Holy Family (Hoyerswerda)
The Catholic parish church of Holy Family in Saxony Hoyerswerda is a neo-Gothic brick - church hall . It was built in 1913/14 according to plans by Engelbert Seibertz .
location
The church is located near Salomon-Gottlob-Frentzel-Strasse, not far from the old city center of Hoyerswerda.
history
Catholic Sorbs as well as Upper Silesian and Bohemian immigrants formed the post-Reformation Catholic community of Hoyerswerda at the beginning of the 20th century . Foundations and donations made the construction of the church possible, which began on June 12, 1913 with the laying of the foundation stone and was completed on May 25, 1914 with the consecration of the church by the auxiliary bishop Karl Augustin of Breslau . The interior was completed by the beginning of the Second World War. During the war, two of the three bells and parts of the organ were lost as "war material". In 1953 a new organ from Jehmlich was installed. After the redesign of the interior according to the liturgical reform , Bishop Gerhard Schaffran von Görlitz consecrated the new altar on November 25, 1967. In 1989, three bells and neo-Gothic leaded glass windows came from the Evangelical Church of Großräschen - Bückgen, which had been demolished for open- cast lignite mining , to Hoyerswerda. In the course of a complete renovation, the church received five new altar windows and a winged altar by Sieger Köder in 1996/97 .
Building description
The east-facing church is designed based on the North German brick Gothic. This becomes particularly clear on the elaborate portal facade with a stepped gable and on the rectangular bell tower with its decorative elements, which stands on the north side of the flat-closing choir . Its east wall contains a large rose window and five small pointed arch windows. The four bays of the nave are provided with large tracery windows. White plastered fields emphasize the ornamental structure of the brick-red building.
The interior also lives from the contrast between the predominantly white wall surfaces and the red of the arches, vaulted ribs , services and reveals .
Furnishing
In addition to the neo-Gothic windows from Bückgen, the parish church has some remarkable contemporary sculptures. The most important works of art, however, are the altar and the choir windows by Sieger Köder. The windows show five pairs of parents (“ holy families ”) who play key roles in biblical salvation history . The winged altar depicts the Christmas and Easter mysteries of Jesus in three scenes .
organ
The Jehmlich organ from 1953 has three manuals and a pedal 30 registers with around 2000 pipes .
Bells
There is a ringing of four bells in the bell tower :
|
No. |
Casting year |
Foundry, casting location |
material |
Percussive ( HT - 1 / 16 ) |
| 1 | 1917 | Bochum V. | steel | d ′ |
| 2 | 1908 | Bochum V. | steel | f ′ |
| 3 | 1909 | Bochum V. | steel | a ′ |
| 4th | 1926 | Gebr. Rürich, Apolda | bronze | H' |
literature
- Klaus Theodor Henke: Church building and sacred art in Upper Lusatia . Oberlausitzer Verlag, Spitzkunnersdorf 2011, ISBN 978-3-941908-28-4 , pp. 175–177.
Web links
- Chronicle (web presence of the parish)
- Information (hoyerswerda.de)
- With the advent season, the Catholic community also celebrates its anniversary ( Lausitzer Rundschau , October 18, 2013)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Klaus Theodor Henke: Church building and sacred art in Upper Lusatia . Oberlausitzer Verlag, Spitzkunnersdorf 2011, ISBN 978-3-941908-28-4 , p. 175
- ↑ Detailed description and interpretation
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↑ Well-sounding with organ, violin and choir (Lausitzer Rundschau, September 24, 2003)
Organ soon with "full voice" (Lausitzer Rundschau, September 29, 2003)
Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 57.3 " N , 14 ° 14 ′ 29.1" E