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DITIB Kocatepe Mosque
DİTİB Kocatepe Camii
DİTİB Kocatepe-Moschee
Picture of the mosque in the winter
Religion
AffiliationSunni
RegionBavaria
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusactive
Location
LocationIngolstadt
CountryGermany
DİTİB Kocatepe Mosque (Ingolstadt) is located in Germany
DİTİB Kocatepe Mosque (Ingolstadt)
Shown within Germany
DİTİB Kocatepe Mosque (Ingolstadt) is located in Bavaria
DİTİB Kocatepe Mosque (Ingolstadt)
DİTİB Kocatepe Mosque (Ingolstadt) (Bavaria)
Geographic coordinates48°46′41″N 11°25′25″E / 48.77806°N 11.42361°E / 48.77806; 11.42361
Architecture
Architect(s)Hüssein Portakal
TypeOttoman
Funded byDITIB
Completed2008
Construction cost 5.5 Mio.
Specifications
Capacity800
Length36.2 meters
Width18.4 meters
Dome height (outer)5 meters
Minaret height27.5 meters
Website
https://www.ditib-ingolstadt.de/de/

The DİTİB Kocatepe Mosque and cultural center in Ingolstadt (Turkish: Kocatepe Camii ve Kültür Merkezi İngolstadt; German: Kocatepe Moschee und Kulturzentrum zu Ingolstadt) is the main mosque of Ingolstadt and the biggest in all of Bavaria. The construction was finished in 2008 and costed 5.5 Mio. Euros.[1]

Association

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Die „Türkisch-islamische Gemeinde zu Ingolstadt e.V.“ wurde am 12. Mai 1987 gegründet und hat heute 540 Mitglieder. The Turkish-Islamic association of Ingolstadt was founded on May 12 of 1987 by DITIB and has 540 members.[1]

Mosque

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The mosque is inspired by Ottoman architecture, has two minarets, both around 27.5 meters tall, a big dome, around 5 meter tall and three floors. The prayer room fits 800 people in it and has a gallery floor for the women, around 135 m² big, on the top. The mosque's walls are deocrated with different calligraphy

Cultural center

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The cultural center is 611 m². In the basement, in addition to storage and sanitary facilities, there is a mortuary for funeral ceremonies and washrooms for Wudu. On the ground floor there is a grocery store, a restaurant as well as the club premises. On the first floor there is a youth room, a library, women's rooms and children's rooms as well as lecture rooms and office rooms.

A 420 m² big building next to the center has a Quran school as well as two apartments, one for the imam and one for the janitor.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Willkommen – Ditib Ingolstadt e.V." www.ditib-ingolstadt.de. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  2. ^ "Willkommen – Ditib Ingolstadt e.V." Archived from the original on 2009-05-08.