In the last days of World War II, in April 1945, the Gothic Brick Church was seriously destroyed by the artillery goal of the Red Army and burned down to the fund. But the tower stopped, as if by a miracle. The way the ruins looked without a roof and trees growing from the inside can be seen in the old photographs that are exhibited in the church.
Near reconstruction plans during the GDR did not fail. All this remained spoiled until after the turn. But the church was completely updated for almost 30 years.
He rose from the ruins
Oh, there is a note in front of the front door, with a stone so that it does not tremble. “The library is closed to further notification.” But the basin agrees. So in.
Speciality
After the Second World War, there was only one destruction from the parish church in Müncheberg in the Merkish-Omerland area (Brandenburg). However, the tower, developed by Karl Friedrich Shinkel, was spared. Only after the fall of the wall was restored in the multifunctional place of the meeting.
Target audience
Believers, readers, as well as fans of art and culture, local residents and guests from the region and far beyond the borders.
Obstacles On the way
Only for foreigners: the railway station is located 4 kilometers outside of Müncheberg, but connecting the train from and to Berlin is good, the bus between the railway station and the city regularly works, only late in the evening.
Wow, this church is really different. This is amazed. The view falls on wooden planks, behind glass and steel and shelves with books on books. This is the city library of Muncheberg.
By chance, Karin Berto was there, the pastor of the Gospel parish of the Müncheberger of the Earth for 8 years. “Ship on the ship” she calls the library. This is a recognizable kind of implant in the nave, which is independent, which seems to swim. Because it was built next to the wall and without an old building fabric to attach the building of the building in the form of a huge nave. This is irritating beautifully.
Everywhere where you can see the new and old construction fabric, modern built -in, old common pieces, such as the restored epitaph of the Renaissance. Nothing was hidden here. “Traces of that time are visible,” says Pastor Berto.
The special thing here is that in the use of the church there is a kind of trinity. So there is a city library and, therefore, the city. There is an altar in the choir and, therefore, the parish. And there is an association of support for reconstruction, for the use and care of the church. The latter allows, for example, to visit the church and the pensions of the tower. The operating company was founded for the joint use of the church. Dirk Mayer is its managing director, he leads TAZ through the church and can say a lot.
The reconstruction initiative returned to the Bundeswehr officer. Civil initiative was founded. And since in Müncheberg, as elsewhere on the Eastern German, a contracting arrival no longer needs such a large church, an idea was born for multifunctional use. There was a competitive process with participation in civil society.
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The decision was made for the design of the Berlin architect Klaus, and his “House in the House” was implemented. In 1993, the Fund Stone for Reconstruction was laid. There were discussions, as well as contradictions, whether it was well built in the city library, so to speak, like a permanent GOST, within the church? The church was opened on March 30, 1997, the city library is transferred to a modern installation.
Historical blow of good luck
One could say that it was a historical blow of good luck, so after that the church for a long time was destruction. Because a comparable concept of use has no equal. “Yes, luck,” says Dirk Mayer, “that you decided not to restore the Church as a pure church.”
Since 1997, there has been a continuous cultural company, most of which are organized by Maier. There are exhibitions, cinema evenings, May 8 will be the evening of the conversation on the 80th anniversary of the end of the war. And guests from near and long -distance move to concerts, including from the capital. There is a place for more than 200 people. “The concept,” says Pastor Berto, “works.”
Variable freedom for flexible use was created here for small and large formats. “A living place where all parts of city society can meet,” says Mayer. It also applies to the inside of the four floors of the city library, which become wider as a result of Blacklet. “This is not a church that makes a culture,” says Mayer, “this is an open day, a place of meeting and culture – always in a consultation with the arrival.” Since the altar and the cross are always nearby, they can be seen at every event.
