Maria Queen (Saarbrücken)

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Parish Church of Maria Königin (2011)
Interior view (2011)
Bell tower (2011)
Organ prospectus

The Maria Königin Church is a Catholic parish church in Saarbrücken . It was on 31 May 1959 by the Trier Bishop Matthias Wehr ordained . The church is assigned to the diocese of Trier . On August 22nd (until 1969: May 31st) is the patronage day of the Mary Queen's Festival .

founding

On the initiative of Father Augustinus Reinstadler , the Cologne church architect Rudolf Schwarz was awarded the contract after a tender in which five architects took part, to build a distinctive Marienkirche on Saarbrücken's Rotenbühl . The groundbreaking ceremony took place on December 8, 1954. The foundation stone was laid on May 31, 1956, the consecration of the church on May 31, 1959, on the (then) feast of the Queen of Mary .

building

The church was built from red-brown sandstone , which comes from a quarry in the Landstuhl ( Palatinate ) area and was left raw both inside and outside. The 80 cm thick sandstone masonry gives the building a monumental effect.

The church building has a length of 46 m, a width of 34 m and a height of 15 m. Since a crypt could be pushed under the church due to the hillside location, the building is 5 m higher on its west side. The load-bearing framework, which is visible in the interior, as well as the mighty pillars and the reinforcing cross of the crossing and the joists of the roof structure are made of reinforced concrete . The large windows of the church are carried and supported by wide curved concrete frames and strong posts.

The ground plan of the church is strictly geometrical and is made up of two crossing ellipsoids of different lengths with axes that meet at right angles , creating a figure with symmetrically curved partial ellipses . Of these partial ellipses, three are formally similar, the fourth is longer. The result is a west-facing nave , which flows into a centralizing system consisting of a crossing, transept and choir , which can be viewed as conches . The nave is closed off by a fourth partial ellipse, the western cone. The complex is reminiscent of the three-conch choir , a special floor plan in the medieval architecture of church buildings.

Furnishing

Particularly worth seeing inside the church are the stained glass windows created by the glass painter Wilhelm Buschulte ( Unna ) in 1963–64 with representations of symbols of the veneration of Mary , whose pictorial program , freely based on the Lauretanian litany, refers to the church as the incarnation of the "Queen of Mary"; moving on a sandstone stele located tabernacle of Karl Schrage , the head of Gold and silver class of Werkkunstschule Wuppertal , as well as that of the sculpting Elmar Hillebrand and Theo Heiermann ( Cologne created) crossroads in 14 reliefs of red sandstone in the south and North conche of the church.

Also worth seeing are the sculpture of Saint Theresa von Lisieux by Theo Heinemann ( Cologne ), the group of figures "Baptism of Jesus" made in Alsace around 1750 and restored in 1999 at the entrance to the baptistery next to the baptismal font , which is slightly elevated on 3 steps and thus the The altar symbolizing the Holy Trinity , consisting of a simple, square sandstone block and the altar cross .

The church also has a crypt , which consists of an upper and a lower part. There is a Lady Chapel in the upper crypt on the ground floor.

organ

Main organ

The organ of the church was built in 1964 by the organ builder Alfred Führer ( Wilhelmshaven ). The instrument with 3282 pipes has 40 registers , divided into 3 manuals and pedal . The organ is set up slightly higher than the altar on a choir platform in the rear conche of the church. The housing is made of larch wood . In 2001 a partial restoration was carried out by the company Jäger & Brommer ( Waldkirch ), whereby a minor change in the disposition was made.

I crown positive C – g 3
1. Wooden dacked 8th'
2. Reed flute 4 ′
3. Principal 2 ′
4th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
5. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
6th Octave 1'
7th Vox humana 8th'
Tremulant
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
8th. Quintad 16 ′
9. Principal 8th'
10. Reed flute 8th'
11. Octave 4 ′
12. Coupling flute 4 ′
13. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
14th Octave 2 ′
15th Cornet IV-V
16. Mixture VI 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
17th Trumpet 8th'
III Swell C – g 3
18th Metal dacked 8th'
19th Gamba 8th'
20th Quintad 8th'
21st Principal 4 ′
22nd recorder 4 ′
23. Flat flute 2 ′
24. Nasat 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
25th Bell tone II
26th Mixture IV-V 1'
27. Scharff III 1 ⁄ 2 ′
28. bassoon 16 ′
29 Trumpet 8th'
30th Head trumpet 4 ′
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
31. Principal bass 16 ′
32. Sub bass 16 ′
33. Octave bass 8th'
34. Gemshorn 8th'
35. Octave 4 ′
36. Night horn 2 ′
37. Rauschpfeife III 4 ′
38. Mixture IV 2 ′
39. trombone 16 ′
40. Bombard 8th'

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b c Change of disposition 2001
  2. ↑ ab a 0 4-way 4 ′, b 0 5-way 8 ′
  3. ↑ 2 2 ⁄ 3 ′ + 1 3 ⁄ 5 ′   

Crypt organ

In the crypt of the church there is another organ, also by Alfred Führer and built in 1974. The single-manual instrument with mechanical slide chests has 5 registers.

I Manual C-g 3
1. Dumped 8 ′ B + D
2. Reed flute 4 ′ B + D
3. Principal 2 ′ B + D
4th Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ B + D
5. Scharff III B + D
Pedal C – d 1
attached

Remarks

Loop division between h 0 and c 1

literature

  • Wolfgang Götz, revised by Bernhard Wehlen: Catholic parish church Maria Königin in Saarbrücken (Rheinische Kunststätten, issue 569, publisher Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz Köln). 2nd, updated edition, Media Cologne Communication Media, Hürth 2019, ISBN 978-3-86526-127-4 .
  • Mang, Rudolf; Kany, Marco: A song for Maria Königin - 50 years of the parish church Maria Königin in Saarbrücken . Paulinus Verlag, Trier 2009, ISBN 978-3-7902-1630-1 , p. 96 .
  • Father Johannes Heßling, OMI (ed.): The Church of Maria Königin - Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of the Church and Parish Maria Queen Saarbrücken . S. 28 .

Web links

Commons : Maria Königin  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Saarbrücken, Mitte district (St. Johann), Catholic parish church Maria Königin On: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on August 16, 2012
  2. ↑ a b c Information on the parish church ULF Maria Königin On: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on August 16, 2012
  3. ↑ Main organ of the Maria Königin Church (Catholic) ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Information page of the Orgeln im Saarland website , accessed on August 16, 2012
  4. ^ Crypt organ of the Maria Königin Church (Catholic) ( Memento from February 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Information page of the Orgeln im Saarland website , accessed on August 16, 2012

Coordinates: 49 ° 14 '11 "  N , 7 ° 1' 22.9"  E