Schrippenkirche

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Schrippenkirche
Brief description Former Christian alms association for the unemployed and homeless, now a dormitory for adults with special needs
founding 1882
founder Constantin Liebich
Former name "Service to the unemployed"
renaming 1937 in “Schrippenkirche e. V "
executive Director Martin Wulff
address Ackerstraße 137
13355 Berlin

From 1883 to the middle of the 20th century, the Schrippenkirche was the popular name of an initiative in the Berlin districts of Wedding and Gesundbrunnen , which combined its missionary activities aimed at people without a shelter with the distribution of Schrippen and a cup of coffee before every church service . The name "Schrippenkirche" also stood for the club house at Ackerstraße 52, where the services were held. In 1939 it was named in the name of the “Schrippenkirche e. V. ”picked up. The name is derived from the Berliner Schrippe, an oval white flour roll with a central incision.

history

origin

Constantin Liebich, 1920s

Due to the upswing after the end of the Franco-Prussian War and overcoming the start-up crisis , Berlin experienced a massive influx of job seekers at the end of the 19th century who hoped for better working and living conditions. Have so far vagrants , in workhouses brought, this was no longer possible due to the high number. As early as 1854, the Inner Mission founded “ Herbergen zur Heimat ” for traveling companions to curb the neglect. The municipal welfare organization at the time numbered 13,000 beneficiaries, but not all of them were supported.

The journalist Constantin Liebich , who was born in Breslau in 1847 and who runs the Liebich & Pfeiffer newspaper correspondence , had worked his way up from a poor background and was temporarily “wandering” and homeless. His attempt to emigrate to America failed in Belgium , which is why he returned to Germany in 1880 and joined the "Older Evangelical Youth Association" in Berlin. Here he met the preacher Adolf Stoecker , who presumably led him to write for newspapers and to found an agency himself. He wrote for Christian and conservative newspapers such as the Reichsbote , the ultra-conservative Kreuzzeitung and the Bundesbote .

The Berlin City Mission was created in 1877 at the suggestion of the Evangelical Berlin General Superintendent and spiritual director in Berlin Bruno Brückner and initially had an anti-socialist and anti-Semitic orientation. Stoecker became their first director. He was committed to the sick, the handicapped and the impoverished working class and, as a preacher and politician, was one of the outstanding figures in an alliance of sections of the nobility and the Protestant church, which, with the help of Christianity, had made the fight against the growing social democracy its task. His “penny sermons”, which he wrote and reproduced, achieved a large number of copies at times. At the same time, the Christian Social Workers' Party was founded in 1878, largely on Stoecker's initiative .

Liebich was a great admirer of Stoecker, who was very popular at the time. Because he had already achieved a lot in his life and experienced ups and downs in the process, he felt the need to “follow God's ways” out of gratitude for his success. In September 1882 he took part with hundreds of Christian young men at the meeting of the " German Youth Associations " at the Hermannsdenkmal and was so impressed by the German-American evangelist and founder of the first YMCA in Germany, Friedrich von Schlümbach , that it was an awakening experience for him.

As early as October 8, 1882, he gave a lecture on the subject of “From narrow to wide” at the “Older Evangelical Youth Association” at Oranienstrasse 106 in Kreuzberg, and won others over with his idea of ​​a breakfast service for the unemployed and the homeless. On the same day, the “Service to the Unemployed Association” was informally founded. The first members were present Christian craftsmen, a candidate of theology as well as Liebich himself. For the first service a collection resulted in nine marks . In December 1882 Liebich then formally founded the “Verein Dienst an Unemployed”.

First of all, morning devotions with breakfast for the homeless were organized in Oranienstrasse and the Stöckerschen “penny sermons” were distributed. On October 22nd, 1882 the first prayer took place with 25 guests, most of them from the neighboring “Herberge zur Heimat”. On the following Sunday, 35 homeless people came and on the third Sunday 43. At the devotions everyone received a cup of coffee and two rolls, which attracted numerous visitors. However, the ragged and often vermin-infested visitors were not welcomed by the management of the clubhouse, which is why they looked for another room for the Christmas party, which they found on Lindenstrasse . But here, too, the property manager did not tolerate any further events.

