Parish Community Center Holy Ghost, Modern church complex in Wolfsburg, Germany
The Parish Community Center Holy Ghost is a modern church complex with a striking white vault rising behind the altar and brick construction throughout. The site contains a chapel, bell tower, parish office building, and kindergarten facility in a unified arrangement.
Pastor Erich Bammel commissioned Alvar Aalto in November 1958; Aalto had already begun planning Wolfsburg's cultural centre. The Heilig-Geist parish became independent on 1 January 1961, the foundation stone was laid on 12 August 1961, the community centre opened in March 1962 and the church was consecrated on 6 June 1962. The kindergarten followed in October 1964, the tower was renovated in 1999, and since 2015 the complex has belonged to the Lukas parish.
Since 2015 the church has belonged to the Lukas congregation, formed from three parishes: Holy Spirit, Kreuzkirche and Pauluskirche. As a result, services are held in the building only about every three weeks. The parish also owns four lithographs or etchings by Marc Chagall.
The center is located at Roentgenstrasse 81 in Wolfsburg and is easily accessible by foot or local transport. Visitors can explore the grounds and interior spaces, particularly when services or community events are held.
The free-standing concrete bell tower, 32 metres tall, holds four bells cast by the Rincker foundry in Sinn, named Dominica, Vespertina, Pro Pace and Matutina. All four ring together only on high church festivals and on the Sundays of Eastertide.
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