Saint Mary Help Church (Magdeburg)

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Saint Mary Help Church

The Sankt-Maria-Hilf-Kirche , officially called Church Maria Hilfe der Christians , is the Catholic church in Magdeburg 's Ottersleben district . The church, named after the Marian title Maria, Hilfe der Christisten , is the parish church of the parish of St. Maria , in the Magdeburg deanery of the Magdeburg diocese .

architecture

The church building was built from red brick as a hall church from 1893 in the neo-Gothic style according to plans by Arnold Güldenpfennig . The length of the nave is 22 meters with a width of 13 meters, with the central nave being higher than the aisles. In the 8.60 meter long and 7 meter wide choir there are three large colored windows. The stained glass there thematize scenes from the life of Mary , the Annunciation , the birth of Jesus and the Assumption of Mary into heaven .

On the north side of the choir there is a 40 meter high tower with a gallery. The gable of the nave is crowned on both sides by a cross attached at the end of June 1894.

history

The foundation stone was laid on November 5, 1893 by the episcopal commissioner, Provost Kaspar Friedrich Brieden of Sankt Sebastian . This was preceded by a nationwide collection of money for the construction of the church, initiated by the clergyman Wilhelm Diek , who was active in Ottersleben . Arnold Güldenpfennig's plans were used to build the church, according to which a church in Sangerhausen had already been built . However, the Ottersleber mission vicar Lorenz Wienand asked for the church tower to be raised by the height of the clock face of the tower clock. On November 11, 1894, the church was inaugurated by Probst Brieden, at that time dean of the Magdeburg deanery. The solemn consecration of the church did not take place until May 7, 1898 .

In 1898 an organ from the Paderborn Eggert Orgelbau-Anstalt was installed. In 1911 the tower clock was installed by the Bernburg company Fuchs & Sohn. In the course of the First World War , the church had to give up the two large bronze bells (752.5 and 437 kilograms) and the pipes from the organ prospectus for armament purposes. Only a small bell (317.5 kilograms) remained, which was later melted down as well.

In 1934 the church tower was given the copper tower dome that still exists today . Two years later, heating was installed and the interior of the church was repainted, and three new bells were consecrated. However, two of these bells were confiscated for armament purposes in World War II as early as 1942 .

In 1945 the church was hit by three incendiary bombs . Two of the bombs were ineffective, but a third was stuck in the tower. Some residents climbed onto the roof and put out the fire, so that the church survived the Second World War almost undamaged.

During the GDR era, the interior was redesigned in 1960. The neo-Gothic design elements have now been dispensed with. In 1962, a 15th century carved Catherine altar , originally from Gardelegen , was put up. In 1969 and 1970 the roof was re- tiled with slate .

In the spring of 1990 the tower cross was torn down during a storm, but was rebuilt in the same year. In 1993 the interior was renovated again.

On October 28, 2007, the community association Magdeburg-Süd , comprising the two parishes of Ottersleben and Sudenburg, was established, which was merged in November 2010 to form today's parish of St. Maria .

See also

literature

  • Kathrin Jäger: St. Marien, Catholic parish church. In: Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg (Hrsg.): Magdeburg. Architecture and urban planning. Janos Steckovics publishing house, Halle an der Saale 2001, ISBN 3-929330-33-4 , p. 214.
  • Hans-Joachim Krenzke: Churches and monasteries in Magdeburg. 2000.

Web links

Commons : Sankt-Maria-Hilf-Kirche (Magdeburg)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.bistum-magdeburg.de/front_content.php?idcat=1400&idart=2411&lang=5

Coordinates: 52 ° 5 ′ 25.8 ″  N , 11 ° 34 ′ 39 ″  E