Mary of Peace (Homburg-Erbach)

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The Church of Mary of Peace in Homburg-Erbach
View inside the church
Altar mosaic
Bell tower

The church Maria vom Frieden is a Catholic parish church in Erbach , a district of Homburg , the district town of the Saarpfalz district in Saarland . She bears the patronage of Mary, Queen of Peace .

history

After the area of ​​the Erbach parish of St. Andreas was divided into two parish areas, construction work began on December 17, 1953 to build a church for the newly formed southern area. The plans for the church building came from Speyr diocesan master builder Wilhelm Schulte junior. The day of the laying of the foundation stone was August 22, 1954, the octave day of the solemn feast of Mary's Assumption into heaven (after the liturgical reform, August 22 is celebrated as the Queen Mary's day). A year after the foundation stone was laid, which could topping are celebrated, and on 6 May 1956 took Speyer Bishop Isidor Markus Emanuel the consecration of the completed temple before.

In the years 1957 to 1960 the rectory , the sister house and the kindergarten of the parish were built. On May 31, 1960 Maria was separated from the Peace of St. Andrew and formed an independent second parish in Erbach.

In the years 2007 to 2009 restorations were carried out , which were managed by the planning office Andreas Michaeli from St. Ingbert-Rohrbach .

Furnishing

Inside the church is the twelve meter high and over one hundred square meter mosaic behind the altar . It was designed by Helena Trossen ( Essen ), while Pastor Hubert Sedlmair and parish helpers were responsible for the execution in December 1968.

The baptismal font made of aluminum bronze and the cover made of copper as well as the portal come from Franz Mörscher ( Neunkirchen ) and were manufactured from 1958 to 1962.

The Way of the Cross from 1962, made of ceramics and the colors gray, black and red, is the work of Günther Zeuner (Speyer). It is located on the south side wall of the nave . Günter Zeuner in 1960 also created native concrete - sculpture of the Virgin of Mercy in front of the church.

The church's other furnishings include artistically valuable door handles , various depictions of the Virgin Mary and the windows with Marian motifs designed by Wilhelm Braun (Munich). Among the Marian sculptures there is a figure from the first quarter of the 18th century, which is listed as an individual monument in the Saarland's list of monuments .

Bells and tower

The free-standing bell tower of the church has a height of 33.40 m. Inside it is a ringing consisting of 5 bells , which was cast in 1960 by the Saarlouis bell foundry ( Fraulautern ). The Saarlouiser bell foundry was founded in 1953 by Karl (III) Otto from Bremen-Hemelingen and Alois Riewer from Geislautern and existed until 1960. The first version of the largest bell ("Christ bell") had a crack and had to be refilled in 1965. Karl (III) Otto from the Otto bell foundry was responsible for this. When the tower was built, a metal bell cage was installed that was rigidly connected to the masonry . This caused problems because the vibration of the 2nd bell was almost identical to the natural resonance of the tower. Therefore, the tower was subjected to an extensive renovation from 2008 to 2009 , during which a new oak bell cage was installed and the number of vibrations of the critical bells was adjusted. In addition, a concrete refurbishment of the tower was carried out and the roof was given a new covering

No. Surname volume Weight
(kg)		 Diameter
(cm)		 inscription
1 Christ bell h 0 2860 164 "Christ rex princeps pacis"
(Christ King, Prince of Peace)
2 St. Thomas More dis 1 1430 130 "Sancte Thoma, verae fidei propugnator, fac nos omnes unum esse in Christ"
(Saint Thomas, champion of true faith, help that we are all one in Christ)
3 St. Mary f sharp 1 810 109 "Ave maria gratia plena"
(Hail Mary, full of grace)
4th St. Joseph g sharp 1 600 97 "Josef Opifex sancte opera nostra tuere"
(Joseph, holy worker, keep the work of our hands)
5 St. Bernadette Soubirous as 1 520 90 "Sancta Bernadette, quae immaculatam virginem vidisti, ora pro nobis"
(Saint Bernadette, who you saw the Immaculate Virgin, pray for us)

organ

At the time of the inauguration on May 6, 1956, there was still no large organ in the church. A positive from Hugo Mayer Orgelbau ( Heusweiler ) on the gallery served as musical accompaniment to the services , for which no further information is known.

On November 27, 1959, the church received a new organ designed as a Rückpositiv manual work with a mobile, three-manual console with seven registers .

First organ from 1959
Rückpositiv
1. Dumped 8th'
2. Praestant 4 ′
3. recorder 4 ′
4th Principal 2 ′
5. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
6th Scharff IV
7th Krummhorn 8th'

However, this was only an interim solution, because a large organ front was planned on the gallery since the consecration in 1956 . Drafts were available, but due to the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council , the choir and organ should be located near the sanctuary. Therefore, in close collaboration with the 1962 Organist en Ludwig Doerr designed a concept with a major organ in the loft and a "choral work" with five tabs in the left aisle . The organ should have a total of 46 stops.

But this concept did not materialize. After intensive discussions with Hugo Mayer Orgelbau, a plan was drawn up which provided for the entire organ prospect to be placed in the left transept . The console and choir should find their place under the prospectus. Pastor Sedlmair drew up a new plan for a prospectus, which was subject to changes before it was finally built. On Palm Sunday 1966, the Mayer organ was consecrated by Domkapitular Schwarz.

The organ had 41 stops, 3 manuals and a pedal. It was set up at ground level in the transept on three floors, one on top of the other, with the swell on the opposite side and the free-standing game table under the swell. The wind chests were slider chests with an electric play and stop action.

