Heart of Jesus (Regensburg)

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Exterior view of the parish church Herz Jesu from the northwest
inner space
Unfinished south tower (faced brick masonry)

The Catholic parish church Herz Jesu is located at Kreuzgasse 20 in Westnerwacht in the old town of Regensburg .

history

With the founding of a church building association on April 21, 1912, the decision to build a church in the Westnerwacht of Regensburg was manifested . The First World War and the subsequent currency reform brought the plans to a standstill. It was not until 1924 that the new building ideas could be pursued further. After an unsatisfactory competition, the Thurn und Taxische Oberbaurat, Carl Schad, came up with a plan that met with general approval: He cleverly solved the problem of orienting the church to the east without sacrificing a lot of existing living space for the sprawling building in the densely populated area.

Construction began in 1928. The foundation stone was laid on July 9, 1929 and on November 23, 1930, the church was consecrated as the Sacred Heart Church by Bishop Michael Buchberger .

On April 25, 1945, bomb explosions in the vicinity damaged the roof and some windows. The church was renovated in 1954 and 1993. The installation of an altar island from 1966 in the front third of the nave and the resulting change in the arrangement of the pews according to the guidelines of the Second Vatican Council were changed in 1993 during the renovation.

Buildings and equipment

The late Expressionist parish church is a three-aisled basilica in a strict cube shape with a gable roof with a retracted choir, which is spanned with a hipped roof . The room is reminiscent of an early Gothic church. The total length of the church is 56.70 meters, the main nave is 14 meters wide and 15 meters high. The outer walls are made of plastered bricks, the unfinished south tower is clad in stone.

The coffered ceiling is highlighted with gold stars. The gallery rests on three arcades. A large, steep, pointed arcade opens up to the high altar. Princess Margarethe von Thurn und Taxis designed this and the monumental crucifixion group above it in Kiefersfeld marble and modeled the relief images on the side in the style of Expressionism . She also created the two side altar reliefs and the 14 terracotta statues of saints . The four evangelist statues in the main portal and the group of angels on the gallery were made by the Munich sculptor Otto Straub. The wooden cross on the west wall of the north aisle was made by Sebastian Osterrieder . The glass windows were designed by Josef Oberberger .

organ

Siemann organ from 1936

The organ with 3  manuals and originally 30  registers (Siemann counted the transmissions No. 28 and 31 as registers), with an electro-pneumatic action , was made in 1936 as op.483 by Willibald Siemann and is considered a representative instrument of later company history and clearly follows the Alsatian organ reform . The concise organ prospectus consists mainly of silent, silver-lacquered pipes made of relatively thin zinc sheet. The centrifugal fan, a large-format slow runner, which was located on the upper landing of the gallery staircase, had to be replaced in 1972 due to a failure by two high-speed machines with a high throughput that were installed in the organ base. The organ has therefore been completely preserved in its original state , with the exception of the slightly modified fan system . A renovation of the instrument became inevitable over time. The extensive work began in late autumn 2017 and was carried out by Orgelbau Andreas Utz from Pielenhofen . In addition to the technical upgrading of the historical work, an external composer system was also installed and the pedal was expanded to include a 10 2 ⁄ 3  ' quint bass . On March 17, 2019, the instrument was returned to the community for use at a festival service.

The current disposition , created by Otto Dunkelberg, is:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Tube bare 16 ′
2. German principal 8th'
3. Flute 8th'
4th Salicional 8th'
5. octave 4 ′
6th Mixture V – VII 2 ′
7th Trumpet harm. 8th'
II Positive C-g 3
8th. Singing dumped 8th'
9. Viola da gamba 8th'
10. Violin principal 4 ′
11. Pointed flute 4 ′
12. octave 2 ′
13. Scharff III 1 ⁄ 2 ′
14th Krummhorn 8th'
III (upper work) swell C – g 3
15th Gemshorn 8th'
16. Quintatön 8th'
17th recorder 4 ′
18th Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
19th Swiss pipe 2 ′
20th Night horn 1'
21st Terzcymbel III 2 ⁄ 3 ′
22nd Dulcian 16 ′
23. oboe 8th'
Pedal C – f 1
24. Double bass 16 ′
25th Sub-bass 16 ′
26th Quintbass 10 2 ⁄ 3  '
27. Wide principal 8th'
28. Gemshorn 8th'
29 Night horn 4 ′
30th trombone 16 ′
31. Dulcian 16 ′

Predecessor organ

The previous organ, intended as an interim organ, was also built by Willibald Siemann in 1930 as op. 461 and is now in the Pentling parish church near Regensburg. The disposition of the instrument with a pneumatic action was originally:

Manual C – f 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Salicional 8th'
3. Covered 8th'
4th octave 4 ′
5. mixture
Pedal C – d 1
6th Sub-bass 16 ′

Bells

In the tower are four bells of bronze on steel yokes in a steel belfry. They were cast in 1936 by the Regensburg bell foundry in Hamm . After the three big bells were lost in the war, the Hamm company added matching bells and simplified jewelry to the ringing in 1946. They sound in the tone sequence of 1 es 1 f 1 as 1 . Each is made to vibrate by a VOCO electric bell from Herford Electricity Works ( HEW Herford ).

A mechanical tower clock, made by the Rauscher company from Regensburg, is located two levels below the bell chamber. This also struck the hour and quarter of an hour on the first and second bell. This tower clock has been shut down. Today an electronic control takes over these functions.

Pastor in the Heart of Jesus

Portal in the south tower
  • 1931–1940: Eduard Stücklein
  • 1940–1966: Josef Lanzinger
  • 1966–1978: Alois Eberl
  • 1978–2003: Josef Schönberger
  • since 2003: Martin Müller

literature

  • Th. Braun: Herz Jesu Regensburg (= Guide No. 92). Dreifaltigkeitsverlag Munich, ca.1932.
  • Friedrich Fuchs: Festschrift for the 75th anniversary of the consecration of the parish church Herz Jesu. Parish Herz Jesu Regensburg, Regensburg 2005.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.glockenklaenge.de: Regensburg, parish church Herz Jesu. Retrieved June 18, 2018 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 1 '13 "  N , 12 ° 5' 11.6"  E