Reconciliation Church (Wolfenbüttel)
The Reconciliation Church is a church in the southwest of the city of Wolfenbüttel , whose congregation belongs to the Wolfenbüttel provost in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Braunschweig . The building complex was built together with the residential buildings surrounding it in the 1960s and forms an impressive ensemble .
The foundation stone was laid on July 2, 1963, the consecration on December 17, 1965 (3rd Advent). The Reconciliation Church is the first Protestant church building in the city of Wolfenbüttel after 250 years.
Friedrich Berndt ( Technical University of Braunschweig ) created the design for the structure of the entire system .
Structure of the entire system
The church, the community center and the rectory are kept in a sober style. This creates a very unadorned and factual impression at first. Exposed concrete and clinker shape the picture. The bell tower alone is painted white. As it is embedded in a tightly enclosed residential area, it is difficult to understand the structure of the entire complex.
On closer inspection, the layout of the building shows a balanced plan: The site is determined by two axes . One axis goes through the church and the community center. It crosses four columns standing in the middle, the middle of two opposite sides of the church and, like the church, divides the community center into two equal halves. The other axis goes through the bell tower , organ , altar and cross directly to the entrance of the rectory, with the bell tower and stairs in front of the rectory being equidistant from the outside wall of the church.
If you take the bell tower and the stairs to the rectory as the end points of a crossbeam, the bar on the axis church / community center creates a cross over the entire complex. Similar crosses can often be found in church-specific plans. In the medieval cities of Goslar and Hildesheim, for example, the churches were placed in such a way that, when the churches are connected with lines, crosses are placed over the cities. In any case, it is worthwhile to take a conscious look at the structure of the Church of Reconciliation.
The church itself forms a hexagon , while the parish rooms in a U-shape surround a courtyard. Both areas are placed side by side in terms of space. They are connected in two ways: A continuous base covered with exposed aggregate concrete lifts the church and community center to a common level. This base corresponds to a common roof that covers the community center and forms a corridor around the church protruding above this roof. The roof is supported by 32 concrete columns. The system is surrounded by 24 columns, nine each on the long sides and five each on the narrow sides. The concrete columns stand out against the background of the red brick. They give the rooms of the community center a visual approach, which, however, has no actual function. Around the church they have a wide association that is to be committed. Inside the facility, eight concrete pillars surround a recessed and planted courtyard, which is bordered on three sides by the community center.
A look at the floor plan of the facility shows that the church and community center are each surrounded by 16 columns. These form two squares around the church and the community center, with the five pillars in the middle belonging to both squares. The strict overall system is underlined by the fact that the outer windows of the church and community center are moved as light strips under the roofs. Larger window areas are only arranged in the inner courtyard and on the invisible outside. The inner courtyard has been designed according to the overall character of the facility.
Architectural and constructive feature
The roof of the Reconciliation Church consists of an inwardly grooved prestressed concrete structure . It is only supported by six steel pillars. This construction method was used here for the first time in Germany. The strip between the roof structure and the wall forms a continuous strip of light through which the interior is illuminated.
Furnishing
The bronze work was done by the artist Jürgen Weber :
- Descent from the Cross
- massive baptismal bowl
- Pulpit with the symbol of the fish
- Easter candlestick with a representation of a lance, scourge and sponge as a sign of the passion of Christ.
The sacrificial candle tree, on the other hand, is the work of vocational students from the Carl Gotthard Langhans School. The two tapestries were created by confirmands in 2006 and 2007.
organ
The organ was manufactured by the company Führer ( Wilhelmshaven ) in 1968. It has 22 registers distributed over two manuals and a pedal . The disposition is as follows:
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
- Zimbelstern
Bell tower / chimes
The bell in the 22.50 m high bell tower consists of four bronze bells made by Schilling, Heidelberg . The pitch f sharp ', b', c sharp '' and d flat '' is matched to the bells of the Marienkirche Beatae Mariae Virginis (BMV) and the Catholic Church of St. Petrus . The bells are inscribed with the reference to “Reconciliation” in 2 Corinthians 5:20 ; John 3:16 ; Matthew 6:12 and Romans 6: 3 .
History and pastors
The community was founded on April 1, 1957 as the 3rd district of the Marienkirche or Beatae Mariae Virginis (short: BMV; Holy Virgin Mary) and became independent on April 1, 1963. Arno Hofer was entrusted with the management and kept it until June 30, 1990. However, the ordination took place on December 12, 1957 by regional bishop Martin Erdmann . On July 1, 1990, Mark Gudladt was appointed pastor. His ordination took place on July 7, 1990 by Regional Bishop Gerhard Müller . He leads the congregation until October 15, 1993. After a brief vacancy, Pastor Christian Vahrmeyer took over the leadership of the congregation from December 1, 1993 to December 31, 2001. He was followed on July 1, 2002 by Pastor Gerald Pietrzynski.
literature
- Wolfenbüttler Year of Churches 2008 (pdf; 1.32 MB)
- The organs of the city of Wolfenbüttel . North German organs, Volume 7, Pape Verlag, Berlin 1973
- Festschrift for the inauguration of the new organ of the ev.-luth. Reconciliation Church in Wolfenbüttel on the 1st of Advent, December 1st, 1968 / / Seebass, Martin. - Wolfenbüttel: Heckner, 1968
- Church and worship . In: Bauwelt 7/1966, Ullstein, Berlin 1966
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Orgeldatabase: Organ of the Reconciliation Church Wolfenbüttel , as seen on September 24, 2013.
Coordinates: 52 ° 9 ′ 21.7 ″ N , 10 ° 31 ′ 16.7 ″ E