St. Petri Church (Dresden)

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Front view of the St. Petri Church
Rear view from Hansastrasse

The St. Petri Church is a neo-Gothic church in Dresden 's Leipziger Vorstadt district . It is located on Großenhainer Platz on Großenhainer Straße and is used by the Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Congregation of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church .

history

The St. Petri parish was spun off from the Dreikönigskirchgemeinde on March 29, 1881 and included the suburbs of Neudorf and the Scheunenhof district . On July 21st she was given the name St. Petri. The first church services took place in the gym of the Neudorf school in Konkordienstraße.

The city provided a plot of land between Neudorf and the Scheunenhof district on Großenhainer Platz for the construction of the church. The architect of the church was Julius Zeißig from Leipzig . The building was built of brick out of thrift. The foundation stone was laid on May 15, 1889, and the church was consecrated by Superintendent Franz Wilhelm Dibelius on November 5, 1890 . The congregation grew to around 16,000 members in the period that followed.

Peter was painted on a golden background above the main entrance in the midst of the four evangelists. A large part of the equipment was donated. These included three colorful altar windows with the depictions of the two parables of the prodigal son and of the good Samaritan as well as the depiction of the risen Christ between John the Baptist and Peter . The church was equipped with a Sauer organ .

In 1885 the property at Grossenhainer Straße 30 was acquired. The plan was to build a new rectory, but this was not carried out. From 1906/07 the church was extended by a sacristy by the Dresden architects Schilling & Graebner .

On February 14, 1945, the church and the rectory burned down during the air raids on Dresden . On May 7, 1945, a shell hit the church tower after Hitler Youth tried to stop the Red Army from the church tower .

The rooms in the annex of the church and the garden house were used for church services and as classrooms after the war. The church was rebuilt from 1951 to 1955. On December 18, 1955, it was consecrated again and renovated in 1992.

Building description

The neo-Gothic brick building has a capacity of 645 people. The 68 meter high tower is crowned by a gilded tower knob and a decorated cross. During the expansion in 1906/1907, two rooms were created around the apse that can be reached via a separate staircase. Otto Petrenz created a large round majolica relief for the staircase in 1909 . It depicts the risen Christ and the terrified watchmen on Easter morning. The words of Peter can be read above the arch of the stairs: “Lord, where should we go? You have the words of eternal life! ”( Jn 6,68  EU ).

Furnishing

In the chancel there are two ceramic sculptures by the sculptor Gustav Schmidt . They depict the story of the passion and the resurrection of Jesus. Furthermore, there are two pictures by Schmidt and a copy of the painting The Cross in the Mountains by Caspar David Friedrich in the church. In 2007/08, the new owner, the Trinity Parish, renewed the plastering and painting of the church.

In 1958 the destroyed Sauer organ was replaced by a Jehmlich organ . This organ has 27 stops on two manuals and a pedal .

Church use

The number of members of the St. Petri Congregation has decreased significantly in the last few decades, so that it became difficult to use the church building alone. On the basis of a leasehold contract , the St. Petri Congregation ceded its rights to the Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Congregation of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church on July 1, 2001. Nevertheless, the St. Petri congregation still has the right to host. The main use of St. Petri Church and the rectory is done by the Trinity parish.

literature

  • Stadtlexikon Dresden A-Z . Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1995, ISBN 3-364-00300-9 .
  • Paul Flade: The ecclesiastical past of Dresden-Neustadt, especially the St. Petri community. on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the consecration of St. Peter's Church on November 5, 1890 . Naumann, Dresden 1900 ( digitized version )

Web links

Commons : Petrikirche, Dresden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information about the organ on orgbase.nl. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 22.8 "  N , 13 ° 44 ′ 11.4"  E