Pauluskirche (Halle)

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The Pauluskirche in Halle (Saale)

The Pauluskirche is a listed Protestant church in Halle (Saale), which was built between 1900 and 1903 . The church is listed in the monument register of the city of Halle under registration number 094 11573. The Paulusgemeinde belongs to the Halle-Saalkreis parish of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

location

The church is located in the center of the Paulusviertel , a residential area in the north-east of the city that has been systematically built up since 1880 and which is named after the church. Because of its high altitude on a 10 meter high porphyry dome and the associated excellent silhouette effect, the church building is of outstanding importance for the cityscape.

history

Due to the strong economic growth of the city, especially in the last quarter of the 19th century, the number of inhabitants almost doubled between 1871 and 1890 alone. For the "Northeast Quarter" planned by City Planning Officer Karl-Otto Lohausen, the so-called Hasenberg in the center of the quarter was increased by about double and a circular square was created on top, the former Kaiserplatz (today Rathenauplatz), from which eight radial streets branch off.

Initially, the Laurentiuskirche and the Marktkirche were responsible for the northeast of the city. In 1894 the Paulus Congregation was founded from a split from the Neumarktgemeinde, which was initially a guest in the St. Stephen's Church .

In 1897 the building contractor Friedrich Kuhnt donated the property on the Hasenberg to the community. The foundation stone was laid on October 22nd, 1900, the birthday of Empress Auguste Viktoria , whose personal protectorate had been the church building since 1898. In addition to donations from the imperial family and other parishes in Halle, the money came primarily from private donors. The design was made in the building department of the Ministry of Public Works under the direction of the Berlin building officer Richard Schultze . The construction work was under the supervision of the senior building officer Oskar Hossfeld and the Lübeck architect Johann Matz .

In April 1902 the shell of the church was finished so that the tower button with a cross and a cock could be put on. On September 6, 1903, the church was consecrated in the presence of Empress Auguste Victoria and many representatives of the nobility and some high-ranking military personnel.

The original bell fell victim to the two world wars. Three new steel bells were consecrated on January 22, 1956. A comprehensive renovation took place in 1972; it was painted white throughout. The altar crucifix, the large chandelier as well as the statues of Paul and Luther placed next to the organ front have been removed.

In 1997, the renovation of the church began with the renewal of the roof and the partial renovation of the outer facade. In the same year the "Bauverein Pauluskirche Halle (Saale) eV" was founded, which sees its task in promoting the preservation of the Pauluskirche through renovation, renovation, repair and maintenance.

On the 100th birthday of the church in 2003, August Oetken's interior painting - an important testimony to the revival of colored churches based on medieval models at the beginning of the 20th century - was partially restored.

Architecture and equipment

The Pauluskirche, which has 995 seats, is a cross-shaped central building in economical forms of the north German brick Gothic . The lower part of the base, like all staircases, is made of porphyry; the upper base area is built as a transition to the red brick walls made of shaped bricks .

The cross arms have been kept very short in relation to the height of the overall structure. The north arm of the cross is also the sanctuary and was designed as (five-eighth) part of an octagon . A compact, 60-meter-high crossing tower, framed by four cylindrical stair towers, rises above the crossing . The monumental effect of the building is reinforced by its location on the top of the Hasenberg and the 7.50 meter wide, 62-step outside staircase leading to the main portal on the west side.

The dome-shaped vault under the crossing in connection with the short cross arms have a centralizing spatial effect on the interior. In contrast to the outside, the vaulted interior (crossing with star vaults , organ and singer lofts with groined vaults ) looks like a longitudinally aligned hall church .

The interior of the church is dominated by the largely preserved neo-Gothic furnishings and the interior painting , which has been partially restored since 2003, by the Berlin painter August Oetken , who also designed the windows of the Pauluskirche.

The pulpit made of dark stained oak is richly carved and rests on a sandstone base. The relief font by the Weimar sculptor Rudolf Weber was installed in the chancel in 1954. The medieval crucifix that was in the church until 2003 , on loan from the Wettin Church , was replaced in 2013 by a newly created bronze crucifix by the Berlin sculptor Anna Franziska Schwarzbach .

organ

The organ was built in 1893 (organ work) and 1903 ( organ case ) by the organ builders Gebr. Rühlmann (Zörbig). The organ work comes from the Stephanuskirche, which was profaned in 1967 . The original organ work of the case, built in 1903, is no longer preserved. The instrument has 39 registers on three manuals and a pedal .

I main work C – f 3
1. Principal 16 ′
2. Lovely Gedackt 16 ′
3. Principal 8th'
4th Dumped 8th'
5. Hollow flute 8th'
6th Viol 8th'
7th Gemshorn 8th'
8th. Octave 4 ′
9. Flute harmonique 4 ′
10. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
11. octave 2 ′
12. Mixture III-V
13. Cornett III
14th Trumpet 8th'
II Oberwerk C – f 3
15th Drone 16 ′
16. Violin principal 8th'
17th Double flute 8th'
18th Flauto trav 8th'
19th Dolce 8th'
20th Salicional 8th'
21st Fugara 4 ′
22nd Flauto amabile 4 ′
23. Mistur III
24. clarinet 8th'
III Echowerk C – f 3
25th Aeoline 16 ′
26th Principal 8th'
27. Portal flute 8th'
28. Viola d amour 8th'
29 Vox celestis 8th'
30th Reed flute 4 ′
31. Flautine 2 ′
Pedal C – d 1
32. Principal bass 16 ′
33. Sub-bass 16 ′
34. Violonbass 16 ′
35. Lovely Gedackt 16 ′
36. Octave bass 8th'
37. Dumped 8th'
38. cello 8th'
39. trombone 16 ′
  • Coupling : II / I, III / I, IIII / II, I / P, II / P, III / P

By spring 2021, the church is to receive a new organ from the organ building workshop Kutter in Friedrichroda , which will be financed from donations in addition to funds from the Evangelical Church and funding from the state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Picture gallery

  • Aerial view

  • Pauluskirche around 1905

  • South side

  • View from the northeast

  • Main portal

  • Side entrance

literature

Web links

Commons : Pauluskirche (Halle)  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information about the organ and the disposition
  2. ↑ Claudia Crodel: Sounding donations . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung . Halle (Saale) November 22, 2019, p. 10 .
  3. ↑ Paulusgemeinde Halle: Our new organ. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 44 ″  N , 11 ° 58 ′ 26 ″  E