St. Jakobi (Luckenwalde)

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The Jakobikirche in January 2014.

The Evangelical Church of Sankt Jakobi is a neo-Gothic church in Luckenwalde .

history

The rectory of the church.
A restored rose window, east side.
One of the four tower clocks. To the left of the middle you can see a hatch that provides a view during an inspection of the tower.

The Jakobikirche was built between 1892 and 1894, as a new church became more and more urgent due to the growing population of the city since 1850. The designs for the building come from Prof. Dr. Friedrich Adler from Berlin . Empress and Queen Auguste Victoria , popularly known as Kirchenjuste , took over the patronage of the church building . At the request of Wilhelm II, it was given its name after two years of construction.

During the Second World War , the church tower served as an observation point for the Wehrmacht . The soldiers took turns with the guard and immediately slept in the tower. Since then, three wooden camp beds in the tower still bear witness to this . They should be preserved as a memorial to the war.

In the 1980s, the church tower was covered with slate.

In the 21st century, the church is no longer in regular worship. Nevertheless, there have been services in this house on special occasions for several years. Most recently, the church was exposed to vandalism and decay until a support association was founded in 2006 to save it.

In March 2014, as part of the “Urban Redevelopment East” funding program, a third of the financing was agreed between the federal government, the state and the city of Luckenwalde, which provides for a three-month repair of the church tower. This is damaged by ingress of water and infected by the sponge, further damage should also be repaired. So the tower decoration and the sound hatch with their wooden slats are worked up.

features

The church is a brick building and has a 72 m high west tower. With this height it should prevail over the many tall chimneys of the city. The church is built in the neo-Gothic style, which, however, is heavily based on Romanesque motifs. The Gothic is presented in the wide-spanning star vault and in strong buttresses. This is not just one of the largest Protestant churches in Brandenburg. The vaults are among the largest in modern times. The acoustics of the church are considered unique and make it particularly suitable for concerts of all kinds. There are 1200 seats under the vault, a total of around 2000 people. The church is a monument of the city of Luckenwalde .

Furnishing

View into the nave

The valuable furnishings, which were often donated by influential citizens of the city, include a carved wooden pulpit and the marble altar. The oak pulpit and sound cover were made in the workshop of the wood sculptor Gustav Kuntzsch in Wernigerode .

The ensemble of stained glass windows contains stained glass from the late 19th century. All windows were made in the Royal Glass Painting Institute of Kaiser Wilhelm II in Berlin-Charlottenburg. The middle choir window, the altar window, was a gift from Kaiser Wilhelm II and his wife, Empress Auguste Viktoria. The alliance coat of arms appears beneath the depiction of a blessing Christ, which gave this window the name "Kaiserfenster".

The lead nets in which the glass segments are arranged have arched due to age and weather, so that the glass parts threatened to fall; it requires extensive restoration. A brightly colored rose window with a diameter of 3.20 m, which also dates from 1894, is set in lead profiles on the southeast side.

In 2009 the restoration of the windows began with the help of donations. As the first significant group of windows, four large arched windows and a rose window were restored by May 2010. By August 2014, all window groups on the northeast side and above the altar could be secured.

The tower clock was manufactured in 1893 by the Berlin clock factory CF Rochlitz, owner Heinrich Ernst. At the world exhibition in Chicago in 1893 she adorned the tower of the German House. The tower clock has been working again since 2004.

There is a walk-in organ in the Jakobikirche . It was built in 1894 by the Dinse brothers and installed in the newly built church - in a display case manufactured by the Gustav Kuntzsch company, Wernigerode. At that time still two-manual, it was expanded to three manuals from 1940 to 1943 by the organ building firm Gustav Heinze . With its 44 registers , it is the largest organ in Luckenwalde.

Web links

Commons : St. Jakobikirche (Luckenwalde)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Evangelical Church District Zossen-Fläming Synodal Committee for Public Relations (Ed.): Between Heaven and Earth - God's Houses in the Church District Zossen-Fläming , Laserline GmbH, Berlin, p. 180, 2019

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f The December calendar sheet is dedicated to the Jakobikirche Luckenwalde - Spotlight from December 10, 2013 ( Memento from February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Celebrity concerts for the church anniversary - MAZ online from November 26, 2013 ( Memento from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ "Kirchenjuste" - a portrait ( Memento from February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Website of the Ostdeutsche Sparkassenstiftung ( Memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Camp beds in the church tower as a reminder - MAZ online from April 28, 2014
  6. ↑ a b c 270,000 euros for the Jakobi church tower - MAZ online from March 7, 2014 ( Memento from March 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ a b Website of the Evangelical Church Community Luckenwalde
  8. ↑ a b c d e f g St. Jakobikirche Luckenwalde (Teltow-Fläming) ( Memento from June 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ a b Official Journal for the City of Luckenwalde from October 9, 2007 ( Memento from February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ a b c d e website of the Förderverein Jakobikirche eV ( Memento from February 27, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
  11. ↑ List of monuments of the state of Brandenburg: Teltow-Fläming district (PDF) Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum
  12. ↑ a b "The St. Jacobi Church in Luckenwalde.", In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , published in the Ministry of Public Works, 15th year, No. 41/1895, Verlag Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1895, p. 430 f. (431).
  13. ↑ a b Church window in Luckenwalde inaugurated ( Memento from October 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ↑ a b On the way to old splendor - MAZ online from May 24, 2013 ( Memento from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  15. ↑ Church window in danger - MAZ online from October 10, 2013 ( Memento from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  16. ↑ Saving the church window - MAZ online from August 14, 2014 ( Memento from May 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  17. ^ Website Turmuhren Rochlitz ( Memento from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 52 ° 5 '5.2 "  N , 13 ° 9' 53.9"  E