St. Paulus (Berlin)
The Church of St. Paul is the parish church of the same Catholic parish in the district of Moabit in Berlin district center on the corner Waldenserstraße (main entrance) and Oldenburg Road (eastern nave and parish and community center). It is also a Dominican monastery church . The church building and the parish and parish hall are entered in the list of monuments of the State of Berlin.
history
prehistory
The Church of St. Paul is a successor to a three-aisled chapel of the same name, which was consecrated on August 4, 1869. Previously there had been houses and a boiler shop on the property, from the latter the church building was created under the direction of the master builder Carl Niermann . The residential building for the newly founded Dominican community was occupied on September 29, 1869. The chapel was used for pastoral care in Moabit, while the Dominicans also looked after hospitals and taught in an orphanage.
"Moabit Monastery Tower"
The inauguration of St. Paul in Berlin was accompanied with criticism and resentment. On August 16, 1869, the church was damaged during unrest, the Moabit monastery tower.
Kulturkampf and further development
As a result of the Kulturkampf , the monastery was vacated by the Dominicans on December 1, 1875. The property had previously been sold to a private owner whose tenant took possession of it on that date. However, with the consent of the tenant, the chapel could continue to be used for church purposes. After the end of the Kulturkampf, the re-establishment of a Dominican settlement was approved under certain conditions.
Due to an increase in the Catholic population, the chapel was replaced by a larger church. The foundation stone was laid on June 24, 1892, and the provost Joseph Jahnel , Prince-Bishop's delegate for Brandenburg and Pomerania , consecrated the church on October 24, 1893.
Building description
building
The church, built with reddish brick, is a three-nave hall church in the late Gothic style . It was built by the architect Engelbert Seibertz in the years 1892/1893. To the three Jochen structured nave the laterally projecting to a yoke transept added. The sacristy is built on the west side, above this there is a house chapel and, laterally, the residential building of the Dominican monastery.
The entrance in the main portal was rebuilt on the occasion of an external renovation in 1987 and consists of three doors, the middle of which is designed as a larger main door and lifted out through its own gable. The portal is closed off at the side by two church towers, each 45 meters high. The tops of the two church towers are not adorned with a cross or weathercock, but four gilded flower stems with their blossoms pointing in the four directions of the wind and a vertical flower of the same kind - its age and its creator unknown, this floral decoration probably repeats the one in the gable lily crosses or the coat of arms of the Dominicans visible between the towers and above the main portal .
inner space
In the south-facing choir is the celebration altar , the pulpit and the choir stalls . On the left side of the choir is the neo-Gothic baptismal font, on the right an apostle altar with figures from the 15th century .
The interior of the church has been redesigned in the course of the reconstruction, the previous colored painting of the vaults and walls with ornaments and plant tendrils was dispensed with. The floor tiles of the nave and transept and the holy water basin at the entrance have been preserved.
The wide interior is characterized by the contrast of the high, brick-facing columns, whose services are continued in the ribbed vault , to the white wall surfaces.
Apostle altar from the 15th century.
Entombment group in the anteroom.
Crucifix in the right aisle.
Holy door
The Holy Year of Mercy , proclaimed by Pope Francis on December 8, 2015 , is celebrated in many dioceses in special commemoration of repentance and pilgrimage , as the Pope wanted this custom not only in Vatican City , but by as many as possible Catholics around the world can be consummated. In the Archdiocese of Berlin was set up for this purpose at the parish church of St. Paul a Holy Door, which could be passed through to early November 2016th
The Holy Door was opened on January 17th, 2016 by Archbishop Heiner Koch . At the opening, Psalm verses 118, 19, and 20 were spoken: “Open the gates to righteousness for me, so that I may come in to give thanks to the Lord. This is the gate to the Lord, only the righteous enter here ”. Passing through the Holy Door should symbolize the willingness of the pilgrims to implement the concerns of the Holy Year and to turn to needy people. The Holy Door was decorated with seven circular reliefs depicting the seven works of mercy . The Holy Door was ceremonially closed on November 6, 2016.
organ
The Oberlinger - organ is from 1975, and is at 46 registers on three manuals and Pedal as follows predisposed :
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- Coupling : II / II; III / II; III / I; I / P; II / P; III / P.