Mayer organ 1966–2007:
I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Bourdon 16 ′
2. Prestant 8 ′ [sic!]
3. Gemshorn 8th'
4th Octave 4 ′
5. Wooden flute 4 ′
6th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Schwegel 2 ′
8th. Mixture V-VI
9. Trumpet 8th'
10. Clarine 4 ′
II Positive C-g 3
11. Dumped 8 ′ (prospectus)
12. Prestant 4 ′ [sic!]
13. recorder 4 ′
14th Forest flute 2 ′
15th Terzean II [sic!]
16. Scharff IV
17th Krummhorn 8 ′ (horizontal)
Tremulant
III Swell C – g 3
18th Principal 8th'
19th Metal dacked 8th'
20th Salicional 8th'
21st Ital. Principal 4 ′
22nd Night horn 4 ′
23. Octave 2 ′
24. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
25th Octavlein 1'
26th Sesque age II [sic!]
27. Mixture V
28. Cymbel IV
29 Bombard 16 ′
30th Trumpet 8th'
31. Rohrschalmay 4 ′ [sic!]
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
32. Principal 16 ′
33. Sub bass 16 ′
34. Octave 8th'
35. Wooden dacked 8th'
36. Choral bass 4 ′
37. Principal 2 ′
38. Rauschpfeife IV
39. Bass mix III
40. trombone 16 ′
41. Bass trumpet 8th'
  • Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
  • Playing aids : two free combinations, tutti, automatic piano pedal, crescendo, crescendo off, individual tongue storage
Organ prospectus
Swell of the organ

The Mayer organ has become very maintenance-intensive over the years. Malfunctions occurred and even entire plants failed. Due to the narrowness of the organ, they were no longer satisfied with the structural condition of the organ. In 2005 the opportunity arose to acquire the 1965 organ of the Church of St. Johann Baptist in Munich-Haidhausen , built by Josef Zeilhuber ( Sonthofen-Altstädten ) , which was replaced by an organ with 46 registers from the organ building company Hartwig Späth .

In 2007 the Mayer organ was dismantled in several stages and scrapped except for the case and pipework . The organ builder Thomas Gaida ( Wemmetsweiler ) built a new building in 2008, reusing the case, the motor, the prospect pipes and the positive chest of the Mayer organ, as well as the bellows , the wind chests and the pipework from 1871, 1907 and 1965 of the Zeilhuber organ. The commissioning took place on August 15, 2008 by Jürgen Weyers, Christian von Blohn and Dominik Schindler. In the near future, an organ work on the gallery is also to be realized.

The new organ has 26 registers, 3 manuals and a pedal. The wind chests in the main work, positive, solo and pedal are electric cone chests with digital control, the carillon has electric slide chests. The free-standing and mobile three-manual game table is provided with a 30 m long cable. Solo and carillon are not assigned to any manual.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Reed flute 8th'
3. Gamba 8th'
4th Octave 4 ′
5. Cornet mixture II-V
II Positive C-g 3
6th Dumped 8th'
7th Coupling flute 4 ′
8th. Octave 2 ′
9. Sesquialter II
10. Krummhorn 8th'
Solo C – g 3
11. Bourdon 16 ′
12. Gemshorn 8th'
13. Transverse flute 4 ′
14th Schwiegel 2 ′
15th Mixture VII
16. Trumpet 8th'
Carillon C-g 3
17th Flûte harmonique 8th'
18th recorder 4 ′
19th Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
20th Flageolet 2 ′
21st third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
22nd Sifflet 1'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
23. Sub-bass 16 ′
24. Octave 4 ′
25th trombone 16 ′
26th Trumpet 8th'
  • Coupling : Sub HW / I, Pos / I, Sub Pos / I, Solo / I, Solo / II, Solo / III, Sub Solo / I, Sub Solo / II, Super Solo / I, Super Solo / II, Car / I, Car / II, Car / III, HW / Ped, Super HW / Ped, Pos / Ped, Solo / Ped, Super Solo / Ped, Car / Ped
  • Playing aids : electronic typesetting system, tutti, crescendo. Transposition

literature

  • Bernhard H. Bonkhoff: The churches in the Saar-Palatinate district . Saarbrücken 1987.

Web links

Commons : Maria vom Frieden (Homburg-Erbach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Parish Church of Maria vom Frieden ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. From: kih.deevine.de ( www.kirche-homburg.de ), accessed on July 26, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kih.deevine.de
  2. ↑ Information on the Church of Mary of Peace at: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on July 26, 2012
  3. ↑ Altar mosaic ( Memento of the original dated February 12, 2015 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. From: kih.deevine.de ( www.kirche-homburg.de ), accessed on July 26, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kih.deevine.de
  4. ↑ Kreuzweg  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. From: kih.deevine.de ( www.kirche-homburg.de ), accessed on July 26, 2012@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / kih.deevine.de  
  5. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list Saarpfalz-Kreis (PDF; 1.2 MB), accessed on July 26, 2012
  6. ^ Gerhard Reinhold: Otto bells. Family and company history of the Otto bell foundry dynasty . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 588, in particular pages 92, 96, 560, 569 .
  7. ↑ Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen . Nijmegen / NL 2019, p. 556, in particular pp. 110, 367, 514, 519 , urn : nbn: nl: ui: 22-2066 / 204770 (dissertation at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen).
  8. ↑ Bells and Tower  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. From: kih.deevine.de ( www.kirche-homburg.de ), accessed on July 26, 2012@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / kih.deevine.de  
  9. ↑ a b c d e f The organ of the Church of Mary of Peace ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2016 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. From: kih.deevine.de ( www.kirche-homburg.de ), accessed on July 26, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kih.deevine.de
  10. ↑ a b c Organ of the Church of Mary of Peace (Catholic) ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2014 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. Info page of the Orgeln im Saarland website , accessed on July 26, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.saar-orgelland.de

Coordinates: 49 ° 19 ′ 57 ″  N , 7 ° 19 ′ 56 ″  E