Immaculate Conception (Ebnat)
The Church of the Immaculate Conception is the parish church of the Roman Catholic parish of the same name in Aalen-Ebnat .
Predecessor churches
According to a confirmation document from Pope Boniface VIII of January 13, 1298, an already existing St. Mary's Church in Ebnat was incorporated into Neresheim Abbey . This Romanesque church was demolished in 1480 except for the tower.
The second parish church was built in Gothic style from 1481 to 1485 by the Neresheim abbot Eberhard von Emershofen . It was torn down again in 1720. Only the lower floors of today's tower still have medieval structures.
Today's church
Old church
Today's Old Church was built between 1720 and 1725 in the baroque style. The old tower was raised by two floors with an octagonal tower and was given a baroque dome . From 1790 to 1792 the baroque altars were replaced by new altars in the classicist baroque style . The new interior was designed by Thomas Schaidhauf (1741–1807), the former master builder of Neresheim Abbey.
The figure of Mary above the high altar originally comes from the Maria Eich pilgrimage site , which is located southwest of Ebnat in the “Scheiterhau” forest. It was erected there in 1692 by strangers in a hollowed oak tree as a miraculous image. The Episcopal Ordinariate of the Diocese of Augsburg , to which the Ebnater parish belonged at that time, ordered in a letter dated August 20, 1744 that this figure of Mary had to be transferred to the Ebnater parish church. For this purpose, a small wooden altar was first erected, after which the statue, which was transferred in a solemn procession on May 30, 1745, was erected. To commemorate the transmission, the "Feast of Ebnater Joy" has been celebrated as a pilgrimage festival every year on the first Sunday before Corpus Christi since the 1920s . In 1792 the miraculous image was placed in today's high altar, the altarpiece of which consists of a half-sculpture of an oak and a halo .
The altarpiece on the left side altar shows New Year I together with various animals as attributes. The altarpiece of the right side altar Anthony of Padua with the baby Jesus . The wooden people's altar built after the Second Vatican Council in the chancel of the Old Church was removed after the New Church was completed and replaced by the 17th century baptismal font.
The ceiling paintings depict the Annunciation of the Lord , Mary of Victory , the Holy Family and the Coronation of Mary . The mosaic windows date from 1920 and replace the previous windows that had been destroyed. They depict Martin von Tours and the dragon slayer Georg .
New Church
With the admission of 500 displaced persons after the Second World War, the number of Catholic believers had increased noticeably, which was also noticeable in the size of the old church. The church was last renovated in 1931 and suffered from its desolate state of construction. In 1963 there was talk of building a new church. This was not implemented. Ultimately, the decision was made to keep the old church and to enlarge it with an extension. For this purpose, the former north wall was torn down, the groundbreaking ceremony took place on September 3, 1973, and the foundation stone was laid two months later. The church was consecrated on October 11, 1981 by Bishop Georg Moser . A life-size, baroque crucifix is installed in the choir, which comes from the old church. The Way of the Cross, consisting of 14 baroque paintings, was also integrated into the modern building. Two mosaic windows were installed in the chancel, depicting the root of Jesse with Mary and the baby Jesus, as well as Mary of Victory. The windows are by Traute and Gottfried Gruner .
Community center
Together with the addition of the New Church, the opposite parish barn (built in 1766) and the old rectory, which was built from 1776 to 1777 according to plans by the Schwäbisch Gmünd city architect Johann Michael Keller the Younger , were restored, rebuilt and an extension was added. Today they serve as a community center.
Monument protection
The entire building complex, consisting of the old church, parish barn and old parsonage, is a listed building.
photos
Image of grace above the high altar (Old Church)
Crucifix (New Church)
Mosaic window "Wurzel Jesse" (New Church)
Mosaic window "Mary of Victory" (New Church)
Old rectory based on plans by Johann Michael Keller the Elder. J.
organ
| Immaculate Conception (Ebnat) | |
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| General | |
| place | Immaculate Conception |
| Organ builder | Reiser organ building |
| Construction year | 1991 |
| epoch | 20th century |
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 Organ prospectus |
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| Technical specifications | |
| Number of pipes | 1,416 |
| Number of registers | 23 |
| Number of rows of pipes | 27 |
| Number of manuals | 2 |
| Wind chest | Slider chests |
| Tone tract | mechanically |
| Register action | mechanically |
An organ was built for 200 guilders from July 6, 1791 by master organ builder Joseph Narzissus Allgeyer from Wasseralfingen . The pipe material from the Allgeyer organ that was still partially available was cleaned and sold to private individuals as part of the financing of the new organ from 1991. In the 1960s the organ, which had meanwhile become unusable, was replaced by an electric Dr. Böhm organ that was in use until 1990. In 1991 Reiser Orgelbau , Biberach an der Riss , installed a two-manual pipe organ consisting of 23 registers . It has a mechanical play and stop action . With the addition of the New Church , the organ and choir gallery were built on the former north wall, so that the organ is unusually in the middle of the church.
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
- Playing aids : Fixed combination: Organo Pleno (step), steps for coupling, steps: Pleno off, tongues off
- Remarks:
Peal
The chime consists of four bells and sounds from the root e 1 with the major third, perfect fifth and major sixth in full chime as the sixth ajoutée . It thus has a Salve Regina motif .
| No. | Surname | molding | inscription | volume |
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| 1 | Christ the King bell | Bachert Heilbronn 1960 | Christ the King give us peace | e 1 |
| 2 | Marienglocke (poor bell) | Dillingen 1603 |
Hartmann Grau founder of the church in Neresheim -
To poor Ebnat |
g sharp 1 |
| 3 | Christ bell | Bachert Heilbronn 1960 | Praise the Lord, serve him with great humility | h 1 |
| 4th | Joseph Bell | Wolfart-Kuhn Lauingen 1948 | Fairest Josef, pray for us. | c sharp 2 |
Patronage
The patron saint is celebrated on December 8th, the solemn feast of the Virgin and Mother of God, conceived without original sin .
Parish
The parish of the same name currently consists of around 2,400 members. She is assigned to the pastoral care unit Härtsfeld-Kochertal in the Deanery Ostalb . Until the general vicariate in Ellwangen was established in 1812, it was part of the diocese of Augsburg because it belonged to the Neresheim Abbey and later switched to the houses in Oettingen-Wallerstein and Thurn und Taxis . Since 1821 the parish has belonged to the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese .
Well-known clergy
The chronicler and local researcher Johann Evangelist Schöttle was pastor and school inspector of the parish of Mary Immaculate Conception from 1852 to 1862.
Web links
- Catholic parish church of the Immaculate Conception on the website of the pastoral care unit Härtsfeld-Kochertal
- Photos of the old church at the State Office for Monument Preservation Baden-Württemberg on bildindex.de
Sources and literature
- Ebnat. Through the ages 1298–1998 . Editor and publisher: Local council Ebnat, Ebnat 1993.
- Archive of Neresheim Abbey, Stuttgart State Archive , Württembergisches Urkundenbuch, Fürstlich Oettingen-Wallersteinsche Archive Harburg , Aalen City Archive , Aalen-Ebnat Local Archive
- State Office for Monument Preservation Baden-Württemberg : General Monument Database (ADAB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Catholic Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception on se-haertsfeld-kochertal.de.
- ^ Karlheinz Bauer: The Allgeyer family of organ builders in Hofen and Wasseralfingen. In: Geschichts- und Altertumsverein Aalen eV (Ed.): Aalener Jahrbuch 1986 pp. 62–90, here: pp. 70 and 87.
Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ′ 57 ″ N , 10 ° 11 ′ 12 ″ E