Birth of Mary (Aschaffenburg)

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Schweinheim seen from the Erbig; in the middle the parish church of the Nativity of Mary (2015)

The Birth of Mary and the Birth of Mary is a Catholic parish church built in 1894/95 in the Schweinheim district of Aschaffenburg .

history

Ecclesiastically, Schweinheim belonged to the Aschaffenburg Mother of God Parish . The first chapel in Hain, as Schweinheim was then called, was built around 1660. It was 40 feet long, 32 feet wide, 25 feet high, the choir 10 feet deep, tiled with a roof turret with two bells. The patron saint of the church was St. Alban von Mainz , whose feast day is celebrated on June 21. In 1756 the church was rebuilt and expanded, the foundation stone was found when this church was demolished.

New church building from 1894/1895

Interior around 1900 in neo-Gothic furnishings
Interior 2009
Parish Church of the Birth of Mary (2005) with the parish hall, which was demolished in 2013, in the foreground

After extensive planning by the Aschaffenburg architects and contractors Franz and Roman Wörner, the foundation stone of the Church of the Birth of Mary was laid on June 10, 1894 . A quarter of a year later, on the feast of the birth of the Virgin Mary (September 8th), the straightening bouquet was sitting on the tower. The neo-Gothic hall church made of red and white sandstone has four supporting pillars , 43 m long, 18 m wide, 12.50 m / 14.50 m high and has a 57.90 m high tower. Altars, pulpit, communion bench and choir stalls were made by Bruno Link in Stockheim near Mellrichstadt . The colored glazing of the windows was made in Hermann Beiler's workshop in Heidelberg . The Schiestl brothers in Würzburg created the choir arch cross . The figures of saints from the old church were also set up. Altar covers, vestments and canopies were made by the local poor school sisters, the community had a special benefactor in the Archbishop's Spiritual Council Adalbert Huhn, pastor at the Heilig-Geist-Kirche (Munich) , whose father was born in Schweinheim. A Gothic monstrance, cibories, candlesticks and some vestments came from there.

In 1955 the interior of the church was redesigned according to the liturgical development. A table- shaped high altar was set up, the central window in the choir was designed by the young artist Friedrich Höfer from Bensheim . The other stained glass windows were created by local artists.

The church was “de-gothicized” in 1961 and completely redesigned in 1999 according to the overall concept of the Viennese sculptor and artist Leo Zogmayer. All windows and liturgical objects were specially designed for this room in a greatly reduced design language. It is a bright room that lets those entering breathe space and freedom, clarity and openness. It is perfect for liturgical and cultural gatherings as well as for meditation .

The Madonna, an early Baroque work, comes from the Loretto Chapel of the Capuchin monastery in Mainz, which was closed by the French in 1802 . It was installed in the old Schweinheim church in 1805.

Patronage

The patronage of the parish of the Nativity of Mary is in the Latin original: Nativitatem Virginis Mariae celegremus Christum eius filium adoremus Dominium .

Pastor Schweinfest placed all his concerns about the church building under the protection and intercession of Mary and especially about the day of remembrance of the “Birth of Mary”. That is why he made sure that all important events relating to the building of the church were linked to this memorial day.

  • On September 8, 1892 the old church was closed by the police (dilapidation).
  • On September 8, 1893, after long discussions and negotiations, the approval for the new church was given.
  • The topping-out ceremony took place on September 8, 1894.
  • It was consecrated on September 8, 1895 by Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein .

Bells

Since the Feast of Corpus Christi (June 8th) 1950, five bells have been ringing in the tower . They were cast from “Briloner Sonderbronze” in the Albert Junker bell foundry in Brilon on May 19th, 1950 and consecrated on Pentecost Sunday (May 28th) by Vicar General Vinzenz Fuchs from Würzburg :

