Martin-Luther-Kirche, Lutheran church in Seckenhausen, Germany.
Martin-Luther-Kirche is a church building made of exposed concrete with a square floor plan and a roof that rises high above the altar area. The structure stands at Industriestraße 8 and forms a distinctive architectural presence in the streetscape of Seckenhausen.
The building was constructed in 1968 according to a design by architect Gerhard Dunkhase. Additional structures were added later, including a bell tower in 1978 and a community house in 2001, which expanded the complex.
The interior features colored stripes and relief work by artist Otto Herbert Hajek, which add visual interest to the space and reflect the modern character of the place.
The church stands at Industriestraße 8 in Seckenhausen, a district of Stuhr. The free-standing bell tower of 1978 rises beside the main building rather than on it. The 2001 annex on the south side holds further rooms, toilets and a kitchen, and the interior seats 150, expandable to 250.
The free-standing bell tower, built in 1978 in the manner of a campanile, consists of two narrow triangular slabs joined at the top by a cross-bearing bridge. They carry a tall rectangular bell chamber with two bronze bells: the larger, cast in 1978, sounds the note cis″, while the smaller, cast in 1966, hung in a temporary wooden tower at the neighbouring cemetery until the bell tower was built. Both come from the Rincker bell foundry in Sinn, Hesse.
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