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Christ-König is the Catholic parish church in Springe , a town in the Hanover region in Lower Saxony . Your parish of the same name belongs to the Hanover deanery of the Hildesheim diocese . The church bears the patronage of Jesus as Christ the King (Rex Christ) and is located on Archbishop-Joseph-Godehard-Platz.

history

Catholic church records have been kept in Springe since 1948 . The first church was built in 1951, also with the patronage of Christ the King. On May 3, 1951, she was consecrated by Bishop Joseph Godehard Machens . On July 1, 1956, the parish Springe am Deister was established. ( Location )

In 1980, today's church was built next to the first church because the church had become too small due to the growth of the community. Her consecration took place on December 20, 1980 by Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen .

On November 1, 2006, the churches of Maria von der perpetual help in Bennigsen , All Saints' Day in Eldagsen and St. Hedwig in Völksen came to the parish of "Christ König", their previous parishes of "Maria of the everlasting help" and "All Saints' 'became in this Context canceled. Since May 1, 2007, the parish has belonged to the then newly founded dean's office in Hanover, previously it belonged to the dean's office in Hanover-South / West. On March 6, 2014, the former chapel , most recently a branch church , St. Hedwig was profaned .

Architecture and equipment

The church was built according to the plans of the architect Werner Alder from Springe, designed as a towerless central building. The lead glass windows designed by Wilhelm Rengshausen from Warstein show motifs from the preface of the Christ the King's festival . The interior, bronze and stone objects, was done by Paul Brandenburg . Its organ was built in 2002, it was the first organ built by Orgelbau Simon in the diocese of Hildesheim.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Church registers in the diocese archive in Hildesheim
  2. ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Catholic worship in the Diocese of Hildesheim. Hildesheim 1966, p. 78
  3. ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Kirchlicher Anzeiger. No. 10/2006, Hildesheim 2006, pp. 28-30

Coordinates: 52 ° 12 ′ 34.8 "  N , 9 ° 33 ′ 4.1"  E