St. Johann Baptist Church (Magdeburg)

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Sankt-Johann-Baptist-Kirche in Salbke

The Sankt-Johann-Baptist-Kirche is a church in the Salbke district of Magdeburg .

It was built as a Catholic church, but is now used by the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Magdeburg.

architecture

The church was built in 1909/1910 based on a design by the architect Hilger Hertel the Elder. J. in a conservative neo-Gothic style. The brick- built church has a three-aisled staggered hall , a wide transept and a polygonal choir. The steeple is on the northeast corner of the building.

history

After Salbke became Protestant in the course of the Reformation , Catholics began to settle in the village and the surrounding area again from around 1838. In 1840 there were initially three Catholics among the 851 residents of Protestant denomination. They were initially looked after from Magdeburg-Altstadt and from 1868 from Buckau .

The first Catholic religious instruction was given in the apartment of the glassmaker Venter in Westerhüsen by the missionary vicar Theodor Franz Deilmann . However, these efforts were discontinued. Another attempt was made in 1893 by missionary vicar Johannes Werner , who carried out the lessons for the rapidly growing number of Catholic students in Röber's inn in Salbke. On October 10, 1895 Werner founded a Catholic private school. There were now plans to build a Catholic church in Salbke. For 4,481.74 marks, the vicar acquired the property at Repkowstrasse No. 4 in 1895 and the built-up property at Repkowstrasse No. 3 in 1896. On October 8, 1896, the Catholic school moved into the existing building, followed in 1901 by the Filial Vicar Arnold Apen. The classroom served as a space for church services. Another indication is the use of a stable. A small chapel was separated by a double door. On November 30, 1896, the Catholic rite was celebrated for the first time since the Reformation. In addition to Salbke, the branch vicar was also responsible for Beyendorf , Dodendorf , Fermersleben , Sohlen and Westerhüsen.

In 1905 there were 880 believers living in the area of ​​the parish. There were also 300 Catholic seasonal workers , mostly from Poland . By 1915 the number of believers rose to 1,352.

As for the Catholic Saint Norbert Church in Buckau, the plans for the Salbker Church were also made by the architect Hilger Hertel the Elder. J. in Münster . Hertel made a first sketch in 1905. After a few changes, approval was granted by the Vicariate General on November 26, 1907 and by the state authorities on October 29, 1908. To finance the construction of churches in the diaspora , donations were solicited, especially in Catholic newspapers.

On May 9, 1909, Johannes Werner, pastor in Buckau since 1894, laid the foundation stone . The benediction was made by Commissioner Knoche on May 8, 1910. The guests were the Lord Mayor August Lentze as well as Commerce Councilor Emanuel Baensch as a representative of the city council. The consecration took place in 1912. In the same year Vicar Heinrich Helbig succeeded Apens. From 1917 the branch parish of Magdeburg-Südost no longer belonged to Buckau.

The Catholic school continued as a Catholic adult education center. During the First World War , the school reported for the 1916 harvest season that over 50% of the students in the first two grades, probably the oldest grades, were absent from classes because they were helping with the harvest. During the Easter break in 1917, the students were also assigned to work in the surrounding fields.

In 1919 a side altar created by the Munich sculptor Hans Faulhaber was erected.

At the beginning of May 1931, Pastor Latta held the Catholic funeral service in the church for the victims of the explosion at Fahlberg-List on April 28, 1931.

During the Second World War , several forced laborers living in the Diana forced labor camp in Westerhüsen were among the regular visitors to the service. Church life at this time was described as familiar and very lively. Although contact between foreign forced laborers and local residents was prohibited by the state, close contacts and long-term friendships developed between community members and forced laborers.

In February 1945 the church building was badly damaged in an air raid . A new roofing of the church tower in the spring of 1953. October 1955 acquired the municipality of a pneumatic, 1930 by the Hanoverian company P. Furtwängler & Hammer built organ from Weferlingen . From 1966 Heinrich coal was the parish priest. It served until 1986. The main roof of the church was re-tiled in September 1978. A restoration of the organ took place in July 1997 by the Halberstadt company Hüfken .

On April 1, 2006, the Magdeburg Mitte community association was established, comprising the parishes of St. Adalbert , St. Johannes Baptist, St. Norbert and St. Sebastian. On May 2, 2010, today's cathedral parish of St. Sebastian emerged from the community. The St. Marienstift Chapel also belongs to this parish today.

In 2014, the number of community members was given as around 230 people. The Catholic parish belonged to the cathedral parish of St. Sebastian of the Magdeburg diocese .

On November 24, 2019, the Roman Catholic community stopped using the church. The Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Magdeburg ( SELK ) has been celebrating its services there since December 1, 2019 .

