parishes in the state capital.
history
In the second half of the 19th century, more and more Protestants moved to Munich, especially craftsmen and civil servants, so that by the beginning of the First World War, 4,000 Protestants were already living in Giesing. On November 25, 1920, they founded the Evangelical Association in Munich-Giesing with the aim of building up spiritual and diaconal care. The first service took place in the gym of the Protestant Columbus School on February 21, 1921; the first pastor was appointed in 1923, the Evangelical Lutheran Church Foundation was established in 1924 and a building plot for the church and parsonage was acquired, and in 1925 the first church council was elected. The Evangelical Association acquired the "Giesing wine" Garden restaurant on the street in 1925 and designed the host in a community hall to. On March 26, 1926, the official separation from the mother church of St. Johannes in Haidhausen and the elevation to an independent parish church followed.
The Luther Church was built in 1926/1927 according to plans by Hans Grässel . Martin Luther became the namesake. Construction began on April 3, 1926 and the foundation stone was laid on June 27, 1926. During the construction work, the main facade was moved from east to west, as a wide strip had to be ceded for the road to be built on the east side. The inauguration took place on November 1, 1927. For this purpose, the pastors with gowns and the sacrament implements in their hands marched through the streets into the new church in a kind of procession.
From 1930 onwards, church services had to be protected against communist interference several times. National Socialism polarized the community. While half of the church council joined the National Socialists and many congregation members joined the German Christians , around 100 congregation members joined the Confessing Church . Among them was Pastor Karl Alt , who accompanied Hans and Sophie Scholl pastorally. On May 9, 1935, the Evangelical Association for Nursing and Diakonie was founded . The parish hall served the NSDAP from 1935 to 1937 as a traffic bar. The Harlaching subsidiary was spun off in 1940. In 1942 three of the four bells were delivered for armament purposes. During a bombing raid on June 6th / 7th. September 1943 the church was destroyed; only the surrounding walls and the tower remained. The parish hall suffered the same fate on April 25, 1944 and was destroyed by incendiary bombs.
The congregation celebrated its services temporarily in the gym of the Icho School until 1947 an emergency church was built from the ruins of the “wine grower” and in 1948 the Martin Luther Chapel in the parish hall was inaugurated. The church, which was rebuilt in a somewhat simplified form between 1951 and 1953, was consecrated on December 20, 1953. The gable roof was built more than two meters lower than the old one and the eaves were straight and no longer swinging out. The ridge remained without the crowning stone crosses and the north side without dormers. The chancel was extended by 5 meters in the longitudinal axis and the altar was set back. The bells were cast in 1964 with the same inscriptions and strikes and an organ was purchased in 1969.
After an exterior renovation in 1975, the parish carried out a reconstruction of the interior in 1977/1978. This was renovated and redesigned in 1989 under Ingrid and Georg Küttinger . The old rectory south of the church will be rebuilt from 2019 to 2021. Community rooms are being created here on the ground floor, which include the previous inner courtyard and are connected to the church by means of a breakthrough. The foundation stone was laid on July 24, 2019. In the course of the construction work, the church is also being renovated. The old parish hall across the street is being demolished.
The church and parsonage are registered as architectural monuments in the Bavarian list of monuments.
“Martin-Luther-Straße 4. Evang.-Luth. Parish church, Luther church, historicizing hall building with extension and saddle roof; Bell tower; Rectory; by Hans Grässel, 1926-27. re-qualified. "
architecture
The roughly east- facing , red plastered three-aisled hall building on a rectangular floor plan is built west of the main street. It is covered by a red gable roof. There is a short transept in the north, a church tower in the south-west corner and the rectory with the future parish rooms and administration in the south-east. The transept with two community rooms was given a gable roof instead of the original pent roof.
The interior is 23 meters long and 18.6 meters wide, the choir is 4.5 meters deep and 9.4 meters wide. The nave is illuminated through narrow arched windows. A triplet window is let into each of the two gable ends, the central window of which is slightly elevated. Helmut Ammann created the stained glass windows in the chancel in 1958. They show the New Jerusalem with motifs from Rev 21-22 EU , in the center the Lamb of God, whose rays penetrate the twelve gates with the twelve angels. The stream of life emanates from the lamb, on the banks of which trees bear fruit. Below John receives the revelation from the angel with a golden measuring stick. The flames on the sides represent the divine judgment.
The west portal is designed as a step portal and has a selection of Luther's 95 theses on the bronze double doors . On consoles in the robes the four great prophets are represented as bearded men with long robes and books in hand. They are flanked by the figures of the four evangelists , who stand as larger-than-life figures on squat wall pillars. They are characterized by different gestures and also wear long robes.
The church tower is divided into several storeys by surrounding cornices . The top floor, each with two narrow, round-arched sound openings, serves as a bell room and houses a four-way bell. An eight-sided lantern with a surrounding gallery rises above the square shaft . The four clock faces of the tower clock are attached above the coupled sound openings. The squat octagonal pointed helmet is crowned by a tower knob with a cross.
Furnishing
The interior is completed with a simple wooden ceiling. The stucco in the altar and gallery area was dispensed with after the reconstruction. Inside, a large round arch opens the choir, which has been raised by two steps, to the nave. On the long sides there are galleries that rest on square pillars that also support the roof. The arched arcades above the galleries give the impression of a three-aisled hall church. The parapets carry 24 Credo panels, which were painted by members of the congregation and which represent the articles of the creed. The convexly arched west gallery serves as the installation site for the organ.
