Visitation of the Virgin Mary (Wiesbaden)

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Visitation of the Virgin Mary

The Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Wiesbaden , Hesse , is a church building of the Roman Catholic Church in the Diocese of Limburg . It is located in the Kohlheck district of the Wiesbaden suburb of Dotzheim . The building was built according to plans by Johannes Lackel and consecrated in 1966 . The church is named after the biblical event of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary . The 41 meter high exposed concrete structure can be seen from afar. Two large abstract triptychs by Otto Ritschl adorn the interior .

History and architecture

After the Second World War , the number of Catholics in Wiesbaden increased due to influx from the eastern regions . In 1960, Bishop Wilhelm Kempf established a new parish of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Kohlheck, a district of Wiesbaden-Dotzheim. The church was built according to plans by the Berlin architect Johannes Lackel . It was consecrated and named the Visitation of Mary on July 3, 1966, after Mary visited her relative Elisabeth .

The outline of the building is a capital M , symbolizing Mary, the mother of Jesus . The floor plan is the Star of David , which indicates that she was Jewish. In keeping with the times, the materials are primarily concrete, then slate and glass. Light falls from the west through the glazed tower side into the interior and illuminates the high wall behind the altar. To the right and left of the altar hangs a large abstract triptych by the Wiesbaden painter Otto Ritschl . The artist, who was considered degenerate from 1933 to 1945 , created the works in 1973 and 1976 as part of his later work. Large interlocking surfaces in bright colors invite you to meditation and prayer.

The church towers over the city and was nicknamed "God's finger pointing" and "soul launch pad". The parish became the parish of the larger parish of St. Peter and Paul in Wiesbaden-Schierstein on January 1, 2013 , which is formed from six former parishes in the west of Wiesbaden.

Web links

Commons : Visitation of the Virgin Mary  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State capital Wiesbaden: Sacred buildings . January 2015. p. 70.
  2. ↑ a b c Beate Rasch: Kohlhecker Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary is 50 years old . In: Wiesbaden Courier . Accessed February 24, 2019. 
  3. ↑ a b Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary . Catholic parish of St. Peter and Paul . December 1, 2017. Accessed March 1, 2019.
  4. ↑ The Visitation of the Virgin Mary . City of Wiesbaden . Retrieved February 24, 2019.
  5. ↑ Bernd Heier: The great work of the "Abstract of Inner Emigration" - Presentation of the new catalog raisonné Otto Ritschl in Wiesbaden . 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  6. ↑ Otto Ritschl . Kronberg painters colony. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  7. ^ Parishes Wiesbaden / One Church for Everyone . Frankfurter Rundschau . February 16, 2013. Accessed March 1, 2019.

Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 55 "  N , 8 ° 11 ′ 38"  E