Maria Magdalena (Freiburg im Breisgau)
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Maria Magdalena is the church center in the Rieselfeld district of the city of Freiburg im Breisgau in the brutalist style . The compact concrete building is used biconfessionally by the parishes of the two major Christian denominations, the Roman Catholic parish of St. Maria Magdalena and the Protestant parish in Rieselfeld.
history
A Protestant and a Catholic church were originally planned for the Rieselfeld district in the west of the city of Freiburg, which has been newly created since 1995 and has around 10,000 inhabitants. Since the two parishes that were created wanted to appear together as "Church in Rieselfeld", the idea of two churches under one roof was born. The city of Freiburg supported the idea by making a plot of land available in a central location in the district. The architect Susanne Gross from the Cologne office of Kister Scheiterhauer Gross was able to win the subsequent architectural competition, which was announced in 1999, after the decision of a specialist jury . After the groundbreaking ceremony and the laying of the foundation stone in 2002, the building was erected in 2003 and 2004 and consecrated on July 25, 2004. The construction costs amounted to 5.7 million euros.
Building description
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The angular, tower-free church building made of unplastered lightweight concrete with an irregular floor plan houses the church rooms for the two large denominations, between which there is a shared foyer . The catholic church has space for 250 people, in the area of the Protestant church side there is space for 100 people. There are also rooms for church community work and an ecumenical church shop where you can get information about the two communities and purchase fair trade goods.
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The catholic church on the left and the protestant church on the right
If necessary, the rooms of the double church can be expanded through the foyer by moving the concrete partition walls and also used jointly. The largest of the partition walls that can be moved by motors is 100 m 2 and weighs 30 tons. Because of the close cooperation, these sliding walls are often moved. The baptismal font is embedded in the floor of the foyer and is used by both denominations. The room is also used for meditations. There is a strong commitment to ecumenism in the congregations ; That is why they arranged their services on Sundays so that they end together and everyone can meet afterwards. The foyer can also be used as a community hall and then offers space for 200 people.
Bells
The bell chamber is located above the room of silence within the catholic church and does not protrude over the upper edge of the facade . It is equipped with three bells, which are rung by hand before the services. They were cast by the Bachert bell foundry in Karlsruhe and their bell decorations are kept simple.
- The bell of creation weighs 250 kilograms, the strike is d ''. It was cast on the Münsterplatz in June 2008 for the 750th anniversary of the Hosanna Bell in Freiburg Cathedral . It rings daily at 12 p.m. and 6 p.m.
- The christening bell weighs 530 kilograms and is tuned to strike note a '.
- The Maria Magdalena bell is the heaviest at 730 kilograms and has the strike tone g '.
Photovoltaics
On the roof, which cannot be seen from below, there is a photovoltaic system with an output of 15.4 kWp, it was installed in 2007 and financed by a cooperative - mainly by community members. Part of the proceeds will go to development aid projects.
Web links
- Church in Rieselfeld
- Street of Modernity - Jürgen Krüger: Freiburg-Rieselfeld | Maria Magdalena Church. Move walls - don't (yet) tear down
Individual evidence
- ^ Laura Christine Müller: Maria Magdalena in Freiburg. July 21, 2017, accessed May 12, 2020 .
- ↑ There's plenty of space in God's House Yvonne Weik, Badische Zeitung, March 29, 2014, accessed March 29, 2014.
Coordinates: 47 ° 59 '58.89 " N , 7 ° 47' 27.78" O