Maria Queen (Seesen)

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Church from the southeast

The Maria Königin Church is the Catholic parish church in Seesen , a town in the Goslar district in Lower Saxony . The parish church named after the Marian title " Maria Königin " is located at Zimmerstrasse 4, the neighboring parish office at Kampstrasse 1. Your parish of the same name belongs to the Deanery Alfeld-Detfurth of the Diocese of Hildesheim .

history

A catholic emergency church was built in Seesen as early as 1927 , previously the Seesen Catholics used the church " St. Michael " in Bilderlahe .

On the third Sunday of Advent in 1956, the newly built "Maria Königin" church was inaugurated by Vicar General Wilhelm Offenstein . At that time, after the death of Bishop Joseph Godehard Machens, the bishopric of Hildesheim was vacant. On July 1, 1957, the Seesen parish was established, and on October 1, 1965, it was elevated to a parish .

After a redesign of the interior by Claus Kilian , triggered by the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council , the church was consecrated on October 17, 1981 by Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen . In 1997 the church was enriched with a bell tower. Since May 2005 the church has belonged to the Deanery Alfeld-Detfurth, previously it belonged to the Deanery Goslar.

In 2007 the branch church " Holy Family " in Münchehof was profaned . On November 29th, 2009 the church "Maria Königin" was inaugurated again after a renovation led by the architect Klaus Determann by Vicar General Werner Schreer . Since September 1, 2010, the parish of Maria Königin also includes the Catholic churches “St. Michael ”in Bilderlahe and“ St. Clemens ”in Bockenem .

Architecture and equipment

The church, which is around 217 meters above sea level , was built according to plans by Josef Fehlig . Its free-standing tower has four bells . The benches come from the Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Hanover , which was converted into a columbarium . The Way of the Cross comes from the secular St. Oliver Church in Rhüden . The font has its place in a side niche .

organ

Hillebrand organ from 1972

The organ was built by the Hillebrand brothers in 1972 and its sound is based on the style of the North German baroque organ. It has 14 registers and three transmissions on two manuals and pedal . The instrument was overhauled in 2015 by the builder's workshop and provided with swellable chest doors.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Reed flute 8th'
3. octave 4 ′
4th Ged. flute 4 ′
5. octave 2 ′
6th Mixture IV-V
7th Dulcian 16 ′
II breastwork C – g 3
8th. Holzged. 8th'
9. recorder 4 ′
10. Forest flute 2 ′
11. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
12. Scharff III
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
13. Sub bass 16 ′
14th octave 8th'
Octave (= HW) 4 ′
Mixture IV – V (= HW)
Dulcian (= HW) 16 ′

Bells

The bell tower, which was built in 1997, houses a four-part bell ringing from the Karlsruhe bell foundry. It sounds in the tones f 'a' c d . The bell hangs on straight wooden yokes in a wooden bell chair.

See also

literature

  • Leaflet: Maria Königin, Seesen. Catholic parish Maria Queen (ed.).
  • Maria Kapp: The Catholic Church Maria Königin in Seesen. Community development, church building and church equipment in the 20th century . In: Harz-Zeitschrift. Lukas Verlag , Berlin, 61st year, 2009
  • Willi Stoffers: Diocese of Hildesheim today. Hildesheim 1987, ISBN 3-87065-418-X , p. 120

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ KirchenZeitung No. 17/2014 of April 27, 2014, p. 16
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated November 3, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bistum-hildesheim.de
  3. ↑ Internet presence of the parish: Church Maria Königin Seesen (click for information)

Coordinates: 51 ° 53 '30.4 "  N , 10 ° 10' 58.8"  E