Church of the Redeemer (Lustenau)
The parish church of the divine savior (in common parlance " Church of the Redeemer ") is one of the three Roman Catholic parish churches in the Austrian market town of Lustenau . The associated parish Lustenau-Rheindorf belongs to the Dornbirn deanery of the Feldkirch diocese . The church is a listed building .
location
The Erlöserkirche is located in the Rheindorf district of the Lustenau community. The cemetery adjoins its east side, while the parish center and parsonage stand on the north side . There is a small forecourt between the main portal on the western side of the building and the street.
history
At the end of the 19th century it became foreseeable that in view of the strong population growth in Lustenau, a parish church would not be enough. As early as 1897, the pastor of the then only church in Lustenau expressed the wish for a second church in the northern part of the community in a sermon. At the same time, the initiative to build the St. Antonius Chapel arose in the southernmost parcel of Wiesenrain .
A specially established church building fund was used to collect the sum necessary for the construction until the end of the First World War and part of the subsequent building site was already acquired. However, inflation destroyed about half of the collected capital, only a partial amount invested in Swiss francs was retained and served as the financial basis for a new start in 1927 when the Rheindorfer Kirchenbauverein was founded.
On July 26, 1933, the building committee unanimously decided to build the shell according to the plans of the architects Willibald Braun from Bregenz and Emanuel Thurnher from Dornbirn . Pastor Gebhard Baldauf broke ground on August 15 of the same year, and the laying of the foundation stone was celebrated on November 12 in the presence of Bishop Sigismund Waitz .
From Christmas Eve 1935 on, services were celebrated in the Church of the Redeemer on Sundays and public holidays. On October 22, 1939, Bishop Paulus Rusch consecrated the still unplastered church. The Second World War prevented further completion of the building for the next few years. The Way of the Cross was only introduced in 1947 and an organ was built in 1948. Finally, in 1952 - 17 years after the first mass was celebrated - the church was plastered.
The pastor Josef Marte, appointed in 1970, implemented two major building projects right at the beginning of his term of office: in 1971 the lower church was greatly upgraded through renovations, and from 1972–1974 a parish center was built between the church and the rectory on the site of the old congregation hall.
A fundamental renovation of the church carried out in 1986 was accompanied by a violent and sometimes very emotional and polemical argument about the way of the renovation. A smoldering fire in the roof structure on December 10th of that year almost destroyed the project, but it came to a happy conclusion on December 21st with the consecration of the altar.
architecture
Exterior description
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The Church of the Redeemer is basically basilical . The high central nave has a gable roof, the side aisles have hipped roofs and coupled slender arched windows. The choir ends with a semicircular apse , a three-storey sacristy is attached to the south of the choir. The 40 m high church tower with a round arch hall and a flat gable end stands at the southwest corner of the building. A vestibule with a three-axis arched arcade is built into the facade on the west side. Above the arches are figures of the Archangel Michael as a weigher of souls and of which the blessed and the damned mounted left and right, the 1953 by sculptor Bregenz to 1955 Gehrer Emil were created. There is a round window above . On the outside of the apse, the sgraffito Erlöser by the artist Leo Sebastian Humer, dated 1952, looks out onto the cemetery, the writing underneath "I am the resurrection and the life" is by Markus Bachmann.
Inside description
Inside, the church represents a hall. The high central nave has a seven-bay wooden ceiling, the straight side aisles have a pent roof. The lower church is located under the raised choir as a separate room accessible from the outside. The choir gallery in the rear part of the church is supported by a wooden beam ceiling.
Furnishing
Principals
The copper work on the tabernacle by Josef Baumgartner from 1935 shows the Adoration of the Shepherds and Kings on the left and the Last Supper on the right .
Most of the furnishings in the chancel, such as the baptismal font , popular altar , ambo , sedilia and credenza , were renewed in the course of the renovation in 1986.
Wooden figures of the authors of the New Testament letters , the apostles John , James , Paul , Peter and Judas Thaddäus , are attached to Walter Kuen's pulpit .
painting
The wall fresco by the Viennese artist Sepp Maierhuber in the choir apse shows the motif of the mercy seat - Jesus on the crucifix , floating above the dove as a symbol of the Holy Spirit , and above all God the Father . The two angels next to the cross stand for the Old (on the right with the tablets of the Law of Moses ) and the New Testament (on the left with the cup of the blood of Christ ). The four evangelist symbols complete the fresco below.
The Stations of the Cross come from the South Tyrolean artist Leo Sebastian Humer .
window
The windows were designed by the glass painter Carl Rieder from Schwaz based on the ideas of the pastor Gebhard Baldauf and manufactured in the Tyrolean glass painting establishment.
