Thatch roof chapel for the Good Shepherd
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The Protestant thatched roof chapel Zum Guten Hirten is located at Gottfried-Arnold-Weg 10 in the Berlin district of Kladow in the Spandau district . The Grade II listed building was built to a design by Clemens Weigel and was on 26 April 1953 inaugurated .
history
As a result of an exchange of territory between the Soviet occupation zone and the British sector of Berlin, the municipality of Groß Glienicke was divided in 1945. The western part became a municipality in the Nauen district . The eastern part came to West Berlin and became a locality in Kladow. After the border with the GDR had become impermeable to West Berliners, the members of the parish of Groß Glienicke living in Berlin were no longer allowed to attend church services in the village church in Groß Glienicke. Pastor Stintzing had been working in the community of Groß Glienicke since 1947 and realized in time that he would soon no longer be allowed to go to West Berlin. He suggested the building of a new church and ran from pillar to post to obtain permits to build a church in Kladow. Once this was accomplished, which was building material such as wood for the roof or thatch for roofing , as well as the bell , the interzonal trade brought to West Berlin. The chapel was consecrated on April 26, 1953. The parish has belonged to the Spandau parish since the Berlin Wall was built.
Building description
The masonry is puddled white . The gables of the hall church are laterally extended to beveled buttresses . The high, steep mansard roof is covered with thatch . The portal is by segmentbogige jambs framed, it is a canopy in the form of early Krüppelwalms . The facade is also adorned by a masonry cross and two lanterns.
The pulpit and the altar were designed by Rudolf Weber. The altar candlesticks are from Fritz Kühn . On the rear gable is a wire sculpture designed by Rudi H. Wagner with reference to the name of the chapel .
Peal
The chilled iron bell in the free-standing wooden bell cage, cast by Schilling & Lattermann in 1954, weighs 360 kg, has a diameter of 99 cm and a height of 82 cm. It sounds on the strike note h '. Their inscription reads:
O, COUNTRY, COUNTRY, COUNTRY, HEAR THE LORD'S WORD.
literature
- Christine Goetz , Matthias Hoffmann-Tauschwitz: Churches, Berlin Potsdam. Guide to the churches in Berlin and Potsdam . Wichern-Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-88981-140-X .
- Marcus Cante et al. a .: Berlin and its buildings , Vol. 6: Sacred buildings . Ernst-Verlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-433-01016-1 (on behalf of the Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin ).
- Klaus-Dieter Wille: The bells of Berlin (West). History and inventory (Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler von Berlin, supplements; Vol. 16). Mann Verlag, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-7861-1443-9 .
- Günther Kühne, Elisabeth Stephanie: Evangelical churches in Berlin . 2nd edition CZV-Verlag, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-7674-0158-4 (EA Berlin 1978).
- Kladower Forum e. V .: The thatched roof chapel on the border . 2nd edition 2015.
Web links
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List with further information
- Evangelical parish at the Groß Glienicker See
Coordinates: 52 ° 27 '53.7 " N , 13 ° 7' 40.6" E