Versöhnungskirche

Versöhnungskirche stands in Wiblingen, a district of Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, as a modern Protestant church. Its hexagonal form makes the building immediately recognisable. Built between 1962 and 1963, it is a protected monument with wheelchair access for visitors.

Olaf Andreas Gulbransson designed the church, but Lambert von Malsen completed the project after his death. The architect created one of nineteen churches completed after Gulbransson’s death. The complex combines the hexagonal worship space, parish and kindergarten houses, and a freestanding forty-metre bell tower. The tower carries three bells above the surrounding buildings.

Inside, 335 seats form three concentric blocks beneath a wooden ceiling with three gables. The gallery provides forty additional seats beside the organ. Helmut Bornefeld designed the Gebrüder Link organ, installed in 1964 and 1965 and expanded from twenty to twenty-four registers in 1985. Behind the altar, purple and orange cross-shaped stained glass marks the liturgical centre.