Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Ettlingen)

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Herz-Jesu-Kirche Ettlingen

The Catholic Herz-Jesu Church , built in the neo-Romanesque style, towers over the houses of the city of Ettlingen with its almost 70 meter high tower . With the painted dome in its crossing - as well as the ceiling painting by Emil Wachter in the Martinskirche and the frescoes by the Asam brothers in the Asam Hall in the Margravial Palace - it contributes to Ettlingen's reputation as the “city of ceiling paintings”.

history

The construction of the church was decided in 1894 under the parish priest and dean Ludwig Albert (1847-1923) after the parish church of St. Martin, consecrated in 1739, had become too small for the now 6,700 Catholics in the city and various plans for an expansion had been rejected. The church was designed by the archbishop's building inspector Johannes Schroth in the neo-Romanesque style. He described his plan on March 26, 1901 as follows: “With regard to the architecture, we have adhered to the Romanesque style forms, but we are reluctant to make direct copies of entire components from the early Middle Ages; rather, it seems more correct to us [...] to use these [ ...] to see clear and calm architecture as the basis and thereby to weave in the expression of the contemporary art sensation and [...] architectural language. For this reason, mainly the upper tower solution, the dominant architectural motif for the church, town and surroundings, deviates somewhat from the old Romanesque motifs. ”The church building authorities approved the construction. The budget was 330,000 marks without interior work. The foundation stone was laid on June 21, 1902. On June 24, 1906, the completed church was inaugurated by the Archbishop of Freiburg, Thomas Nörber .

construction

The neo-Romanesque church is a three-aisled columned basilica with the plan of a Latin cross. Three apses close off the main nave and the side aisles. According to the order of the “bound system” there are two aisle yokes on one yoke in the main nave. All ceilings are vaulted and structured by diagonally placed cross ribs . These and the arches and columns are made of red sandstone or painted in this tone. The exterior facade is varied using red sandstone from Lorraine and light-colored Murgtäler sandstone. On the gable ends and the wall surfaces, stepped blind arches, toothed friezes and pilaster strips loosen up the architecture.

Furnishing

According to the name given to the church, Christ can be seen at the entrance portal, showing his heart crowned with thorns. Colored figures rise above the round sandstone pillars, decorated with detailed stone carvings on the bases and on the capitals; so in the high choir Konrad von Konstanz and Bernhard von Baden , as patron saints of the Archdiocese of Freiburg. The interior of the church was painted during the construction period by the painter Franz Rieger based on suggestions from Ludwig Albert. In 1926 Franz-Valentin Hemmerle painted some pictures in the front part of the church.

During the redesign from 1964 to 1966, the main altar was removed and an altar made of red sandstone was placed in the center of the choir. All paintings were painted over brightly. The church also received new windows by Emil Wachter . Theo Heiermann , Elmar Hillebrand and Clemens Hillebrand as well as Karl Matthäus Winter and Tobias Winter were involved in the redesign from 1990 to 1992 . Theo Heiermann created the crucifixion group on the altar island and the stained glass windows of the sacrament chapel in the left apse. The stone inlays in the floor frieze around the altar island were made by Elmar Hillebrand and enable mass to be celebrated from all four sides. Karl Matthäus Winter created the altar and the ambo. Clemens Hillebrand painted a heavenly Jerusalem about 30 meters above the altar in the vault of the crossing dome in front of a blue, ornamental starry sky in bright ocher tones . The chandeliers hanging freely in the room were designed by Tobias Winter. Architect Robert Langensteiner from Ettlingen was in charge of the architecture. With the artists Hillebrand, Heiermann and Winter, three important representatives of the Cologne school worked on this interior design.

organ

In the main apse is the side choir organ by the Stieffell brothers from 1858, which was originally built for Illingen . The white-framed prospectus in the classicism style has four flat pipe fields. Two small rectangular fields are flanked by two tall ones. At the top, the pipe fields are closed off by gilded veil boards in the form of curtains made of openwork latticework with cords. Opposite on the gallery stands the large main organ built by the company Matz & Luge in 2001, which emerges from an organ made by the company Koulen . The Koulen organ from 1906 had 45 stops on three manuals and a pedal . 19 stops of this organ were included in the front-playing new building from 2001. The nine-axis prospectus is structured by eight stands with metal rods. The pipework of the individual works is distributed over several wind chests, whereby all manual chests can be played from each of the three manuals and the pedal, both in normal pitch and in the sub-octave and super-octave positions. In addition, the pitch of the organ can be changed up and down by up to eight semitones.