  • Bell 1, (cis'), 2430 kg, with the inscription: “St. Maria, screen Schweinheim ”-“ Rev. Umenhof let us pour "
  • Bell 2, (e '), 1440 kg, “St. Joseph, bless work and family "
  • Bell 3, (f sharp '), 1020 kg, "St. Wendelin, watch over the house and hall "
  • Bell 4, (g sharp '), 720 kg, "St. Alban, help live well "
  • Bell 5, (ais'), 510 kg, “St. Barbara, help die well "

organ

Organ 2010

In the organ gallery is a work by Orgelbau Vleugels in Hardheim , which, according to regional cantor Peter Schäfer, Klingenberg am Main , was advertised in 1986 and installed in the summer of the same year. The organ consecration took place on October 9, 1988. The plant has the following disposition:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Bourdon 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. flute 8 ′ (old)
4th Octave 4 ′
5. Reed flute 4 ′
6th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Super octave 2 ′
8th. Cornet V (from g sharp 0 ) 8th'
9. Mixture IV-V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
10. Trumpet 8th'
II Swell C – g 3
11. Bourdon 8th'
12. Salicional 8th'
13. Voix celeste (from c 0 ) 8th'
14th Praestant 4 ′
15th Flood 4 ′
16. Nasard (from c 0 ) 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
17th Flageolet 2 ′
18th Tierce (from c 0 ) 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
19th Sifflet 1'
20th Fittings IV – V 2 ′
21st Hautbois 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
22nd Principal bass 16 ′
23. Sub-bass 16 ′
24. Octave bass 8th'
25th Thought bass 8th'
26th Chorale bass 4 ′
27. trombone 16 ′ (old)

The organ has a total of 1,802 pipes. The smallest pipe is 9 millimeters in size and weighs 8 grams. The largest pipe is 4.30 meters tall and weighs 118 kilograms. The organ has slide chests, mechanical game and mechanical / electrical stop actions, typesetters, normal paddocks and play niches.

The new brochure was designed by Ottmar Schimmelpfennig. Three trapezoidal towers, delimited on the outside, are connected to one another by harp-shaped flat fields. The closed case made of solid oak has veils of lattice-like ornaments. The organ is now in the tower chamber. During the redesign in 1999, the extended gallery was dismantled back onto the central nave. The organ itself did not have to be removed during the redesign of the interior, the veils were removed.

The organ is played primarily for the musical arrangement of all liturgies of the annual cycle. Since 2012 she has appeared in a very unusual way in the “Concert Series for New Music” AUDINOVA, in which only compositions from the 20th and 20th 21st century to be played to sound. The composer and organist Dominik Susteck , Cologne, regularly comes to this series .

Pastor

On January 21, 1821 Schweinheim became its own parish. The first pastor was Jakob Wollbach.

  • 1821–1837 Jakob Wollbach, born February 26, 1784 in Neustadt adSaale † April 18, 1851 in Aschaffenburg
  • 1837–1887 Friedrich Emil Stein, born October 24, 1795 in Feldkahl ; † January 9, 1887 in Schweinheim
  • 1887–1922 Johann Georg Schweinfest, born January 16, 1850 in Neuses b. Hofheim , ordained a priest on August 5, 1875, pastor in Rottenbauer and from August 1, 1887 to May 1, 1922 in Schweinheim. 1916 appointment to the clergy. Awarded the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Cross of Merit and the King Ludwig Cross , honorary citizen of Schweinheim in 1912 . † October 21, 1925 in Schweinheim
  • 1923–1953 Karl Umenhof, born May 12, 1886 in Hammelburg , founder of the Schweinheim Passion Play (1930 together with the “Fidelio” society club), resigned January 31, 1953; † December 30, 1954 in Aschaffenburg
  • 1953–1974 Vinzenz Buhleier, born November 30, 1913 in Röllbach , ordained a priest on February 28, 1937; † July 2, 1974 in Aschaffenburg
  • 1974–1990 Friedrich Kastl, * in Beschau , in the Archdiocese of Prague ( Czech Republic ), ordained a priest on March 11, 1962 by Bishop Josef Stangl .
  • since 1990 Markus Krauth

Oddities

The old Schweinheim church of St. Alban around 1890

Pastor Johann Georg Schweinfest describes his arrival in the parish as follows:

