Tent church Kippekausen

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Tent church, view from the southwest
Tent church with adjoining pond

The tent church Kippekausen is located east of the Motte Kippekausen in the Kippekausen district of Bergisch Gladbach , Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis .

history

In 1959, the Protestant parish acquired the site in the park settlement of Kippekausen . There was enough space to build a church, a community center and a rectory. According to the plans of the Cologne architect Georg Rasch, the laying of the foundation stone and the topping-out ceremony were celebrated on July 24, 1965. The towering roof of the tent church consists of a wooden construction that rests only at four corner points and which, viewed from the inside, results in a star shape with an octagonal floor plan. To the east, the church, which offers space for 400 parishioners, borders a pond. The inauguration of the community center took place on Palm Sunday, March 19, 1967.

The community center next to the church was dedicated on March 19, 1967. Attached to this is an additional meeting room as well as the rectory and the sexton's apartment. In 1979 the community center was expanded to include an extension. The community library is located here.

In 2009 the Protestant Church Association officially adopted the popular name " tent church ".

The cross hanging above the altar is a replica of the Helmstedt cross from around 1060 .

organ

The organ of the tent church comes from the Oberlinger company and was played for the first time on May 14, 1972. The organ has 24 sounding registers , which are distributed over two manuals and pedal . The disposition is as follows:

I Manual C-g 3
Principal 8th'
Reed flute 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Flute 4 ′
Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Super octave 2 ′
Mixture V
Dulcian 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
II Manual C-g 3
Wooden dacked 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Coupling flute 4 ′
Octave 2 ′
Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Sif flute 1'
Sesquialter II
Cymbel IV
oboe 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Principal bass 8th'
Gemshorn 4 ′
Rauschpfeife IV
trombone 16 ′

monument

The tent church Kippekausen has been registered as monument no.174 in the list of architectural monuments in Bergisch Gladbach since 2014 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Refrath celebrates 50 years of the tent church Kippekausen . In: in-gl.de . Werner Schmitz-Dietsch. March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  2. ↑ Citizens' Association and Local History Association Refrath: Evangelical Community Center Kippekausen, accessed on August 25, 2016
  3. ↑ a b 50 years tent church in Kippekausen, accessed on May 25, 2019

Web links

Commons : Evangelical Church Kippekausen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 58 '  N , 7 ° 8'  E