A new domicile was found in the former 300-person dance hall “Fürst Blücher” on Weddingplatz, Müllerstraße 6, which had been bought by the parishes of St. Michael and Nazareth in order to convert it into a Christian clubhouse. The chairmen of the association were Eduard von Pückler , the co-founder of the YMCA and pastor Diestelkamp. Thanks to Adolf Stoecker's mediation, they were able to use the clubhouse for their breakfast services.

Only seven visitors came to the first service in January 1883, but word of the breakfast services quickly got around, so that after a short time up to 385 guests came. Sermons were given by Pastor Hapke from the Bohemian Reformed Congregation and Pastor Diestelkamp from the Nazareth Congregation and occasionally by Adolf Stoecker. Speeches were given by the court preacher Frommel and senior consistorial advisor Bayer. The preparations for the service, setting up the tables, making coffee and distributing the rolls were made by young men from the surrounding parishes. Only men came to the services, there were no comparable events for women, but there were separate women's asylums.

1883-1902

Sculpture coffee mug by Michael Spengler

The church services, now popularly known as the “Schrippenkirche”, were to take place here in winter for the next 20 years and made the association known throughout Berlin. In order to create job opportunities for the homeless, Liebich contacted Friedrich von Bodelschwingh , a close friend of Stoecker's who had founded the Wilhelmsdorf workers' colony the previous year . Following their example, the “Verein Dienst an Arbeitslosen” founded the “Verein für Berliner Arbeiterkolonien” (Association for Berlin Workers' Colonies ”), which in April 1881 purchased a plot of land at Reinickendorfer Strasse 36a and offered the homeless people board and lodging in exchange for work . In 1887, the association was able to open a second Schrippenkirche in the house of the Berlin City Mission in the street Am Johannistische 6 in Kreuzberg, which became permanently established. In 1888 the existence of the Schrippenkirche was in jeopardy, but it was saved by the donation from Mary von Waldersee and a donor who had not been known to date.

The work of the Schrippenkirche was financed in the founding years from donations from pastors and church workers and from aristocratic circles. This included a one-time donation of 150 marks from the later imperial couple, Princess Auguste Viktoria and Prince Wilhelm of Prussia . Other donors were Eduard von Pückler , founder of the Christian community movement “St. Michael ”and other nobles . Most of the donations came from Berlin's master craftsmen, shopkeepers, teachers and small employees. The association received the Stoecker pfennig sermons free of charge. He was also able to get donations from the newspapers for which Liebich wrote. From 1891 the Evangelical Church Relief Organization gave 5,000 to 6,000 marks annually to preserve the Schrippenkirche, which led to the establishment of the youth welfare department in 1893 , which, however, remained small in spite of an employed youth helper because it lacked a room. One of the aims of the youth work was to place young people in Brandenburg manor farms , which was expected to have a secure future.

The reports From the darkest Berlin , published quarterly from 1898 to 1933, reported on the association's activities, regularly quoting touching letters of thanks, but also presenting concrete figures, probably to motivate potential donors and to emphasize the proper management of the association.

Many customers , as the visitors were called, came from the homeless shelter Die Palme, opened in 1896, and the Wiesenburg, built in 1897 . The Schrippenkirche was an attraction for the homeless, because they were tolerated here and also because their helpers approached the homeless pragmatically and compassionately. On August 30, 1900, the "Service to the Unemployed Association" was entered in the register of associations.

Relocation to Ackerstrasse

In 1900 the meeting place on Müllerstrasse had become too small, up to 500 visitors came to the morning services, and the rooms for the “youth welfare” were too small. In this situation, the wealthy patron, who wanted to remain anonymous during his lifetime, gave the association the property at Ackerstraße 52 at the corner of Hussitenstraße 71 with the front building and stable buildings on it worth 162,000 marks. The notorious Meyers Hof , the AEG factories and the residential complex of the Christian patriotic building association were located in the immediate vicinity of the property . It was also only two kilometers to the Wiesenburg homeless shelter. As early as September 29, 1900, the "Service to the Unemployed Association" was entered in the land register and in autumn that year the association opened its association office in the residential building at Ackerstraße 52.

