Maria Rosenkranz Church (Frankfurt-Seckbach)

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Front of the Maria Rosenkranz Church in Frankfurt-Seckbach

The Maria Rosenkranz Church in Frankfurt am Main is the Roman Catholic church in the Seckbach district . It is located on Wilhelmshöher Straße , the thoroughfare between the districts of Bornheim and Bergen-Enkheim . Since January 1, 2015, as the parish of Maria Rosenkranz Seckbach, it has been part of the new type of Catholic parish St. Josef Frankfurt am Main to which three other churches belong as parish and in which there are also two profile churches of the Diocese of Limburg, which are also subsidiary churches of the parish are.

history

Catholics in town

In the Middle Ages , the Seckbacher Catholics used the St. Elisabeth mountain church, first mentioned in 1170 , which stood in the old town of Kirchberg, between Bergen and Seckbach south of Wilhelmshöher Straße, opposite today's schools of the German book trade . Archaeologists found the relics of an earlier smaller church within its foundations. Both were built on the remains of a Roman sanctuary . The rural district has been predominantly Protestant since the Reformation . In 1550 the Reformed faith was introduced in Seckbach, which at that time belonged to Frankfurt as an imperial domain .

Catholics did not return to the rural community of Seckbach until the end of the 19th century, mostly as servants ( maids and servants ). At that time the parish was in Eckenheim . Adam Schmitz and Ambrosius Schmitt found the Catholic men's and workers' association Seckbach in 1897. This is considered to be the nucleus of today's Catholic community in Seckbach. For the few Catholics in the village, the service initially took place in the workshop of the master wagner Fink at Triebstrasse 2 (since 1977: Im Trieb). In 1902, the Catholic parish acquired the house of the Protestant pastor Neff in the Im Heimgarten housing estate , which was built in 1896 . A small Catholic chapel and a sacristy were set up on the ground floor . Parish Vicar Günther held the first service . Since 1905, the tram - line 22 was opened from Frankfurt to Seckbach, attracted more and more people in the city, including of course Catholics. The first plans to build an own Catholic church came up in 1912; The residential area Im Heimgarten was planned as the location.

In the course of newly built Seckbach housing developments such as the An der Festeburg housing estate (1932) and the Gelastraße housing estate (1936), the small chapel could no longer accommodate the steadily growing number of Seckbach's Catholics. In 1944 the parish was separated from the diocese of Fulda and transferred to the diocese of Limburg . After the Second World War and the construction of the settlement for expellees in Zentgrafenstrasse (1949), many Catholics again came to Seckbach.

A separate church building is created

After the Second World War, a number of new churches were built in Frankfurt. The then parish vicar Benner was heavily involved in building a church in Seckbach, for which a piece of land was purchased in 1949. The planning was entrusted to the Frankfurt architects Heinrich Horvatin and Carl Rummel , who are renowned for church buildings . The first groundbreaking for the construction of the Maria Rosenkranz Church took place on December 16, 1951 above Wilhelmshöher Strasse on the then undeveloped Atzelberg. The foundation stone was laid on October 19, 1952. The consecration of church and altar took place on September 27, 1953 by Auxiliary Bishop Walther Kampe . In the afternoon of the same day, the Holy of Holies was transferred in a solemn procession from the previous chapel to the new Maria Rosenkranz Church.

Other community facilities and use of the church

On April 1, 1961, the former parish vicarie became an independent parish . Now the question arose whether the church tower intended in the drafts should be built or whether a kindergarten with a parish home should be built. The church leadership gave priority to the children's facility, for which the topping-out ceremony could be celebrated at the end of June 1961 . On May 31, 1962, the two buildings were consecrated by Dean Nilges. Sister Friedburga took over the management of the kindergarten.

On July 2, 1966, eight deacons were ordained in the Maria Rosenkranz Church . A Seckbacher from the Zentgrafensiedlung was also there. The number of community members increased with the construction of the settlement on Atzelberg in the late 1960s / early 1970s and the settlement on Am Kappelgarten in the mid-1970s to around 3,400 Catholics.

For many years, the Maria Rosenkranz congregation in Seckbach has enjoyed a friendship and lively cooperation with the Protestant Seckbacher Mariengemeinde . Several times a year the congregations celebrate their divine service ecumenically . The ecumenical church choir consists of 30 singers and singers who together Concerts shape and church services.

Together with the neighboring parish of St. Josef in Bornheim , which arose from the old St. Josefs parish and the parishes of Heilig-Kreuz in Bornheim and St. Michael im Nordend in 2007, the new Maria Rosenkranz parish will be formed until December 31, 2011 the pastoral area of Frankfurt-Bornheim, where there was more cooperation than before. She already shared the parish priest with the St. Josef parish. On January 1, 2012, the pastoral rooms in Frankfurt were restructured and the two pastoral rooms Frankfurt-Bornheim with the parishes St. Josef-Bornheim and Maria Rosenkranz in Seckbach and Frankfurt-Ost with the two parishes Heilig Geist im Riederwald and Herz Jesu In Fechenheim a new pastoral space called Frankfurt-Ost was created. This existed until December 31, 2014.

