St. Johannes (Munich)
The Evangelical Lutheran Parish Church of St. Johannes was built in 1889 as the fourth Evangelical Lutheran church in Munich . The current building dates from 1913–1916.
history
In the course of industrialization in the 19th century, the population of the city of Munich grew by leaps and bounds. New districts were established at the gates of the old town. In some cases, earlier village structures were built over. On the right-hand side of the Isar, in the former Haidhausen , there was a lot of building activity after 1870.
In 1875, 1307 Protestants lived on the right bank of the Isar, ten years later, in 1885 there were already 2567.
After a first Protestant service in Haidhausen in 1887, Protestant believers formed a "Protestant Committee", demanded a separate pastor for the Protestants on the right bank of the Isar, and collected money for a church. Vicar Georg Glungler came as a clergyman in 1888. Preysingplatz was designated as the building site. At first they made do with a quickly erected emergency church on this property . From 1889 on, the Protestants in Haidhausen celebrated their services there.
On January 1, 1900, St. Johannes became a separate parish with Georg Glungler as pastor. In the same year, the Protestant Committee opened a “children's custody facility” in the building at Wörthstraße 20 , in which up to 200 children were looked after at times. In 1906 the "Protestant Nursing Association Munich East eV" was established.
In 1912, Albert Schmidt's office was commissioned to plan a permanent church. In addition to the main synagogue in Munich , he had also planned the neighboring church of St. Lukas .
The St. Johannes Church was built as a brick building in neo-Romanesque design .
The foundation stone was laid on June 29, 1913 . The foundation of the church caused particular difficulties . The building site was a former gravel pit, filled with rubble that was dug up and removed. The pit was refilled and then poured with concrete. In addition, iron pipes filled with concrete with a diameter of 20 cm and a length of 3–5 m were rammed into the ground for stabilization. The tower foundation alone is supported by 60 such piles.
On April 2, 1916, in the middle of World War I , the church was solemnly consecrated.
A prominent member of the church council of St. Johannes from 1920 on was Wilhelm Freiherr von Pechmann .
On January 7, 1945, an explosive bomb tore open the northeast side of the church. The services were relocated to the parish hall at Wörthstraße 20 until the end of the war. Pastor Ziegler at the time was able to successfully oppose the issue of the pews for heating purposes.
From around 1948 the church was rebuilt and usable.
In 1982/1983, the St. John's Church was fundamentally renovated and rebuilt under the direction of the Munich architects Steinhauser and Gräfe. The church should at the same time accommodate the parish rooms. The church service room was reduced in size, and side rooms were separated by glass walls with sliding doors. The newly created “residential church” attracted national attention.
During the renovation of the heating in 1999, a block-type thermal power station was installed in the church .
organ
The original organ was built by the Maerz and Son company (owner Schönle). It had 32 sounding registers . Later and for practical reasons, the organ was equipped with an electro-pneumatic action and the console was moved to the nave where it is still located today. The organ was completely destroyed by aerial bombs in 1945. The successor instrument was built in 1953/54 by the Steinmeyer company. It was not until 1957 that the organ was expanded to its present size. A 2nd and 3rd manual have been added to the console. The Rückpositiv is currently vacant.
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- Coupling : I / II, III / II, III / I, I / P, II / P, III / P
- Playing aids : two free combinations, one free pedal combination, tutti, holder for hand registers, roller and single tongues, crescendo roller.
Bells
The original bells were cast by the Schilling company in Apolda . During the war, the brand new, largest bell had to be handed in for military use. After the war a new big bell was cast. In 1940 all four bells had to be delivered. They could only be replaced from donations in 1961. The current chime comes from the Czudnochowsky company in Erding and is tuned in E major (e ′ - f sharp ′ - g sharp ′ - h ′). The consecration of bells took place on Christmas Eve 1961.
Church life today
The parish life of the St. John's Congregation is characterized by several focal points:
- Andreas Hantke, who had made a name for himself with his singing school and children's choirs, had been active in church music since 1980. He founded the Munich Cantata Choir and the Preysing Brass wind ensemble . Since September 2009 he has been cantor of the Christ Church in Munich-Neuhausen / Nymphenburg . The church music center in St. Johannes has been Cantor Marie Flessa since 2013.
- Every Wednesday is meditation day in St. John. The Jesus prayer takes place on Mondays, and an exercise in silence on Thursday afternoons. There are retreats and retreats. The church's meditation room is also used by other groups for seminars and courses. The meditation work of St. Johannes is traditionally associated with the center for meditation in Altenburg Castle .
- The St. Johannes Church is networked with numerous social institutions and associations in the district, especially in senior and social work. The community-owned Diakonie and Förderverein St. Johannes eV has also been active in a variety of non-profit-making ways since it was founded in 1906.
Web links
- Internet presence of the Evangelical Luth. Parish of St. John
- Open churches in Bavaria - St.Johannes / Munich
Individual evidence
- ↑ See the parish website
- ↑ Cantata Choir Munich
- ↑ Preysing Brass ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 48 ° 7 ′ 57.1 ″ N , 11 ° 35 ′ 39.1 ″ E