Maria Regina (Berlin-Gesundbrunnen)
The secularized Catholic monastery church Maria Regina ( ) is in the residence of the district 90-92 Gesundbrunnen the Mitte district . It was designed by the Wiesbaden architect Paul Johannbroer.
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history
Due to the tightness of the Charlottenburg Monastery of the Good Shepherd , the Sisters of the Good Shepherd opened another branch in April 1887 in what was then Weddinger's section of Residenzstraße. The neo-Gothic predecessor church was destroyed in the Second World War. In 1964 a new building was built. In 1983 the monastery was closed and since then it has been used by Caritas . She runs an inpatient children's and youth facility there. The church serves as a storage room.
Structure
In the central building with the plan of a Greek cross , four cubic structures are grouped around a higher one in the middle, which seem to penetrate each other. They are made of reinforced concrete with a skeleton structure , which is filled with masonry and faced with sandstone . They are covered with flat roofs . The bell tower grows out of the middle structure . The walls are sparsely structured by vertical windows made of concrete glass .
Bell tower
In the bell tower hang three bells of bronze , which from 1965 Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling were cast.
| Weight (kg) |
Diameter (cm) |
Height (cm) |
Crown (cm) |
inscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120 | 60 | 49 | 15th | QUEEN OF PEACE - PRAY FOR US |
| 59 | 48 | 36 | 11 | HOLY JOSEF - WORRY |
| 32 | 38 | 30th | 7th | HOLY MARY EUPHRASIA - CHALLENGE YOUR WORK |
literature
- Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin: Berlin and its buildings. Part VI: Sacred buildings. Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-433-01016-1 .
- Klaus-Dieter Wille: The bells of Berlin (West). History and inventory. Gebr. Mann, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-7861-1443-9 .
Web links
- Church data sheet at kirchbau.de
- Caritas children's and youth facility
Coordinates: 52 ° 33 ′ 34.8 " N , 13 ° 22 ′ 13.7" E