Petruskirche (hall)

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Petruskirche in Kröllwitz
View from Giebichenstein to Kröllwitz - in the background the Petruskirche

The Petruskirche in the Kröllwitz district of Halle (Saale) stands in the north of the city on the bank of the Saale on the so-called Tannenberg, opposite the Giebichenstein Castle . It belongs to the Halle-Saalkreis parish of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany . The church is listed in the register of monuments of the city of Halle under registration number 094 04806.

history

Until it was incorporated into Halle in 1900, Kröllwitz was a neighboring village of Giebichenstein and was looked after by the parish of the Bartholomäuskirche . Due to the increase in the number of inhabitants as a result of increased industrialization, the community could no longer be adequately supplied by the Bartholomäusgemeinde. After the congregation received its own pastor in 1892, the foundation stone for the church was laid on March 6, 1900; the inauguration took place on September 19, 1901. It was designed and executed by the Lübeck- born architect Johann Matz , who was also involved in the construction of the Pauluskirche .

On April 14, 1945, the church roof was destroyed by blowing up the Kröllwitzer Bridge and only covered with slate in 1955 after a temporary cardboard covering. In 1996, the Petruskirche was founded. In the years from 1997 onwards, various renovations took place, including the interior renovation from 2001, as well as the eight large side windows.

Location

The location on the left of the Saale on the distinctive 30 meter high porphyry rock and the restricted building space did not allow the church to be built in an east-west direction. As a result, the altar of the church is in the north. Next to Giebichstein Castle - also located on a rock on the other bank - the church dominates the Saale valley at this point.

Building

The church was built as a three-aisled, neo-Gothic hall structure. The approximately 45 meter high southern tower towers over the surrounding landscape - supported by the altitude on the rock. The large sound windows have wooden blinds and were arranged with the bells above the tower clock. The tower clock has three dials. The ship and tower were faced in reddish brick. The choir was laid out polygonally .

The main portal is in the tower shaft. To the right and left of it are the stair towers to the galleries . The wide central nave with belt arches and cross vaults has a clear height of about eleven meters. The pillars and window frames are faced with red clinker bricks, which stand out clearly against the white of the walls and the vault.

Interior

The organ on the south side with 24 registers was built in 1901 by the organ builder Rühlmann (Zörbig). In 1936 it was expanded by Sauer . The organ face on the south side, left in its natural wood color, bears the beginning of the psalm: "Sing the Lord a song!"

In addition to the organ front , the pulpit and pews have been left in natural wood colors. The galleries were built into the relatively slim aisles .

The wooden polygonal pulpit is on the right of the apse arch . The altar, cross and baptismal font made of white limestone were also designed by the architect Johann Matz. In 1942 the Kröllwitz church painter Fritz Leweke (1901–2001) created the cross, the crucified Jesus on a gilded background with a sentence from the creed around it. Today's altar table was made of Nebra sandstone in 1961 .

The three altar windows show the resurrection of Jesus Christ in the middle and scenes from the life of the apostle Peter to the right and left .

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Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 23.6 "  N , 11 ° 57 ′ 11.2"  E