St. Stephanus (Hall)
The St. Stephanus Church is a former Protestant church in Halle (Saale) .
history
The church originally belonged to the parish of the Laurentiuskirche . With the rapid population growth of the city of Halle during industrialization , the construction of a second church building became necessary. The decision was made in October 1882. The foundation stone for the building of the church could only be laid on June 28, 1891, and the inauguration took place on December 7, 1893. The church was built according to plans by the architect and Prussian construction officer Otto Kilburger , who had already designed the church in Nietleben .
The church was used by the community until the second half of the 20th century, and in 1967 it was deedicated . The building was used by Halle University as a book store from 1968. During repair work in March 2000, the spire caught fire and fell on the roof of the nave. The damage has now been removed. Its use as a magazine for the University and State Library in Halle ended in 2014. Today the church is empty.
description
St. Stephanus was built as a hall church with west tower and transept in neo -Gothic style with yellow bricks. The hall is 35 m long, the tower 61 m high and a prominent focal point of the district. The interior was equipped with expansive galleries . The company Gustav Kuntzsch from Wernigerode created the altarpiece , the pulpit with sounding board and organ for organ building of institution- Wilhelm Rühlmann , Zörbig , built organ . Of the numerous pieces of equipment, the sacrament implements were given to the Laurentius Church , the crucifix to the community center in Wörmlitz and the organ to the Pauluskirche when the church was profaned . The four bells, cast by Gustav Collier, were given to St. Wenceslas Church in Radewell . Only a few of the originally existing windows have survived. The building is a listed building and has been included in the monument register of the city of Halle.
literature
- Franka Krätsch: The Protestant church buildings of the 19th century in Halle on the Saale. Master's thesis at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (completed in 2009).
- Peggy Grötschel / Matthias Behne: The churches of the city of Halle. Mitteldeutscher Verlag , Halle (Saale) 2006; ISBN 3-89812-352-9 . Page 67.
- State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): Monument Directory Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 4: City of Halle. Fly Head Publishing, Halle 1996; ISBN 9783910147621 . Page 236.
- Heinrich Wind (ed.): The Protestant churches in Halle. Printer and publishing house Gebauer-Schwetschke , Halle (Saale) 1927, pp. 124-134.
Web links
- Halle in the picture: Stephanuskirche , accessed on June 30, 2016.
- What will become of the Stephanuskirche? , accessed June 30, 2016.
References and footnotes
- ↑ Royal Prussian building officer Otto Kilburger (full name: Otto Ernst Kilburger ; * February 24, 1830 in Halberstadt ; † February 8, 1913 in Halle ad Saale), father of the architect Paul Kilburger .
- ↑ Opus Directory ( Opus 141 ) of Orgelbauanstalt of W. Rühlmann, Zörbig , accessed on July 18, 2018th
- ↑ R. Lang u. J. Habicht (Hrsg.): German year of construction book for estimate and contracting , 5th year, North, East and Central German edition, publisher "Das Deutsche Year of construction book" JJ Arnd, Leipzig 1908, advertisement between p. 209.
- ^ Archives of the parish of St. Laurentius Halle (Saale): II / 40, 13 and II / 40, 14 Acta of the parish archives of St. Laurentii.
- ↑ Gustav Collier's bell foundry in Zehlendorf. In: Teltower Kreisblatt dated November 14, 1893, PDF ( Memento of the original dated June 16, 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. , accessed June 16, 2016.
Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 44.6 " N , 11 ° 57 ′ 50.7" E