Trinitatis Church (Berlin-Charlottenburg)

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Trinity Church in Berlin-Charlottenburg , southeast view, engraving by E. Faust. 1899
Trinitatiskirche, designed by J. Vollmer u. H. Jassoy 1896, longitudinal section
The choir view in 1899. The frieze by Paul Gathemann and Marno Kellner showed scenes from the life of Christ. At the top of the apse was a representation of the Holy Trinity .

The Trinitatis Church is a Protestant church on Karl-August-Platz in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg .

The Trinity Church in 1918
The Trinity Church today

Building history

In the 1890s the parish of the Luisenkirche decided to build another church in the southern part of the parish area. Under the direction of the architects Johannes Vollmer and Heinrich Jassoy , construction began with the laying of the foundation stone on October 18, 1896, under the protectorate of Empress Auguste Viktoria . The building, faced with red bricks, with an isosceles cross ( Greek cross ) as a floor plan, was built in the neo-Gothic style . On December 11, 1898, the church was inaugurated in the presence of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Empress Auguste Viktorias by the superintendent general of Berlin, Provost Wilhelm Faber . In 1899 the community became independent.

After 1926 the triumphal arches were pulled down to the floor, the frieze paintings were removed and the bevels of the arches were provided with a representation of the tree of life and memorial plaques for those who fell in 1914–1918.

The Trinity Church suffered severe damage during World War II , but the tower was less affected. After the end of the war, the tower was first secured. 1951 began the reconstruction of the church building under the direction of the architect Erich Ruhtz . The walls of the simplified interior were smoothly plastered; the existing painting of a stylized oak tree on the apse arch was not renewed. The new inauguration took place on March 6 or 8, 1953. In 1955 the tower was restored. In 1959 galleries were built . 1960 to 1969 there was a completely new artistic design of the interior. In 1962 the rosette in the chancel was reduced in size.

The windows were re-glazed according to drafts and under the guidance of Berlin artists:

  • Rosette and two windows in the chancel: Hermann Kirchberger
  • large windows over the galleries and windows over the organ gallery : Alexander Bader and Peter Berndt
  • Window under the galleries "The perfect and unhealthy world": Fritz Ebeling (1930–2011)

For the 100th anniversary in 1998, the church was redesigned again.

Furnishing

Peal

In 1924 the Trinity Church received a ringing from three cast steel bells , cast by the Bochum Association .

Chime Weight
(kg)		 Diameter
(cm)		 Height
(cm)		 inscription
c ′ 3340 200 152 + HONOR + BE + GOD + IN + THE + HIGH + LUC. 2.14
it' 2070 170 127 + COMES + HERE + TO + ME + ALL + THE + YOU + MÜHSELIG + AND + LOADED + SEID +
f ′ 1440 150 112 + WATCH + STAND + IN + FAITH + BE + MALE + AND + BE + STRONG + 1924 +

organ

The original organ of the Trinitatiskirche with 30 registers was built in 1898 by the organ building company Sauer . It was only slightly damaged in World War II, but fell victim to looting in the post-war period . 1962 of built walcker orgelbau organbuilder founded a new instrument with 39 registers, for three manuals , an electrical key action and a mechanical key action. In the 1990s, the organ case was stabilized and the organ building company Sauer carried out a slight change of intonation . An extensive restoration of the organ took place in 2016. It has a total of 2604 pipes.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Gedacktpommer 16 ′
2. Principal 08th'
3. Coupling flute 08th'
4th octave 04 ′
5. Reed flute 04 ′
6th Fifth 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Principal 02 ′
8th. Mixture V-VI
9. Trumpet 08th'
II Swell C – g 3
10. Tube bare 08th'
11. Black viola 08th'
12. Principal 04 ′
13. Funnel-shaped 04 ′
14th octave 02 ′
15th Nasard 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
16. third 01 3 ⁄ 5  ′
17th Sif flute 01'
18th Scharff IV-V
19th Rankett 16 ′
20th Schalmey 08th'
21st Trumpet 04 ′
Tremulant
III Crown positive C – g 3
22nd Wooden dacked 08th'
22nd Night horn 04 ′
24. Pipe whistle 02 ′
25th Fifth flute 01 1 ⁄ 3  ′
26th octave 01'
27. Zimbel III
28. Krummhorn 08th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – g 1
29 Principal 16 ′
30th Sub-bass 16 ′
31. Principal 08th'
32. Gemshorn 08th'
33. recorder 04 ′
34. Pointed flute 02 ′
35. Cane fifth 05 1 ⁄ 3  ′
36. Mixture III 04 ′
37. Mixture II 01 1 ⁄ 3  ′
38. trombone 16 ′
39. Trumpet 08th'

Other equipment

A marble sculpture of Christ striding in an oranten gestus from 1926 was made by Emil Cauer the Younger and is set up in the anteroom. The sculpture was badly damaged in World War II and stood in the right-hand tower room from 1946 to early April 2015. After 1962 the community received a 5.40 meter high crucifix by the wood sculptor Otto Flath from Bad Segeberg as a gift. The war victims memorial The Mourners and a baptismal font by the same artist were purchased.

literature

  • The Trinity Church in Charlottenburg, Berliner Architekturwelt 1 (1899) pp. 342–350 ( online )
  • Günther Kühne, Elisabeth Stephani: Evangelical churches in Berlin . 1st edition. CZV-Verlag, Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-7674-0158-4 .
  • Klaus-Dieter Wille: The bells of Berlin (West). History and inventory . Gebr. Mann, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-7861-1443-9 .
  • Dieter Krampf: Johannes Vollmer (1845–1920). An architect of the German Protestant church building in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 1990.
  • Peter Lemburg and Klaus Schulte: Protestant church building under Wilhelm II . In: Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin (ed.): Part VI: Sacred buildings (=  Berlin and its buildings ). DOM publishers, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-433-01016-1 , pp. 105 .
  • Christine Goetz , Matthias Hoffmann-Tauschwitz: Churches Berlin Potsdam . More Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-87554-368-8 .
  • Georg Dehio : Berlin (=  handbook of German art monuments ). 3rd, revised and supplemented edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2006, ISBN 3-422-03111-1 .

Web links

Commons : Trinitatis-Kirche  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berliner Architekturwelt 1 (1899) pp. 342–350 ( online )
  2. ↑ Trinity Church. In: Edition Luisenstadt. October 7, 2009, accessed February 1, 2011 .
  3. ^ Krampf 1990, p. 350
  4. ↑ RegioGuide. (No longer available online.) In: regioguide.dfki.uni-kl.de. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014 ; Retrieved June 9, 2014 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / regioguide.dfki.uni-kl.de
  5. ^ The lexicon for each administrative district of Berlin - the first three volumes in the network. In: luise-berlin.de. Retrieved June 9, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Trinity Church. In: berlin.de. Retrieved June 9, 2014 .
  7. ^ Kulturportal - Trinitatis-Kirche - Venue - Berlin. In: kulturserver.de. Retrieved June 9, 2014 .
  8. ↑ More information on the organ of the Trinity Church ( Memento from December 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ^ History of the Trinity Church. (No longer available online.) In: trinitatis-berlin.de. Parish Church Council Ev. Trinitatis parish in Berlin-Charlottenburg, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on June 8, 2015 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.trinitatis-berlin.de

Coordinates: 52 ° 30 '30.06 "  N , 13 ° 18' 37.93"  O