Ten years Church of Unity: Place of faith on the A 71 celebrates anniversary
Ten years Church of Unity: Place of faith on the A 71 celebrates anniversary
Bibra, Deutschland - On July 9, 2025, a very special festival was celebrated on the A 71 at Bibra: the association Autobahnkirche A 71 committed the tenth anniversary of the "Church of Unity Herbst ’89". At an ecumenical service, numerous guests were found to commemorate this important event together.
The service was designed by well -known representatives of the church landscape, including the Evangelical regional bishop Tobias Schüfer from Erfurt and the cathedral capitular Thomas Kessler from Bad Neustadt. The Protestant superintendent Beate Marwede from Meiningen and the pastor Max Grundke from Bibra also contributed to the celebration. The high number of visitors delighted the chairman of the association, which highlighted the importance of the church for people.a place of memory and reflection
The idea for the construction of this memorial was born in 2004. It is reminiscent of the forty -year separation of Germany and the peaceful reunification. Initiators such as the late superintendent Wolfram Hädicke and old district administrator Fritz Steigerwald began the church. This message of the unit is kept alive here, also given the new church record "Memorial Stone of Peace", which was presented in the third edition.
Especially in the focus of Tobias Schüfer's sermon, the tradition of the chapels on the side of the path and their function as a retreat for travelers. The "Church of Unity Fall ’89" is designed in such a way that it is a place of reflection for people of different denominations, religions and cultures. It symbolically stands for the topic of "overcoming a border" and reflects the normality of travel to the west after the German division. Schüfer thanked for today's freedom, which many travelers appear for today.
musical accompaniment and community
The service was musically accompanied by the “wind choir in the middle”, which ensured a solemn atmosphere with a blessing song. The intercessions were spoken by the district administrator Peggy Greiser and the district administrator Thomas Habermann together with the pastors, which gave the occasion an additional framework of the community.
like ekd.de , Autobahnkirchen are an important retreat along the streets. Every year, about one million people visit these places to thank you for a safe journey or simply enjoy a moment of silence. The first motorway church in Germany was inaugurated in 1958, since then the number has increased to a total of 44.
In a world that is often hectic and fast -paced, the "Church of Unity Fall ’89" not only offers a space of silence, but also a bridge to the past and a memory that peace and unity are not a matter of course.
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