St. Johannis (Uelzen)
The St. Johannis Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church with an adjacent community center in Hagenskamp am Stern in Uelzen . It belongs to the parish of Uelzen .
History of the church
On September 1, 1952, a fifth pastorate was set up at St. Mary's Church for the spiritual care of the Sternviertel. Wilhelm Meinberg was introduced to the office on May 31st as the first pastor. As early as November 1955, Pastor Meinberg and his family were able to move into the newly built rectory in Hagenskamp. The Uelzen architect Karl Schlockermann was commissioned to build the church and construction of the church began with the laying of the foundation stone for the community hall on October 31, 1956. The community hall was then inaugurated by Provost Ernst Strasser on August 4, 1957 after about ten months of construction . On April 1st, the fifth parish from the St. Marien parish was parish. All parishioners of the St. Marien Church who lived west of the Stendal – Uelzen – Bremen railway line belonged to the St. Johannis parish from this point on. On August 26, 1960, the four bells cast by the W. Schilling bell foundry in Heidelberg were ceremoniously collected and consecrated on September 10, 1960. After the completion of the upper spire in October 1960, the church was solemnly consecrated. This happened on November 13, 1960 by state superintendent Wilhelm Domblüth.
Chronicle of the parish
05.10.1958 Consecration of the donated new sacrament device.
23.11.1958 Two donated bronze altar candlesticks are put into use.
June 9th, 1959 The church council decides on the first section of the church building
07/12/1959 consecration of the new small organ
December 13, 1959 The church council decides to raise church fees of 6.00 DM annually
July 31, 1960 The church council decides on the second section of the church building
10.09.1960 consecration of the new bells
October 24, 1960 The tower of St. John's Church receives a ball and cross. A certificate is inserted in the ball.
01/14/1963 The church council decides to apply for the establishment of a second pastor's office.
March 17th, 1963 consecration of the new baptismal font.
November 9th, 1971 The church council decides to copper-plate the damaged church tower.
25.01.1972 The church council decided to ask for a voluntary congregation contribution instead of church money as a form of local church tax from the 1972 financial year.
11/30/1975 Pastor Maaß is introduced as pastor of the first parish office.
09/30/1977 The church council decides to buy a small electronic organ.
February 12, 1980 Ceremonial inauguration of the new parish hall by State Superintendent Tilemann, Lüneburg.
Expansion of the community
The lively parish life made it necessary to expand the church premises in the following years. A second pastor's position was created, which was filled by Pastor Werner Gehrz. In addition to the rectory with the confirmation hall in Fritz-Reuter-Straße, a kindergarten was also built, which was opened on February 1, 1971. The church council also decided to build a meeting house on the property next to the church. The design was finally realized by the architect Lutz Michaelis. He was also a member of the St. John's parish.
Interior of the church
Works of art
The altar wall occupies the entire width of the chorus, it was of the in Winsen (Luhe) -based sculptor Erich Brüggemann designed. He also designed the large, colorful north window. The play of shapes and colors in the artistic glass mosaics in the north window creates a variety of cross shapes. For the altar wall he used a text from Rev 7.1ff LUT as a basis, which speaks of the lamb to whom the elders pay homage and cheer all the saved - symbolized by the palm branches. In the two semicircles around the lamb there are a total of 24 crowns of the elders. According to the artist, they form the core of the picture. The font was also designed by Brüggemann.
The so-called church ship, another work of art, was inaugurated in September 2005. It is a wall relief made of clay tablets on the front wall of the gallery in the left part of the church. It was designed by Ingeborg Michaelis, who is herself a community member.
The simple altar consists of two marble blocks on which a golden cross stands. It was created by the Bielefeld sculptor Eva Limberg.
organ
The organ , made by Hildebrand in Hanover, is located in the back of the church and was inaugurated in 1967.
The steeple
The total height of the church tower is around 40 meters, it originally had a complete brick facade. Due to defective production, more and more bricks are flaking off and so the upper part of the tower could only be clad with copper plates in 1977. The top of the church tower is stylized and not made massive. Dials were attached to the sound holes.
Bells
The four bells in the church tower are named after four witnesses of the resurrection from the Gospel of John : John, Simon Petrus, Maria Magdalena and Thomas. The following data is available for the bells:
- "Johannes" is the largest bell with a diameter of 85.1 cm and a weight of 390 kg.
- "Simon Petrus" measures 70.6 cm in diameter and weighs 234 kg.
- "Maria Magdalena" weighs 199 kg and has a diameter of 66.8 cm.
- "Thomas" weighs 138 kg and has a diameter of 59 cm.
Dimensions and data
There are a total of 220 seats in the hall: 130 chairs and 90 tables.
- Total usable area 507 m²
- Usable area community hall 100 m²
- Usable area stage 20 m²
- Usable area of hall 65 m²
- Usable area group rooms 35 - 45 m²
Pastors
1. Parish office
- Wilhelm Meinberg 1953–1958: 5th pastor at St. Marien 1958–1970: St. Johannis, then Henriettenstift, Hanover
- Klaus Buchholtz 1970–1975 (fatal accident on business trip)
- Gerold Maaß 1975-2000 (retired)
- Ulrich Hillmer since September 2000
2. Parish office
- Werner Gehrz 1964–1972 (retired)
- Jürgen Laufs 1972–1981, then St. Johannis Lüneburg
- Hennig Ahlers 1982-2000 (retired)
- Astrid Neubauer 2000–2007, then school pastor at the Herzog-Ernst-Gymnasium in Uelzen
literature
- Christian Wiechel-Kramüller: Churches, monasteries and chapels in the Uelzen district. Wiekra publishing house.
Web links
Coordinates: 52 ° 58 ′ 21.3 ″ N , 10 ° 32 ′ 31.1 ″ E