In the following two years, numerous construction work and renovations took place. In the front building on Ackerstrasse, 20 urgently needed small apartments with toilets and a laundry room were built. In the spring of 1901, construction work began on a new residential building on Hussitenstrasse and on December 7, 1901, the foundation stone was laid for the transverse building in the middle of the property, the actual Schrippenkirche. The architect became the association member Fritz Fuhrmann. The sponsor later donated the neighboring property, Ackerstraße 51, to the association.

The residential building at Hussitenstrasse 71 with twelve apartments and a shop was completed on January 27, 1902. The transverse building with the new club house was inaugurated and opened on October 5, 1902. The building costs of the house amounted to 180,000 marks.

Hermann Fölsch

Hermann CJ Fölsch

The construction costs were taken over by the patron Hermann Fölsch , who had made a fortune trading Chiles nitrate . Fölsch, who wanted to remain anonymous until his death, was idealized in the community as a noble benefactor, unselfish man, as a deeply religious Christian and referred to as the manor owner. Since 1891 he owned the Moholz estate near Görlitz. Last but not least, Fölsch benefited from the placement of workers on his estate. Hermann Fölsch joined the Moravian Brethren . Through his friendship with Johannes Wichern , he got involved in social projects, including the Inner Mission and the Schrippenkirche.

1902-1918

The first service of the “Verein Dienst an Unemployed” in the newly built Schrippenkirche took place on October 12, 1902. The homeless people from the asylums in Fröbelstrasse and Wiesenstrasse went to Ackerstrasse early in the morning and waited for the Schrippenkirche to open. Some had also spent the night on the street. The volunteers set up tables and benches for the service and distributed 600 servings of coffee and rolls. At around 6:30 am, the hall was opened and the visitors admitted, each receiving a religious sheet. From 7:30 am, the longed-for rolls were distributed and, after singing and prayer, coffee was poured into the distributed cups. It was now “breakfast time” for 20 minutes. The sermon followed and an invitation to linger: “Come on young people! Take a guess! Let us help you! be reconciled to God with your parents! Take hold of the hand of salvation! Stay here a little longer! We want to talk to you. ”The visitors, who came mainly because of the rolls, mostly remained calm during the sermon and accepted them as part of it. Some refused to attend the prayer and did not fold their hands, while others left church after dinner. After an hour the breakfast service was over.

The Schrippenkirche belonged to the Reconciliation Congregation , but pastors from all the congregations in Weddings preached the sermon here. B. from the Lazarus hospital founded by Wilhelm Boegehold and the Berlin city mission. Sometimes Liebich or other members of the association held the prayer, but the court preachers also came.

The association work no longer had to be limited to the Sunday services and could be expanded. However, the Schrippenkirche was still the first opportunity to contact the homeless.

On December 13, 1901, a youth home, which initially consisted of only one room, was opened, offering homeless youths temporary sleeping and living options. In 1903 the home was supplemented by a “refuge hall” which could also be used during the day by homeless young people under the age of 20, as they were too young for the city warming halls. The young people had to fill out a “registration slip”, which was completed and commented on by the association's employees. The home should resemble a “family circle with discipline and order”. Over 100,000 of these registration forms had accumulated by the end of the empire. Until the beginning of the First World War, the youth home grew steadily and was supplemented by a men's home. In addition, a clerk's office and an "address office" were set up for job placement . One of the aims was to place young people and young men in employment “Auf's Land”. Most of the immigrants came to Berlin from the eastern provinces in the hope of finding better working and living conditions here, which is why there was a labor shortage there. However, the desire for a job was not always fulfilled, which often led to unemployment and homelessness. If it was not possible for the young people to return to their parents or feudal lords , they were placed as farm workers, as rural life with the hardship of farm work and the patriarchal treatment corresponded to the educational ideas of the association.

