New St. Gordianus and Epimachus (Dietersheim)
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The New St. Gordianus and Epimachus Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Dietersheim district of the Rhine-Hessian city of Bingen am Rhein . It was built in 1910–1912 according to plans by the Mainz architect Johann Adam Rüppel for the larger parish. The patronage of the martyrs Gordianus and Epimachus takes up the history of the older church of St. Gordianus and Epimachus .
history
The older church from the 1660s could offer seats or knees to a maximum of 175 believers. It was declared dilapidated in 1837 by the Grand Ducal Hessian District Office in Mainz . In 1884 the church had grown to around 360 Christians. Therefore a church building committee was set up to raise funds for a new building.
In 1892 it became clear that this project could not be managed entirely from one's own financial resources. The episcopal ordinariate therefore supported the Dietersheim efforts with a diocesan collection. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on September 14, 1910, the foundation stone was laid on March 19, 1911 under Pastor Peter Barber, and the new building was consecrated on September 23, 1912 by Bishop Georg Heinrich Maria Kirstein . Due to the scarce financial resources, the church could not be built to the highest quality. Securing work on the church was necessary as early as 1929 and the church roof was newly propped up. In 1936 the church tower was covered over. On May 12, 1938, building officer Rudolph from the Hessian Building Authority Bingen inspected new damage to the building. The building authority threatened to close the church if the most necessary security measures were not taken immediately. The movement of the building was analyzed using control marks. After cathedral capitular Joseph Schneider and cathedral builder Bayer were called in in 1939 , the Mainz civil engineer Fritz Grebner was commissioned with a static test of the church building.
The implementation of the measures proposed by Fritz Grebner had to be postponed due to the outbreak of the First World War and the resulting scarcity of resources . A new report from September 25, 1940 came to the conclusion that no immediate measures were necessary. Therefore, the interior decoration of the church was continued.
architecture
The neo - Gothic three - aisled basilica with transept, tower and two side choirs is characteristic of the town. It is built in the shape of a cross. The church tower is at the northeast end of the nave . It rises in three-way paragraphs up to a height of 47 meters. Four turrets, connected by four gables and spire complete the tower. The original round windows of the transept and the windows of the high choir have been preserved to this day, while the stained glass on the west facade and the nave fell victim to the Second World War.
Like the tower, the main facade is divided into three parts. In the lower part is the main portal , flanked by two windows and two side portals. In the middle part there is a rose window . The north and south facades of the transept are also divided into three fields. The middle fields are provided with rose windows, the upper fields are each designed by a window. Buttresses and buttresses structure the facade and support the walls.
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Individual evidence
- ^ A b Michael Figura: Foundation stone laid for the new parish church St. Gordianus and Epimachus in Dietersheim on March 19, 1911. Association of Heimatfreunde am Mittelrhein eV, publisher, Heimatbuch. My home district Mainz-Bingen, Bingen 2011, pp. 168–172, ISSN 0171-8304
- ↑ a b c d Franz Alois Como: The old and the new church in Dietersheim , Dietersheim 1949
Coordinates: 49 ° 56 '17.3 " N , 7 ° 54' 37" E