St. Marien (Berlin-Reinickendorf)
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| Start of building: | September 7, 1913 |
| Inauguration: | October 26, 1919 |
| Architect : | August Kaufhold |
| Style elements : | Aftermath of historicism , neo-Gothic |
| Client: | Catholic parish Berlin-Reinickendorf |
| Floor space: | 38 × 22 m |
| Tower height: |
42 m |
| Location: | 52 ° 34 '28.4 " N , 13 ° 21' 38.1" E |
| Address: | Klemkestrasse 3/5/7 Berlin-Reinickendorf Berlin , Germany |
| Purpose: | catholic worship |
| Parish: | St. Marien Berlin-Reinickendorf |
| Diocese : | Archdiocese of Berlin |
| Website: | www.stmarien-berlin-reinickendorf.de |
The Catholic St. Mary's Church in Berlin district of Reinickendorf the district Reinickendorf is a 1919 insider neo-Gothic church. The three-aisled basilica with transept , a yoke choir and polygonal apse is a listed building .
history
Reinickendorf's village life extended until 1870/1871. After that, Reinickendorf found itself in the wake of industrial urbanization . The first service took place on April 14, 1887 in the chapel of the monastery founded by the Congregation of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd at Residenzstrasse 90/91. This maelstrom intensified in 1893 with the opening of the Kremmener Bahn . On December 30, 1892, the Bishop of the Diocese of Breslau elevated the Curate of St. Mary to a parish , it already numbered 3,500 Catholics. The area of this immediate daughter community of St. Hedwig extended from the then city of Berlin to the border of Mecklenburg.
Since 1904 the chapel of the rectory designed by August Kaufhold at Letteallee 86 has served as a church service room . Kaufhold planned a monumental church building next to the rectory at Letteallee 82-84, but this was not implemented. After the building site in today's Klemkestrasse , which was more central in the parish than the one in Letteallee, was purchased, Kaufhold designed a parish church based on brick churches in the Brandenburg region, whose well-fortified forms were supposed to exude ecclesiastical power and representation. Kaufhold continued the architectural reform he had begun, but preserved historicism . Kaufhold also chose a similarly historicizing design language for the neighboring parish and parsonage, which was built at the same time, so that the church and parish hall form a uniform building complex in terms of material and design . The construction of the church, which had begun in 1913, was delayed by the outbreak of the First World War ; on June 1, 1915, construction was shut down. After the end of the war, the parish council decided on March 30, 1919 to complete the church. The house of God is the last church building in the Berlin area to be built in neo-Gothic style.
The church and rectory were badly damaged by an air mine during an Allied air raid on August 12, 1944 during World War II . During the battle for Berlin , the central nave was damaged by artillery. The reconstruction took place until 1956, the restoration of the interior was not done. The windows that were destroyed in the war and created by the glass painter Carl Busch were initially replaced by temporary ones and in 1969 by new colored ones.
Building description
St. Marien with its castle-like medieval appearance is an example of a historically anchored architectural language of brick Gothic in modern times. This is where Kaufhold's relationship with Christoph Hehl had an impact, who had shaped Catholic church building in Berlin since the 1890s with his huge churches and who, especially under the aspect of building in the Catholic diaspora, represented the powerful appearance in old forms, as its clients did wish.
Outdoor area
The exterior of the building complex is a brick-faced masonry construction with plastered fields. In order to be able to accommodate the parish and rectory on the relatively narrow property without impairing the effect of the church, Kaufhold set the castle-like central tower facade with its two porches back from the building line at an angle. This created a forecourt, which is separated from the street by a wrought iron fence between brick pillars. The massive gable of the nave, which is surmounted by the mighty central tower, is architecturally connected to the four-storey rectory via a smaller, side tower-like gatehouse . The fronts are with ogival -Fenstergruppen, tracery , decorative screens, asymmetric provided projections of different depths and stepped gables divided. There are buttresses on the long sides of the nave . At the end of the left aisle there is an annex for the sacristy . A staircase on the street leads to the gallery . The central nave and the towers have gable roofs .
Interior design
The cross-rib vaulted nave consists of a short three-bay main nave and two low side aisles, which are also spanned with a cross rib vault. It is crossed by the transept directly in front of the single-bay choir, which does not extend beyond the side aisles, creating a pronounced star-vaulted crossing . The altar zone closes with a five-eighth apse, the aisle ends are designed like a chapel.
In accordance with the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council , the chancel was redesigned by Paul Brandenburg in 1969 .
Several figures and reliefs from the altar furnishings from the construction period have been preserved. The Stations of the Cross were created by Rudolf Heltzel in 1957, the crucifix by Werner-Jakob Korsmeier in 1972.
organ
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By the company Gebrüder Stockmann built organ was at the parish fair, the October 11, 1980 consecrated . The instrument has 35 registers , a mechanical key action and an electrical key action . The former Steinmeyer organ that stood on the gallery was badly damaged in the war and later dismantled.
Disposition of the Stockmann organ:
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- Coupling : Manual coupling II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
- Playing aids : hand registers, 4 free combinations, 2 free pedal combinations, individual storage, tutti, swell step
Bells
In the tower hang three bronze bells, which were cast by Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock in 1960 .
| Chime | Weight (kg) |
Diameter ( cm) |
Height (cm) |
inscription |
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| cis ′ | 1920 | 150 | 121 | ST. MICHAEL |
| e ′ | 1080 | 124 | 100 | ST. MARIA |
| f sharp ′ | 700 | 110 | 95 | ST. VINCENCE |
literature
- Christine Goetz and Matthias Hoffmann-Tauschwitz: Churches Berlin Potsdam. Berlin 2003.
- Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin: Berlin and its buildings. Part VI. Sacred buildings. Berlin 1997.
- Wolfgang Anders: Festschrift of the Catholic parish of St. Marien-Reinickendorf for the 100th anniversary of the parish and the 75th parish festival. Berlin 1994.
- Klaus-Dieter Wille: The bells of Berlin (West). History and inventory. Berlin 1987.
- Gerhard Streicher and Erika Drave: Berlin - city and church. Berlin 1980.
