Heart of Jesus (Cuxhaven)
The Church of the Heart of Jesus is a Catholic church in Cuxhaven , a district town in Lower Saxony . It belongs to the Cuxhaven parish of St. Marien in the dean's office in Bremerhaven. The church in Strichweg 5B is the northernmost church in the Hildesheim diocese .
history
As early as 1897, Catholic church registers were kept at St. Michael, later the Heart of Jesus . From 1899 to 1900 the church was built as a garrison church of St. Michael , named after the Archangel Michael , by the Imperial Navy Office. It was the first Catholic church in Cuxhaven after the Reformation . The foundation stone was laid on July 4, 1899, and the church was consecrated by Field Provost Johannes Maria Assmann on November 18, 1900 . In 1919 the garrison was disbanded and the church passed to the civil parish. In 1924 she received the Sacred Heart of Jesus patronage .
In the 1950s, the parish acquired the "Meyn'sche property" on Grodener Chaussee, in whose former barn the now profaned St. Willehad chapel was set up. After the Second World War , the number of Catholic residents of Cuxhaven increased to such an extent that in 1964 the St. Mary's Church was built in a central location in Cuxhaven. Since then, the Herz-Jesu-Kirche has been a branch church of the St. Marien Congregation. In 1965 the church affiliation of Cuxhaven changed from the Diocese of Osnabrück to the Diocese of Hildesheim.
Architecture and equipment
The church was built in the neo-Gothic style and is just under 3 meters above sea level . There are two steel bells in its 38 meter high tower.
The interior of the church, including the gallery , has around 150 seats.
A sculpture by the church shows Mary and the child.
See also
- List of architectural monuments in Cuxhaven
- List of churches in the Diocese of Hildesheim
- Sacred Heart Church
literature
- Willi Stoffers: Diocese of Hildesheim today. Bernward, Hildesheim 1987, ISBN 3-87065-418-X , pp. 82-83.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Church registers in the diocese archive in Hildesheim
Coordinates: 53 ° 52 ′ 26.8 " N , 8 ° 41 ′ 41.7" E