Salvator Church (Berlin-Schmargendorf)

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Salvator Church
Salvatorian monastery church

Salvatorian monastery church

Start of building: October 16, 1932
Inauguration: May 25, 1933
Architect : Wilhelm Fahlbusch
Style elements : Modern
Dimensions: 12 × 24 × 8 m
Location: 52 ° 28 '47.07 "  N , 13 ° 17' 37.49"  O coordinates: 52 ° 28 '47.07 "  N , 13 ° 17' 37.49"  O
Address: Toelzer Strasse 25
Berlin-Schmargendorf
Berlin , Germany
Purpose: catholic worship
Local community: Catholic parish of St. Karl Borromeo
Diocese : Archdiocese of Berlin
Website: www.karl-borromaeus.de

Along standing on the street Catholic Salvator Church in Berlin district of Schmargendorf the district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf is the older villa of the Salvatorian grown.

history

The urbanization began when on May 18, 1888 Tram Schmargendorf opened. The number of inhabitants increased rapidly and with it the number of Catholics. St. Ludwig had been available to them as a church since 1897 . However, since 1912 they often went to the Holy Cross Church for mass or, since 1914, to St. Mary's because these churches were closer to them. The formation of a Catholic Schmargendorfer church but did not start until after the religious order of the Salvatorian had acquired in 1924 a villa in Schmargendorf that already in the building shell was finished. The Salvatorians had been called to Berlin in 1919 to lead the work of Caritas . More and more Catholics gathered on Sundays in the small house chapel, consecrated on October 12, 1924, which the Salvatorians had set up in the villa. The number of visitors increased steadily, especially since it was expressly stated in the neighboring churches that the Schmargendorfer should go to the Salvator Chapel in the future. As a result, the Fathers had to hold three services on Sundays.

Originally, the leadership of the order had no intention of taking over the leadership of a parish , as the Fathers had other tasks. It was only in autumn 1927 that she agreed to the establishment and takeover of the curate in Schmargendorf. A church building association was founded on January 17, 1928 . The first curate was appointed on May 2, 1931, and the Schmargendorf curate was officially established on January 1, 1932.

Building description

The plastered rectangular masonry structure is not to be regarded as a hall church , but rather as a basilica , on the left there is a side aisle , on the right it is only reduced to wall niches . In the corner between the retracted choir and the side aisle, a high bell tower is added, the gable roof of which is arranged at right angles to that of the nave . At the other end of the aisle there is a portal to the street, behind it a vestibule. The main portal is located in a narrow porch that extends to the roof ridge and is formed by deep wall tongues that are drawn in front of the otherwise windowless gable wall. The nave has on both sides clerestory , pass the narrower of two groups of six each rectangular window. The choir receives daylight only through windows facing the tower. The original wooden beam ceiling was replaced by a coffered ceiling in 1958 .

Furnishing

Two steps lead to the ambo , five more to the strongly indented choir, behind which there is a short rectangular apse . The larger-than-life oak statue of the youthful Christ standing in front of the altar wall on a pedestal made of Egyptian onyx marble comes from Otto Hitzberger and belongs to the original equipment from 1933. The oak reliefs on the choir walls depicting Mary of Victory and Joseph of Nazareth with St. Peter's Basilica and Pope John XXIII . represent, were added later. Likewise, the nine stations of the cross in the wall niches. On September 1, 1935, an organ made by Johannes Klais Orgelbau was inaugurated. Around 1938 a Pietà was set up in the aisle next to the choir . The baptismal font is on the other side . In accordance with the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council , the sanctuary was redesigned. The two side altars and the pulpit were dismantled and the high altar , also made of Egyptian onyx marble, moved down onto the ambo as a popular altar .

Bells

Three bells, which were consecrated on April 3, 1938, were hung in the bell chamber behind the large, lamellar sound openings of the tower . Of these, the two largest were removed again in 1942 for armament purposes and melted down. After the Second World War they were replaced again.

material Chime Casting year Caster Weight
(kg)
Diameter (
cm)
Height
(cm)
inscription
bronze G' 1938 Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock 670 103 87 SANCTE JOSEPH, CARTRIDGE MARIENTIUM + ULTIMA IN MORTIS HORA NOBIS SUCCURRE (German: Saint Joseph , patron saint of the bride and groom, stand by us in the last hour)
Chilled iron 1955 Franz Weeren 746 120 89 ST. PAULUS
Chilled iron 1955 Franz Weeren 464 102 73 ST. HEDWIG

literature

  • Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin: Berlin and its buildings. Part VI. Sacred buildings. Berlin 1997.
  • Christine Goetz , Matthias Hoffmann-Tauschwitz: Churches Berlin Potsdam. Berlin 2003.
  • Klaus-Dieter Wille: The bells of Berlin (West). History and inventory. Berlin 1987.
  • Karl-Heinz Metzger: Churches, mosques and synagogues in Wilmersdorf. Berlin 1986.
  • Gerhard Streicher and Erika Drave: Berlin - city and church. Berlin 1980.
  • Anton Börner (Ed.): Fritz Baumgartner. The Evangelist window in the Salvatorkirche Berlin-Schmargendorf. Regensburg 2006.

Web links

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