Petruskirche (Bürrig)
The Petruskirche is a Protestant church in the Leverkusen district of Bürrig . It belongs to the community of Leverkusen-Küppersteg-Bürrig in the Evangelical Church District of Leverkusen .
description
The Petruskirche in Bürrig in a newly created residential area is a central building on the floor plan of an equilateral hexagon with a free-standing campanile. The sides of the floor plan have a side length of 14 m, the building is 28 m long and 19 m high. Inside and outside, the church is modeled on a tent, this impression is created by the drawn-down triangular surfaces of the glass walls and the tent-shaped roof.
history
Construction began on October 10, 1957. The church, designed by Helmut Hentrich and Hubert Petschnigg , was inaugurated on October 19, 1958.
The church has been a listed building since March 3, 1995.
organ
The Peter organ in the Petruskirche in Bürrig has two manuals and 20 sounding registers .
literature
- Wilhelm Avenarius: Düsseldorf and Bergisches Land. Landscape, history, folk, culture, art . Glock and Lutz, 1982.
- Festschrift of the Evangelical Church Community Leverkusen-Küppersteg-Bürrig on the 50th anniversary of the Petruskirche, ed. on behalf of the Evangelical Church Community Leverkusen-Küppersteg-Bürrig. Leverkusen undated [2008].
Web links
- The church on the part of the Protestant parish Leverkusen-Küppersteg-Bürrig
- Description and history on the website of the Internet Initiative Leverkusen eV (with picture)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The church musician. Communications from the Central Office for Protestant Church Music , Volumes 35-36 (1984) 68
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 '2.4 " N , 6 ° 59' 5.3" E