Zoar (Flensburg)

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Zoar in Flensburg is a former Baptist chapel building, which today serves as a residential building and is one of the city's cultural monuments .

background

In 1905 the construction technician HG Rohweder and the building contractor Chr.Fuerstenberg erected the aforementioned small building at Brixstraße 34 (near Bremerplatz), which is characterized by a decorative alternation of brick and plaster and which initially had a conspicuous roof turret on the slope side. The builders , Flensburg Baptists, gave the chapel building the name Zoar. The name "Zoar" was derived from the small biblical city of Zoar and accordingly denotes something "small". After the Zoar was built, the Baptists gave up their chapel, which was built in 1893, in the backyard of Marienstraße 61. The former chapel in Marienstraße was rebuilt and converted several times in the following years, but its structure has also been preserved to this day.

In 1940 the building of the chapel on Brixstrasse became the property of the city of Flensburg and served at times as soldiers' quarters and refugee accommodation . The roof turret was destroyed by the explosion in June 1945 . The damaged building was converted into a three-story residential building in 1949. Apparently another floor was moved into the former chapel room and the roof was removed. In addition, the existing arched openings and pointed arched windows were removed. In 1992/93 the building was completely renovated.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Lutz Wilde : Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany, cultural monuments in Schleswig-Holstein. Volume 2, Flensburg, p. 496
  2. ↑ a b c Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! Flensburg 2009, article: Zoar
  3. ^ Evangelical Free Church Community in Zoar. History of the "ZOAR" parish , accessed on: November 7, 2018
  4. ^ Lutz Wilde : Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany, cultural monuments in Schleswig-Holstein. Volume 2, Flensburg, p. 198 f.

Coordinates: 54 ° 47 ′ 14.7 "  N , 9 ° 26 ′ 32.4"  E