Maria-Hilf-Church (Wiesbaden)

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Maria-Hilf-Kirche (seen from Neroberg )
Portal of the Maria-Hilf-Kirche

The Catholic Maria-Hilf-Kirche in the Hessian state capital Wiesbaden in the northeast district is a neo-Romanesque church built by Max Meckel from 1893 to 1895 . Together with the other large inner-city churches, it forms a unique testimony to historicist architecture.

Building history

An engraving by the city of Wiesbaden from 1623 shows a chapel in the area where today's Maria-Hilf- Church is located. The name probably appeared before the Reformation , and the name was also used as a field name "auf der Hilf" in the development of the district. Following on from this, the church, which was built from 1893 to 1895, was called “Maria, Hilfe der Christisten”.

The Frankfurt architect Max Meckel followed the neo-Romanesque style, although he usually preferred the neo-Gothic . The reason for this lay in the desire of an important donor for a church in the Romanesque style. In this way, Meckel created a counterweight to the neo-Gothic towers of the Bonifatius and Marktkirche . Meckel was a former diocesan master builder of the Limburg diocese and based his design on the shapes of the Limburg cathedral and monastery church of Arnstein an der Lahn . Meckel's Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Freiburg, which was designed shortly afterwards, shows similarities with the Wiesbaden building. Alexander Linnemann from Frankfurt created five glass windows for the church , as can be seen from a list of works in the Linnemann archive .

After two years of construction, the Maria-Hilf-Kirche in the immediate vicinity of the Old Cemetery was consecrated on October 5, 1895.

The structure was badly damaged in the Second World War . In the night of February 2nd to 3rd, 1945, a large part of the roof and the vaults, as well as the windows and organ were destroyed. However, the reconstruction took place soon after the end of the war. In 1955 a large part was restored. In 1964 there were three new bells, and in 1973 the interior underwent an extensive renovation in which the benches were replaced with chairs. In 1978 the organ was renewed.

Since all Catholic parishes in Wiesbaden city center were merged on January 1, 2012, Maria Hilf has been a branch church of St. Bonifatius .

Youth Church of Cana

Since 2005, the church has also been home to the Kana youth church of the Limburg diocese . For this purpose, some changes were made inside the church, such as the installation of a chapel as a sacrament chapel and the establishment of a confessional / discussion room. In 2015, the tenth anniversary of the youth church in Kana was celebrated with an anniversary service with the Apostolic Administrator Auxiliary Bishop Manfred Grothe .

architecture

The Maria-Hilf-Kirche is a three-aisled pillar basilica with a wide transept and a pair of towers in the west. A roof turret sits above the crossing , the entrance hall is in front. The interior of the church building was renovated and redesigned in 1973.

literature

  • Baedeker Wiesbaden Rheingau , Karl Baedeker GmbH, Ostfildern-Kemnat 2001, ISBN 3879540764
  • Gottfried Kiesow : The misunderstood century. Historicism using the example of Wiesbaden , German Foundation for Monument Protection, 2005, ISBN 3936942536
  • Gottfried Kiesow: Architectural Guide Wiesbaden - Through the City of Historicism , 2006, ISBN 3-936942-71-4
  • Werner Wolf-Holzäpfel: The architect Max Meckel 1847-1910. Studies on the architecture and church building of historicism in Germany . Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2000, ISBN 3-933784-62-X .
  • Hildegard Wustmans: »Different Places« youth churches. New places in pastoral care . In: Diakonia , Vol. 38, No. 1 (January / February 2007), ISSN  0012-1967 , pp. 65-71.
  • Werner Otto: Wow, that's nice - not at all like in church . How youth churches approach young people who are distant from the church. In: Theological-Practical Quarterly Publication , Volume 3, No. 159 (2011), ISSN  0040-5663 , pp. 285-292.

Web links

Commons : Maria-Hilf-Kirche (Wiesbaden)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ View of Wiesbaden, 1623 (from Daniel Meisner, Eberhard Kieser: "Thesaurus Philopoliticus"). Historical town views, plans and floor plans. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Werner Wolf-Holzäpfel: The architect Max Meckel 1847-1910. Studies on the architecture and church building of historicism in Germany . Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2000, ISBN 3-933784-62-X , p. 346 and Note 162
  3. ↑ Werner Wolf-Holzäpfel: The architect Max Meckel 1847-1910. Studies on the architecture and church building of historicism in Germany . Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2000, ISBN 3-933784-62-X , p. 346.
  4. ^ KANA Youth Church Wiesbaden. In: Website of the youth church of Kana. 2018, accessed February 18, 2018 .
  5. ^ Press office of the Diocese of Limburg: Ten Years of the Cana Youth Church. In: Website of the Catholic Parish St. Bonifatius Wiesbaden. June 22, 2015, accessed February 18, 2018 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 15 ″  N , 8 ° 13 ′ 56 ″  E