Paul Gerhardt Church (Kiel)
The Paul Gerhardt Church in Kiel - Neumühlen-Dietrichsdorf is a Protestant church, which was inaugurated in 1959.
history
The Neumühlen-Dietrichsdorf parish became independent in 1915. A church hall was set up, which was destroyed by bombs in 1945. But there have also been efforts to build a church.
In 1953 a church building association with over 400 members was founded. After tough negotiations, they bought the property on Ivensring on December 21, 1956. The architects Bolz / Detlefsen were commissioned to build their first church. The building reminded many more of an industrial building than a place of worship. After laying the foundation stone on July 3, 1958, the church was consecrated on March 1, 1959. In the course of the construction work, the name of the church and thus the parish was also determined.
Crucifixus
The cross is a design by Jan Koblasa and was hung up at Easter 1983, which is sometimes very controversial. The contact existed before through art projects in the church, on January 8th, 1981 the artist had the idea of creating a cross for the altar wall, which was very bare apart from the 114 concrete crosses.
It is an Antoniunskreuz (T-shaped) made of oak with a body made of maple wood. The body has no arms and only a hinted head with twelve nails.
The wood was donated by Hein Dahlinger , who was based in Dietrichsdorf with his wood company.
Pastors
In the period from 1975 to 1982 there were up to four pastors in the parish. There are currently (2012) two positions.
| 1915-1933 | Pastor Dr. Schulz | 1973-1980 | Pastor Gero Ziegler |
| 1933-1935 | Paul Gerhard Johanssen | 1975-1984 | Pastor Helmut Disselbeck |
| 1935-1946 | Pastor Kurt Schulz | 1975-1986 | Pastor Siegfried Munz |
| 1946-1966 | Pastor Alfred Kluge | 1982-1992 | Pastor Gitta Wolters |
| 1951-1961 | Pastor Egon Bellmann | 1982-2002 | Pastor Reinhardt Wolters |
| 1961-1962 | Pastor Wilhelm Lüneburg | 1984 - 2006 | Pastor Margit Vesper-Grewe |
| 1962-1964 | Assistant preacher Gottfried Christopher Hesse | 1987-1991 | Pastor Uwe Hagge in the auxiliary service |
| 1964-1968 | Pastor Herbert Lerdon | 1992-2009 | Pastor Susanne Hartmann |
| 1964-1966 | Assistant Preacher Ursula Millies | 1993-1996 | Pastor Helgo Jacobs |
| 1967-1968 | Assistant preacher Jochen Hinz | 2002-2004 | Pastor Ulrich Ranck |
| 1967-1971 | Pastor Hans-Heinrich Gottfroh | 2007-2011 | Pastor Markus Schneider |
| 1968-1974 | Pastor Eckhard Braun | 2010-2014 | Pastor Christine Halisch |
| 1968-1981 | Pastor Helge Adolphsen | 2012 - | Pastor Regina Nitz |
| 1970-1975 | Pastor Maren Brückner | 2014 - | Pastor Daniel Kuhl |
church choir
The Klang & Fun Choir under the direction of Heino Pietschmann is known beyond the borders of Kiel. The choir consists of over 160 members from all generations. In addition to a few gospels and classical choral pieces, the repertoire consists largely of German-language rock and pop, with much of the work being composed and written by the artist. In addition to providing background music for the services, the choir also gives concerts or performs musicals.
Outbuildings
The church has a parish hall, kindergarten and pastorate .
Many activities take place in the community rooms. From 1974 to 2004 these were mainly located in the "House of Encounters" on Johannisburger Strasse. Many offers are aimed at senior citizens, for example there are memory training, discussion groups, computer courses, slide lectures and senior dance. The choir or the theater group "Die Brillanten Dilettanten" also meet there.
Next to it is the Protestant daycare center "Noah's Ark". This offers over 60 places with a Christian orientation.
Motif
A depiction of the Paul Gerhardt Church was used as a motif on the 2010 Kiel Christmas mug.
See also
List of Paul Gerhardt churches
Web links
Coordinates: 54 ° 19 ′ 59.9 ″ N , 10 ° 11 ′ 18.1 ″ E