Church of Our Saviour, Catholic church in Lichtenrade, Germany
The Church of Our Saviour is a red-clinker brick complex at Briesingstraße 6, corner of Pfarrer-Lütkehaus-Platz, comprising the church, rectory and former Christophorus Children's Hospital. The two-aisled hall church has a four-bay nave closed by a 5/8 choir, a tower on a square plan, and a barrel-vaulted nave opening through an arcade to a windowless side aisle with an organ gallery above. Its grisaille windows are framed in light sandstone.
Catholic worship in Lichtenrade began in 1912 with a chapel at Bahnhofstraße 8. Bernhard Hertel drew up the church design in 1920, but funds were short, so a temporary church went up in 1924–1925. Josef Bischof took over after Hertel's death; the foundation stone was laid on 1 August 1932, and only the choir and two bays were finished, so the church was blessed rather than consecrated on 5 February 1933. Heinrich Kosina added the missing sections in 1955–1956, and the completed church was consecrated on 19 March 1956.
The parish began in 1912 with Mass in a chapel at Bahnhofstraße 8; it became an independent parish on 1 October 1940. Since 1 January 2022 Salvator has belonged to the merged parish of Hl. Johannes XXIII. Tempelhof-Buckow, whose leading priest is Arduino Marra. The name Salvator refers to Christ the Redeemer, shown on the high altar retable by Gebhard Fugel.
The church is easily accessible on foot from public transportation and sits in a quiet residential area of Lichtenrade. Visitors should expect regular service times and plan to dress appropriately for a religious setting.
The gallery above the side aisle was built for patients of the neighbouring Christophorus Children's Hospital, who could follow Mass through an opening; the aisle below has no windows. The tower, added in 1946, is capped by an onion dome and holds three bronze bells cast by Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock.
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