Mary Help of Christians (Wietze)
Maria Hilfe der Christians is the Catholic Church in Wietze , a municipality in the district of Celle in Lower Saxony . The after Marie Title Mary, Help of Christians named church is located in Church Street 4 and continues to St. Louis in Celle the second oldest church in the deanery Celle. The church belongs to the parish of the Hl. Guardian Angel with seat in Hambühren in the diocese of Hildesheim .
history
Around 1900, oil production in Wietze rose sharply, as a result of which Catholic workers also moved to Wietze , which has been Protestant since the Reformation . In the autumn of 1904, Klemens Wilke, chaplain at St. Ludwig in Celle, began his work in Wietze, initially with a meeting at Gut Wieckenberg . Around 1908 began construction of the Church of Mary Help of Christians , on 9 October 1910, she was Bishop Adolf Bertram ordained . In 1919 the church got its first local priest with Pastor Friedrich Surkemper , before it was looked after by clergy from St. Ludwig . On August 1, 1956, the Wietze Curate, which previously belonged to the parish of Celle, became an independent parish . The catchment area of the new parish extended to Grethem , Meißendorf , Nienhagen , Schwarmstedt , Suderbruch , Walle and Winsen .
In 1971 the parish of Wietze with the Holy Cross got a branch church in Winsen, about eight kilometers away, which was given to the parish of the Hl. Guardian Angel in Hambühren in 1984/85 .
Since November 1st, 2006 the Church of Mary Help of Christians has belonged to the parish of the Hl. Guardian Angel in Hambühren; the parish Maria Hilfe der Christisten , to which about 640 Catholics belonged at that time, was abolished in this context.
Architecture and equipment
The church has a tower in the form of a ridge turret on the rectory on the main road, the nave is attached to the south . At the beginning of the 20th century, other churches such as the Herz Jesu (Eilsleben) , St. Marien (Loburg) , St. Josef (Löderburg) and St. Paulus (Unterlüß) were built in this design . On the back wall of the sanctuary there is a crucifixion group , including the tabernacle . To the left and right of the sanctuary are statues of Saints Mary and Joseph of Nazareth .
See also
literature
- Willi Stoffers: Diocese of Hildesheim today. Hildesheim 1987, ISBN 3-87065-418-X , pp. 124-125
Web links
- Church on the parish's website
- Festschrift for the 100th anniversary of the consecration of the church
Individual evidence
- ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Kirchlicher Anzeiger. No. 10/2006, Hildesheim 2006, pp. 84-86
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 29, 2013 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.
Coordinates: 52 ° 39 ′ 11.9 " N , 9 ° 50 ′ 25.5" E