Holy Cross (Isernhagen)
The Heilig Kreuz Church is the Catholic church in Altwarmbüchen , a district of the Isernhagen municipality in the Hanover region in Lower Saxony . It belongs to the parish " Heilig Geist " based in the Hanover district of Bothfeld , in the Hanover deanery of the Diocese of Hildesheim . The church named after the cross of Jesus was located at Bothfelder Straße 15 until 2015. On January 8, 2017, the successor building on the opposite side of the street was consecrated.
history
prehistory
In the 16th century, the population in the Hanover area became Evangelical-Lutheran through the introduction of the Reformation .
As a result of the Second World War , Catholic refugees and displaced persons from the eastern regions of the German Empire also settled in Altwarmbüchen and its surroundings. Initially, Catholic services were held in the Altwarmbüchen cemetery chapel or in secular rooms.
Church from 1971
On September 13, 1970, the foundation stone of the Holy Cross Church was laid, and on March 28, 1971, Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen gave her benediction . In 1987 the independent parish (Kuratiegemeinde) "Heilig Kreuz" was established, before the church belonged to the Bothfeld parish "Heilig Geist". In 1987 the rectory south of the church was also built.
From May 1, 2007, the church belonged to the then newly established dean's office in Hanover, previously it belonged to the dean's office in Hanover-North. From September 1, 2010 the church belonged again to the parish “Holy Spirit”, the parish “St. Cross, Isernhagen-Altwarmbüchen ”has been repealed.
For the construction of a REWE - supermarket , the church on September 26, 2015. by Bishop Heinz-Günter Bongartz desecrated and demolished the same year.
Church from 2017
On January 9, 2016, Provost Martin Tenge laid the foundation stone for a successor building on an opposite property that bears the same name as the previous church. The construction costs were estimated at 1.9 million euros, more than half of which was covered by the proceeds from the sale of the previous church property. On January 8, 2017, the new building of the Holy Cross Church in Königsberger Straße 2A was consecrated by Bishop Norbert Trelle . This was the only church consecration in the term of office of Bishop Norbert Trelle, which lasted from 2005 to 2017.
Architecture and equipment
Church from 1971
The east-facing church was around 57 meters above sea level . It was built as a prefabricated concrete church with a bell-less tower according to plans by Josef Fehlig and offered 195 seats. The Rottweiler painter and sculptor Siegfried Haas (1921–2011) created the altar , the free-standing crucifix , the tabernacle , the statue of the Virgin Mary and the stained glass windows . The interior of the church also included a confessional , an electronic organ and 14 stations of the cross . To the north of the church, and separated from it by folding doors , was the parish hall. There was also a wooden cross several meters high on the church property.
Church from 2017
The towerless building was built according to plans by the architect Oliver Arndt from the Pape & Kost GbR architectural office in Hiddestorf . The large glass front on the ground floor is intended to symbolize the church's openness to people. The church room and the parish hall are in one building complex, the church room can have a size of 50 or 150 m² due to sliding walls. The simple church space is characterized by indirect lighting, light walls and light oak. The statue of Mary comes from the secular church of St. Brother Konrad (Hanover) . The tabernacle , holy water basin , candlestick and the cross on the outer wall were designed and manufactured by Hildesheim art blacksmith Michael Haas. A new electronic organ is part of the inventory of the church .
See also
- List of profane churches in the Diocese of Hildesheim
- Holy Cross Church
- List of sacred buildings in the Hanover region
literature
- Willi Stoffers: Diocese of Hildesheim today. Hildesheim 1987, ISBN 3-87065-418-X , pp. 38-39
- KirchenZeitung No. 39/2015 of September 27, 2015, p. 1 (article on profanation)
- KirchenZeitung No. 1/2017 of January 8, 2017, pp. 9 and 10 (article on the new building from 2017)
Web links
- Church on the parish website
- Church on the website Holidaycheck
- Profanation on the diocese's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat Hildesheim (ed.): Catholic worship in the diocese of Hildesheim. Hildesheim 1966, p. 22
- ↑ http://www.chriswegner.de/1259435.htm
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.pape-kost.de/
- ↑ Heinz-Günter Bongartz : seventy-five. For the birthday of Bishop Norbert Trelle. Hildesheim 2017, p. 30.
Coordinates: 52 ° 25 ′ 52.1 ″ N , 9 ° 51 ′ 10.7 ″ E