In the apse there are eight arched windows with abstract color patterns that develop from warm yellow and red tones below to cold blue tones above.
On each of the two long sides there are 12 high arched windows, which are arranged in pairs between the columns. Each of these 12 pairs of windows shows a picture that creates a connection between the work of Jesus Christ - in the upper part - and the actions of saints or other ecclesiastical or secular persons - in the lower part:
| page | Number (from the front) | above | below | Benefactor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| right | 1 | John the Baptist baptizes Jesus. From above, God the Father sends the Holy Spirit to earth in the form of a dove. | The Saint Boniface baptizing Gentile converts. | Mr and Mrs factory owner Josef and Maria Bösch |
| Left | 1 | The multiplication of bread: Jesus blesses a basket with a fish and three loaves of bread that is being held by a boy. In the background stand three men, representing the crowd. | Pope Pius X shares the communion of to children. | in memory of (our dear parents) Robert and Lidwina Bösch |
| right | 2 | Jesus resists the temptations of the devil and is worshiped by angels. | An angel protects people who are tempted by the devil. | Virgin Mary Anna Sperger |
| Left | 2 | The parable of the prodigal son : the father welcomes the son who has returned home, wearing only shorts, with open arms. In the background the older son is plowing the field with a farmhand. | St. John the Baptist of Vianney , also known as the pastor of Ars, gives confession to two men who kneel before him. | (not noted) |
| right | 3 | Jesus teaches a listening crowd. | Saint Peter Canisius teaches children. | in memory of Josef and Franziska Hofer |
| Left | 3 | Jesus, the Good Shepherd, climbs a rock to save a sheep that is lost. | A “human sheep” is caught in the thicket of sin and looks up imploringly at Jesus. | Rudolf Hagen family, Vaduz |
| right | 4th | A paralyzed person asks Jesus for healing. In the background the angel climbs into the Bethesda pond to get the water flowing. | Saints Luise von Marillac and Vincent von Paul take care of sick people. | Virgin Veronika Hagen |
| Left | 4th | The parable of the rich man and poor Lazarus : Jesus as the narrator of the parable points to Lazarus kneeling on the ground and the rich man standing next to him. | A clergyman is giving two poor men something to eat. The clergyman is either Klemens Maria Hofbauer or Johannes Kolping. | The Gebhard Rimmele family and the Lustenauer in America |
| right | 5 | The dying Joseph of Nazareth lies in the arms of Jesus, Mary holds his hand. | Barbara of Nicomedia gives communion to a dying man. | Konrad Alge and wife Maria Bösch |
| Left | 5 | Jesus heals a leper . | Pope Gregory the Great celebrates the Eucharist with an altar boy . A poor soul asks for redemption from purgatory . | Families Hermann and Gebhard Fitz |
| right | 6th | Jesus shows him the way to following people. | The holy Leopold and Count Jakob Hannibal of Hohenems and his wife Hortensia Borromeo are shown as the church facing secular leader. | (not noted) |
| Left | 6th | Jesus hands over the key to the kingdom of heaven to Peter . | The dignitaries in office at the time the church was built, Pope Pius XI. and Bishop Sigismund Waitz , bless praying men. | Virgin Mary Hagen |
On the south side under the gallery are three smaller rectangular windows. While the two outer ones are designed with abstract color patterns, the middle one depicts the motif of St. Christopher carrying the baby Jesus on his shoulders through the water. It was donated by the architect Willibald Braun.
Opposite on the north side above the gallery is a round window with the title Maria as Queen of Angels . It shows Our Lady with the Infant Jesus on her lap, flanked on the right and left by two angels making music. This window was donated by the Lustenau pastor Gebhard Baldauf when the church was built.
The large, circular window on the west side above the entrance portal of the church bears the name Christ the Redeemer as King of all Estates . The motif, influenced by the corporate state at that time, shows Jesus in front of the cross with outstretched arms, the right hand forms the gesture of blessing . People from all walks of life gather around him: a young couple, an old woman, a farmer with a scythe, a mother with two children, an elegantly dressed businessman and a blacksmith with a hammer and anvil representing the trade.
Other facility
The Volksgestuhl consists of 18 rows of benches, eight in front of and ten behind the cloister, which are designed for 12 people each on the left and right, so there is space for 432 people in the benches. Until the renovation in 1986 there were 10 rows of benches in front of and behind the cloister, the nave thus originally offered 480 seats.
Under the gallery on the north wall there is a wooden crucifix from the mid-18th century. In front of it are a stand for sacrificial candles and a knee bench.
organ
The existing organ was set up in 1995 and consecrated by Bishop Klaus Küng at Pentecost .
