Pauluskirche (Bielefeld)

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Pauluskirche

The Pauluskirche in Bielefeld's Mitte district is an Evangelical- Lutheran parish church. It is located in the northeastern city center on Paulusstrasse and August-Bebel-Strasse in the Mitte district .

history

In the course of industrialization at the end of the 19th century , which was expressed in Bielefeld primarily through a revival of the textile industry, there was a sharp increase in the population. The Feldmark , located in the northern part of the city, was increasingly built on with factories and workers' apartments. The responsible parish was the old town Nicolaikirchengemeinde , which could hardly cope with the strong increase in parishioners and on June 30, 1870 agreed to the formation of a branch church. The establishment of the new parish boundaries on May 11, 1871 was followed by the inauguration of the new pastor Friedrich Simon (until 1910).

After some preparation time, construction of a new church building began in August 1880. It was the first new church to be built in Bielefeld's urban area in 380 years. By then the medieval pre-Reformation churches had been used. The name of the church goes back to the apostle Paul , who, as a carpet and tent weaver, had a job similar to that of many parishioners in the textile industry. The representative neo-Gothic building in the shape of a cross based on plans by the Hanoverian architect Rudolph Eberhard Hillebrand in a residential area for workers was also intended as a sign against social democracy.

Thanks to favorable weather conditions, the foundation walls were in place in the winter of 1881. The tower followed in the summer of the following year. Together with the cross and the weathercock, it has a total height of 72 meters. The winter of 1882/83 was used for the interior construction of the church. The inauguration of the church, which cost around 200,000 marks, was celebrated on October 18, 1883. The merchants and industry donated for the construction of the church and furnishings.

The 1928 is managed Steinmann - Organ ., The largest at that time in Germany are numerous cracks in a side chapel threatened in 1933 to spread to the rest of the church, which is why we decided to restoration, and simultaneously a new altar einbaute.

In contrast to many other churches in Bielefeld, the Pauluskirche was largely spared during the bombing raids in 1944 and only suffered minor damage. Immediately after the end of the war, services could already be held in the church , only in the winter months it was necessary to move to the parish hall.

In the 1950s the community grew rapidly. In 1962 the Lukas Congregation separated and became independent. As early as 1963, the number of parish members fell again, so that the Luke parish was reunited with the Paul parish in 2001 for financial reasons.

Today the community has around 4,000 members.

organ

The organ was built in 1957 by the organ building workshop Alfred Führer from Wilhelmshaven. It has 43 registers , distributed over three manuals and pedal . The disposition is as follows:

I upper section C – g 3
1. Quintad 16 ′
2. Prefix 8th'
3. Reed flute 8th'
4th Octave 4 ′
5. recorder 4 ′
6th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Octave 2 ′
8th. Forest flute 2 ′
9. Mixture VI
10. Zimbel III
11. Trumpet 8th'
Tremulant
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
12. Dumped 16 ′
13. Principal 8th'
14th Lovely Gedackt 8th'
15th Gemshorn 8th'
16. Octave 4 ′
17th Pommer 4 ′
18th Octave 2 ′
19th Night horn 2 ′
20th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
21st Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
22nd Trumpet 16 ′
23. Trumpet 8th'
24. Trumpet 4 ′
III Breastwork C – g 3
25th Quintad 8th'
26th Dumped 8th'
27. Reed flute 4 ′
28. Principal 2 ′
29 Tertian II
30th Glöckleinton 1'
31. Scharff V
32. Hopper shelf 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
33. Principal bass 16 ′
34. Sub-bass 16 ′
35. Fifth 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
36. Octave 8th'
37. Dumped 8th'
38. Chorale bass 4 ′
39. Night horn 2 ′
40. Mixture VI
41. trombone 16 ′
42. Trumpet 8th'
43. Trumpet 4 ′

Peal

The Pauluskirche has three steel bells that were purchased shortly after the end of the First World War , after the original ones were melted down for war purposes in 1917. They were cast in 1920 by the Bochum Association for Cast Steel Manufacture (BVG) . The bells of the Pauluskirche were the first to ring in Bielefeld after the end of the Second World War in April 1945.

Surname volume Weight diameter inscription
Paul Bell h ° -3.5 approx. 3000 kg 1790 mm Come to me all who are troublesome and burdened,
I want to refresh you.
Luther bell d '+4+ approx. 2000 kg 1490 mm Sola fide ("By faith alone")
Melanchthon bell e '+3.5 approx. 2000 kg 1380 mm Glory to God on high, peace on earth
and a pleasure to men.

See also

Web links

Commons : Pauluskirche  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

References

  1. ^ Ulrich Althöfer: Architecture and Art in Times of Great Numbers. Church construction and equipment in the church district of Bielefeld in: Matthias Benad, Hans-Walter Schmuhl (Ed.): Aufbruch in die Moderne. The Protestant Church District Bielefeld from 1817 to 2006. Verlag für Religionsgeschichte, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 3-89534-642-X , 163–180, 167f
  2. ^ Gustav Steinmann Orgelbau ( Memento from June 25, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Information about the organ
  4. ↑ pauluskirche-bielefeld.de: The bells of the Pauluskirche, accessed April 23, 2007 ( Memento of the original from July 8, 2007 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pauluskirche-bielefeld.de
  5. ↑ Harald Propach: The bells of Bielefeld. Voice of the Church. Cultural assets and works of art , Bielefeld 2008, ISSN  1619-9022 , 156f

Coordinates: 52 ° 1 ′ 37.5 ″  N , 8 ° 32 ′ 25.5 ″  E