On January 1, 2015, the four parishes in the pastoral area of ​​Frankfurt-Ost St. Josef in Bornheim, Maria Rosenkranz in Seckbach, Heilig-Geist in Riederwald and Herz-Jesu in Fechenheim became a "new type of parish" under the name of St. Josef Frankfurt am Main with the churches of Sankt Josef Bornheim, Maria Rosenkranz Seckbach, Heilig Geist Riederwald and Herz Jesu Fechenheim . This includes the centralization of certain tasks, such as the parish secretariat. The parish now has around 16,500 members. The new logo of the new type of parish consists of an X-shaped cross, which symbolizes the four individual church locations from different geographical directions. Each of the four elements stands for one of the church locations. The element for the parish of Sankt Josef Bornheim consists of a green Gothic ceiling structure, that for Maria Rosenkranz Seckbach made of purple pearls , that for Heilig Geist Riederwald yellow and red flames and that for Herz Jesu Fechenheim made of blue hearts and drops . Each church location also has its own logo, which consists of four identical elements.

Architecture and equipment

Characteristic facade structure on the side wall of the church facing Wilhelmshöher Straße

An originally planned square high bell tower with a large clock on each side could not be realized for cost reasons. It was to be erected on the left in front of the entrance to the church and connected to the nave by a generously glazed wing . In 1969 the responsible church office approved the construction of a church tower . However , the general construction freeze for church towers imposed by the diocese of Limburg on January 1, 1971 prevented corresponding activities. The sacred building does not have a church tower to this day.

The front facade of the nave and the side wall facing Wilhelmshöher Straße are equipped with a full-surface two-tone wall painting that is reminiscent of a mosaic . It depicts figures, straight lines and diagonals that come together to form a Christian cross and chalice .

The original organ from Kemper Orgelbau , installed in 1953, came from Countess Bertha von Sierstorpff's music salon on the Eltviller Aue ; it was replaced by a new organ in 1977.

literature

  • Folker Rochelmeyer, Frankfurter Sparkasse from 1822 - Polytechnische Gesellschaft (Hrsg.): Seckbach and its surroundings. , 1972, 84 pp., Illustrated.
  • Folker Rochelmeyer, Festival Committee 1100 Years of Seckbach e. V. (Ed.): Festschrift 1100 Years of Seckbach, 880–1980. 1980, 151 pp., Illustrated, (Chronicle).
  • Walter Sauer, Culture and History Association 1954 Frankfurt a. M.-Seckbach e. V. (Ed.): Seckbacher Geschichte (n), Ein Heimatbuch. 2000, 164 pp., Illustrated.
  • Culture and History Association 1954 Frankfurt a. M.-Seckbach e. V. (Hrsg.): 50 years of culture and history association 1954 Frankfurt a. M.-Seckbach e. V. 2004, 53 p., Illustrated
  • Deutscher Werkbund Hessen , Wilhelm E. Opatz (Ed.): Once praised and almost forgotten. Modern churches in Frankfurt a. M. 1948-1973 , Niggli Verlag, Sulgen 2012, ISBN 978-3-7212-0842-9

Web links

Commons : Maria-Rosenkranz-Kirche (Frankfurt am Main)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Catholic Church in the East of Frankfurt. In: homepage of the parish. Catholic Parish St. Josef Frankfurt am Main, January 2018, accessed on February 23, 2018 .
  2. ^ Klaus Greef : The Catholic Frankfurt: then and now . Knecht-Verlag , Frankfurt am Main 1989, ISBN 978-3-7820-0587-6 , pp. 78 .
  3. ↑ On the way to a new parish - pastoral area Frankfurt-Ost. In: homepage of the parish. Catholic parish Zum Heiligen Geist Frankfurt-Riederwald, 2013, accessed on February 23, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Catholic Parish St. Josef Frankfurt am Main (Ed.): Looking through - signposts through the Catholic Parish St. Josef Frankfurt am Main . Frankfurt am Main 2015.
  5. ^ Catholic parish St. Josef Frankfurt am Main (ed.): The new logos . Frankfurt am Main 2015.
  6. ^ Franz Bösken : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine. Vol. 2: The area of ​​the former administrative district of Wiesbaden. Part 1 (A – K) p. 329. Schott-Verlag, Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-7957-1307-2 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 28.4 "  N , 8 ° 43 ′ 17.8"  E