Philippus Church (Mannheim)
The Philippuskirche is a Protestant church in the Käfertal district of Mannheim . It was built between 1961 and 1963 according to plans by the architect Wolfgang Handreck .
history
South of Käfertal, the so-called Bäckerwegiedlung was built after the First World War , and in 1931 it had more than 3,000 inhabitants. The independent evangelical congregation did not see itself as part of the Käfertaler Union Church , but rather to the parish of Mannheim and built a parish hall in 1934. However, there was no longer any construction of a church. During the Second World War , the parish hall was completely destroyed in 1944 and then rebuilt by 1948. In the following year, there were now 3,500 Protestant residents, Käfertal-Süd was elevated to a parish.
In 1961 the foundation stone for a church was finally laid and one and a half years later, Regional Bishop Julius Bender was able to inaugurate the Philippus Church on January 27, 1963. It was named after the apostle Philip . In 2007/08 the building was rebuilt and the parish hall was sold to the Serbian Orthodox community. The two evangelical congregations in Käfertal Philippus and Union merged in 2012.
description
The Philippuskirche was built in the east of Käfertal-Süd, diagonally opposite the Catholic St. Hildegard Church, which was built recently . Due to the small plot of land, the architect combined the kindergarten on the ground floor and the church above in one building. Access is via a terrace that can be reached by stairs. The cubic structure rises above a square floor plan. The supports and the roof trusses of the reinforced concrete skeleton are on the outside. The original exposed concrete was given a light paint in 1997. The two long sides are clad with natural stone, while the main concrete front is artistically designed with a relief by Klaus Arnold . In addition, Joh 14,8 LUT is quoted: "Philip says: Lord, show us the Father".
The counterpart is in the interior on the altar wall: "He who sees me sees the Father" ( Jn 14,9 LUT ). The relief here represents the heavenly Jerusalem and the feeding of the 5,000 ( Joh 6,5-15 LUT ). During the redesign in 2007/08, the interior was divided. The church space has been made shorter by separating the area under the gallery; there is now an elevator and a kitchen. The gallery itself was glazed and converted into a divisible community room. The organ with nine registers was installed in 2012, it came from the abandoned Kreuzkirche . The free-standing, open bell tower is 30 meters high; the four bells were cast in 1962.
literature
- Udo Wennemuth: History of the Protestant Church in Mannheim . Sigmaringen 1996, ISBN 3-7995-0930-5 .
- Andreas Schenk: Architectural Guide Mannheim . Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-496-01201-3 .
- City archive Mannheim , Mannheimer Architektur- und Bauarchiv eV (ed.), Andreas Schenk: Mannheim and its buildings 1907-2007: Volume 3 . Mannheim 2002, ISBN 3-923003-85-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Mannheimer Morgen March 28, 2008 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Mannheimer Morgen March 14, 2012 ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 30 ′ 18.5 " N , 8 ° 30 ′ 41.2" E