Philippus Church (Rummelsberg)

Philip's Church seen from the cemetery (2012)

View from the altar (2012)

The Philippuskirche is an Evangelical Lutheran institutional church in Rummelsberg , Bavaria .

history

The romanizing church was built between 1924 and 1927 according to plans by Christian Ruck. The currency reform of 1924 posed major problems for the local church community, as the money saved for building the church was suddenly worthless. The construction was completed anyway.

At that time only the "pupils" (boys of today's youth welfare) and deacon students of the Rummelsberg Brotherhood were involved in the construction of the church building. The local sandstone was mined by hand in the nearby quarry, brought to the construction site and set up. In memory of the brothers involved, 128 stars (one per brother) were placed on the ceiling of the central nave. Only in retrospect was the unpaid work of the "pupils" at the time recognized by adding another star to the ceiling below the gallery.

The altarpiece shows the seven works of mercy that Jesus speaks of in Mt 25 : 31-46 EU . Based on the calling of the first deacons , Philip is shown here as the link between practical work and preaching. This forms the basis of the Diakonie and the seven works the leitmotif of the Rummelsberg Diakonie. The cross has the original T-shape and the crucified one takes a blessing posture with his arms up, which symbolizes the commissioning of the deacons, which comes directly from God. Next to the cross are John the Baptist and Mary (probably Magdalena). The altarpiece was designed by Annemarie Naegelsbach.

A renovation in 1971 by the architect Johannes Conrad brought significant changes: the former high altar was moved away from the wall and converted into a people's altar. The previously continuous benches were also removed and replaced by flexibly positionable chairs, which were renewed again in 2019.

description

The building has a slender, rising choir flank tower , an arcade hall and a crypt under the choir and was built from the locally available castle sandstone . The crypt was renewed in 2015 and today, as a day chapel, offers the opportunity to stay and for spiritual events.

There is a four-part bell in the tower , which is tuned es'-g'-b'-c '' and was cast in 1926 by "Schilling & Lattermann" . It is still rung by hand to this day. This task is taken over by the students of the deacon training as sexton .

The 1971 by organ building Schmid built church organ was in the 2002 St. Nicholas Church in Rostock provides and by a new building of organ building Sandtner replaced used due to the tranquil setting of the church occasionally for concerts and recordings of organ works.

The church is surrounded by the approximately 3000 m² old cemetery with recumbent tombstones, which is enclosed by a cemetery wall made of sandstone. The Philippuskirche and the old cemetery are under monument protection .

To the south is the two- hectare cemetery "Burial under Trees", which was created in 2007. Here it is possible to have your ashes buried under a selected tree. The urn dissolves over time and so the ashes pass into the forest and the tree. The forest cemetery is non-denominational.

Spiritual life

The Philippuskirche Rummelsberg can be rented for casual celebrations (weddings, baptisms, funerals) and devotions at conferences, training courses, etc. through the parish office.

In addition to the parish, the Rummelsberg deaconess community and the Rummelsberg Brotherhood also use the Philippuskirche as a spiritual and liturgical place. The church offers students the opportunity to organize devotions and services and to learn liturgical action. This is reinforced by the assumption of the sexton service. Every year the trained deacons are consecrated in a festive divine service in the deacon office and sent to the regional church / diaconal service.

The main service takes place on Sundays at 10 a.m.