St. Paul (Nuremberg)
| St. Paul (Nuremberg) | |
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| Architectural style: | Art Nouveau |
| Capacity: | 600 people |
| Denomination: | Evangelical Lutheran |
| Consecration: | September 7, 1913 |
| Organ: | pneumatic pocket drawer |
| Organ builder: | Johannes Strebel - Nuremberg |
| Services: | Sunday 9:30 a.m. |
| Pastor: | Ernst Schwemmer |
The Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Nuremberg - St. Paul is a community of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Church in Bavaria, which includes the Nuremberg district of the marshalling yard settlement . In terms of its origins and development, it is closely linked to the railroad.
The church is the only Art Nouveau church in Nuremberg and has the oldest organ in an Evangelical Lutheran church that has been preserved in its proper style. Church in Nuremberg.
history
In 1903 a new marshalling yard was put into operation in the southern Reichswald , which after renovations is now one of the most modern and efficient marshalling yards in Germany. Appropriate staff was also required for the handling of goods, for which the railway administration had only built a few apartments. The trade unionist and social politician Matthäus Herrmann recognized this emergency and founded the " Karl Bauernfeind Colony". The first apartments were occupied in 1907. After the First and Second World Wars , the railway settlement was expanded until it had more than 2,400 apartments.
In 1901 the evangelical residents of the settlement were incorporated into the parish of St. Peter and looked after by a vicar. On his initiative, on April 22, 1907, the railway administration approved the establishment of a prayer room in an operating building at the entrance station because of the great distance from St. Peter's Church. On June 18, 1907, the Royal Protestant Senior Consistory permitted regular church services, baptisms, and six to eight communion celebrations a year to be held. On September 1, 1907, the prayer room, only the size of a school room, was inaugurated. Since this could not be a permanent solution, a church building association was founded on October 31, 1907 .
Church building
On July 1, 1909, the association presented the plans: a church with 600 seats, a rectory and a connecting confirmation hall. On April 29, 1910, this concept was supplemented by a nurses' station. Railway architect Albert Lehr took on the planning and construction management ; St. Paul remained the only church he built in his professional career.
The President of the Railway Directorate, Lorenz von Seidlein, wanted to create a settlement that was as varied as possible. The two churches should also differ as much as possible, but still harmonize with one another. Initially, it was thought of building the Protestant church - unlike the Catholic sister church St. Willibald - as a central building with a roof turret without a tower, which the church building association did not agree to. Albert Lehr writes about this: "During sleepless hours at night, God gave me the saving idea of giving the Protestant Church two towers."
In order to adhere to the cost estimate as much as possible, the space-saving solution was created - which is unusual in Bavaria - with the organ as the focal point for the community, behind the altar. This created additional space in the galleries. The architectural design was approved by the church building association on March 31, 1911. The construction cost 185,000 marks , 40,000 more than estimated. The Church of St. Paul was consecrated on September 7, 1913.
The church built by Albert Lehr is the only church in Nuremberg in the late Art Nouveau style. In the commemorative publication for the inauguration it says: “Our Paulskirche makes an impressive overall impression on the visitor. Plain and simple and yet not commonplace; serious, at times coarse and yet intimate, homely; without much decoration, but of enormous architecture - so we see it towering powerfully with its two defiant towers; even from the outside, the image of a genuinely Protestant church. "
organ
The organ , the oldest originally preserved instrument of the Evang.-Luth. Church in Nuremberg, comes from the workshop of Johannes Strebel (Nuremberg). The instrument has 22 registers (1319 pipes) on two manuals and a pedal . The performance and stop actions are pneumatic .
