Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Bremerhaven-Lehe)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Lehe

The Herz-Jesu-Kirche ( listen ? / I ) of the Catholic parish Hl. Herz Jesu in Bremerhaven - Lehe at Eupener Straße 60 was built in 1910/11. Audio file / audio sample

history

prehistory

With the establishment of Bremerhaven in 1827, the Lehe area also gained in importance. Between 1885 and 1905 its population increased from 10,011 to 31,826. The capacity of the Catholic Church Immaculate Conception of Mary from 1867 in Bremerhaven on Grünen Strasse (today Grazer Strasse ) was no longer sufficient, so that from 1900 the planning of parish churches for the then independent communities of Lehe and Geestemünde began. An anonymous donor promised 60,000 gold marks for the construction of both churches .

The St. Joseph Kirchbauverein was founded in 1906 and the Lehe parish in March 1908.

Planning and building

The planning contract was awarded to the architect Maximilian Jagielski from Hanover , who had made a name for himself through Catholic church buildings in historicist styles.

Jagielski designed a neo - Gothic three - aisled basilica with Art Nouveau elements , which was built from 1910 to 1911. The building was given a red stone facade. The church has a covered with red tiles pitched roof . The church is 48.80 meters long, 21.80 meters wide and the nave is around 12 meters high.

The powerful 55-meter high tower with a square sharp spire stands sideways on the south / east side. A small extension on the north / west side wears a hexagonal helmet.

The church was consecrated on August 13, 1911 by Bishop Adolf Bertram . On April 12, 1919, the parish was elevated to a parish.

It survived the bombing of the Second World War almost undamaged. In 1948 it got its first organ, which was replaced by a new organ with 42 registers in 1981 after a complete renovation and interior redesign in 1973 . In 1990/91 there was another renovation, especially the interior with its white and light-colored plastered surfaces on the walls and vaults. The church also received 42 concrete piles to stabilize the foundations. In 1991 the first restored windows returned to the church after 18 years.

Monument protection

In 2002 the Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Lehe was placed under monument protection.

Parish

The parish church Herz-Jesu in Bremerhaven-Lehe belongs to the catholic parish Hl. Herz Jesu in the Dean's office Bremerhaven in the diocese of Hildesheim . The parish includes northern parts of the city of Bremerhaven and parts of the district of Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony. In addition to the parish church, there is also the St. Benedict Chapel in Bad Bederkesa . Since November 1, 2014, the Churches Immaculate Conception of Mary in Bremerhaven and St. Ansgar in Bremerhaven- Leherheide have also belonged to the parish Herz-Jesu.

See also

literature

  • People under God's tent - 100 years of the Herz Jesu Church, Bremerhaven-Lehe 1911–2011 . Bremerhaven 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-034262-2 .
  • Hermann Schröder: History of the city of Lehe. Wesermünde-Lehe 1927.
  • Harry Gabcke , Renate Gabcke, Herbert Körtge, Manfred Ernst: Bremerhaven in two centuries. Volumes I to III from 1827 to 1991. Nordwestdeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Bremerhaven 1989/1991, ISBN 3-927857-00-9 , ISBN 3-927857-37-8 , ISBN 3-927857-22-X .
  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments Bremen / Lower Saxony. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1992, ISBN 3 422 003487 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ She donated the same amount again for the construction of the church Maria Hilfe der Christisten in Schöningen (Scharf-Wrede, p. 487)
  2. ↑ Nordsee-Zeitung of August 14, 2010
  3. ↑ Monument database of the LfD Bremen

Web link

Coordinates: 53 ° 33 ′ 29.3 "  N , 8 ° 34 ′ 29.8"  E