St. Monika (Afferde)

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St. Monika is an originally Roman Catholic church in Afferde , a district of Hameln in Lower Saxony , which today belongs to the Mennonite Brethren Community of Lemgo . The church was built in 1971 and named after St. Monika von Tagaste . In 2009 it was profaned and handed over to the Mennonite Brethren Congregation.

history

The church was built in 1971, and on June 17th of the same year it was benedicted by Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen . It is located at St.-Monika-Straße 1 (corner of Cumberlandstraße) in Afferde and most recently belonged to the Catholic parish of St. Augustinus with its seat in Hameln, in the dean's office Hameln-Holzminden (today Weserbergland) of the Diocese of Hildesheim .

On June 21, 2009 the church was profaned by Cathedral Chapter Adolf Pohner, in October 2009 it was sold to the Mennonite Brethren Congregation in Lemgo . After the profanation, parts of the inventory were given away to the parish of St. Theresa Benedicta of the Cross in Gdansk (Poland).

In November 2009 the church was reopened as a branch church of St. Monika of the Mennonite Brethren from Lemgo. The need for a free evangelical church in Hameln arose from the settlement of Mennonite emigrants from Russia .

Architecture and equipment

The church was built according to plans by Josef Fehlig from the diocesan building department, designed as a precast concrete church with a free-standing bell tower, and is around 83 meters above sea level .

A number of other churches of this type were built in the Diocese of Hildesheim, for example in 1969 in Altenwalde and Sudmerberg , 1970 in Dungelbeck , Meckelfeld and Poggenhagen , 1971 in Hohegeiß , Luthe , Meine , Schwanewede and Winsen (Aller) , 1972 in Gifhorn , Ronnenberg , Stederdorf and Wittingen , 1974 in Vorwerk , 1975 in Dransfeld , Münchehof and Rodenberg , and 1976 in Rhüden .

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Coordinates: 52 ° 5 ′ 48.3 "  N , 9 ° 24 ′ 34.4"  E