Heiliggeistkirche (Niederwürzbach)
The Heiliggeistkirche , formerly Hubertuskapelle / Hubertuskirche, is a Protestant parish church in the Blieskastel district of Niederwürzbach . It is a listed monument as a single monument.
history
Since 1733 Niederwürzbach was a branch of the Catholic parish of Lautzkirchen. After the population had risen sharply in the 17th and 18th centuries, the desire for a place of worship was expressed. A small church was therefore built between 1738 and 1742. However, work stalled early on because the small community ran out of funds. Therefore, Imperial Count Friedrich Ferdinand von der Leyen was asked for help. In April 1739 the sovereign allowed an extraordinary logging to raise the necessary funds. The church bell was cast by the bell founder George Gachot from Zweibrücken. The sculptor Johann Martersteck carved a Hubertus relief in 1750. The church was dedicated to St. Dedicated to Hubertus .
In 1793 the chapel was partially destroyed and looted in the turmoil of the French Revolution, but was soon renovated again. The old bell was probably stolen during the looting, because in April 1822 the parish received a new bell that had been cast by Peter Lindenmann in Zweibrücken. This had to be recast in 1890 by the bell caster Hamm in Frankenthal because it had cracked. In 1891 the church council donated the bell to the political community in order to be able to provide the police, school and fire bells, as well as the death and funeral bells for people of different faiths.
In 1865 Niederwürzbach became an independent parish. Due to the further increase in the number of inhabitants, the Hubertus Chapel had meanwhile become too small. It was decided to build the Hubertus Church (built in 1880/1881), the chapel was sold to the political community of Niederwürzbach. A false ceiling made the building two-story and the mayor's office and a syringe house were set up here. In 1935 the mayor's office relocated. The National Socialist People's Welfare moved into the upper floor , and a meeting room for the NSDAP was set up. The building survived the Second World War almost unscathed. After the end of the war, the church on the lower floor was used by the fire brigade, the first floor was used as living space.
In 1952 the evangelical parish of Hassel acquired the former church. The building was then gutted and rebuilt by the St. Ingbert architect Otto Reul. A stairwell was built in and an extension was torn down. A small niche with a crucifix was created on the north side. The roof received a baroque ridge turret. When the foundation was uncovered, various remains of the foundation were discovered that must belong to an older building. On July 31, 1955, the Heiliggeistkirche was consecrated. In 1997 the building was extensively renovated. The lower church was expanded into a meeting room.
architecture
The original church was a simple baroque building with a gable roof and a three-sided choir. On the roof sat a square turret with a belfry. You entered the high church hall via an outer staircase on the south side. For a long time there was a large gate for the syringe house on the west side. This was later bricked up and the covered staircase removed. Today the access portal sits with a simple portico on the south-west side of the building. The long sides each have four window axes with segmental arches. The western gable side has two simpler windows and an oculus in the gable. The three-sided choir was retained. The roof was replaced by a hipped roof, the slate roof turret is octagonal with a baroque hood.
Furnishing
The altar and pulpit are covered with red mosaic stones. The altar mosaic with Christian symbols in the choir was created by Fritz Berberich from Sulzbach . The ceiling of the hall is stepped towards the walls with a profiled hollow.
organ
Since the electronic organ was prone to failure, it was replaced by a pipe organ in 1995 . This was built in 1966 by the organ building workshop Führer for the Evangelical Church in Wremen near Bremerhaven. She owns mechanical slide chests . Your disposition is as follows:
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literature
- Karl Fischer: 50 years of the Heiliggeistkirche Niederwürzbach . Niederwürzbach 1955.
- Dieter Schnepp: The old church . In: Around the pond . (= Niederwürzbacher Heimathefte , Volume 2). Niederwürzbach Local History Working Group, Niederwürzbach 1994.
Web links
- Private website for the church with numerous pictures, Niederwuerzbach.com
- Protestant churches in Blieskastel , Saar art dictionary
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saar-Palatinate District Monuments List, Saarland Monuments List, State Monuments Office Saar, p. 22
- ↑ Niederwürzbach, Heiliggeistkirche ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2015 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. , Organs in Saarland, accessed on September 3, 2016.
Coordinates: 49 ° 14 ′ 43.8 ″ N , 7 ° 12 ′ 14 ″ E