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- Coupling : II / I, II 16 '/ I, II 4' / II, I / P, II / P
- Playing aids Fixed combinations (mf, f, tutti), storage (hand register, general crescendo , piano pedal)
Bells
In one of the towers there are three chilled iron bells in the following tones: des', f ', as'.
local community
On January 1, 1916, St. Paul was elevated to an independent parish. In terms of numbers, it was the smallest municipality in Nuremberg, and in terms of area the largest, as the garden city also belonged to it until 1933. In the 1920s, St. Paul's membership tripled. Even when Langwasser was separated from St. Paul in 1953 , the community still had 3,500 members. Therefore, at the end of the 1960s, the parish hall and rectory were built on the planet ring. However, due to the structural change in the railway, the community has been continuously smaller since the mid-1970s. It currently has around 1150 members.
The nurses' station, which was already planned by the church building association, could only be built in 1928 because of the First World War. The Diakoniestation St. Peter took over the operation of the Diakoniestation on April 1st, 2003. A church choir was founded in 1912 and has been rehearsing as the "Saint Paul's Gospel Choir" since 2014, and since 2015 there has been a church music program for children, the "Saint Paul's Musical Kids". The congregation is known beyond the borders through special church music projects. In 2011 the complete works of Franz Liszt were performed. In the 2013/14 church year, Max Reger's complete works could be heard in church services and in spiritual evening music. The restoration of the Strebel organ is currently being prepared for 2016. Since 1935, a “community message” has been published.
When the church was damaged in World War II, services were held in the adjacent confirmation hall in 1945/46. After the war, a day-care center was housed in the sacristy, from which today's St. Paul Children's House emerged.
present
The first pastor was held by Jürgen Thiede from March 1, 2002 to June 30, 2012, who was previously a consultant in the church office of the EKD , research assistant at the theological faculty in Erlangen and pastor in Wonsees (1987–1990) and Ottobeuren (1990–1990). 2002) was. As deputy state chairman of the EAK of the CSU, he is also politically active. Since July 1, 2013 Elke Münster is the owner of the first parish office. The clinic chaplain, Deacon Wolfgang Kopp, takes part in the divine service on half the second pastoral position (for the Nuremberg South Clinic). A part-time employee works as a secretary in the parish office. A caretaker is also responsible for the church and the parish hall. Messner service is carried out on a voluntary basis. Without the help of more than 90 volunteers, community work would be inconceivable.
Since the closed part of the city can be described as a 'village in the city', St. Paul is in some ways a 'church in the village' for people with a great sense of togetherness and a lively club life. Therefore, the community wanted a pastor who not only understands the situation and the problems of the railway workers, but also lives with the people in the settlement and approaches them openly. The aging of the community makes it necessary to focus on pastoral care in senior work. The many volunteers expect guidance and support from the pastor. A special concern of the church council is the work with young people, which is led by a dedicated youth committee, and the contact to young families with children. As part of the “Evangelical in Nuremberg” program, the parish has set itself the task of making the Church of St. Paul tangible as a piece of home in the residential area, so that parishioners feel more comfortable in their church and guests feel less foreign.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The oldest properly preserved organ in Nuremberg is the (Catholic) Elisabeth Church
- ↑ a b c d Hansjörg Biener, Heinz Geißendörfer, Heidi Wienecke, Jörg Wienecke: Festschrift for the 75th birthday of St. Paul's Church
- ^ The new St. Paul's Church in the Nuremberg marshalling yard , p. 35.
- ↑ Comprehensive information on the history and disposition of the St. Paul organ
- ^ Nürnberger Glockenfreund: Nürnberg (N) Rangierbahnhofsiedlung evang. St. Paul Glocken 3 and 2 . Youtube video, September 25, 2016. Last accessed March 7, 2019.
literature
- Michael Diefenbacher , Rudolf Endres (Hrsg.): Stadtlexikon Nürnberg . 2nd, improved edition. W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg 2000, ISBN 3-921590-69-8 ( online ).
- Ferdinand Schmidt (Hrsg.): The new St. Paulskirche in Nuremberg marshalling yard , publishing house of the Protestant church building association, Nuremberg 1913.
- Festschrift 75 years Nuremberg / St. Paul 1913-1988 , Nuremberg 1988.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 24 ′ 53.5 " N , 11 ° 6 ′ 11.4" E