Liebich, who was previously the honorary chairman of the association, headed the association “Service to the unemployed” as a salaried director from 1901 to 1909. His successor was director Gilweit, who had started in 1894 as a youth worker in the club. He received an annual salary of 4,000 marks and was able to rent a five-room apartment in the club building, which led to criticism in the social democratic forward . The new chairman of the association was Hofkammerrat Otto Eismann, who four years earlier had become the association's first academic member. After disputes in the club, Liebich was retired in 1909 at the age of 63 and 200 marks a month.

In March 1902 the "Brockensammlung" opened at Ackerstraße 52. Following the example of Bodelschwingh, who was inspired by the miracle of Jesus of the miraculous multiplication of bread and the Jesus saying “Collect the remaining chunks so that nothing perishes” Joh 6,12  EU , the association set up its own work place, in the residents of the youth home and some older unemployed people found employment. In addition, the income from the chunk collection was a welcome support for the association.

For the collection of the "Brocken", "Brockenkarten" were distributed, on which the Berliners were asked to donate unnecessary household items, clothes, toys or furniture. The donations were then picked up by horse-drawn carts or handcarts from the “Heimlingen”, the residents of the youth home. H. sorted, cleaned and, if necessary, repaired. Then the things went on sale. According to the entry register, the following items came together in one collection on February 11, 1903: “two iron bed frames, a hat, a waffle iron, a footstool, a chair, six umbrellas, a tea kettle, paper, rags, four trousers, two vests Jacket, six white shirts, two woolen underpants, six pairs of boots, a mattress, paper, books, a hand sewing machine and a saber. "

The workshops, stores and the sales room extended over four floors in the courtyard buildings of the two properties at Ackerstrasse 51 and 52. The main buyers of clothing were local women and unemployed men. Quite often, at the request of pastors or the municipal welfare service, entire apartments were furnished if the furniture in the pawnshop was moved due to illness, old age or single mothers . The establishment with the “KaDeWe” (Kaufhaus des Weddings) became more and more popular because it gave unemployed craftsmen and homeless young people work by the hour or over a longer period of time. But there were also imitators of the model at an early stage: directly opposite in Meyers Hof , a businessman set up a “Central Brocken Hall”, in which junk goods were also sold. The association brought a lawsuit against this businessman, which he lost because the expression "Brocken" coined by Bodelschwingh was not protected.

At the beginning of the war, the Schrippenkirche and the office with the employment agency were closed, while the other areas of the association initially continued their work. A large number of the helpers and young people were drafted into military service. Instead, German refugees from East Prussia were taken care of. Many unemployed people were employed in the arms industry. Since the director of the association, Gilweit, had since resigned and his successor from Oettingen had been requested by the Inner Mission to organize the welfare for war disabled, the association's board asked Liebich to take over the office of director again in 1915.

Breakfast services were held again in 1915, but there were no more Schrippen. Instead, black bread was distributed and later only coffee was served. In 1916 the main bread commission of the Berlin magistrate once again allowed the “serving of pastries”, which was discontinued in the winter of 1917. After that the Schrippenkirche was closed, as was the Brockensammlung, as nobody could do without anything. Many reports of death came from the front, including Liebich's son, Erst, who was killed in action.

1918-1945

After the war Liebich resigned from the position of director and recommended the son of a childhood friend as his successor. When he died after a few years, the board member Williamowsky became director. On December 29, 1928, Constantin Liebich, the founder of the “Verein Dienst an Unemployed”, died at the age of 81 in Berlin.

The November Revolution of 1918 passed the club relatively without a trace, only a stray bullet damaged the entrance gate. However, there were still 40,000 marks in debt with which the association had to start the new era. The association contacted the workers 'and soldiers' councils and made the hall available for discharged soldiers. The club members prayed with them. With the introduction of the regulation on unemployment welfare of November 13, 1918 , the demand for job placement and youth welfare of the association fell sharply. The association was incomprehensible and hostile to the newly gained freedoms and the newly emerging forums of coexistence.

In October 1919, the breakfast services could be resumed. During the week, the association organized Quaker meals for over 400 small children and expectant mothers. The rooms were used by the Blue Cross and home workers for meetings, who paid rent for them. The chunk collection was also able to resume its work. Due to the good relations with the military, the association was commissioned to take over the recycling of old items from the Reichsheer , thus securing its existence. Gloves, suspenders, children's coats or school bags were made from military equipment and then sold cheaply in the “KaDeWe”. A “people's kitchen” was also set up for serving soup. During the inflationary period, the helpers drove themselves across the country to exchange their goods for food.

