Lutherkirche, Lutheran church in Bahnhofsvorstadt, Zwickau, Germany
Lutherkirche is a church building in Zwickau featuring sandstone cladding over brick construction with an asymmetrical layout. An octagonal bell tower rises approximately 65 meters and shapes the city skyline.
In 1893 the parishes of St. Mary and St. Catherine agreed to found a third congregation because of the population growth caused by coal mining. The foundation stone was laid on 20 August 1902, the topping-out ceremony followed on 7 November 1903, and the consecration took place on 29 January 1906. The building cost 600,000 marks, raised through donations and parish funds.
The main portal carries over-life-size statues of the Apostle Paul and Martin Luther holding a Bible, carved by Dresden sculptor Martin Engelke. Between them, a relief by Zwickau stonemason Gustav Walther shows Luther preaching from Zwickau's town hall in 1522, beneath the words "Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen."
The church is located at the intersection of Brunnenstrasse and Spiegelstrasse and is easy to access. The interior accommodates about 1000 people without supporting columns in the main nave, creating an open and spacious feel.
The organ above the main portal was built in 1906 by the Dresden workshop Jehmlich, with pneumatic action and more than 3,700 pipes across 52 stops on three manuals and pedal. It is counted among the largest romantic organs of the region. The three cast-steel bells, made in 1904 by the Bochumer Verein, were consecrated with the church on 29 January 1906 and carry inscriptions taken from hymns by Martin Luther.
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