Melanchthon Church (Bremen)

Melanchthon Church

The Melanchthon Church in Bremen-Osterholz is one of the Protestant churches in Bremen .

local community

The church is one of the Protestant churches in Bremen that are neither Lutheran nor Reformed, instead it is Protestant . The church is one of the most visited in Bremen-Osterholz.

history

Before the Second World War , the Dankeskirche, a small church with a gable roof and roof turret, stood here. The existing, badly damaged church was provisionally restored after the war. On June 14, 1946, the new, independent parish was established. In 1954/55 a community and youth center was added. The Dankeskirche was demolished in 1967/68 in the course of a new building.

The new building of the Melanchthon Church was built according to plans by the architect Heinz Lehnhoff. The tent-shaped building was inaugurated in 1968 and named after Philipp Melanchthon . The roof height of the nave is 17.5 m. Since the church cannot be heated well, services must take place in a winter church in winter.

The 32 m high tower was renovated in summer 2009. The tower houses a four-part ringing of bronze bells from the renowned bell founder Otto from Hemelingen. The bell has the following sequence of striking notes: a '- h' - d "- e". The bells have the following diameters: 916 m, 816 m, 686 mm and 611 mm. The organ was designed by Alfred Führer in 1971 and has 22 stops on two manuals and a pedal.

literature

Archive 2_2004 of the Bremische Küstergemeinschaft: The Melanchthon parish in Bremen Osterholz. for churches and services. Author: Hans Theis
Gerhard Reinhold: Otto Glocken - Family and company history of the bell foundry dynasty Otto. Essen 2019. ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , here in particular pp. 558 + 562.
Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen. Diss. Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, 2919. DNB access signature L-2019-333968, here in particular pp. 513 + 515.

Remarks

↑ ^a ^b Height information determined by indirect height measurements in October 2009 by J. Möhring. Simplified measuring procedure with an estimated tolerance of ± 1.25m.

Individual evidence

^ Gerhard Reinhold: Otto bells. Family and company history of the bell founder Otto . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 588, here in particular pp. 558, 562 .
↑ Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen . Nijmegen / NL 2019, p. 556, here in particular pp. 513, 515 , urn : nbn: nl: ui: 22-2066 / 204770 (PhD thesis at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen).

Web links

Website of the Melanchthon Congregation

53.05941 8.937566Coordinates: 53 ° 3 ′ 33.9 ″ N , 8 ° 56 ′ 15.2 ″ E

[Anmerkung200910-1] Height information determined by indirect height measurements in October 2009 by J. Möhring. Simplified measuring procedure with an estimated tolerance of ± 1.25m.

[2] Gerhard Reinhold: Otto bells. Family and company history of the bell founder Otto . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 588, here in particular pp. 558, 562 .

[3] Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen . Nijmegen / NL 2019, p. 556, here in particular pp. 513, 515 , urn : nbn: nl: ui: 22-2066 / 204770 (PhD thesis at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen).