Trinity Church (Wiebelskirchen)
The Dreifaltigkeitskirche ( Parish Church of the Holy Trinity ) is a Roman Catholic parish and pilgrimage church in Wiebelskirchen , a district of the Saarland district town of Neunkirchen . It bears the patronage of the Holy Trinity (also Trinity or Trinity ). In the list of monuments of the Saarland the church building is a single monument listed.
history
On May 1, 1898, an independent pastoral care with its own church services was set up in Wiebelskirchen , which took place in the so-called prayer hall of the newly built parsonage due to the lack of a church building of its own . The prayer room equipped with primitive benches served as an emergency church .
On May 29, 1915, the foundation stone was laid for today's church, which was built according to plans by the architects Peter Marx and Gracher ( Trier ). The local construction management was initially also taken over by the architects Marx and Gracher, then Karl Kremer ( Saarbrücken ) on behalf of the architects who were drafted into the First World War . Building contractor Franz Emmerich (Neunkirchen) was responsible for the execution and Johann Gehl ( Fraulautern ) was responsible for the finishing of the stone . On June 4, 1916, the completed church was inaugurated by the Trier auxiliary bishop Antonius Mönch .
Architecture and equipment
The church building was built in the neo-baroque style and has a capacity of 1500 people. It is a three-aisled basilica with a tower in front . The church was built from 600,000 building blocks.
After the painter pastor Christoph März ( Eschfeld ) made the crucifixion painting for the high altar in 1922, he was also responsible for the interior decoration from 1923 to 1925. During restoration work in the 1960s, many pictures were painted over in the choir room .
The high altar was commissioned from the sculptor Mettler ( Morbach / Hunsrück ) when the church was being built. In 1916, the year the church was completed, the altar table , mainly made of marble and sandstone , was built first. In 1922, the alteration of the altar, made of wood , followed , which was painted marble-like to match the substructure. A connection between the middle and the upper part of the altar has been created by three columns on the left and right. Statues carved from linden wood stand in front of the pillars . Since the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council , the communion bench , which was completed in 1920 and previously stood at the front edge of the chancel, has stood in front of the stairs of the high altar. The communion bench, carved out of wood , shows reliefs with scenes from the Old and New Testament . Right in front of the communion bench is the baptismal font, made of a white stone and decorated with gold-colored patterns . It used to be in the area of the main portal .
The Villeroy & Boch workshops ( Mettlach ) created the altar mosaic in neo-baroque style, which symbolizes the stream of grace, the sacrifice of the Mass and the seven holy sacraments . The other furnishings in the neo-baroque style have largely been preserved. These include a heart-Maria sculpture as a high relief with the coat of arms of Pius XII. in real gold plating and a Sacred Heart sculpture as a high relief with the coat of arms Leo XIII. with real gold plating in stucco .
organ
The organ of the church was built in 1928 by the company Späth Orgelbau ( Mengen ). After 1952 the Hugo Mayer company ( Heusweiler ) added a third manual . As part of further changes by the Mayer company, the action was switched from electropneumatic to electric.
In 1978 the organ was completely rebuilt by the Oberlinger company ( Windesheim ), during which the playing technique was renewed. The existing pipe inventory was largely retained.
The instrument, which is set up on a gallery , has 35 registers, divided into 3 manuals and pedal . The disposition is as follows:
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- Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
- Playing aids : 2 free combinations
Bells
The bronze bells in the Salve Regina motif were cast in 1953 by the Mabilon bell foundry in Saarburg. They are currently hanging on wooden yokes in a large and neat steel bell cage. When it comes to the bell ringtone, the bell rings at high feasts and on Saturday evening at 6:05 p.m. to ring in Sunday and on special liturgical occasions. Bells 3 and 2 sound the quarter-hour strikes in the order given, while the big bell strikes on the hour and strikes 3x3. The daily angelus, which takes place after the 3x3 hits, is rung with the smallest bell.
| No. | volume | Casting year | Foundry, casting location | Weight (kg) |
Diameter (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | of the 1st | 1953 | Mabilon, Saarburg | 2100 | 150 |
| 2 | f 1 | 950 | 118 | ||
| 3 | as 1 | 600 | 98 | ||
| 4th | b 1 | 400 | 88 |
Pilgrimage
After the outbreak of the Second World War , the congregation made a vow in 1939 to erect a shrine to Our Lady if she did not have to leave home and the church and the houses of the Wiebelskirch people would survive the war. On May 13, 1950, the fulfillment of the vow was prepared with the erection of the first Lady Chapel on the square in front of the church. In this chapel one in was in a triumphal Portugal ordered Fátima - Statue of cedar erected by the Portuguese artist Antonio Alves Braga. On May 13, 1951, the Fatima statue was solemnly crowned by the papal visitator Schulien, and the original place of prayer became the youngest pilgrimage site in Saarland. Since then, the 13th day in the months of May to October has been pilgrimage day.
Web links
- Parish Holy Trinity Neunkirchen
- Tower recording with full bells of the Catholic parish church Hl. Dreifaltigkeit in Wiebelskirchen
- Literature on Dreifaltigkeitskirche (Wiebelskirchen) in the Saarland bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list district Neunkirchen (PDF; 1.3 MB), accessed on May 7, 2013
- ↑ a b c The history of its origins at: www.unsere-pfarrei.de, accessed on May 7, 2013
- ↑ a b c Information on the parish church of the Holy Trinity at: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on May 7, 2013
- ↑ The area of the high altar at: www.unsere-pfarrei.de, accessed on May 7, 2013
- ↑ a b Wiebelskirchen, Dreifaltigkeitskirche On: www.organindex.de, accessed on May 28, 2013
- ↑ Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Fatima in Wiebelskirchen On: www.unsere-pfarrei.de, accessed on May 7, 2013
Coordinates: 49 ° 21 '58.6 " N , 7 ° 11' 16.5" E