Forest Chapel for Christ knocking

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Forest chapel

The Protestant , listed forest chapel for Christ knocking on Waldstrasse in Hessenwinkel in the Berlin district of Rahnsdorf in the Treptow-Köpenick district was created according to a design by architects Peter Jürgensen and Jürgen Bachmann . The style sounds like the beginning of modernity , but there are reminiscences of historicism . The chapel was founded on May 22, 1910 inaugurated .

location

The structure is located in a small wooded area that extends along the forest road in a north-easterly direction.

history

The settlement on the edge of the Dämeritzsee began in 1744 with the establishment of the Haselwinkel estate. End of the 19th century sold the Prussian forestry Treasury on the north bank plots , so in the area, the villa colony Hessenwinkel emerged. Through donations , wealthy citizens ensured that a small chapel was built, which was originally intended to stand in the middle of other planned but no longer realized houses. The church consecration took place on May 22, 1910. The name of the chapel refers to a statement from the Revelation of John , in chapter 3: “See, I stand at the door and knock. Whoever hears my voice and opens the door, I will enter. "

The chapel survived the ages as well as the First and Second World Wars undamaged. In 1945 the altar was removed and the frescoes on the front wall of the apse were painted over. For decades, nothing was done to maintain the forest chapel until it was no longer possible to use it. The parish council of the church Rahnsdorf to her belonged next to the village church nor the Tabor church in Wilhelmshagen and by Johann Hinrich Wichern named community center on Püttberge way 82-84 in Rahnsdorf, the forest chapel wanted to give up because there is no support from the national church , the Evangelical church district Lichtenberg -Oberspree or government agencies for maintenance. But the then state curator Helmut Engel , a member of the community, collected donations totaling 130,000  marks from individuals, companies and the Wolfgang Langguth Foundation for this purpose. On September 28, 1997 the chapel was consecrated again. As a result of wood pest infestations over time, wood pest control was necessary in 2002 . In 2003 some of the frescoes were exposed and the ash wood altar was reconstructed.

Building description

The small rectangular hall church , to which an annex for the sacristy is added, is a masonry structure faced with light red bricks . The corners of the walls have square pilaster strips . The nave carries inside a wooden barrel vaults , outside a Zwerchhaus with hipped saddle roof . What looks like a tower is a risalit that is placed in front of the structure of the nave under the cripple hip. It is covered with a ridge turret , which carries an open wooden lantern with a copper hood as a belfry . The anteroom has two round windows, and another is located above the arched portal . At that time above the church door the so-called Savior's call from the Gospel according to Matthew was on a wooden sign - chapters 11, 28 as an invitation for all visitors: "Come to me, you who are troublesome and burdened, I want to refresh you."

Furnishing

View into the apse

The interior was redesigned in the 1960s according to the taste of the time. The original sandstone altar, as well as the wooden pulpit and the classicist paintings have been removed. A replica made of ash wood has stood in the apse since 2003 . Behind it, in a niche painted with tendrils, is a portrait of Jesus Christ knocking on a door. In the background a typical Brandenburg landscape can be seen, a reminiscence of the painter to the region. Remains of the frescoes can be seen on the western end of the nave . The original painting is brought closer to the viewer by means of transparent plastic plates on which the presumably original painting is attached. A saying from the Gospel according to Matthew (19:14) is carved on the octagonal, stone fifth : "Let the little children come to me and do not forbid them, for such is the kingdom of God." The north and south windows in the nave no longer date from the construction period, but were destroyed by vandalism in the 20th century. They are made of stained glass in which abstract scenes from the Bible, but also objects from rural life such as a vine or a chicken are embedded. On the west wall of the nave, a wreath and a plaque commemorate Renate Engel, who was baptized in the chapel on June 14, 1936. Engel was a founding member of the “Citizens for Rahnsdorf” association and campaigned for the building to be preserved. The stairs on the left lead to the gallery on which there is a harmonium . The church service room, which can accommodate around 80 people, is entered through a double door.

literature

  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments, Volume Berlin , Munich / Berlin 2006
  • 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.
  • Ernst Badstübner , Sibylle Badstübner-Gröger: Churches in Berlin. Berlin 1987.
  • Institute for Monument Preservation: The architectural and art monuments in the GDR - capital Berlin II. Berlin 1987.
  • Günther Kühne, Elisabeth Stephanie: Evangelical churches in Berlin. Berlin 1978.

Web links

Commons : Waldkapelle Rahnsdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Flyer: The Friends of the Waldkapelle Hessenwinkel , display in October 2016 in the church

Coordinates: 52 ° 25 ′ 34.2 "  N , 13 ° 43 ′ 21.6"  E