- Playing aids : Free combinations .
Bells
The church has a five-part bronze bell that was cast in 1958 by Feldmann & Marschel in Münster .
| No. | Surname | Chime | Casting year | Bell foundry | Weight (kg) |
Diameter ( cm) |
Height (cm) |
inscription |
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| 1 | St. Paul | e ' | 1958 | Feldmann & Marschel | 1000 | 120 | 103 | GLORIFY CHRIST IN LIFE AND DEATH. |
| 2 | Queen of Peace | fis' | 1958 | Feldmann & Marschel | 700 | 110 | 91 | PRAY, CONVERT WITH REPENSE. |
| 3 | St. Dominicus | G' | 1958 | Feldmann & Marschel | 580 | 103 | 82 | FOR THE TRUTH, MY HEART BEATS LOUD. |
| 4th | St. Catherine of Siena | a ' | 1958 | Feldmann & Marschel | 380 | 90 | 75 | USE THE TIME, IT'S NOT WAITING. |
| 5 | St. Hyacinth | H' | 1958 | Feldmann & Marschel | 280 | 77 | 67 | THAT ALL ARE ONE. |
St. Paul as a parish church
After coordinating the interests of various parishes and the monastery, the Dominicans were given parish pastoral care for Moabit on October 1, 1895. In the period that followed, the congregation comprised around 30,000 members. The parish area was divided up, in 1910 the parish of Sankt Laurentius and in 1926 the parish of St. Ansgar separated.
The church serves (as of August 2011) as a parish and monastery church, the monks of the Dominican monastery work as parish priests and in other pastoral tasks, as prison chaplain in the Moabit correctional facility and in other areas of responsibility.
Recordings / sound carriers
- The Oberlinger organ of the Dominican Church St. Paulus Berlin. 2010, Jubal (CD) ( Heiko Holtmeier plays Marchand, Böhm, Bach, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Ritter, Boellmann, Widor and Holtmeier).
See also
literature
- Catholic parish of St. Paulus-Moabit (ed.): 100 years of the Dominican monastery church of St. Paulus: Jubilee commemorative publication . Berlin 1993.
- Katholische Pfarrgemeinde St. Paulus-Moabit (Ed.): The history of the Dominicans in Berlin after the Reformation . Fuhl & Hornung, Berlin 1992.
- Huub Oosterhuis : St. Paulus Berlin-Moabit . Ed .: Catholic parish of St. Paulus-Moabit. Berlin 1993.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d The Dominicans in Berlin. Website of the Dominican Monastery of St. Paul in Berlin on the history of St. Paul. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
- ↑ a b c d e Detailed building description of the church. Website of the Dominican Monastery of St. Paul in Berlin. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
- ↑ Archbishop Koch opens Holy Door in Berlin-Moabit , spotlight from the Archdiocese of Berlin, January 19, 2016, accessed on June 13, 2016
- ↑ Collaboration on the "Holy Gate" in Berlin-Moabit ( Memento of the original from August 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , caritas-berlin.de, accessed on June 13, 2016
- ↑ The Holy Door in St. Paulus ( Memento of the original from June 13, 2016 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. , dominikaner-berlin.de, accessed on June 13, 2016
- ↑ “Experience God's Mercy” - Holy Door is to be opened in St. Paulus in Berlin-Moabit , erzbistumberlin.de, January 3, 2016, accessed on June 13, 2016
- ↑ Psalm 118 , bibleserver.com, accessed June 13, 2016
- ↑ Every year of jubilee only - Archbishop Heiner Koch opened the Holy Door on the occasion of the Year of Mercy , erzbistumberlin.de, January 21, 2016, accessed on June 13, 2016
- ^ Ceremonial closing of the Holy Door in the Archdiocese of Berlin , erzbistumberlin.de, November 4, 2016, accessed on November 7, 2016
- ^ History of the community . Website of the parish of St. Paulus. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
- ↑ The friars - who are we? . Website of the Dominican Monastery of St. Paul in Berlin. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
Coordinates: 52 ° 31 ′ 40.9 ″ N , 13 ° 20 ′ 7 ″ E