“When I wanted to see the Schweinheim parish that had been lent to me on July 12, 1887 ... and landed in Aschaffenburg by train, I got on a cart that was supposed to take me to Schweinheim. Unfamiliar with the location, we asked for the rectory at the train station and received the answer: 'The church just opposite'. When I reached the Heideberge (Schweinheimer Höhe) I stretched my neck even more, looked forward, looked right and left. I thought to myself: 'But that can't be the parish village of Schweinheim; you don't see a church or a tower. We went downhill, but I still didn't see a church or a tower. Suddenly the driver stopped. 'What's going on, why are we stopping here'? I asked. 'Here (pointing to the right) is the rectory,' was the answer. But ... "here is no church far and wide". 'Yes (pointing to the left) here is the church too,' replied the coachman. When I saw a black, towerless building with a primitive, half-rotten door, I exclaimed, 'For God's sake, this should be a church? I thought it was a fire station '. The poor little church had a little turret (roof turret), 'the ancient town hall and the tall, wide and leafy chestnut tree' had covered it. It didn't help, I had reached my destination! When I saw the rectory inside, I thought to myself: "Now I understand why the Schweinheim parish was advertised twice for applications despite the proximity of the city of Aschaffenburg ...". "

literature

  • Schweinheim - a home book by senior teacher M. Göbel printing and publishing house Dr. J. Kirsch AG, Aschaffenburg 1930
  • History or chronicle of the new building of the parish church in Schweinheim 1894/95 described by the builder; Pastor Schweinfest 1897/98 Parish Maria Birth Schweinheim, editing and editing Josef Syndikus 1995
  • Aschaffenburg studies. II Documentations, Volume 4 - Schweinheimer Bilderb ogen - Ein dorf im Wandel , compiled by Hans Brunner, Verlag: Stadt Aschaffenburg, 1989, ISBN 3-9801478-3-5 .
  • Die neue Orgel , Ed .: Kath. Pfarramt Maria Birth, Aschaffenburg 1988
  • Room clearing. The redesign of the Church of the Birth of Mary in Aschaffenburg with a contribution and a. by Cardinal Karl Lehmann , Ed .: Markus Krauth Lit-Verlag, Münster ISBN 3-8258-4931-7
  • Schweinheimer Glocken 1660–2005 , Ed .: Kath. Pfarramt Maria Birth, Aschaffenburg 2005
  • Space and art. Literary response to the redesign of the Church of the Birth of Mary from 1999–2009 , publisher: Kath. Pfarramt Maria Birth, Aschaffenburg 2009
  • Dingkult Kultding - paramenta vasa figura , Ed .: Kath. Pfarramt Maria Birth, Aschaffenburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-034099-4
  • Laetitia Vacui - Nothing but Joy. A congregation writes what has happened since the redesign of its church space in 1999 . Edeltraud Arbes, Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg im Allgäu 1999, ISBN 978-3-89870-560-8
  • Music Culture Maria Birth singing - playing - sounding - conducting - moving - rejoicing , Ed .: Kath. Pfarramt Maria Birth, Aschaffenburg 2011, photography: Bernhard Lippke
  • Build church. The construction of the new community house MariaGeburt with public library Marienstr. 28 and in the ground floor house for children St. Franziskus Ed .: Kath. Pfarramt Maria Birth, Aschaffenburg 2014
  • Parish hall of the Nativity of Mary. A brochure on the New House Ed .: Catholic Parish Office Maria Birth, Aschaffenburg 2014
  • Psalm 23 - photo-graphic - text-graphic with meditative interpretation , Markus Krauth 2014

Web links

Commons : Maria Birth Aschaffenburg-Schweinheim  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schweinheim - A home book by senior teacher M. Göbel s. u.
  2. ^ History or chronicle of the new building of the parish church in Schweinheim 1894/95 described by the builder; Pastor Pig Festival 1897/98 s. u.
  3. ↑ Alois Stadtmüller: Aschaffenburg after the Second World War. Destruction, reconstruction, memories. Paul Pattloch Verlag, Aschaffenburg 1973, ISBN 3-557-92047-X .
  4. ↑ dialog.maria-geburt.de ( Memento of the original from February 25, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dialog.maria-geburt.de
  5. ↑ Felix Mader : The art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria , Lower Franconia , XXIV. District Office Aschaffenburg . (edited by Adolf Feulner and Bernhard Hermann Röttger ) Munich 1927.
  6. ↑ Ralf Schramm - Schweinheimer Bells - Bells.pdf
  7. ↑ Main-Echo of August 25, 1999
  8. ^ Hermann Fischer: Organs of the Bavarian Lower Main region. History and Art Association V., Aschaffenburg 2004, ISBN 3-87965-099-3 .
  9. ↑ Introduction to his chronicle ... see below

Coordinates: 49 ° 57 '28.6 "  N , 9 ° 9' 57"  E