Church of the Resurrection Möckern
The Church of the Resurrection in Leipzig-Möckern was built in 1901 as a so-called emergency church based on plans by Leipzig architect Paul Lange due to a shortage of funds. Paul Lange's interim church in Anger-Crottendorf, known as the "wooden dome", which fell victim to the bombing in 1943, served as a model for the Möckern church.
Originally, the Möckern half-timbered church was expected to last 15 to 20 years. As early as 1912, in the October issue of the German magazine "Der Städtebau", it was possible to study the building plan for Möckern, which had now been incorporated into Leipzig, by the then Leipzig city building inspector Hans Strobel. This envisaged a spacious, massive church with its own churchyard in the new district center of Möckern, which was to be built north of today's Georg-Schumann-Straße. However, the First World War thwarted these lofty plans, meaning that the Church of the Resurrection will now be in its 125th year in 2026.
As thrift was the top priority when building the Möckern emergency church, the congregation made do with purchasing a "second-hand" organ from the old church hall of the Reformed congregation at Thomaskirchhof, which was demolished shortly after this organ was removed.
In this rather unspectacular way, the now oldest organ in Leipzig found a new home in the Möckern church, which has been known as the Church of the Resurrection since 1926.
It is worth noting that the church interior of the Church of the Resurrection forms a special acoustic symbiosis with the Schweinefleisch-Mendelssohn organ, which was restored in 2004. As the inner plaster shell of the church interior is structurally separated from the load-bearing outer half-timbered construction, a particularly fine sound experience is created when the organ sounds.
Originally, the Möckern half-timbered church was expected to last 15 to 20 years. As early as 1912, in the October issue of the German magazine "Der Städtebau", it was possible to study the building plan for Möckern, which had now been incorporated into Leipzig, by the then Leipzig city building inspector Hans Strobel. This envisaged a spacious, massive church with its own churchyard in the new district center of Möckern, which was to be built north of today's Georg-Schumann-Straße. However, the First World War thwarted these lofty plans, meaning that the Church of the Resurrection will now be in its 125th year in 2026.
As thrift was the top priority when building the Möckern emergency church, the congregation made do with purchasing a "second-hand" organ from the old church hall of the Reformed congregation at Thomaskirchhof, which was demolished shortly after this organ was removed.
In this rather unspectacular way, the now oldest organ in Leipzig found a new home in the Möckern church, which has been known as the Church of the Resurrection since 1926.
It is worth noting that the church interior of the Church of the Resurrection forms a special acoustic symbiosis with the Schweinefleisch-Mendelssohn organ, which was restored in 2004. As the inner plaster shell of the church interior is structurally separated from the load-bearing outer half-timbered construction, a particularly fine sound experience is created when the organ sounds.
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