Security risk Advent church: closure necessary for several months!
Security risk Advent church: closure necessary for several months!
Niedervellmar, Deutschland - The Advent Church in Niedervellmar remains closed for security reasons. The reason for the closure is sagging roof beams that were discovered during a routine check. This measure is expected to be necessary for the next two to three months.
The length of the affected roof beams is up to 14 meters, whereby they hang 15 centimeters; However, only five centimeters are allowed. During the test last year, nailed wooden binders from 1959 were discovered. In order to clarify the security situation, a large scaffolding inside the church will be set up within the next four weeks. A structural engineer will check the wooden binders and decide whether reinforcement of the carriers is necessary.
no acute collapse in collapse
There is currently no risk of collapse, not due to the snow load on the roof. However, it is unclear how the situation could develop in strong snowfall, as four years ago. An appointment with the monument protection has already taken place, in which the further procedure was discussed. Representatives of the University of Kassel were present; The church becomes a research object for a project for the development of artificial intelligence to calculate the statics.
The parish has learned solidarity, among other things through the offer of the Catholic Church to use its premises. In the meantime, smaller events and services take place in the church hall.
In connection with the security of church buildings, several Protestant regional churches and Catholic dioceses checked the stability of their buildings, which was triggered by the collapse of the roof of the Catholic Elisabethkirche in Kassel in November. A person was slightly injured in this incident. Studies focus on churches with a similar construction period and construction method as the Elisabethkirche completed in 1960. The Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau checks 70 buildings from the 1960s and 1970s, with six buildings being blocked.In the reviews, the authorities assume that the glue in the wooden roof construction is a possible cause of misfortune. Church administrations are waiting for the test results from Kassel, which are expected at the end of January or early February. In the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, measures are planned depending on the results of these examinations.
Information about these checks and the condition of other church buildings are at katholisch.de to be found.
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