Christ the King Church (Hoof)

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Christ the King is a Catholic church in the Saarland Hoof , a district of St. Wendel . It bears the patronage of Jesus as Christ the King (Rex Christ) and is listed as an individual monument in the Saarland list of monuments . In contrast to the other Catholic parishes in the St. Wendel district, the pastoral care district of Hoof does not belong to the diocese of Trier , but to the diocese of Speyer , and there to the dean's office Kusel .

Christ the King Church in Hoof
inner space

history

In 1928 Karl Schuster became the new Catholic pastor in Oberkirchen . Schuster, who was also responsible for the pastoral care of the Catholics in the middle Ostertal , and thus also for Hoof, suggested the construction of a Catholic church in Hoof. So that the project could be implemented, Schuster founded a church building association in 1930 . In 1932, the building project was approved by the responsible rectory in Breitenbach . On July 22, 1934, the foundation stone was laid in the presence of the Speyer bishop Ludwig Sebastian . In the same year the church was completed and inaugurated by Bishop Sebastian.

After Pastor Schuster died in 1938, various pastors and chaplains took over the care of the Hoofer Catholics. Above all, the Fathers of the St. Wendel Mission House were active here.

Under Father Emil Künzle, who took over pastoral care from 1966, Hoof was raised to the position of curate . To this day, the Hoofer pastoral care district also includes the towns of Bubach , Marth , the Kingdom of Hof, Niederkirchen , Osterbrücken and Saal .

organ

Organ loft

The organ of the church was built in 1991 by Hugo Mayer Orgelbau ( Heusweiler ). The abrasive loading -instrument has 9 (10) registers , spread over two manuals and pedal . The playing and stop action is mechanical. If no organist is present, the accompaniment is hymns taken over by a so-called Orgamat that can be started by pressing a button. The disposition is as follows:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Cane-covered 8th'
2. Suavial 8th'
3. Principal 4 ′
4th recorder 4 ′
5. Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
6th Gemshorn 2 ′
7th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Larigot
( advance mixture)		 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. Mixture III 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
II Manual C-g 3
Cane-covered 8th'
Suavial 8th'
recorder 4 ′
Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Pedal C – f 1
9. Sub-bass 16 ′
Remarks
  1. ↑ Change loops to I

literature

  • 75 years of Christ the King Hoof (1934–2009).

Web links

Commons : Christ the King Church  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list of the district of St. Wendel ( Memento of April 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF), accessed on May 14, 2014.
  2. ↑ Christkönig, Hoof ( Memento from January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) On: cms.bistum-speyer.de, accessed on May 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ a b c gtr: Church building in difficult times In: Saarbrücker Zeitung , October 17, 2009. Retrieved on May 14, 2014
  4. ↑ a b The organ of the cath. Church of Christ the King On: www.organindex.de, accessed on May 14, 2014.
  5. ^ Gerhard Tröster: New pastor brings a breath of fresh air. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung , March 7, 2009. Accessed on May 14, 2014

Coordinates: 49 ° 29 ′ 21.9 ″  N , 7 ° 14 ′ 19.3 ″  E