St. Helena (Munich)
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The Catholic parish church of St. Helena is in the immediate vicinity of Wettersteinplatz in Munich 's Untergiesing-Harlaching district . The by architect Hans Jacob Lill planned cruciform church was on October 11, 1964 consecrated and elevated to the parish church on December 1 1966th
history
The church and parish were built as a result of the rapid residential development of the previously agriculturally used areas between Giesing and Harlaching after the Second World War. In connection with the patronage of the mother parish Heilig Kreuz , the name of St. Helena was chosen, who, according to tradition, found the true cross of Christ in Jerusalem.
Together with the parishes of Holy Cross and Queen of Peace , St. Helena is now part of the Obergiesing parish association.
architecture
The patronage also provided the basic idea for the cross-shaped structure. The shortened arms of the cross created a remarkable church space that integrates the congregation and the altar with an abstract cross in the center. There are 480 seats with a total capacity of 1500 people.
Next to the church are the bell tower , the parish hall, the parish office with living area and the kindergarten .
Furnishing
The organ was built around 1964 by Carl Schuster with 31 stops on three manuals and a pedal . In 1994 it was expanded to 38 registers by Johannes Führer and converted to electromechanical sliding chests.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 6 ′ 29.1 ″ N , 11 ° 34 ′ 31.2 ″ E