To divine providence (Angerstein)
The Church of the Divine Providence is a former Catholic church in Angerstein , a district of Nörten-Hardenberg in the Northeim district in Lower Saxony . She belonged to the parish of St. Martin in Nörten-Hardenberg, in the Nörten deanery of the Diocese of Hildesheim , and was profaned in 2003. The church was named after Divine Providence and is located on Plesseblick 25 . Today the nearest Catholic church is about three kilometers away in Nörten-Hardenberg.
history
On October 2, 1961, almost half of the residents of Böseckendorf (formerly Bösekendorf ) , located directly on the inner German border , fled to the west in order to avoid the forced relocation to the interior of the GDR ordered by the GDR authorities . This event provided the plot of the 2009 television film Böseckendorf - The Night in which a Village Disappeared . In 1963 construction began on the Neu-Böseckendorf settlement on the outskirts of Angerstein in order to give the refugees from Böseckendorf a common home. The Catholic pastor of the Friedland camp at the time , Wilhelm Scheperjans , had campaigned for it. On September 8, 1965, the foundation stone of the church in the settlement was laid by Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen , it was built according to plans by the Oelder architect Theo Tippkemper and was around 183 meters above sea level . Its inauguration took place on January 28, 1967.
After exactly 36 years, the church was profaned on January 28, 2003 . On February 1, 2003, the church building was handed over to the Angerstein Youth Initiative (JiA), which set up a youth culture center in the building that same year, which still exists today. The cross on the roof has been removed, otherwise the exterior of the building has remained largely unchanged since the profanation. Courses, exhibitions, concerts, theater performances and other events take place in the youth culture center; It can also be rented for other events such as family celebrations or flea markets.
literature
- Local beautification and local history association Angerstein (Hrsg.): Angerstein then and now. Nörten-Hardenberg 1992. (2nd edition 2008)
- Willi Stoffers: Diocese of Hildesheim today. Hildesheim 1987, ISBN 3-87065-418-X , p. 139.
- Renate Kumm: The Diocese of Hildesheim in the post-war period. Investigation of a diaspora diocese from the end of the Second World War to the Second Vatican Council (1945 to 1965). Hahnsche Buchhandlung Verlag, Hannover 2002, p. 207.
Web links
- Closure of the church on the website of the Diocese of Hildesheim
- Transfer of the church to the Angerstein eV youth initiative on the website of the Hildesheim diocese
- Internet presence of the Angerstein eV youth initiative
See also
Coordinates: 51 ° 36 ′ 49.1 ″ N , 9 ° 56 ′ 35.5 ″ E