Yavuz Sultan Selim Jami ( tour: Yavuz Sultan Selim Camii ) is a mosque in Mannheim , Germany. Named in honor of Sultan Selim I , until 2008 it was the largest mosque in Germany [1] . Can accept up to 3,000 believers at a time. [2] .
| Mosque | |
| Yavuz Sultan Selim | |
|---|---|
| tour. Yavuz Sultan Selim Camii | |
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| A country |  Germany |
| Earth | Baden-Wurttemberg |
| City | Mannheim |
| Coordinates | |
| Current, school | Sunni |
| Type of mosque | Juma mosque |
| Architectural style | Islamic architecture |
| Project Author | M. B. Sevinjoy |
| Builder | Y. Geissler |
| Philanthropist | Mannheim residents |
| Construction | 1993 - 1995 |
| Key dates | |
| February 1993 - laying the first stone March 4, 1995 - opening | |
| Capacity | up to 3,000 |
| Number of Domes | one |
| The number of minarets | one |
| Minaret height | 35 |
| condition | acting |
| Website | |
History
In the mid-1950s, Germany experienced a shortage of labor. In 1961, Germany and Turkey signed an agreement according to which a large number of Turkish workers moved to live and work in Germany. In 1972, at one of the Mannheim plants, the first prayer room appeared in which Muslim Turks could perform prayers.
Since 1984, the local Muslim community began to look for a place to build a new mosque. In 1992, she was granted permission to build a mosque and the next year the foundation stone was laid. After two years of construction, the mosque was opened. The cost of the construction of the mosque amounted to ten million German marks, which were collected through donations from the inhabitants of Mannheim. In 2005, a new minaret was built, which became three meters higher than the previous one [3] .
In the period from 1995 to 2008, about 250 thousand people took part in tours of the mosque.
Architecture
The Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque stands in the eastern part of Jungbusch, not far from the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The mosque has a dome and a 35-meter minaret. There are two buildings around the mosque, from which you can get to the mosque by stairs. On the ground floor there are shops, a conference room, classrooms and a place for ritual bathing.
Two stairs lead to the second floor in the men's prayer hall. The hall can accommodate up to 3,000 people. A tulip-shaped chandelier was donated by Christian and Jewish communities.
Notes
- ↑ Bärbel Beinhauer-Köhler, Claus Leggewie: Moscheen in Deutschland: religiöse Heimat und gesellschaftliche Herausforderung . München 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-58423-7 , S. 119.
- ↑ In Europe, skylines reflect the rise of Islam , Yahoo
- ↑ Mannheimer Morgen , 7. Juli 2005