Paulus Church (Traunreut)
The Pauluskirche is a listed Evangelical Lutheran church in Traunreut , built according to plans by Werz Ottow in 1953/54.
The building owner was the Evangelical Lutheran Dean's Office in Traunstein . Since 1956, Traunreut has been an independent Evangelical Lutheran parish in the Traunstein deanery, parish of Munich and the Paulskirche is the only church building. It is the oldest architectural monument in the core of the displaced town of Traunreut, which was only created after the Second World War . The St. Paul's Church is also regularly used as a guest by the Romanian Orthodox and Greek Orthodox communities.
Location and surroundings
The Pauluskirche is located in the city center of Traunreut, which was newly built after the Second World War. It stands at the eastern end of Carl-Köttgen-Strasse in Traunreut (Bavaria). It was harmoniously integrated into the geometry of the central town hall square and forms its southern end. As a result, it has a special urban development significance to this day.
architecture
The Pauluskirche has a trapezoidal floor plan, a saddle roof pulled down to different extents and an open, offset bell cage. This first draft of a church was groundbreaking for other church buildings by Ottow and Werz. The Pauluskirche already shows the elements typical for its style: A functional, rather reserved architecture blends in harmoniously with the surroundings. The clear geometry of the room and the deliberate use of light through high-rise windows unobtrusively point towards the altar and sky.
The concrete relief above the entrance shows eight stations from the life of the Apostle Paul . It was designed by the Munich sculptor and graphic artist Imme Hoefer-Purkhold (* 1919 in Munich, † 2008) in the format 600 × 53 cm.
In 1956 the back wall of the chancel was decorated with the marble mosaic "The Good Shepherd" by painter and graphic artist Markus von Gosen (* 1913 in Breslau, † 2004 in Prien am Chiemsee).
History of origin
The Munich architects Helmut von Werz (* 1912 in Transylvania; † 1990) and Johann-Christoph Ottow (* 1922 in Greifswald; † 2012) emerged as the winners of an architectural competition announced in 1952. The foundation stone for the Pauluskirche in Traunreut took place on November 15, 1953. After almost a year of construction, it was inaugurated on October 10, 1954 (Thanksgiving) by Senior Church Councilor Arnold Schabert. The construction costs for the Pauluskirche amounted to about 125,000 marks at the time. The church building replaced the function of an ammunition storage shed rented as a prayer room since 1948. In previous years, the Protestant Christians celebrated their services in the St. Georgen elementary school.
See also
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literature
- Gotthard Kießling, Dorit Reimann: District of Traunstein (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.22 ). Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg im Allgäu 2007, ISBN 978-3-89870-364-2 .
- Cordula Rau, Georg von Werz: Helmut von Werz. The life of an architect 1912–1990. Basel 2014, ISBN 9783990436646
Coordinates: 47 ° 57 ′ 40.6 " N , 12 ° 35 ′ 35.7" E