Trinity Church (Ludwigshafen)
The Dreifaltigkeitskirche is a Catholic church in the Hemshof district of Ludwigshafen . It was built between 1899 and 1901 in the neo-Gothic style.
history
The first Catholic church in Ludwigshafen, which was only founded in the mid-19th century, was the St. Ludwig Church . During the industrialization, the city's population increased rapidly, so that another church building was necessary in the north. In 1889 a wooden emergency church was built and in 1891 an independent parish was established. In 1897 the construction of the Trinity Church finally began. The church, built according to the plans of the architect Wilhelm Schulte I , was inaugurated two years later.
The church was badly damaged during World War II . The reconstruction took place between 1952 and 1953 under the direction of the architects Wilhelm Schulte II. And Heinrich Hebgen. In 2002 the parishes of the northern inner city of St. Trinity, St. Mary and Holy Cross were merged to form the parish of St. Trinity.
description
The Dreifaltigkeitskirche is a three-aisled hall church in the neo-Gothic style. The 72 meter high church tower is placed on the left flank. Polygonal stair towers are arranged on both sides of the front . The sand house installation has five yokes and is covered with a gable roof. The choir has a five-eighth closing .
In the tympanum of the main portal there is a representation of the Holy Trinity . A large crucifixion group is attached to the pediment triangle . The windows were supplied by the Mayer'sche Hofkunstanstalt in 1953 . The organ was built by Scherpf. The ringing consists of five bronze bells from the foundries Hamm (Frankenthal) and Schilling (Heidelberg):
| Ø (cm) | kg | volume |
|---|---|---|
| 167 | 2,770 | b 0 |
| 150 | 1,760 | c 1 |
| 124 | 1.010 | it 1 |
| 116 | 880 | f 1 |
| 104 | 639 | g 1 |
Front view
Crucifixion group
literature
- Friedrich Schmitt: Ludwigshafen church building . Ludwigshafen am Rhein 1985, p. Xx.
- Hans Caspary (edit.): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler: Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-422-00382-7 , p. Xxx.
- City archive of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Stefan Mörz, Klaus Jürgen Becker (Hrsg.): History of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein. Volume 1: From the beginning to the end of the First World War. Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2003, ISBN 3-924667-35-7 , p. Xx.
Web links
- St. Trinity
- General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district-free city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein. Mainz 2020, p. 3 (PDF; 4.9 MB).
Coordinates: 49 ° 29 '23.2 " N , 8 ° 26' 4.8" E