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DİTİB Kocatepe Mosque, Ingolstadt
Mosque in Ingolstadt, Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Association
The Turkish-Islamic association of Ingolstadt was founded on 12 May 1987 by DITIB and has 540 members.[1]
Mosque
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 with white and blue carpets[2] fits 800 people in it and has a gallery floor for the women, around 135 m2 (1,450 sq ft), on the top. The mosque's walls are decorated with different calligraphy.[3]
Cultural center
The cultural center is 611 m2 (6,580 sq ft). 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 (4,500 sq ft) building next to the center has a Quran school as well as two apartments, one for the imam and one for the janitor.[4]
References
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