Matthäuskirche (Münster)
The Matthäuskirche is a Protestant church in the southern quarter of the city of Münster at Antoniusstraße 36 in the middle of a residential area. It belongs to the Evangelical Church of Westphalia and is named after the evangelist Matthew .
history
After initial plans to build a church in the southern district in 1951, a plot of land was acquired two years later and the association for the construction of the church in Antoniusstrasse in Münster eV (later the association for the promotion of the Protestant Matthäuskirchengemeinde in Münster eV , which still exists today) was founded. In 1957, the church was started to build their inauguration took place on 7 December 1958. The Matthew Church is a church of the since January 1, 1963 independent Matthäusgemeinde with nearly 3,700 members and is further from the Korean Evangelical community Munster used.
From 1984 to 1992 Michael Herbst , who has held a professorship for practical theology at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald since 1996 , was the vicar and pastor of the Matthäus Congregation.
architecture
The design of the church comes from the Hamburg architect Bernhard Hopp . It is a clinker-adorned reinforced concrete building with a copper-covered roof. A previous design by a Düsseldorf architect could not be implemented due to local residents' complaints. The church is not oriented to the east as usual (and also initially planned), but to the north. Since the church is located on a slope, there was a space of around 4 meters high under the nave, which is used by a community hall with space for almost 200 people and other community rooms.
In 2006 the church was completely renovated. The pulpit was removed (since then preaching has been done from the lectern) and the baptismal font and altar replaced, increasing the usable area of the chancel. This created space for allusions or the use of a band. On the eastern gable wall is an altar mosaic designed by Paul von der Forst in 1962 or 1963 , which shows Christ as the judge of the world.
In the church tower with a height of 37 meters, completed in 1961, there are three bronze bells from the Münster company Monasterium Eijsbouts KG (formerly Feldmann & Marschel ) with the tones f sharp1, a1 and h1. The tower with the sacristy next to it is connected to the nave by an approximately ten meter long glazed connecting structure.
organ
In 1969 the Führer organ consisting of two manuals and 20 registers was inaugurated and was renovated in 2007. The organ consists of an iron frame and resembles many leaders organs from the period between 1950 and 1970. The disposition of the organ is:
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Web links
- Matthew Congregation website
- Festschrift "50 Years of St. Matthew's Church (PDF; 1.2 MB)
- Sounded the bells of St. Matthew's Church
Individual evidence
- ↑ (as of 2012), http://matthaeusgemeinde.org/uploads/media/MBote_1_2013.pdf
- ↑ a b http://www.amd-westfalen.de/fileadmin/daten/daten_isenburg/OK/Bau_Matthaeuskirche_Pankoke.pdf
- ↑ http://www.orgelmagazin.de/orgeln/muenster/matthaeuskirche/kirche.php ( Memento from July 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://matthaeusgemeinde.org/uploads/media/Festschrift.pdf
- ↑ Bells ( Memento from July 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Information on the organ ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 9.7 " N , 7 ° 37 ′ 14.2" E