Parish church Hinterschmiding
The parish church in Hinterschmiding in the Freyung-Grafenau district in Lower Bavaria , built between 1969 and 1971, is consecrated to Christ the Risen .
history
Hinterschmiding belonged to the parish Freyung until 1937 . In the center of the village there was a small chapel, the origin of which goes back to the founding of the village in the middle of the 16th century. The story began in 1927 with a "barn mission". A people's mission took place in the mayor's barn from May 29th to June 5th . After the mission days it was decided to build a church; construction began in the same year. On August 8, 1928, the pastor of Freyung, clergyman Seraph Nöpl consecrated the school chapel to St. Bishop Altmann von Passau . On working days a priest came from Freyung and held a service, on Sunday the Schmidinger had to come to Freyung for a service. On May 1, 1937 Hinterschmiding became a branch and received its own priest; Expositus Heinrich Immerfall. On March 3, 1964 the expositur was raised to the parish ; the first pastor was Herbert Keßler.
Church building
On April 12, 1964, Pastor Herbert Keßler and Mayor Josef Stadler founded the church building association and commissioned architect Hans Beckers , government master builder in Regensburg, with the planning. Construction began in the spring of 1969; the local construction management was carried out by architect Josef Lorenz from Regensburg. The foundation stone was laid on July 27, 1969.
The church building, in the form of a ciborium , which includes God and his community, as a place of reflection and brotherhood . The hexagon of the church with the large roof areas, 21 m high with a diameter of 30 m, reflects the topography of the landscape ( Bavarian Forest ). The 40 m high tower, free-standing campanile , also hexagonal and high spire, connects the church with the new mortuary and funeral hall of the cemetery built in 1948 near the school chapel . The school chapel on the site of the church tower and the outbuilding was demolished. Outside exposed concrete pillars with white plastered intermediate fields, all-round window band, the steep tent roof covered with gray Eternit shingles. Inside the reinforced concrete members with white brick masonry . The star-like folded wooden ceiling, rising up to 17 m, shields the church. The pews are arranged in a quarter circle and the surrounding ribbon of windows in bright colors is aligned with the sanctuary.
Furnishing
The furnishings in the sanctuary are exclusively works of art by the sculptor Leopold Hafner from Aicha vorm Wald . To the left of the altar block are the ambo, the horns at the corners symbolize the four Gospels from which the priest proclaims the Good News , and the sediles . To the right of it the baptismal font and in a light-flooded bay window the tabernacle . The tabernacle case is surrounded by a crown of thorns. Just as God appeared to Moses in the burning bush, so God is present to us in the tabernacle.
The cross behind the altar shows an almost life-size, wood-carved Christ the Risen One, who has already suffered, who is already assigned to the other world, the glory of the Father; no crown of thorns, no wounds, no nails. To the right and left of the cross are the fourteen stations of the cross.
The image of the Virgin Mary from Saloniki, which was brought to Germany during the turmoil of the Second World War, is a particular treasure . It was given to the parish of Hinterschmiding as a gift. Sculptor Leopold Hafner created a worthy bronze frame around this miraculous image, which calls on people to pray for peace and justice in the world.
The surrounding ribbon of windows is the work of the artist Erich Horndasch from Stammham . He calls it the resurrection: The new Jerusalem appears above the altar; in the light where the beams diverge. Christ who is God from God and light from light. Another symbol of Christ is the mystical rose, the flower from which Christ broke out.
Left: The bright green of hope at the sources of life. “In that day living water will go out from Jerusalem” (Zach 14: 8). The living water (divine life and grace) proceeds from the risen One. The dark, blue and purple shadows that obscure the light in some places indicate the passion of Christ and the suffering in the world.
Right side: Christian life has an Easter character, ie we have real participation in the life of the risen One. But this participation is hidden like the kernel in a fruit. Fire signs and flames - symbols of grace - sink into our life of poverty as an undeserved gift.
On October 3, 1971, Bishop Antonius Hofmann from Passau consecrated the new parish church of Hinterschmiding “Christ the Risen” with a festive pontifical service .
organ
The work of the Passau organ builder Ludwig Eisenbarth was made in 1972 and installed in October. With 15 stops and 1115 pipes (120 wood, 995 pewter) it is divided into three parts: main movement, chest and pedal movement ; the prospectus is made of mahogany wood. In the prospectus you can see the swell doors of the breastwork, as well as the wooden pipes of the open bass 8 'and the tin pipes of the principal 8'.
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Bells
In 1950 two new bells were cast for the school chapel . They were taken over in the new church tower, supplemented with the 500 kg Mary bell cast in 1971 in the Passau bell foundry Rudolf Perner “in honor of the Mother of God Maria”. The bell has the disposition f sharp 1 - a 1 - h 1
Tower chapel
In the lower part of the tower there is a Lady Chapel. The figure, a copy of a Gothic Madonna from Lower Bavaria, painted by the art and church painter Paul Feßler from Rotthalmünster . The windows are motifs from the Lauretanian litany designed by the painter Notburga Beckers.
Pastor
- 1937–1963: Heinrich Immerfall, born March 30, 1907 in Lederbach , consecrated on April 2, 1934 in St. Stephan Cathedral, Passau , Primiz † April 4, 1934 in Weng , branch in Hinterschmiding, pastor in Mittich am Inn 1963–1969 † October 3, 1969 in Passau, buried in Weng.
- 1963–1982: Herbert Keßler BGR, honorary citizen of Hinterschmiding, born January 13, 1927, consecrated on June 29, 1954, chaplain in Frauenau 1955–1963, pastor in Hinterschmiding, pastor in Untergriesbach (1982–1994), † November 13, 2003 in Waldkirchen , buried in Hinterschmiding
- 1982–1994: Josef Hirsch
- 1994–1995: Horst Otto Prieschl
- 1995–1996: Herbert Kessler (parish administrator) and Abbé Felix (parish vicar)
- 1996–2003: Josef Huber
- 2003-2017: Michael Gnan
- since 2017: Matthias Grillhösl
literature
- Resa Maria Raab, Schmiding am Goldenen Steig - History of the Hinterschmiding community , Morsak Verlag Grafenau 1976, ISBN 3 87553 066 7
- Pfarramt Pfarrkirche Hinterschmiding Little Church Leader, Episcopal Pastoral Care Office Passau
Web links
Presence of the parish of Hinterschmiding on the homepage of the administrative association
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Beckers, The Church in Parish Church Hinterschmiding (Little Church Leader), Episcopal Pastoral Care Office Passau
- ↑ Hinterschmiding parish church (Little Church Guide), Episcopal Pastoral Care Office Passau
- ^ Resa Maria Raab: Bells resound far and wide in Schmiding on the Goldenen Steig - history of the Hinterschmiding community .
Coordinates: 48 ° 49 '25 " N , 13 ° 36' 1.9" E