Liebfrauenkirche (Bielefeld-Mitte)
The Liebfrauenkirche is a Catholic parish church located in the eastern inner city of Bielefeld . It is part of the Bielefeld-Mitte-Ost pastoral association of the Bielefeld Lippe dean's office in the Archdiocese of Paderborn .
history
The building of the church was preceded by a block of flats built by lay Catholics in 1926, which led to the settlement of numerous Catholic families. The church, which was completed in 1934 after the laying of the foundation stone on October 7, 1933, was consecrated in 1936 by Paderborn's Archbishop Caspar Klein . In 1938 the parish became independent from the previous parish of St. Jodokus .
Its position as a diaspora parish for the eastern district of Bielefeld was strengthened by the influx of large numbers of expellees from the East in the 1950s. Eventually the parish expanded so much that in 1957 and 1958 three parishes were parish off. Because of the settlements that arose in Sieker in the 1970s , there was a renewed increase in the number of parishioners, in particular as a result of German expellees or emigrants and guest workers from Catholic countries. In 1982 the church was completely renovated.
The congregation, which today has 4,400 members, has been a pastoral association with the parish of St. Bonifatius in Stieghorst since 2001 .
Architecture and equipment
The quite simply structured three-aisled hall church is reminiscent of an early Christian basilica . The elongated main nave is joined to the north by a straight choir , the side aisles are formed by narrow extensions. The double-portal south wall with a round window was originally closed and was converted in 1963 into the two-tower facade that still exists today. The towers, each with two rows of arched windows with pointed helmets and a gilded tip, bear a rooster and a cross.
The altar was rebuilt in 1983 after the church was renovated. The altar, carved from white stone, is adorned with plant ornaments ; it contains the relics of the martyrs Biasius and Bastianus and of Saint Meinolf .
The bronze baptismal font of the church stands on the south wall of the church, it bears the Latin inscription “Nos pisculi eius sumus” - “We are his little fish”.
organ
The organ still corresponds to the classic German-Romantic design, it was completed after three years of construction in 1941 by the organ builder Albert Speith (Rietberg). The instrument has not been changed since then. It has 43 stops on three manuals and a pedal .
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The organ was renovated and modernized in 1970 and 1999 by Orgelbau Speith / Rietberg.
Bells
The Liebfrauenkirche has a total of four bells . Two bells were consecrated with the church in 1936, and two more followed over the next few years. They were cast by the bell foundry Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock in Gescher. After three bells had to be handed in for the war effort in 1942, only the smallest bronze bell, the "St. John's Bell", remained in the community. After the end of the Second World War , three new cast steel bells were consecrated in 1956, cast by the Bochum Association for Cast Steel Manufacture (BVG) .
| Name / dedication | St. John | Christ-King | Maria | St. Joseph |
| Diameter (mm) | 860 | 1600 | 1350 | 1180 |
| Weight (approx kg) | 370 | 1517 | 986 | 629 |
| Chime | b ' | cis' | e ' | fis' |
See also
Web links
literature
- Church chronicle for the 70th anniversary in 2006 ( online at yumpu.com ).
- Harald Propach: The bells of Bielefeld. Voice of the Church. Cultural asset and work of art. (= Special publication of the Historical Association for the County of Ravensberg , 13.) Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-89534-703-0 , pp. 178–180.
Coordinates: 52 ° 0 ′ 46.6 ″ N , 8 ° 33 ′ 9.8 ″ E
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the organ ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the side of the builder company
