Holy Cross (Helpsen)
The Church of the Holy Cross was the Catholic Church in Helpsen in Schaumburg in Lower Saxony . She was most recently a daughter church of the parish of St. Joseph in Stadthagen , in the former deanery Bückeburg of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim , and was in the street Bergkrug 11 . The nearest Catholic church is today 6 km away in Obernkirchen , but the Catholic residents of Helpsen belong to the parish of St. Joseph in Stadthagen, 7 km away.
history
In 1955 the newly built Heilig Kreuz church was consecrated after Catholic refugees and displaced persons had settled in the area around Stadthagen, which has been evangelical since the Reformation , as a result of the Second World War .
It was at times a branch church of the parish of St. Joseph in Stadthagen , but at times also an independent parish with a branch church of St. Bartholomew in Nienstädt. On September 1, 2008, the parish Heilig Kreuz was dissolved and the parish of St. Joseph in Stadthagen was attached.
On November 20, 2010 the profanation by Vicar General Werner Schreer took place , the church building was demolished in November 2011.
Architecture and equipment
The church was located behind the rectory on the street, in the rear area of the Bergkrug 11 property (formerly Helpsen No. 28), around 59 meters above sea level . It was built as a solid structure with a cross-crowned entrance tower.
See also
literature
- Willi Stoffers: Diocese of Hildesheim today. Hildesheim 1987, ISBN 3-87065-418-X , p. 151
Web links
- Image of the church (seen from the west) on the diocese's website
- Profanation on the diocese's website
- Demolition of the church in the Schaumburger Nachrichten
Coordinates: 52 ° 18 ′ 48.5 ″ N , 9 ° 6 ′ 54 ″ E