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The seven rooms of the church nestle together like honeycombs.
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What will happen to the Church of Reconciliation after its de-dedication is still uncertain.
There are suggestions that the building could be listed.
Geretsried
- The Protestant Reconciliation Church on Chamalières-Platz has been unused since 2022.
As reported, the use as a church building was officially ended with a de-dedication service in October last year because the owner, the Geretsried Evangelical Lutheran Church Community, wanted to sell the property.
The city of Geretsried has already approached the church because it could imagine building apartments on the property.
But it's not all that simple.
Like Pastor Dr.
As Theo Heckel told our newspaper when asked, representatives of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (BLFD) looked at the building in December.
“They made suggestions that the church could be listed,” said Heckel.
The review of whether the church should be placed under monument protection is still ongoing
Maria Ebbinghaus, press spokeswoman for the BLFD, explains that there is still no result as to whether the Church of Reconciliation meets the criteria for a monument according to Article 1 of the Bavarian Monument Protection Act.
The exam is still ongoing.
She expects a result in early summer.
“We can’t plan anything until then,” says Pastor Theo Heckel.
According to him, the property around the church is unfortunately currently being used for “partying”.
There is a lot of rubbish lying around.
The community will therefore soon be forced to secure the building with a construction fence.
As reported, the Protestant Church would like to concentrate on the St. Peter's Church in Gartenberg in the future.
It should be renovated and become an inviting meeting place.
You can read the latest news from Geretsried here.
Church was built in the 1960s
The St. Peter's Church was built in the 1960s, the Church of Reconciliation a decade later.
It comes from the architect Franz Lichtblau, who died in 2019.
During his career he designed 44 Protestant churches in Bavaria.
The Church of Reconciliation is unique because of its unusual floor plan: seven hexagonal rooms clad in wooden shingles nestle together like honeycombs.
The plans corresponded to the 1970s trend towards functional community spaces.
With the help of the honeycomb concept, he tried to “secret” a sacred core, said Lichtblau years ago in an interview with the Protestant press service.
By Tanja Lühr
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