Michaelskirche (Berlin)
| Michaelskirche Berlin-Schöneberg |
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| Construction year: | 1955 |
| Builder : | Martin Wagner |
| Architect : | FO Seeger, Günther Kohlhaus |
| Client: | Parish of Schöneberg |
| Tower height: |
16 m |
| Location: | 52 ° 27 '35.8 " N , 13 ° 22' 0.8" E |
| Address: | Bessemerstrasse 97-101 Berlin-Schöneberg Berlin , Germany |
| Purpose: | Protestant church service |
| Local community: | Evangelical Michaelskirchengemeinde |
| Website: | www.schoeneberg-evangelisch.de |
The Protestant Michaelskirche is located in the Schöneberg district of Berlin in the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district on Bessemerstraße near Alboinplatz . It was inaugurated in 1956 and is a listed building .
History of origin
The Protestant city synod acquired a building plot in 1917 in order to be able to build a house of worship on it - above all for the residents of the newly emerging Lindenhof settlement . The then urban planning officer of the city of Schöneberg, Martin Wagner , provided the first drafts, but these were not implemented due to the construction ban imposed by its mayor Alexander Dominicus . The construction of the church could only begin in 1955. The believers from the Lindenhof belonged to the Queen Luise Memorial Congregation until then and held their services either in a nearby school or in the cemetery chapel of the 2nd municipal cemetery in Eythstrasse . Your newly established community was later named after the Archangel Michael Michaelskirchengemeinde .
Building description
The 1955/1956 building made of rubble stones from Berlin is a 1950s classic. The architects F. O. Seeger and Günther Kohlhaus created a hall church in the architectural style of post-war modernism , which consists of a combination of visible elements of reinforced concrete skeleton construction and straightforward facades made of exposed brick areas exists. In the view of the Eythstraße the construction corresponds to a prepared isosceles trapezoid , which on the west side through adjacent bell tower and on the east side by the sacristy is expanded. The free-standing bell tower is connected to the church service room by a pergola made of exposed concrete .
The building ensemble was completed in 1964 with the construction of a community center based on plans by Günther Kohlhaus. Here are the community offices and the community hall on the upper floor . The parish hall can be accessed via Bessemerstrasse.
In the tower there is a bronze bell made of three bells, which was made by Feldmann & Marschel .
| Pouring year | Chime | Weight (kg) |
Diameter ( cm) |
Height (cm) |
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| 1956 | H | 284 | 77 | 66 | FOR THE FEAR OF GOD I CALL. |
| 1956 | d | 161 | 66 | 54 | I ADMIT TO CHARITY. |
| 1959 | G | 588 | 104 | 84 | I GUIDE TO PEACE. |
Interior
The hall church on a rectangular floor plan shows the inside of the reinforced concrete skeleton with inclined supports , which are supposed to symbolize a tent. The simple interior design is dominated by the two colored ribbon windows created using the overlapping technique in the upper part of the outer walls. A rectangular, with copper sheet misted altar with scenes of the doctrine of salvation and a similarly styled font with the inscription "Receive the Holy Spirit" make up the choir . A modern organ completes the equipment.
literature
- Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin V. (Ed.): Sacred buildings. (= Berlin and its buildings , part VI.) Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-433-01016-1 , pp. 223 and 416.
- Günther Kühne, Elisabeth Stephanie: Evangelical churches in Berlin. Berlin 1978.
- Christine Goetz , Matthias Hoffmann-Tauschwitz: Churches Berlin Potsdam. Berlin 2003.
- Klaus-Dieter Wille: The bells of Berlin (West). History and inventory. Berlin 1987.
