Zwischen Kirchturm und Platte. Zwei Gemeinden in der sozialistischen Großwohnsiedlung

Location: St. Paul's Church, Alte Salzstraße 185

Two new churches and two congregations were built in Leipzig-Grünau in the 1980s: the Protestant-Lutheran St. Paul's Church and the Catholic St. Martin's Church (consecrated in 1985). The congregations grew together with the settlement and worked together ecumenically from the very beginning. What was parish life like in the middle of a large socialist housing estate, what changes did the peaceful revolution and reunification bring about and how has the Plattenquartier shaped the parishes to this day? Prof. Klaus Fitschen (Modern and Contemporary Church History at the University of Leipzig) and contemporary witnesses will discuss these questions.

Beforehand, there will be an architectural tour of St. Paul's Church and St. Martin's Church. Both buildings were designed with the guiding principle of being "God's tent among the people". Moderation: Carolin Haentjes.

An event organized by the Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig, the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig, the Ev.-luth. Pauluskirchgemeinde and the Katholische Gemeinde St. Martin