In the Weimar Republic , the willingness to donate fell sharply because the bourgeoisie themselves were impoverished or did not want to donate because they were hostile to the republic. Instead, the public sector took over part of the social work of the associations. The youth welfare service had to be closed because this area was taken over by government agencies with educational reform concepts. During the Great Depression, however, conservative forces regained the upper hand and financial resources dried up. Therefore only adult men could stay in the dormitory.

In January 1933, the 50th anniversary of the association was celebrated. Immediately after the “ seizure of power ” by the National Socialists, the famous “political leaders” who had just led a tenants' strike were arrested in the Meyers Hof opposite. The inspector Friedrich Gistel in the association magazine "From the darkest Berlin ":

"Since Germany again has a leader who wants to create justice and justice for the German people with God, it seems as if at the same time the homeless and unemployed wanderer is leaving the path of hopelessness and also wants to gain new trust in the one who does everything can and will make new: Jesus Christ. "

As early as 1933, “begging raids” were carried out and homeless or socially suspicious people were sent to workhouses. According to the law for the prevention of genetically ill offspring , alcoholics could also be forcibly sterilized. In 1936, the year of the Olympic Games , the state took over job placement and job allocation, and there was even a labor shortage due to the beginning of war preparations. Refusal to work and homelessness led to a camp admission. According to an administrative report from 1936, the homeless problem in the Wedding district was resolved.

The rooms in Ackerstrasse that were no longer needed were used by the Hitler Youth and the National Socialist People's Welfare . Those seeking help were now mainly alcoholics, the mentally ill, the disabled and released prisoners who had no accommodation, as well as orphans who had come of age and who had been released from orphanages . The chunk collection could be resumed and the breakfast services were very popular.

Since there were now officially no more unemployed, the name of the association “Service to the unemployed” was also inappropriate. On the advice of the police president and the recommendation of the Evangelical Consistory , the general assembly decided to rename the association to "Schrippenkirche". In July 1939 the “Schrippenkirche e. V. “entered the register of associations and the unemployed disappeared from the perception. In 1943, the police president demanded an amendment to the association's statutes, which should now make its social work available to all “national comrades regardless of denomination”. In addition, a list of all board members had to be drawn up with information on “race” and membership in the association as well as party affiliation, which Director Williamowski handed over to the police. During the war, many foreign and forced laborers as well as prisoners of war came to Wedding. A foreigner camp has now been set up in the rooms at Ackerstrasse 51 and 52 for the workers at the Wittler bread factory . The house at Ackerstraße 52 was destroyed and the transverse building damaged.

1945–1980

In the immediate post-war period, homeless people had settled in the damaged house, both former dormitory guests and others who had been stranded here. In August 1945 the deputy medical officer of the Wedding district visited the "Schrippenkirche". In his report to the Wedding Health Department, he wrote:

“Today, as part of the fight against the epidemic, I visited the rear building at Ackerstraße 52 - the so-called Schrippen Church - and found the following: The house is occupied by around 40 old, single men. The health of these men is terrifying, and there are hardly any words left for the condition of the house. Almost without exaggeration, there are mountains of bugs and lice lying around. A dead person also lay in a room for over 24 hours. The cesspool flowed in the basement and gave off an inhuman stench. The house in its current condition is a source of epidemics and must therefore be closed. "

It took two months to find new accommodation for the men, after which the home was closed. The former helpers had disappeared and the former director Williamowski fled to southern Germany. The district office confiscated the house in order to set up a refugee camp here, although the health department considered the house to be uninhabitable. The furnishings, stoves, ovens and doors were stolen and the sewer system was destroyed. This led to disputes with the Inner Mission , which asserted claims for ownership of the club, which was in decline. Only after Probst Grüber from the council of the magistrate for church affairs intervened, the district gave up its claims. In the meantime, the association had been reconstituted, the association members came mainly from the neighboring Church of Reconciliation , the chairman was Superintendent Werbeck of the Zionskirche . With the rental income from a house owned by the association on Strelitzer Strasse and donations from the Inner Mission of 20,000 marks, the reconstruction could begin.

