Martin Luther Church (Ahlem)
The Martin Luther Church in Hanover is the church building of the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in the Hanover district of Ahlem at the address Wunstorfer Landstraße 50 .
history
Having been in the post-war period the Evangelical Lutheran parish Ahlem had become independent in 1952, the believers first had more than a decade with two barracks as emergency churches manage. Today's religious building was on March 9, 1963 inaugurated .
The second rectory of the church was built on the site of the former manor house of the Ahlem manor .
Long-standing pastor was Hermann Bergengruen from 1986 .
At the beginning of the 21st century, the Martin Luther parish , located near the former Ahlem concentration camp , organized an exhibition with numerous events on the subject of “changing gaze” between Christians and Jews .
Edith Bosse Foundation
The family of church leader Edith Bosse, who died in 2008, donated the share capital for the Edith Bosse Foundation established by the parish in 2010 . The purpose of the foundation, which is headed equally by members of the founding family and the parish as the board of trustees, is to promote youth work in the parish.
Building description
The church, designed by Hildegard Olbeter , is characterized on the outside by a church tower with a balcony, which is broad in the west . A large foyer was placed in front of this, which leads to the west to the adjoining hall. To the east, the vestibule gives access to the exposed concrete church. The strong concrete reliefs created by the sculptor Hans-Jürgen Breuste are particularly striking in the west gallery , while concrete glass windows by the glass painter Heinz Lilienthal were used in the south . The windows in the roof area of the asymmetrical church space and on the side of the altar area contribute to the effective lighting. Flexible seating allows the congregation to use the church space in a variety of ways.
organ
The organ was built in 1968 by the Emil Hammer Orgelbau workshop as Opus A1572 in the choir gallery. A major renovation took place in 2014. The instrument has 21 registers , which are divided into two manuals and pedal . The action is mechanical, the wind chests designed as sliding chests. The disposition is as follows:
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- Coupling : I / II, I / P, II / P
- Breastwork with manually operated flaps can be closed continuously
- Tuning : Equal with a 1 = 440 Hz
literature
- Festschrift for the inauguration of the Martin Luther Church in Ahlem near Hanover. On Sunday Palmarum, April 11, 1965. Edited by the parish council of the Martin Luther Church Ahlem, [Hannover-Ahlem], 1965.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e maf: Martin Luther Church , in Wolfgang Puschmann (Ed.): Hannovers Kirchen. 140 churches in and around town. Ludwig-Harms-Haus, Hermannsburg 2005, ISBN 3-937301-35-6 , p. 152
- ^ Klaus Mlynek : Ahlem in Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 15
- ↑ Dirk Böttcher : Bergengruen, Hermann Hartmut. In: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon , p. 51f .; limited preview in Google Book search
- ↑ Janet Anschütz , Irmtraud Heike: "We wanted to make feelings visible". Citizens design a memorial for the Ahlem concentration camp. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2004, ISBN 3-86108-397-3 , footnotes p. 120, 126; limited preview in Google Book search
- ↑ n.v . : Edith Bosse Foundation / promoting youth work with the Edith Bosse Foundation on the martin-luther-ahlem.de page [ undated ], last accessed on May 19, 2020
- ↑ Uwe Pape (ed.): Emil Hammer Orgelbau (1937–2014) . Catalog raisonné from organ database Berlin ORDA on CD. Pape Verlag Berlin, Berlin.
Coordinates: 52 ° 23 ′ 5.1 " N , 9 ° 39 ′ 55.9" E