Interior

The interior is spacious. A ribbed vault rests on round pillars with leaf capitals . There is a gallery on the western side . The altar of the church has a neo-Gothic carved retable . Parts of the interior furnishings from the construction period have been preserved. Two wooden plaques below the organ gallery remember those who died in the community in the world wars. They list the names, date of death, and ages. 16 parishioners were killed in the First World War.

The six colored glass windows in the choir of the church were created by the glass artist Walter Bischof . They show biblical motifs in figurative representations, worked into a geometric lead glazing , whereby ground glass and black solder painting were used.

Side altar

In addition to the altar, a war memorial altar created by the Munich sculptor Hans Faulhaber is noteworthy, but it is no longer preserved in its original form. At first it was located in front of the choir on the northern end wall, but was then moved to the area below the organ gallery. In the period from 1966 to 1986 the altar had become dilapidated due to worms and was removed. The sculptures on the altar have been preserved and are now (as of 2014) stored in the organ loft. The originally centrally arranged figure of Mary is 1.43 meters high. She wears a red dress and a gold-colored coat. The signature HF referring to Faulhaber can be found on the base . The two groups of figures that have also been preserved were arranged to the left and right of the figure of Mary. On the left was the 1.29 meter high group of three soldiers. On the right the 1.30 meter high group of three civilians. The color scheme of both groups is presented in the matt shades of gray, green and brown.

On November 29, 1916, Vicar Helbig sent a first draft for the construction of the side altar intended as a memorial altar to the Episcopal Vicariate General in Paderborn. Eight parishioners had already died in the First World War by this time.

See also

literature

  • Handbook of German Art Monuments : Saxony-Anhalt I, Magdeburg administrative district. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , p. 614.
  • Hans-Joachim Krenzke: Churches and monasteries in Magdeburg. City Planning Office Magdeburg 2000, pp. 139–140.
  • Sabine Ullrich, praying and remembering - a little-known memorial altar of Mary and Fallen from St. Johannes Baptist in Magdeburg-Salbke in Magdeburg during the First World War 1914 to 1918 , Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle (Saale), ISBN 978-3-95462-307- 5 , p. 364 ff.
  • State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt (Hrsg.): State Capital Magdeburg. (= Monument Directory Saxony-Anhalt, Volume 14.) Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86568-531-5 , p. 466.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Sabine Ullrich, praying and remembering - a little-known memorial altar of Mary and fallen from St. Johannes Baptist in Magdeburg-Salbke in Magdeburg during the First World War 1914 to 1918 , Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle (Saale), ISBN 978-3 -95462-307-5 , p. 366.
  2. ↑ Magdeburg in the First World War 1914 to 1918, Eine Großstadt auf der Heimatfront , Ed .: Maren Ballerstedt, Gabriele Köster, Maik Hattenhorst, Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle (Saale) 2014, ISBN 978-3-95462-307-5 , p. 112.
  3. ↑ Magdeburg in the First World War 1914 to 1918, Eine Großstadt auf der Heimatfront , Ed .: Maren Ballerstedt, Gabriele Köster, Maik Hattenhorst, central German publisher Halle (Saale) 2014, ISBN 978-3-95462-307-5 , p. 113.
  4. ↑ a b Sabine Ullrich, praying and remembering - a little-known memorial altar of Mary and Fallen from St. Johannes Baptist in Magdeburg-Salbke in Magdeburg during the First World War 1914 to 1918 , Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle (Saale), ISBN 978-3-95462 -307-5 , p. 364.
  5. ^ Day of Mourning in Southeast in Magdeburger General-Anzeiger from May 3, 1931.
  6. ↑ Georges Goris, The Grothe Family My Damascus Experience, My Second Family in Memories
  7. ↑ http://www.bistum-magdeburg.de/front_content.php?idcat=1421&idart=2525&lang=5
  8. ^ Services now in the Sankt Johann Baptist Church. In: Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Magdeburg. Retrieved December 6, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Sabine Ullrich, Praying and Recalling - a little-known memorial altar of Mary and fallen from St. Johannes Baptist in Magdeburg-Salbke in Magdeburg during the First World War 1914 to 1918 , Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle (Saale), ISBN 978-3-95462-307 -5 , p. 365.
  10. ↑ Sabine Ullrich, Praying and Recalling - a little-known memorial altar of Mary and fallen from St. Johannes Baptist in Magdeburg-Salbke in Magdeburg during the First World War 1914 to 1918 , Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle (Saale), ISBN 978-3-95462-307 -5 , p. 364 ff.

Coordinates: 52 ° 4 ′ 26.9 "  N , 11 ° 40 ′ 18.2"  E