Saint Norbert Church (Höchberg)
St. Norbert is a Catholic parish church in the market town of Höchberg in the Lower Franconian district of Würzburg . It was built in 1981/82 according to plans by the local architect Rainer Gärtner. The modern tent roof construction characterizes the townscape of the Hexenbruch district.
history
The beginning of the community is the church foundation St. Norbert, which was established in 1967 by a foundation act of the Würzburg bishop Josef Stangl . Four years later, a community kindergarten was set up in the Rupert Egenberger School at Hexenbruch. In 1974 a community center was built on Seeweg. Until its inauguration on December 1, 1974, the services took place in the auditorium of the special school.
At the beginning of the 1980s it was decided to build a new parish church. The spiritual council and the parish decided in favor of the design by the architects Gärtner und Hench from Höchberg. He envisaged a “tent of God among men”. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new building took place on March 22, 1981, and the foundation stone was laid on May 23, 1981. The topping-out ceremony took place on November 20, 1981. After a year and a half of construction, Bishop Paul-Werner Scheele consecrated the church on October 10, 1982. At the same time the curate was elevated to a parish.
description
construction
It is a construction made of glued wood beams anchored on concrete pillars, which form the supporting structure of the 20 meter high tent roof covered with copper sheet. The 24 meter high bell tower with three bells is designed as a passage to the church.
inner space
The walls are exposed brickwork, the ceiling is made of spruce wood, the benches are made of pine wood. The altar , the tabernacle stele , the ambo , the priest's seats and the baptismal font were designed by the Berlin sculptor Paul Brandenburg from Kirchheimer Muschelkalk . The three bench blocks with 400 seats are arranged in a semicircle around the altar, the floor rises slightly towards the rear to allow everyone a clear view of the altar.
Art and cult objects
The Madonna figure donated by a parishioner from private ownership represents Mary with the baby Jesus as queen. It is a Franconian house Madonna from the period 1770 to 1790.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ "The construction of our church" ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Parish of St. Norbert, accessed November 4, 2008
Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '18.3 " N , 9 ° 53' 13.2" E