Since the Schrippenkirche could not be restored in its previous form, a youth and apprentice home and a home for "fallen girls" were planned to be set up on October 1, 1948, in consultation with the Inner Mission. But there were still residents from the first post-war period in the building who refused to move out. Three old women were finally taken over by the Schrippenkirche. However, due to the effects of the Berlin blockade , it took until October 1, 1949, until the building was renovated by foreign students and the home for homeless, vulnerable girls and an old people's home for women could open. After the facility was repaired, it was used by the Inner Mission to distribute CARE packages . The Inner Mission moved twenty girls, war orphans or girls from broken families, from their closed girls' home on Marburger Strasse in Charlottenburg to the new home. Sisters of the deaconess mother house Salem from Berlin-Lichtenrade took over the management under the deaconess Christiane Höner.

In 1953 the large hall was set up as a prayer room and consecrated by Bishop Otto Dibelius . Services were held here, which were an important part of the homework. In 1954 there were 100 residents in the home. Since the neighboring Church of Reconciliation was in the eastern sector and the Schrippenkirche in the western sector , but the majority of the parishioners lived in the western sector, parishioners who did not want to go to East Berlin attended the services in the Schrippenkirche. The pastor of the Church of Reconciliation, Helmut Hildebrandt , therefore proposed to the church leadership to set up a second parish office in the Schrippenkirche. Tensions arose between the deaconesses and Hildbrandt because Hildebrandt, a follower of Rudolf Bultmann , took a fundamentally different theological stance than the pious deaconesses. They asked him to stay away from morning prayers. After all, Hildebrandt was allowed to give a sermon once a month.

In 1957 the Diakonisches Werk was created from Innerer Mission and the aid organization of the Evangelical Church in Germany , to which the Schrippenkirche EV now belonged. However, the association no longer had any association members, but only a board of directors and a manager. In 1960 the home was given secular management. There was now a youth hostel for 60 girls, an old people's home, a home for people with disabilities and a residence for 15 families.

When the wall was built on August 13, 1961, the congregation was separated from the Reconciliation Church and its parish hall and pastors. The congregation now used the prayer room, in which an organ and a hearing aid system were installed. Pastor Walter Golze gave the sermons, while Pastor Helmut Hildebrandt stayed in the eastern part of the city, but was no longer allowed to enter his church.

In 1963 the chapel was rededicated. For the inauguration service in the restored chapel, each visitor received a roll to remind them of hunger. The newly created church cross by the artist Hans Joachim Burgert was set up for the inauguration.

The old people's home and youth work of the Diakonisches Werk worked there until the 1970s . In 1972 75 people lived and worked in the buildings of the Schrippenkirche. Six in the retirement home, twelve children between the ages of 2 and 14, 22 young people between the ages of 15 and 19, 12 disabled adults in residential groups for which there were 23 employees.

End of the old Schrippenkirche

Ackerstrasse in the area of ​​the former Schrippenkirche

From 1976 onwards, the Berlin Senate's renovation work also affected the building of the Schrippenkirche. As early as the early 1950s, the Ernst-Reuter-Siedlung was the first demonstrative building project of the post-war period that initiated the urban renewal in West Berlin , which was characterized by demolition and new construction . The Meyers Höfe opposite had already been blown up on October 17, 1972, and modern residential buildings are being built in their place, in line with the ideas of the 1970s.

