Pauluskirche (Wolfsburg)

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The Pauluskirche from the east

The Evangelical Lutheran Pauluskirche was inaugurated in 1960 by Gerhard Langmaack in Wolfsburg - Laagberg in Lower Saxony . It is located at Mecklenburger Straße 33.

history

With the construction of new districts in the west of Wolfsburg in the 1950s - Hageberg and Laagberg - a Protestant church was needed. The Hamburg architect Gerhard Langmaack, who had also provided the design for the Christ Church in the center of Wolfsburg, which was consecrated in 1951 , was commissioned with the construction.

The church was consecrated on October 8, 1960. From then on it served the Paulus community as a parish church . Since 2015 the church has belonged to the Lukas Congregation, which was formed from three parishes west of the city center.

Architecture, equipment and use

The church stands on the top of a flat hill, around 91 meters above sea level , and thus towers over the surrounding districts.

The 32 meter high tower stands north of the nave near the street. It has a parabolic cross-section with one straight side, is strikingly narrow and steep and also covered with copper. A weathercock stands on the rounded tip . You enter the church through the tower hall before turning left and looking towards the altar.

The nave is painted white and covered with a curved copper roof. The floor plan of the nave shows a parabola open to the altar or a chalice shape . The parabolic motif returns in the row of windows above the gallery , the line of the ceiling lamps and the lower-lying baptismal area. The altar is raised by three steps opposite the rows of seats. The chancel is illuminated by a side window to the east; in front of it is the baptismal font . To the left and right of the altar are niches for the church choir. The pulpit is made of green-gray marble , which contrasts with the warm reddish brown of the wooden chairs and the ceiling.

The baptismal area is highlighted by a louvre window. The colored windows were designed by the Lübeck artist Emil Grassert . A 7 m × 5 m large tapestry by Johanna Schütz-Wolff , hanging behind the altar, depicts a scene from the 14th chapter of the Revelation of John - the returning Jesus ( Rev 14:14  EU ). Schütz-Wolff also used the same motif in the previously created altar window in the Christ Church.

The organ was delivered in 1964 by the Göttingen organ builder Paul Ott . It has 24 registers .

The interior consists of "free forms". The bronze handles of the doors were specially designed for the church. The church has 450 seats.

The Pauluskirche is a listed building. Almost all details are original.

The church is used for services and casuals .

Surroundings

The dilapidated parish and parish house southeast of the church was demolished. In its place, an extensive children's and family center has been built since 2017 according to plans by Braunschweiger Dohle + Lohse Architekten GmbH , while the rectory is to be rebuilt elsewhere on the property.

literature

  • Nicole Froberg, Ulrich Knufinke, Susanne Kreykenboom: Wolfsburg. The architecture guide. Braun Publishing, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-03768-055-1 , pp. 96-97.
  • 30 years of Paulus Parish in Wolfsburg 1960–1990.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Nicole Froberg, Ulrich Knufinke, Susanne Kreykenboom: Wolfsburg. The architecture guide. Braun Publishing, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-03768-055-1 , pp. 96-97.
  2. ^ Website of the Lukas Congregation , accessed on February 27, 2016
  3. ↑ a b Description on the website of the Lukas Congregation , accessed on February 27, 2016
  4. ↑ Seven buildings open to the public. In: Wolfsburger Nachrichten. Edition of March 25, 2019.
  5. ↑ WOB-Laagberg day care center. dohle-lohse.de, accessed on March 26, 2019
  6. ↑ Paulus Congregation : Demolition and a huge new building. waz-online.de from February 18, 2016, accessed on February 29, 2016

Coordinates: 52 ° 24 ′ 41.2 "  N , 10 ° 44 ′ 50.4"  E