Reconciliation Church (Detmold)
The Reconciliation Church is a church on the Hiddeser Berg in Detmold and, together with the Christ Church and the Paulus Church in Jerxen-Orbke, forms the Evangelical Reformed Church Community of Detmold-West in the Lippische Landeskirche .
history
The last Protestant parish foundations in Detmold before the Reconciliation Church were the Reformed Pauluskirche in Jerxen-Orbke (1958, at first only as a parish hall) and the Lutheran Trinity Church on Lemgoer Straße (early 1960s). After initial discussions in 1963, the Evangelical Lutheran Parish of Detmold and the Evangelical Reformed Parish of Detmold-West signed a contract in the spring of 1966 that aimed at a joint church in the fast-growing settlement on Hiddeser Berg in the west of the city. The contract provided for collaboration in the parish hall and alternating church services. The reformed community should be the builder and owner.
The facility was built according to a plan by Duisburg architect Lothar Kallmeyer and under the supervision of Detmold architect Heinz Fischer.
The consecration of the church took place on December 10, 1967, a second Advent. The first local pastor was Pastor Beermann.
After almost forty years of joint church work, the Church of Reconciliation has been run exclusively by the Evangelical Reformed parish since April 1, 2007.
Architecture and equipment
Church building
The slightly sloping rear walls made of exposed concrete and rising to the north meet at an angle of 100 °. For optical and acoustic reasons, the walls are provided with projections and sloping surfaces. The slightly recessed and also angled entrance side consists of steel-framed windows. The top of the steel roof is clad with copper sheets, while the interior is clad with wood. The floor and the benches for around 330 people are also made of wood. The organ with two manuals and 18 registers comes from the Berlin organ building workshop Karl Schuke .
The building has a basement, in the basement, which can be reached via a staircase behind the organ, the sacristy, toilets and a storage room are located next to the heating system.
A covered corridor made of reinforced concrete and steel leads to the parish and parish hall as well as the bell tower.
Bell tower
The free-standing bell tower was made of exposed concrete. A spiral staircase leads to the bell house. The five bronze bells come from the Rincker bell foundry .
|
No. |
Surname |
Diameter (mm) |
Mass (kg) |
Chime |
| 1 | Death knell | 1165 | 942 | f sharp 1 |
| 2 | Prayer bell | 998 | 608 | a 1 |
| 3 | Peace bell | 908 | 480 | h 1 |
| 4th | Baptismal bell | 760 | 295 | d 2 |
| 5 | Youth bell | 682 | 210 | e 2 |
literature
- Church council of the Evangelical Reformed Congregation in Detmold (Ed.): Festschrift for the dedication of the Reconciliation Church in Detmold . Detmold 1967.
- Burkhard Meier, Klaus-Peter Fliedner: Lippe churches . topp + möller, Detmold 2004, ISBN 3-936867-06-2 , p. 61 .
See also
Web links
- Evangelical Reformed Parish Detmold-West - Reconciliation Church
- Bells of the Church of Reconciliation
Individual evidence
- ^ Burkhard Meier, Klaus-Peter Fliedner: Lippische Kirchen .
- ↑ Festschrift for the dedication of the Reconciliation Church in Detmold . S. 22-23 .
- ↑ The history of the Lutheran parish of Detmold. (PDF; 2.3 MB) p. 16 , accessed on October 8, 2012 .
- ↑ a b c d Heinz Fischer: Things worth knowing about the Reconciliation Church . In: Festschrift for the dedication of the Reconciliation Church in Detmold . S. 14-15 .
- ^ Lothar Kallmeyer: On the architecture of the Reconciliation Church Detmold-West . In: Festschrift for the dedication of the Reconciliation Church in Detmold . S. 10-11 .
- ^ Opus list of church organs Karl Schuke. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 21, 2013 ; Retrieved October 6, 2012 . 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.
Coordinates: 51 ° 56 '4.4 " N , 8 ° 51' 25.7" E