St. Konrad (Berlin-Schöneberg)
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St. Konrad is a Catholic church building in the Schöneberg district of Berlin in the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district . It is located at Rubensstrasse 74-78 and was consecrated in 1958 . The patron saint is St. Conrad of Parzham . The sacred building was created according to plans by the architect Hans Schaefers and is a listed building . In 2010, the Catholics handed over their church to the Syrian Orthodox Congregation Mor Dodo, based in Schöneberg .
history
In 1915, the Catholics residing in the city of Schöneberg had negotiated with the city administration to acquire a building plot on which their own place of worship was to be built. However, the purchase failed in the 1920s and so it was not possible to form an own parish . The Catholics living in southern Schöneberg took the initiative again in 1935 to found a parish. In the same year the new Bishop of Berlin agreed to the formation of the congregation and commissioned a chaplain from the Rosary Basilica with the pastoral care of the 1500 Catholics in the new building area. The first services were held in the Menzelklause inn , later in an emergency church . The St. Konrad congregation was founded in 1936, and a year later it became a curate , although it was not raised to a parish until 1956 . After the emergency chapel was destroyed in 1943, the services took place in the parish hall of the Evangelical Nathanael Church . In 1947 the parishioners built a barrack as an emergency church on a leased plot of land . It was not until 1957 that a plot of ruins could be acquired for the construction of a church ensemble . The purchase was preceded by lengthy negotiations for the purpose of financial compensation for the formerly Jewish owners. According to the existing building plans, today's church was built and was inaugurated in 1958 . The parish of St. Konrad was abolished on July 1, 2004 and incorporated into the parish of St. Norbert. St. Konrad remains the church's place of worship.
Building description
The free-standing hall church has a floor plan of two trapezoids connected to the narrow base . There is a porch to the underlying over the trapezium with the short height structure . The latter extends to the retracted chancel, which lies in the depth of the property. The nave with its organ protrudes into the porch. The building is finished with a butterfly roof.
Three steps lead from the street to the open part of the porch, the six doors of the portal lead into the anteroom under the gallery. The frame of reinforced concrete - frame construction consists of supports , between them support and girders , the interior space in five yokes divide. The wall panels between the protruding girders contain windows between concrete bars, some with colored glazing, otherwise plastered masonry . Such a glazed concrete lattice is also located above the portal and in the area of the stairwell of the tower. The flat roof of the chancel contains twelve skylights .
The building for the community rooms and the kindergarten at the rear of the church forms a wing together with it .
The free-standing bell tower in the building line is followed by a residential building in a closed construction , both connected at the rear by a pergola . The church tower also serves as the stair tower of the residential building.
A large cross rises above the sound openings of the tower, which is covered with a pent roof . The bronze peal of three bells was cast in 1957 by Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock .
| Chime | Weight (kg) |
Diameter (cm) |
Height (cm) |
inscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ges' | 800 | 110 | 95 | CHRIST |
| as' | 600 | 98 | 79 | MARIES |
| b ' | 400 | 86 | 69 | KONRAD |
The middle and large bells, which could no longer be rung for structural reasons, were given on permanent loan to St. George's Church in the city of Piran in April 2013 .
Furnishing
The high altar from the construction period has been preserved with a simple wooden cross on the back wall.
literature
- Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin: Berlin and its buildings. Part VI. Sacred buildings. Berlin 1997.
- Christine Goetz and Matthias Hoffmann-Tauschwitz: Churches Berlin Potsdam. Berlin 2003.
- Klaus-Dieter Wille: The bells of Berlin (West). History and inventory. Berlin 1987.
- Gerhard Streicher and Erika Drave: Berlin - city and church. Berlin 1980.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chronicle of St. Norbert and St. Konrad Catholic Parish of Berlin ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2013 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. Retrieved September 14, 2013
Coordinates: 52 ° 28 ′ 6.4 " N , 13 ° 20 ′ 36.5" E