St. Remigius (Hambrücken)
St. Remigius is the parish church of the Catholic parish St. Remigius in Hambrücken in the district of Karlsruhe . It was built between 1901 and 1903 in the neo-Gothic style in place of an older baroque church building.
history
A church in Hambrücken is documented in an interest book as early as the 14th century; in a document from 1510 it is referred to as the main church. However, the patronage of St. Remigius suggests a much longer tradition, as the later Bishop of Reims, born in 440, was the preferred saint of the Merovingians .
In addition to a main altar, the church had a second altar around 1526. The Thirty Years War also left its mark on Hambrücken and so the church had to be repaired. During a visitation in 1683, several deficiencies were found: The church had no confessional , no monstrance, no relics and no eternal light; However, religious life was still quite active, so the annual church consecration day was celebrated, there were also processions on Corpus Christi and St. Around 1730 the parish planned to undertake a fundamental repair of the church building, but in 1734 an attack by the French destroyed all hopes and efforts.
In the following years, Prince-Bishop Damian Hugo von Schönborn decided to approve a new building for the Hambrücker community. A simple village church in the shape of a cross was built, it stood in front of today's parish church. This baroque church was consecrated in 1742 by Prince Bishop Damian Hugo von Schönborn. As early as 1831, however, this was too small and an expansion was necessary, but this too was short-lived, because as early as 1892 the Hambrück Foundation Council had to think again about a fundamental enlargement or a new building of the church, but initially there was a lack Financing. Pastor Weckesser managed to find some donors, including the Grand Duke of Baden. The interior of the baroque church was sold after the current one was built; its pulpit is now on Michaelsberg in Bruchsal - Untergrombach . After the construction of the current church, the old one was demolished, first the nave, last in 1904 the tower.
description
Today's church is also known as the Lußhardt Cathedral and, with its tower that can be seen from afar, is the hallmark of the Hambrücken community. The parish church, which stands at the intersection of the two main arteries of Hambrück, was built as a three-aisled church in neo-Gothic style; the foundation stone was laid on October 6, 1901. The wooden ceiling in the higher central nave was initially covered and painted, just like the chancel. Most of this painting was whitewashed during the renovation in the 1970s. The Lußhardt Cathedral has a height of 65 meters and is therefore the highest church tower in the Lußhardt area .
The windows in the side aisles show Saints Bernhard, Paulus and Remigius on the right, Saint Elisabeth, Monika and Notburga on the left, in between there are windows on both sides depicting biblical scenes, their mottos are on the right Page: “Lord help me”, “Feed my sheep” and “Father, I have sinned”, on the left: “This is truly the Prophet”, “He was subject to them” and “Do not be afraid, just believe” .
In the main nave, statues of the 14 emergency helpers are attached above the pillars , which were all painted gray in the 1970s, but were given their old gloss again during the last renovation of the church. On the right side these are from the main entrance to the altar of St. Remigius , St. Barbara , St. Eustachius , St. Margareta , St. Aegidius , St. Catherine and St. Erasmus . On the left the hll. Christophorus , Dionysius , Pantaleon , Blasius , Achatius , Vitus and Georg .
The high altar, which was erected in 1910, is crowned by a statue of St. Michael, underneath are those of Bernhard von Baden (with a flag), St. Remigius, who carries a model of the Hambrück church, and St. Sebastian. W. Klink painted the outer wing with John the Baptist and a scene after Jesus was taken down from the cross. On the inside there are carvings with the motifs of the birth of Jesus, Jesus on the Mount of Olives, the resurrection of Christ and the coronation of Mary. In the predella there are two carved groups of apostles.
The municipality had to deliver two of the three bronze bells that were initially available in 1917, which were replaced by four cast steel bells in 1921, the last bronze bell was claimed in 1942, and therefore the ringing sounds today in the tones C-Es-Ges-A.
The organ was transferred from the baroque church to the new building, but it quit its service as early as 1911. After a few repairs, a new organ was finally purchased in 1928, which was renewed in 1951 and 1960. In the mid-1970s this was also replaced by a new instrument with 33 registers and 1887 pipes made of wood and pewter and was inaugurated in 1979.
In the 1970s the church building was completely renovated. In addition to a new coat of paint inside and out, the church received a new wooden ceiling, a new floor and new benches were purchased and heating was installed. In 2002 the interior of the church was given a new coat of paint, which also gave more weight to the colors, for example the pilasters in the chancel and the 14 figures of the needy helpers were colored, and the chancel was redesigned.
literature
- Reiner Krempel: The parish church of St. Remigius . in: Bernhard Brenner (Hrsg.): Heimatbuch Hambrücken. The story of a village in Bruhrain . Horb am Neckar 1993, ISBN 3-89264-793-3 , pp. 433-455.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 11 ′ 10.6 ″ N , 8 ° 32 ′ 38 ″ E