Maria Queen (Tarmstedt)
The Maria Königin church was the Catholic church in Tarmstedt , a municipality in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district in Lower Saxony . Most recently she belonged to the parish of Christ König in Zeven , in the Stade dean's office of the Hildesheim diocese . The church was named after Marie Title Maria Queen and was in the settlement Steinkamp field. Today the closest Catholic church is the Maria Frieden chapel in Worpswede, about 14 kilometers away .
history
Initially, the Catholic chapel at the Timke barracks, located in the neighboring town of Westertimke , about three kilometers away , was also used for church services by the civil parish. The chapel already bore the patronage of Maria Queen and has since been demolished. The stained glass windows of the chapel were reused in the new Tarmstedt church. Today the Timke-Park industrial estate is located on the site of the barracks closed in 1993/94.
In 1977 the foundation stone was laid for the church in Tarmstedt, and on April 8, 1978, Auxiliary Bishop Heinrich Pachowiak gave her benediction .
The last service took place in the church on September 25, 1996. After the profanation , the church building was sold to private customers and is now used as an apartment and studio.
Architecture and equipment
The church, built as a prefabricated church, was located almost 27 meters above sea level , it had a free-standing pointed tower, which was crowned by a cross.
See also
literature
- Willi Stoffers: Diocese of Hildesheim today. Hildesheim 1987, ISBN 3-87065-418-X , p. 78/79
- Chronicle for the 750th anniversary of Tarmstedt 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat Hildesheim (ed.): Catholic worship in the diocese of Hildesheim. Hildesheim 1966, p. 84
- ↑ http://wiki-bistumsgeschichte.de/wiki/index.php5?title=Spezial%3ASuche&search=Tarmstedt&go=Seite