As part of an exchange between the association and the redevelopment agency Vaterländischem Bauverein in 1976, the Vaterländischer Bauverein received the property of the association with the traditional buildings at Ackerstrasse 52, while the association received the property at Ackerstrasse 136/137 opposite. A new house by the architect Harald Franke was built here, which was inaugurated on September 28, 1979 by Bishop Martin Kruse . A children's, youth and old people's home was built in the new house , in which 36 children lived in three groups, 14 girls in a residential group, six girls in a shared apartment, eight disabled women and 27 senior citizens in single rooms. The new house also bore the traditional name “Schrippenkirche”.

occupation

The old building of the Schrippenkirche stood empty after moving out and was to be demolished according to the plans of the Senate and the Weddinger District Office and rebuilt under the sponsorship of the Vaterländische Bauverein . However, the planned new development area lacked a meeting place and a house for youth work. As early as October 1979, on the initiative of the parish council of the Church of Reconciliation, an initiative to preserve the old Schrippenkirche, which occupied the vacant rooms, arose. Around 50 young people, Trebegänger, unemployed apprentices, released prisoners and students moved into the house. Talks took place with the patriotic building association, which initially tolerated the peaceful occupation of the rooms. The cast quickly found prominent support from Joseph Beuys , the writer Ingeborg Drewitz , Bishop Kurt Scharf and Helmut Gollwitzer . The artist NIL Ausländer created a portfolio with linocuts "Against the demolition and on the history of the Schrippenkirche". A café was created, which up to 200 visitors came to on weekends and where events took place. In the end, the “Christian Youth Village EV” was found to be a sponsor who was willing to take over the costs for the purchase and renovation of the house in order to continue the social work there in the sense of the old Schrippenkirche. On November 16, 1979, the district assembly of the Wedding district decided against the continued existence of the Schrippenkirche and in favor of the new building according to the submission of the building councilor Horst Renner.

The occupation ended on March 7, 1980, when, accompanied by a large police presence, the demolition began. At that time, ten squatters still lived in the house, who had to watch the house being demolished piece by piece. Subsequently, the Patriotic Building Association sued the initiative group because of the occupation, as it could not get hold of the occupiers. In the first instance there was an acquittal, whereupon the building association appealed. In the second instance the process was put down, but the process costs of several thousand marks had to be borne by the parties themselves.

The former building of the Schrippenkirche was replaced by an eight-story residential building with 81 apartments and an underground car park.

Schrippenkirche EV

Building of the Schrippenkirche in Ackerstrasse

The house on the opposite side of the street was designed as a children's, youth and old people's home, but it became clear that the children's and youth area had to be closed because there was no longer any need for orphans and young people were no longer admitted to homes. In addition, there was a financial crisis, which was triggered by the chairman of the association's board of directors, the Weddinger youth councilor, which suddenly caused the association to be deeply in debt. With the support of the Weddingen City Councilor for Finance and the long-standing chairman of the Schrippenkirche Horst-Dieter Havlicek association, the finances could be restructured. He reached u. A. a waiver by the Berliner Bank of its claims.

Memorial plaque for Constantin Liebich at Ackerstraße 52
Sculpture Schrippe
(Michael Spengler, 2007;
weight: five tons)

Since 1982, in addition to the elderly, mentally and mentally handicapped people have been cared for. Eight residents between the ages of 18 and 40 lived on five floors in a family-like group that was looked after by five educators. The home was closed at the end of 2008. Instead, the integration hotel "Hotel Grenzfall" was built.

On November 30, 1988, the then Weddinger District Office unveiled a memorial plaque for Constantin Liebich and his idea of ​​the Schrippenkirche at the house at Ackerstraße 52.

For the 125th anniversary of the Schrippenkirche, a sculpture carved in stone in the form of a Schrippe was designed by the sculptor Michael Spengler at Ackerstraße 136/137. The sculpture is made of sandstone and was pushed into position with the help of planks and logs . In 2010, the inauguration was the Schrippenkirche as a carrier of integration Hotels celebrated "borderline". Since then, there has been a “dormitory for adults with special needs” at Ackerstraße 137. At the end of the 2010s, 48 ​​people lived in five groups in the home of the Schrippenkirche.

In 2017, the Schrippenkirche association was merged into the Hope Valley Lobetal Foundation . In the Schrippenkirche there is a dwelling in the six-story building for adults with disabilities.

Hotel borderline

The "Hotel Grenzfall" is the first integration hotel in Berlin-Mitte. The name 'Grenzfall' refers to the location near the former Berlin Wall , but it also symbolizes overcoming and eliminating borders in spite of impairments.

literature

Web links

Commons : Schrippenkirche  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Schrippe  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

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