Nazareth Church (Munich)
The Nazareth Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church building in the east of Munich , on the edge of the park town of Bogenhausen . It was built in 1961 by the architects Helmut von Werz and Johann-Christoph Ottow . The church belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Immanuel-Nazareth, which was created in 2012 through the merger of the parishes of Nazareth Church and Immanuel Church . The community currently has almost 6,000 members.
Building the church
As early as autumn 1954, when Parkstadt Bogenhausen could only be seen on the drawing board , the church council of the Dreieinigkeitskirche was concerned about the planned new building area. Pastor Karl Doerfler, the first pastor of the Trinity Church, had taken the planning in hand with foresight. Pastor Gerhard Seifert joined him in 1956, who had taken over the newly created second pastorate of the Trinity Church and was thus responsible for the new building area. The plans initially looked to build a new church and then the organizational transformation of the second parish diocese before an independent community. Pastor Seifert writes in retrospect: "And then it took another 6 years before the building of the Nazareth Church finally came about against various opposition in our own nest and through a power of the Lord Bishop."
When the first residents moved into Parkstadt, it soon became apparent that the Trinity Church had become too small for the enormous increase in parishioners. It was not until the end of 1957 that the overall church administration created the prerequisites for the construction of a new church with the purchase of a piece of land on the corner of Hörselbergstrasse and Barbarossastrasse. On June 23, 1959, the church building authorities approved the construction of a new church with a community center and parsonage on the former “circus meadow” .
The foundation stone was laid on December 11, 1960 , and the topping-out ceremony took place on September 29, 1961 . The two architects Helmut von Werz and Johann-Christoph Ottow , who had already worked on the construction of the Parkstadt, were won over to carry out the construction .
The certificate for the laying of the foundation stone reads: “The church was urgently needed after a completely new district, Parkstadt Bogenhausen , was built between 1954 and 1956 to remedy the great housing shortage . Evangelicals from all parts of the German-speaking area have found a new home here. "
The church was still nameless and is named in the certificate for laying the foundation stone as “evang.-luth. Parkstadt Church ”. At the suggestion of Pastor Seifert, who previously worked at the Nazareth Church in Dresden, an agreement was reached on the name “Nazareth Church” after a long discussion. On April 8, 1962, Judika Sunday , the inauguration of the new Nazareth Church took place by the district dean, Oberkirchenrat Hans Schmidt.
History of the parish
The history of the Nazareth parish begins on the day of the inauguration, although the actual founding deed was not issued until April 23, 1963 in the form of the decree of the dean's office in Munich. The first church council meeting took place on November 15, 1963. The congregation already has 4,100 members and in 1966 reached its peak with 5200 members.
The first pastor of the Nazareth Church is Gerhard Seifert, who leads the congregation for 9 years until his retirement. In 1965 Pastor Seifert established a partnership with the parish of Suresnes near Paris, which is still alive today. On February 25, 1966, the Evangelical Diakonieverein München e. V. launched. In 1970 the Diakonieverein had 250 members and in May took over the sponsorship of the Protestant kindergarten. On March 26, 1972 Pastor Seifert held his farewell service and retired.
On June 1, 1972, Pastor Martin Nägelsbach, coming from the Inner Mission in Munich, took over the pastor's position. He sees the mission of a parish in the big city, as he formulates in the chronicle, to counteract anonymity, mobility and plurality and to gather the scattered, to bring healing to the sick and to preach salvation to everyone. Pastor Nägelsbach is expanding community work, intensifying diaconal work, pastoral care and adult education and creating many new offers.
In 1974 Heinz Dannenbauer came to the Nazareth Church as cantor and organist and shaped the musical life of the congregation for 16 years until he moved to Augsburg in 1990. The Koller couple also started their service in the community in 1974; Ursula Koller as a kindergarten teacher, Hermann Koller as a deacon. In the first half of 1975 the four Protestant and 10 Catholic parishes in the region founded the “ecumenical welfare station in Bogenhausen and the surrounding area”. Pastor Nägelsbach and Pastor Naumann von St. Johann von Capistran share the chairmanship. The official inauguration takes place on November 19, when the social station has long since started work with ten sisters. In 1978, Rev. Nägelsbach, together with Pastor Naumann, set up an ecumenical neighborhood aid that soon had 70 volunteers. In the same year Pastor Nägelsbach succeeds in renting the “Huberspitz” as a leisure house from the Hausham community.
On April 1, 1984 Pastor Markus Weidemann took over the pastor's office. In the same year Deacon Koller was called to Feldafing, followed by Deacon Michael Hofmann. Pastor Weidemann continues the extensive church work. In 1986 he established a new partnership with Mambegu / Tanzania, undertook major community trips, initiated aid to Romania that went beyond the borders and renovated the community rooms in 1989. In its time the Blue Cross found home in the Nazareth Church. This group has been meeting every Thursday evening for almost 20 years. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Pastor Weidemann opens the doors of the parish hall for overnight guests from East Germany. Pastor Markus Weidemann leaves the parish in September 1991 to go to Tanzania with his wife and daughter.
In November 1991, Pastor Christa Salinas, who comes with her family from Ecuador , took up the parish office. For the first time the parish is led by a pastor. Pastor Salinas puts new emphasis on biblical theological work and pastoral care. During her time the church development course “Word and Answer” and the revitalization of the Bible discussion group fall. In 1993 one of the opening services for the Evangelical Church Congress in Munich takes place in the Nazareth Church. The community accommodates numerous guests and is the site of many church convention events. The structural change in the district is noticeable: young people and families are becoming fewer. The Nazareth Church has fewer than 2000 parishioners. The church council actively and innovatively seeks answers to this development. He participates in the Evangelical Munich Program and takes advantage of a consulting project initiated by the McKinsey management consultancy . In September 1999 the Salinas family said goodbye to go back to Ecuador.
Since April 1, 2000, Markus Rhinow has been pastor of the Nazareth Church. The number of parishioners has now dropped to 1,450. The church work initially focuses on the target groups children and senior citizens, but also focuses more on those who are distant from the church. New focal points are: the kindergarten, local diakonia, public relations, concerts and exhibitions and busy renovation work. Gospel concerts have been held regularly in the Nazareth Church since 2005. Since the end of 2008 there have been monthly evening services for which the morning service is canceled. In 2009, Rev Götz von Egloffstein began his voluntary preaching work in the Nazareth Church. The Nazareth Church is increasingly opening up an audience far beyond its borders and developing the profile of a city church with a focus on gospel music and evening services. Several choirs, including a children's choir and a children's orchestra, find a home under the roof of the church and help ensure that community life remains open and lively.
On July 1, 2012 and in the 50th year of its existence, the Nazareth Church merged with the Immanuel Church to form the newly formed Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Immanuel-Nazareth. Since December 1st, Rev. Markus Rhinow has been active in the first pastoral position and Pastor Christine Untch in the second pastoral position.
Since around 2017, sponsors have been able to rent the church for events such as readings, concerts or film screenings; however, it remains a church space.
organ
The organ was built in 1961 by the Munich organ builder Guido Nenninger and has 22 registers on two manuals and a pedal . The second manual is a coupling manual . The action mechanism is mechanical, the stop action is electro-pneumatic.
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- ↑ Jakob Wetzel: Finanznot: Protestants rent their church. In: www.sueddeutsche.de. June 14, 2018, accessed June 20, 2018 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 8 '25.8 " N , 11 ° 37' 5.4" E