The church furnishings are simple. In the old church the stone pulpit was built over the altar. Altar, lectern. The baptismal font and candle holder were made octagonal from spruce wood by Küttinger in 1989 and stand in front of the round arch. The eight-armed brass chandeliers are also based on designs by Küttinger. The large cross (3.5 meters) by Helmut Ammann from 1957 is attached to the east wall . As a sign of the resurrection, the crucified one hovers in front of it with hands raised in blessing. The red-colored wooden church stalls in the central nave are angled outwards and leave a central aisle free.
organ
The three manual organ from GF Steinmeyer & Co. was destroyed in 1943. It had 29 registers ; further registers were prepared for expansion. After the church was rebuilt, the small organ in the prayer room, the former house organ of Prof. Sagerer, was moved into the church and expanded by four stops. Today's organ was built in 1969 by Ekkehard Simon with 39 registers and 2553 pipes on three manuals and pedal . Friedrich Högner designed the following disposition :
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- Coupling : I / II, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
- Playing aids : 2 free combinations, 1 free pedal combination, tutti, general belt, single tongue storage, crescendo, crescendo off
- Comments: sliding drawer , mechanical game and electrical stop action, game cabinet
Peal
In 1927 the congregation bought a four-way bell for the new church, which was cast by the Schilling company in Apolda. The bells received inscriptions with hymns from the Luther song A strong castle is our God , supplemented by a pictorial representation (Luther coat of arms with Luther image, cross, open Bible and God's eye) and a Bible verse (Ps 46: 1; Eph 2: 9; Rom 1, 18 and Heb 13: 8). Three bronze bells were delivered to the German armaments industry as a "metal donation" in 1942. In 1964, the Rincker in Sinn company cast a new four-note bell with the same lines of songs. The inauguration took place on September 10, 1964. It is the only Rincker chime in Munich and sounds on a filled E major chord.
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No. |
Casting year |
Foundry, casting location |
Diameter (mm) |
Mass (kg) |
Chime |
inscription |
| 1 | 1964 | Rincker , Sinn | 1200 | 1,100 | e 1 | “ A SOLID CASTLE IS OUR GOD. Donated by MRS. BERTA KÜHNEMANN. " |
| 2 | 1964 | Rincker, Sinn | 1090 | 778 | f sharp 1 | “ HE'S NAME JESUS CHRIST. " |
| 3 | 1964 | Rincker, Sinn | 970 | 544 | g sharp 1 | “ THE WORD YOU SHOULD LET STAHN. " |
| 4th | 1964 | Rincker, Sinn | 797 | 296 | h 1 | “ THE REICH HAS TO STAY US. Donated by MRS. CLEMENTINE KIENDL AND MR. GEORG KIEFER. " |
See also
literature
- Armin Rudi Kitzmann: With a cross and a swastika. The history of the Protestants in Munich 1918–1945. Claudius Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-532-62246-7 .
- Albert Schübel: The Luther Community in Munich. Your becoming and the building of your church. On the day of the inauguration of the Luther Church. Carl Gerber, Munich 1927.
- Barbara Dorenberg, Achim Schmid (ed.); Luther Church (Ed.): 75 years of the Luther Church. [2001].
- Luther Church (Ed.): 50 years of the Luther Church Munich-Giesing. [1976].
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Dorenberg, Schmid: 75 years of the Luther Church. 2001, p. 8.
- ↑ Armin Rudi Kitzmann: With cross and swastika. The history of the Protestants in Munich 1918–1945. Claudius Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-532-62246-7 , p. 136 f.
- ↑ Luther Church (Ed.): 50 Years Luther Church Munich-Giesing. 1976, p. 6.
- ^ Anne Lore Bühler: The church struggle in evangelical Munich: the confrontation with National Socialism and its consequences in the area of Evangelical Luth. Deanery Munich, 1923–1950. A chapter in the history of Evangelical Luth. Deanery Munich. Association for Bavarian Church History, 1974, p. 212.
- ↑ Luther Church (Ed.): 50 Years Luther Church Munich-Giesing. 1976, p. 11.
- ^ Dorenberg, Schmid: 75 years of the Luther Church. 2001, p. 2.
- ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung of June 20, 2019: Praying on the construction site. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ↑ Susanne Schröder: Luther Church Munich gets a new location concept. In: Sunday paper, February 22, 2019, accessed on February 15, 2020.
- ↑ a b List of monuments for Munich (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, monument number D-1-62-000-4356 .
- ↑ Armin Rudi Kitzmann: With cross and swastika. The history of the Protestants in Munich 1918–1945. Claudius Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-532-62246-7 , p. 137.
- ^ Dorenberg, Schmid: 75 years of the Luther Church. 2001, p. 19.
- ^ Dorenberg, Schmid: 75 years of the Luther Church. 2001, p. 17.
- ^ Dorenberg, Schmid: 75 years of the Luther Church. 2001, p. 22.
- ^ Dorenberg, Schmid: 75 years of the Luther Church. 2001, p. 21.
- ^ Michael Grill: 200 Years of Protestant Church Music in Munich 1799–1999. Ev. Press Association for Bavaria, Munich 1999, p. 288.
- ↑ Bavarian organ database online .
- ↑ Luther Church. Church letter. No. 4, 2012, pp. 20-21.
- ↑ Ralf Müller: Munich bell book. Self-published, Munich 2019, p. 108.
Coordinates: 48 ° 6 ′ 55 " N , 11 ° 34 ′ 35.4" E