Johanniterkommende to the Holy Sepulcher (Mainz)

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The main courtyard of the ensemble with a view of the corps de logis

The Johanniterkommende Zum Heiligen Grab is a building in classical architecture at Bischofsplatz 2 in the old town of Mainz . It is the property of the diocese of Mainz and today the seat of the episcopal ordinariate .

history

The buildings were erected on the site where there was previously a large square residential tower in the Gothic style. The Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem had the building erected between 1740 and 1748.

The presence of the Knights of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Mainz has been documented since the 12th century. The building housed an artillery school under Napoleon 1813-1814, which the General de Brigade Jean Nicolas Humbert de Fercourt directed. After that it housed the genius management of the fortress Mainz until 1918 .

Between 1930 and the Second World War , the buildings were used by Franciscans . The two side wings were badly damaged during the air raids on Mainz in 1945. The coming one was restored from 1954 to accommodate the episcopal ordinariate (1969).

The chapel of the Johanniterkommende was not closed until the 1960s. The foundations of the three-conch choir were rediscovered before 1998.

architecture

The building was constructed by Johann Caspar Bagnato , building director of the Deutschordensballei Swabia-Alsace-Burgundy , with the participation of Anselm Franz von Ritter zu Groenesteyn , court cavalier architect of the Archbishop Elector of Mainz. The Coming of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher is a luxurious and spacious ensemble, built on its own . It shows typical elements of classicism and has a central main building with a triangular gable, as well as two separate pavilions in front of the Corps de Logis . In the triangular gable, the Johanniterkreuz and the coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Mainz are depicted side by side. The ensemble is separated from the street by a wrought-iron gate. On the pillars of the gate there are chain-hung ball bombs, from which flames beat, as an allegory for the French artillery school.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Wothe: Rheinhessen-Ein Heimatbuch. ; Verlag Johann Falk 3. Sons, Mainz 1930, Volume I, p. 221
  2. ↑ Johanniter-Coming
  3. ^ Joachim Glatz: Romanesque and Gothic in Mainz , in: Mainz - The history of the city , p. 1073

Web links

Commons : Johanniter-Kommende "Heilig Grab"  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 51.5 ″  N , 8 ° 16 ′ 20.6 ″  E