Sacred Heart Church (Oberwürzbach)

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The parish church Herz Jesu in Oberwürzbach
View inside the church
View from the chancel towards the gallery and organ prospect
Organ prospectus

The Herz-Jesu-Kirche is a Roman Catholic parish church in Oberwürzbach , a district of St. Ingbert , Saarpfalz district . She bears the patronage of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus . In the list of monuments of the Saarland the church building is a single monument listed.

history

Until the construction of the church, the Catholics of Oberwürzbach were part of the parish of Ommersheim . The first plans to build their own parish church from the years before the First World War could therefore not be implemented. After the war, the construction project threatened to fail due to inflation , but the construction succeeded with the available funds before they were completely devalued.

On June 11, 1922 the foundation stone was laid for the church building built according to plans by the architects Wilhelm Schulte II (Neustadt) and Forster. On July 22, 1923, the church was inaugurated by the Speyr bishop Ludwig Sebastian .

Sulzbach / Saar bought three bells from the Catholic community in 1930 , of which the two largest were melted down during the Second World War in 1942.

After the war damage had been repaired, the church was enlarged in the years 1950–1951 according to plans by the diocesan building councilor Wilhelm Schulte by adding an extension to the long western side of the building. Architect Kreischer took over the construction management and the necessary construction work was carried out by the St. Ingbert company Wittemann. A parish hall was set up in the basement of the extension building. The inauguration of the enlarged church took place on October 14, 1951 by Bishop Joseph Wendel .

From 1990 to 1993 the windows and roof were restored.

architecture

Church interior

The choir of the old church has been converted into a war memorial chapel in which a Pietà dominates the room.

The 26 stained glass windows were created by the Polish artist Józef Furdyna ( Krakow ) in 1990.

Exterior of the church

The cross on the church roof above the main altar was made by master locksmith Gerald Becker and master painter Ewald Schmitt (Oberwürzbach).

organ

The organ of the church was built in 1966 by the company Wolfgang Scherpf Orgelbau ( Speyer ). The instrument, with 27 registers and 2 manuals , is set up on a gallery and has a free-standing console . The wind chests are slider chests with an electric play and stop action . The salicional in the swell was installed later.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Pommer 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Gemshorn 8th'
4th Octave 4 ′
5. Night horn 4 ′
6th Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Octave 2 ′
8th. Mixture II 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
9. Trumpet 8th'
II Swell C – g 3
10. Covered 8th'
11. Quintadena 8th'
12. Salicional 8th'
13. Principal 4 ′
14th Hollow flute 4 ′
15th Schwiegel 2 ′
16. Sesquialter
17th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
18th Octavlein 1'
19th Scharff IV 1'
20th oboe 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
21st Principal bass 16 ′
22nd Sub bass 16 ′
23. Octavbass 8th'
24. Bass covered 8th'
25th Choral bass 4 ′
26th Back set IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
27. Nursing trombone 16 ′
  • Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
  • Playing aids : two free combinations, tutti, crescendo, crescendo starting

Bells

In 1954, the Saarlouis bell foundry in Saarlouis-Fraulautern, which was founded by Karl (III) Otto from the Otto bell foundry in Bremen-Hemelingen and Aloys Riewer from Saarland in 1953, cast four bronze bells for the Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Oberwürzbach. The bells have the chimes: es ′ - f ′ - as ′ - b ′. Their diameters are: 1305 m, 1162 mm, 978 mm, 871 mm. The bells weigh: 1330 kg, 974 kg, 545 kg, 375 kg.

Web links

Commons : Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Oberwürzbach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list Saarpfalz-Kreis (PDF; 1.2 MB), accessed on July 5, 2012
  2. ↑ a b c d e f History of the parish church ( Memento of the original from May 26, 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. From: oberwuerzbach.de/kirchengemeinde, accessed on July 5, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / oberwuerzbach.de
  3. ↑ a b Information on the parish church Herz Jesu on: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on July 5, 2012
  4. ↑ Information on the interior of the parish church Herz Jesu on: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on July 5, 2012
  5. ↑ Information on the exterior of the Herz Jesu parish church at: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on July 5, 2012
  6. ↑ Organ of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Catholic) ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Info page of the Orgeln im Saarland website , accessed on July 5, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.saar-orgelland.de
  7. ^ Gerhard Reinhold: Otto bells - family and company history of the bell foundry dynasty Otto . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 588, here especially 87 to 95, 567 .
  8. ↑ Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen . Nijmegen / NL 2019, p. 556, here in particular 105 to 112, 517 , urn : nbn: nl: ui: 22-2066 / 204770 (dissertation at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen).

Coordinates: 49 ° 14 ′ 31.7 ″  N , 7 ° 8 ′ 40.8 ″  E