St. Rita (Berlin)
The St. Rita Church is a Catholic church on General-Woyna-Straße in the Berlin district of Reinickendorf . It is the seat of the parish of the same name. Within the Reinickendorf dean's office in the Archdiocese of Berlin , it forms the pastoral area south (Koop Süd) with the three parishes Herz-Jesu Tegel, St. Bernhard Tegel Süd and St. Marien.
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history
Even before the community was founded in 1929, some Augustinians were in charge of pastoral care in today's parish area. In 1929, today's parish area was separated from St. Marien in Berlin-Reinickendorf; St. Rita thus became a curate . The three Augustinian Fathers, who were initially housed in a rented apartment in Oranienburger Strasse, were officially assigned pastoral care in the extensive parish area (Reinickendorf-West, Wittenau , Lübars ). In 1935 the monastery was built. A parish church did not yet exist, which is why the chapel of the St. Hedwig cemetery, the chapel of the children's home of the Sisters of Mary in Wittenau and a small chapel in Lübars had to be made do with for several decades. A separate church could only be started on August 14, 1951. It was consecrated on June 22, 1952. Wittenau was no longer part of the parish area: the parishes of St. Nikolaus and St. Martin had been founded in the area.
Building description
Following the Augustinian monastery building, which was built in 1935, Felix Hinssen designed the first completely redesigned Catholic church building after the Second World War . The two-storey structure has the layout of the Latin cross . The single-nave hall church has a transept . The brickwork is plastered sand-colored over a red brick base . The church hall is on the upper floor , to which an outside staircase leads up on the long side and on the street side. The ground floor houses the community hall and the weekday chapel. The walls are structured by narrow arched windows. The nave and the choir are covered with satte roofs. Over the eastern arm of the transept is the bell tower , which also has a gable roof , the ridge of which is parallel to that of the nave. The western arm of the transept is under the towing roof of the tower. In the belfry hangs a ring made of three bronze bells:
| Pouring year | Caster | Chime | Weight (kg) |
Diameter (cm) |
Height (cm) |
Crown (cm) |
Inscription in the shoulder | Inscription in brass knuckles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling | g sharp ′ | 500 | 93 | 77 | 15th | INQUIETUM EST COR NOSTRUM DONEC QUIESCAT IN TE DOMINE | IN HONOREM SPN AUGUSTINI |
| 1954 | Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling | cis ′ ′ | 200 | 70 | 55 | 13 | IN HONOREM SANCTAE RITAE VIDUAE | ORA ET LABORA |
| 1982 | Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock | H' | 375 | 80 | 64 | 14th | AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA DOMINUS TECUM |
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.
- Klaus-Dieter Wille: The bells of Berlin (West). History and inventory. Berlin 1987.
- Gerhard Streicher and Erika Drave: Berlin - city and church. Berlin 1980.
- Hilde Herrmann: Development and expansion in the diocese of Berlin. Berlin 1968.
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References and comments
Coordinates: 52 ° 34 ′ 13 ″ N , 13 ° 18 ′ 54 ″ E