Major work C – a 3
1. Principal 16 ′
2. Bourdon 16 ′
3. Principal 8th'
4th Bourdon 8th'
5. Viole 8th'
6th octave 4 ′
7th Flute 4 ′
8th. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
9. octave 2 ′
10. Cornett V 8th'
11. Mixtus major V 2 ′
12. Mixtus minor IV 1'
13. Trumpets 16 ′
14th Trumpets 8th'
15th Clairon 4 ′
Positive C – a 3
16. Principal 8th'
17th Bourdon 8th'
18th Principal 4 ′
19th Reed flute 4 ′
20th Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
21st Duplicate 2 ′
22nd Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
23. Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
24. Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
25th Cromorne 8th'
Tremulant
Swell C – a 3
26th Bourdon 16 ′
27. Bourdon 8th'
28. violin 8th'
29 Viol 8th'
30th Suavial 8th'
31. Flûte harmonique 8th'
32. Vox coelestis 8th'
33. Violin principal 4 ′
34. Transverse flute 4 ′
35. Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
36. Octavin 2 ′
37. Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
38. Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
39. Basson 16 ′
40. Trompette harmonique 8th'
41. Basson-Hautbois 8th'
Carillon
Tremulant
Pedal C – g 1
42. Grand Bourdan 32 ′
43. Open bass 16 ′
44. Sub bass 16 ′
45. Violon 16 ′
46. Flute 8th'
47. Bourdon 8th'
48. octave 4 ′
49. Mixturbass V 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
50. Bombard 32 ′
51. trombone 16 ′
52. Bass trumpet 8th'
  • Couple
    • Coupling: all shop sections to each manual and / or pedal
    • Sub-coupler: manuals
    • Super coupling: (manuals and pedal)
  • Typesetter : 5 × 104
  • Transpose c: 8 HT to the left, 8 HT to the right

Bells

Half of the bells had to be delivered during the First World War. In 1928 the church received a full bell again. After all bells except the smallest had to be removed during the Second World War, five bells in special bronze were restored shortly after the war and finally in 1956 the complete ringing by bells made by the Heidelberg bell founder Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling was restored.

No. Surname Casting year foundry Ø (mm) Mass (kg) Nominal Remarks
1 Sacred Heart of Jesus 1956 FW Schilling, Heidelberg 1,980 5,300 as 0 -8 bronze
2 Maria 1956 FW Schilling, Heidelberg 1,456 3,847 des ′ -8 bronze
3 Joseph 1956 FW Schilling, Heidelberg 1,284 2,255 it ′ -8 bronze
4th Nicholas 1956 FW Schilling, Heidelberg 1,178 1,445 f ′ 10 bronze
5 Anna 1956 FW Schilling, Heidelberg 972 1,440 as ′ -8 bronze
6th Bernhard 1956 FW Schilling, Heidelberg 857 868 b ′ -8 bronze
7th Guardian Angel 1956 FW Schilling, Heidelberg 775 650 des ″ -8 bronze
8th Benedict 2006 Bachert foundry, Karlsruhe 618 50 ges ″ -8 Bronze; hangs in the roof turret

The small "Benedikt" bell from Bachert in the open roof turret was artistically designed by Emil Wachter and his daughter Dorothea Bode in 2006. It is only rung alone.

literature

  • Kath. Pfarramt Herz-Jesu, Ettlingen (ed.): Ettlingen Herz-Jesu-Kirche. Art publishing house Harald Lipp, Horb a. N.
  • The renovation of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is making progress. New city comes down from heaven. In: Badische Zeitung , September 6, 1991.
  • Robert Langensteiner: The Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Ettlingen from 1906-1993; its building history from 1906 to the interior renovation 1991–93. In: Ettlinger Hefte. No. 28 (1994), Ettlingen 1994.

Web links

Commons : Herz-Jesu-Kirche  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ettlingen - The city of ceiling paintings. In: Official Journal of the large district town of Ettlingen. Sept 12, 1991.
  2. ↑ Kath. Pfarramt Herz-Jesu, Ettlingen (Hrsg.): Ettlingen Herz-Jesu-Kirche. Art publishing house Harald Lipp, Horb a. N.
  3. ↑ Kath. Pfarramt Herz-Jesu, Ettlingen (Hrsg.): Ettlingen Herz-Jesu-Kirche. Art publishing house Harald Lipp, Horb a. N.
  4. ↑ Kath. Pfarramt Herz-Jesu, Ettlingen (Hrsg.): Ettlingen Herz-Jesu-Kirche. Art publishing house Harald Lipp, Horb a. N.
  5. ↑ Kath. Pfarramt Herz-Jesu, Ettlingen (Hrsg.): Ettlingen Herz-Jesu-Kirche. Art publishing house Harald Lipp, Horb a. N.
  6. ↑ Information about the organ on the website of the parish.
  7. ^ Orgel in Ettlingen on Orgel Databank (Dutch), accessed on June 4, 2020.
  8. ↑ Information about the bells on the parish website.