Bells
First set of bells from 1936
The first bells for the Erlöserkirche from 1936 come from the Grassmayr bell foundry . Except for the death knell, all had to be handed in in 1943.
| Surname | volume | Weight | inscription |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ the King bell | B ° | 3600 kg | Honor father and mother, so that you live long and prosper on earth - Founded in 1933 in honor of the Holy Family in honor of their home community by Lambert König 1863 † March 6, 34 and his wife Theresia, born. Riedmann 1862 - Forgive me if a brazen Bummerin a St. Proudly shot in the limbs because I'm the 2nd thousandth that my master poured after the world war. Jesus Christ, King of Families, protect and bless us |
| Marienbell | of' | 2000 kg | Hail Mary, full of graces the Lord is with you - active love heals all wounds, mere words only alleviate pain. Dear Mary with the child, give us all your blessings. Donated by the Hermann Scheffknecht and Christine family, geb. Boesch |
| Warrior memorial bell | it' | 1400 kg | Nobody has greater love than those who give their lives for their friends - lamentation, hero honor, heaven's hope, funeral song. Heroes' thanks and a reminder of peace heralds my serious tone. The unforgettable sons of Lustenau 1914–1922 |
| Joseph Bell | ges' | 850 kg | Combining work with prayer allows us to find God's blessing - St. Joseph and St. Ferdinand, always protect our homeland - Dedicated to our good parents out of gratitude Brothers Bösch Schreiber Ferdis - St. Antonius and St. Franziskus, pray for us in need and danger - Dedicated to the memory of our dear parents of the Anton Vetter Winkler family |
| Youth bell | as' | 550 kg | I am consecrated for Lustenau's youth, always be ready to fight for Christ - remember your Creator in the days of your youth, fear God and keep his commandments |
| Death knell | b ' | 400 kg | Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, because their works follow them - I call the living, I cry for the dead, I break lightning - Beseech us, Mother Anna, after this life heavenly peace - St. Gebhard, our patron saint be our advocate God's Son |
Second set of bells from 1949
The second set of bells was consecrated on Christmas King Sunday 1949. There are again six bells in the mood B ° des' es' ges' as' b '.
Lower church
Below the choir is a circular, separately accessible lower church with a diameter of 11.5 m. The circular windows looking out onto the cemetery show the local blessed and saints Gebhard , Merbod , Ilga , Fidelis , Gerold and Franz Joseph Rudigier .
Pastoral care
The Erlöserkirche was initially a branch church of the parish church of St. Peter and Paul . On October 1, 1940, a parish vicariate was set up and Josef Welte was assigned his own pastor, who was assigned the chaplain Hugo Kleinbrod as a parish assistant. The identification of the population with the new parish was not very strong at the beginning: the first Christmas mass at Christmas 1940 was attended by only about 50 believers, the others went to the mother church to visit the graves of their relatives in the cemetery after the mass, according to tradition can.
From 1941 to 1945 Hugo Kleinbrod was first in Gestapo detention because of his influence on the youth , then in the navy and finally in captivity, so that during this time only one priest was available for the newly established pastoral care area.
The Rhine village was raised to an independent parish on July 1, 1951.
On September 6, 1970, Josef Marte replaced the seventy-year-old Josef Welte as pastor of the Church of the Redeemer. The first election of a parish council on May 16, 1971 also fell during his term of office.
Thomas Sauter is currently pastor in Lustenau-Rheindorf.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Vorarlberg - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 27, 2014 (PDF).
- ↑ Wolfgang Scheffknecht: 100 years market town Lustenau . Lustenau 2003, ISBN 3-900954-06-2 , pp. 357 .
- ↑ a b c d e Wolfgang Scheffknecht: History of the Redeemer Parish. Erlöserpfarre Lustenau, accessed on November 13, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c d Wolfgang Scheffknecht: 100 years market town of Lustenau . Lustenau 2003, ISBN 3-900954-06-2 , pp. 354-356 .
- ↑ a b c d e Federal Monuments Office (ed.): Dehio-Handbuch Vorarlberg . Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7031-0585-2 , p. 303 .
- ^ A b c Hugo Schnell, Gebhard Baldauf: The churches of Lustenau / Vorarlberg . Ed .: Verlag der Kleine Deutschen Kirchenführer Dr. Schnell & Dr. Steiner. Munich 1939, p. 16-23 .
- ↑ Klaus König: Jewelry and Annunciation. The stained glass window of the parish church of the Holy Savior in Lustenau Rheindorf. Erlöserpfarre Lustenau, accessed on November 13, 2016 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 26 '7.6 " N , 9 ° 39" 25.4 " E