Maria Rosary Queen (Radibor)
The church Maria Rosenkranzkönigin , Upper Sorbian Cyrkej swjateje Marije, kralowny róžowca , is a Catholic church building in the municipality Radibor in Saxony . Since the place Radibor has three churches (first or old parish church, cruciform church in the cemetery and new parish church) and this was the last to be built, it is also called the new parish church .
The parish consists of believers whose mother tongue is Sorbian and German.
history
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On the basis of an expert opinion on the structural condition of the old parish church , a commission decided on July 18, 1888 that a new building was necessary. The costs for the restoration of the old parish church would have been higher than for the construction of a new church.
On October 1, 1888, the parish received Bishop Franz Bernert's approval for the new building. Furthermore, it was thanks to the Protestant patron saint and manor owner of Radibor, Count von Einsiedel, that a piece of land was made available in 1890/91. It could be enlarged by purchasing another piece of land. This is noteworthy, as previous manor owners wanted to enforce the evangelical faith. The foundation stone for the church was laid on August 2, 1895. Construction work according to plans by the architect Joseph Campani began in the summer of 1894 and ended with the consecration of the church by Bishop Ludwig Wahl on November 15, 1896.
In 1996 the 100th anniversary was celebrated.
architecture
The neo-Romanesque church consecrated to the Queen of the Rosary is an east - facing three-aisled basilica with a retracted choir and a representative portal front, which is flanked on the north side by a square bell tower. The church is built from exposed stone . The outer walls are structured with arched friezes and pilaster strips .
The interior was restored to the original in 1988/90. In addition to the high altar and the pulpit, the ciborium and the painted choir arch as well as various statues of saints are particularly impressive .
Web links
literature
- Hańža Winarjec-Orsesowa: Radibor - a historically significant parish. Radibor 2000, in Sorbian with a German supplement.
- Church council Radibor (ed.): Zwony Radworskeje wosady / The bells of the parish Radibor. Anniversary edition in honor of the new bells, consecrated on November 21, 2004. Radibor 2005, in Sorbian and German.
Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 34 " N , 14 ° 23 ′ 48" E