Apostelin-Junia-Kirche, Modern church in Pfersee district, Augsburg, Germany.
The Apostelin-Junia-Kirche is a two-part wooden building clad in vertical light-brown slats, with a taller left section and a lower right section. The church interior, a nine-metre-high wooden cube lit by four round arches, seats 80 to 100 people and sits above ground-level community rooms. A covered staircase leads up to a loggia with a view south into the park.
The Old Catholic congregation in Augsburg, existing since 1894, held services in St. Anna's Goldschmiedekapelle and from 1952 in the Heilig-Geist-Kapelle at the Rotes Tor. In 2009 the idea arose to build its own church in the Sheridan-Park; the Augsburg architect Frank Lattke planned it over a three-year process (2009–2012) involving the whole congregation. Bishop Matthias Ring consecrated the church on 8 July 2012.
The church serves the Old Catholic community of Augsburg as a gathering place for worship and community life. The interior space with its altar and baptismal font reflects the religious practices of this smaller denomination.
The church stands in the middle of the Sheridan-Areal in Pfersee, next to a park with old trees; the south side facing the park is a public square. A covered staircase open to all leads up to a loggia and the church room, which seats 80 to 100 people. Church room and community rooms are step-free, and the community hall has its own garden entrance on the east side.
The church has no visible windows; light enters through four round arches, and the room opens only upward toward the sky. Architect Frank Lattke described this at the 2012 consecration: the congregation stands with its feet on the ground and looks with its heart toward heaven.
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