Holy Family (Emmerthal)

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The church in 2018

Holy Family is the Catholic Church in Emmerthal , a municipality in the Hameln-Pyrmont district in Lower Saxony . It is a branch church of the parish of St. Augustine with its seat in Hameln , in the Weserbergland deanery of the Hildesheim diocese . The church, named after the Holy Family , is located in the Kirchohsen district of Emmerthal (Mühlenweg 20, corner of Berliner Straße).

history

As a result of the Second World War , the number of Catholics in the area around Hameln , which has been evangelical since the Reformation, increased considerably due to the influx of refugees and displaced persons from the eastern regions of the German Empire . In 1949 a Catholic parish began to form south of Hameln, initially with its seat in Börry , then in Grohnde . Their services took place in a stable, Protestant church or in the Röhrsen inn.

In 1961 the church building site in Kirchohsen was acquired. The foundation stone of the church was laid on October 28, 1962, and its consecration on December 15, 1963 by Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen . Thus Kirchohsen became the seat of the parish. The church tower was not erected until 1976 for financial reasons. On December 1, 1985 the parish “St. Family ”in Emmerthal-Kirchohsen.

Since November 1st, 2006 the church belongs to the parish “St. Augustinus ”in Hameln, the parish of Emmerthal-Kirchohsen was dissolved.

Architecture and equipment

The church was built according to plans by the architect Rumpf from Paderborn, its free-standing bell tower and organ were added later.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate: Document on the dissolution of the Catholic parish of St. Augustinus, Hameln, Holy Family, Emmerthal-Kirchohsen, and on the establishment of the Catholic parish of St. Augustinus, Hameln. Kirchlicher Anzeiger No. 10/2006, pp. 98-100.

Coordinates: 52 ° 2 ′ 33.8 ″  N , 9 ° 23 ′ 16.7 ″  E