Ste-Marie des Batignolles
The Catholic parish church of Sainte-Marie des Batignolles is located in the 17th arrondissement in Paris . Together with the Square des Batignolles directly behind it, it forms the center of the Quartier des Batignolles .
Emergence
In 1824 a church was to be built for the 5000 residents of the then still independent community of Batignolles. The Docteur Lemercier launched this initiative. However, since only a third of the required funds came together, only a simple chapel could be built. This was mainly financed by donations from Maria-Thérèse and built from 1826 to 1829. The bell, called the Etiennette , was taken from the former neighboring chapel of Saint-Etienne de Monceau after it was destroyed in 1828. In 1831 Heuqueville became the first parish priest. The chapel quickly became too small, so that the first enlargements were made as early as 1834. In 1851 the church was given its current form under the architect Paul-Eugène Lequeux . He had side wings built for the nave , which should now take the form of a Latin cross.
The church today
With its triangular pediment and four Tuscan columns, the church is reminiscent of a Greek temple . The inscription DOM SUB INVOCATIONE BV MARIA can be read between the pediment triangle and the pillars . The church is at the north end of Rue des Batignolles on the Place du Docteur Félix Lobligeois . The Square des Batignolles is located directly behind the church. The closest metro station is Brochant , which is on line 13 towards Asnières-Gennevilliers .
The church plays a central role in the novella The Legend of the Holy Drinker by the Austrian writer Joseph Roth . The main character Andreas, an unemployed person, is supposed to donate money to a statue of Therese von Lisieux in Sainte-Marie-des-Batignolles, but repeatedly fails.
organ
Towards the middle of the 19th century, the church had a Stoltz organ with 36 registers , which was no longer playable from July 1912. The First World War prevented a restoration and therefore only the choir organ (Merklin 16 II / P approx. 1880) was used until it was moved to Saint-André-d'Antin in 1918. It was not until 1923 that the Mutin Cavaillé-Coll company built a new, large organ into the case, which, however, had to be completely renovated by Gloton-Debierre from Nantes in 1936 and restored and rebuilt by the same company (today Beuchet-Debierre) after World War II has been. It was inaugurated by Maurice Duruflé in November 1947. Despite regular maintenance, the condition of the instrument deteriorated to such an extent that from 1977 only half of the pipes could sound and from 1982 it fell completely silent. Until 1991 it was decided to completely restore the organ, an electronic organ down in the corridor served to accompany the community. In 1992 the manufacture des Grandes Orgues Dargassies-Gonzalez received the order for a sum of more than 1,500,000 francs (including the production of 7 completely new registers). On October 8, 1994, the organ with around 2100 pipes was inaugurated by the then Maître de chapelle Joachim Havard de la Montagne. Today the instrument has 35 registers (5 transmissions ), divided into 3 manuals and pedal and the following disposition :
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- Pair : II / I, III / I, III / II. Tirasses I, II, III.
- Playing aids : Appel d'anches et mixtures GO, Récit. Appel d'anches Pedale. Appel you GO
Her titular organists included Henri Busser , André Messager and Joachim Havard de la Montagne .
Web links
- Église Sainte-Marie-des-Batignolles in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Eglise Ste-Marie des Batignolles
- Address and times of worship of the congregation
Coordinates: 48 ° 53 ′ 12 ″ N , 2 ° 19 ′ 4 ″ E