Holy Cross Church (Soest)

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The Catholic Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche is a church building in Soest in North Rhine-Westphalia . It was built according to the designs of the most important church architect of the post-war period, Rudolf Schwarz . Since Schwarz died in April 1961, his wife Maria Schwarz and Hilde Strohl completed the work. The parish belongs to the Soest Pastoral Association in the Archdiocese of Paderborn .

History and architecture

Newly built residential areas in the west of Soest made it necessary to build a fourth Catholic church. In Soest there were already outstanding medieval churches in the 1950s. During the construction of St. Bruno , the city administration had an influence on the execution in order to guarantee a presentable construction performance. In order to achieve the same for Heilig Kreuz, the city announced a limited competition among renowned church planners. Usually, the city authorities limit themselves to building supervision and questions of urban planning. According to the former head building councilor Heinrich Schäfer, “they wanted a design that would add a modern one to the beautiful churches of the Middle Ages, which would represent a real expression of the current architectural philosophy”. In addition to Schwarz, the architects Otto Weicken and Gottfried Böhm also took part in the competition. The jury favored the design by Schwarz, who died some time later. His widow, the architect Maria Schwarz, then worked out detailed plans in which objections from the parish and the archbishop's authority were taken into account. The city administration did not agree with these changes and Archbishop Lorenz Cardinal Jaeger decided on the original competition design, which Maria Schwarz carried out from 1965 to 1966.

The skeleton structure on a rectangular floor plan is located under a slightly inclined gable roof, the reinforced concrete wall pillars are painted white, the brick walls are not plastered. The light falls into the hall through a continuous ribbon of windows. The strictly rectangular character is supported by the accommodation of the confessionals, the vestibules and the sacristy in flat extensions in the outer walls. The semicircular brick apse is room-high; it forms the liturgical center and can be walked around along the outer wall. Rudolf Schwarz thus clarifies his concept of the center of the world and the edge of the world, with the edge of the world being represented structurally by the corridor around the apse. Here the sacraments of baptism and confession are administered; the side chapel is used for prayer. The Eucharist is celebrated in the middle of the world, the apse. The clear glazing is a work by Wilhelm Buschulte from 1967. Like the altar area, the organ protrudes freely into the room. It was built in 1995; Maria Schwarz was involved in the design of the prospectus. The two-winged main portal is only opened on special festive days, otherwise the building is accessed via an entrance at the end of the loggia. The bells hang in a campanile that is connected to the church by a loggia.

Kindergarten and parish home were built from 1985 to 1986 under the direction of Maria Schwarz; in some cases the plans differ from those of 1960.

Furnishing

The ambo, altar, choir bench, priest's seat and the place of baptism were made according to designs by Maria Schwarz. The crescent moon Madonna from the end of the 15th century has been repainted, the cross and pietà were carved by Fritz Viegener in 1922 and 1925. Friedrich Gebhardt designed the hanging altar cross in 1970, the tabernacle was created by the sculptor Josef Baron in 1975.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Heinrich Otten: The church building in the Archdiocese of Paderborn 1930 to 1975 . Bonifatius Verlag, Paderborn 2009, ISBN 978-3-89710-403-7 , p. 109.
  2. ↑ a b c d Georg Dehio , under the scientific direction of Ursula Quednau: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia II Westphalia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , p. 1005.
  3. ↑ Pastoral Association
  4. ^ A b Heinrich Otten: The church building in the Archdiocese of Paderborn 1930 to 1975. Bonifatius Verlag, Paderborn 2009, ISBN 978-3-89710-403-7 , p. 110.
  5. ↑ a b c Heinrich Otten: The church building in the Archdiocese of Paderborn 1930 to 1975 . Bonifatius Verlag, Paderborn 2009, ISBN 978-3-89710-403-7 , p. 385.
  6. ↑ Pages of the Pastoral Association

Coordinates: 51 ° 34 ′ 15.4 "  N , 8 ° 5 ′ 20"  E