Heart of Jesus (Völpke)
The Church of the Heart of Jesus is the Catholic church in Völpke , a municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt . It belongs to the parish " St. Marien " with seat in Oschersleben , in the deanery Egeln of the diocese of Magdeburg . The church named after the Sacred Heart of Jesus is located at Rudolf-Breitscheid-Straße 52 (corner of Bahnhofstraße).
history
In the 16th century, the population in the Völpke area became Evangelical-Lutheran with the introduction of the Reformation .
With the population increase triggered by industrialization in the 19th century, Catholics also settled in Völpke again. In addition to mining in the Helmstedt lignite district , the briquette factory “Fürst Bismark” founded in 1898 and the montan wax factory built in 1900 offered work opportunities. The station, which went into operation in 1872, also contributed to the economic development in Völpke.
In 1905 the foundation stone was laid and the Herz-Jesu-Kirche was built and inaugurated on December 8th. Around 1910 the later auxiliary bishop Augustinus Philipp Baumann was parish vicar in Völpke, from 1917 to 1930 the pastor Gustav Vogt , who later died in the Dachau concentration camp, worked as parish vicar in Völpke. As a result of the Second World War , the number of Catholics in Völpke increased due to the influx of displaced persons from the eastern regions of the German Empire .
The church has had no resident priest since 1989 . On October 13, 2007, the community association "Eilsleben - Großalsleben - Hadmersleben - Hamersleben - Hötensleben - Klein Oschersleben - Oschersleben - Sommerschenburg - Völpke" was established, to which the Sacred Heart Church has belonged since then. On November 28, 2010, today's parish “St. Marien ". The 2011 census in the European Union showed that 89 of the 1430 inhabitants of the political municipality of Völpke belonged to the Roman Catholic Church.
Architecture and equipment
The church was built as a brick building in the neo-Gothic style and has 176 seats. The entrance on the north side of the church was locked and a baptistery was set up in its place. The tabernacle stele is in the chancel, stained glass windows show Saints Paul of Tarsus and Simon Peter . Under the organ loft is the confessional , a mission cross reminiscent of the popular missions from 1910 to 1958. At the facilities of the Church are also a Sacred Heart statue , statues of the Holy Mary (mother of Jesus) , Joseph of Nazareth and Aloysius Gonzaga , and a way of the cross and a pipe organ . Your roof turret has two bells .
See also
Web links
- Church on the parish website
- Church on the website of the political community
- Internet presence of the political community with inside views of the church
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.bistum-magdeburg.de/front_content.php?idcat=1400&idart=2411&lang=5
- ^ Community association letter of the community association Oschersleben, edition autumn 2010.
Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ 18.1 ″ N , 11 ° 6 ′ 22.5 ″ E