St Joseph Artisan

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Saint-Joseph-Artisan
Memorial plaque to Franz Stock in the Saint-Joseph-Artisan church in Paris
inner space

The Catholic parish church of Saint-Joseph-Artisan was built in the mid-19th century in the neo-Gothic style. It was originally a chapel of the German immigrants and was called Saint-Joseph-des-Allemands . The church is located at 214 rue La Fayette in the 10th arrondissement of Paris . The nearest metro station is Louis Blanc on line 7 .

history

From 1830 onwards, Paris attracted numerous immigrants, who settled mainly in the east of the city, in the districts around the Canal Saint-Martin and near the then suburb of La Villette . There were a lot of businesses that needed workers. In the 1840s there were 80,000 to 100,000 German artisans and workers living in Paris. In order to provide pastoral care to this community, the Jesuit Father Jean-Joseph Chable founded a mission that initially used a factory hall as a meeting room. A wooden chapel was later built and in 1865/66 the architect Douillard built the Saint-Joseph-des-Allemands chapel for workers who had immigrated from Germany. As early as 1851, the German Jesuit mission had acquired the site between Rue Lafayette and Quai de Valmy on the Canal Saint-Martin. The construction of the church was supported by the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I and donations from Germany and Luxembourg. In 1882 the mission had to sell part of the property due to lack of money and a house was built in front of the church, so that the church can only be reached through a passage from Rue Lafayette since then.

After the mission closed in 1901, their goods were sold. In 1910 Maximilien von Sachsen bought back part of the possessions and in 1925 placed the church under the care of the priests of Sacré-Cœur de Saint-Quentin . Even Franz Stock , who during the German occupation of 1940-1944 prison chaplain in Paris, celebrated in this church repeats the Holy Mass.

In 1958 the church was elevated to a parish church and received the patronage of St. Joseph of Nazareth , the patron saint of craftsmen. Since 1991 the church has been owned by the Archdiocese of Paris .

architecture

The church has three floors and is divided into eight bays . Pointed arcades separate the main nave from the two aisles. A triforium runs over the arcade zone . The main and side aisles are covered with ribbed vaults.

The spandrels of the arcades are decorated with paintings by the Jesuit priest Adolphe Vasseur . They were carried out from 1897 to 1901 and set about the nave arcades saint like Saint Elizabeth of Hungary or Margaret Mary and beatified and canonized represent Jesuits. The scenes in the choir are dedicated to the life of St. Joseph.

Choir window

Leaded glass window

The large stained glass windows in the choir date from 1873 to 1875 and depict St. Francis of Assisi (left), St. Elisabeth of Thuringia (right) and St. Joseph with the baby Jesus. They were a gift from the Austrian embassy and should be given to Emperor Franz Joseph I and his wife, Empress Elisabeth , remember. The coats of arms of the House of Habsburg-Lothringen are shown in the lower pane of the Joseph's window . The windows of the triforium have inscriptions in German: “Jüngl. Association '”,“ Women Congr. ”,“ Sacram. Club '”,“ Men's Club ”. The five modern windows in the side aisles were designed in 2004 by the Dominican Father Kim En Joong and executed by the Loire stained glass company in Chartres .

organ

View of the organ

The organ was installed in 1966 by the organ builder Gonzalez . The instrument has 26 stops on two manual works and a pedal. The actions are electric.

I Grand Orgue C-g 3
01. Bourdon 16 '
02. Montre 08th'
03. Bourdon 08th'
04th Flute 08th'
05. Prestant 04 '
06th Flute 04 '
07th Duplicate 02 '
08th. Plein-jeu IV 0
09. Cornet V
10. Bombard 16 '
11. Trumpets 08th'
12. Clairon 04 '
II Récit expressif C – g 3
13. Principal 8th'
14th Viol 8th'
15th Voix céleste 8th'
16. Flute 4 '
17th Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  '
18th Fourth 2 '
19th Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  '
20th Cromorne 8th'
Pedale C – f 1
21st Soubasse 16 '
22nd Flute 08th'
23. Flute 04 '
24. Bombard 16 '
25th Trumpets 08th'
26th Clairon 04 '

literature

  • Georges Brunel, Marie-Laure Deschamps-Bourgeon, Yves Gagneux: Dictionnaire des Églises de Paris . Éditions Hervas, Paris 2000 (1st edition 1995), ISBN 2-903118-77-9 , p. 266.
  • Jean Colson, Marie-Christine Lauroa (ed.): Dictionnaire des Monuments de Paris . Paris 2003 (1st edition 1992), ISBN 2-84334-001-2 , p. 702.
  • Aline Dumoulin, Alexandra Ardisson, Jérôme Maingard, Murielle Antonello: Paris. D'Église en Église . Éditions Massin, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-7072-0583-4 , pp. 214-215.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Joseph-Artisan (Paris)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the organ by Saint-Joseph-Artisan (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 52 '53.7 "  N , 2 ° 22' 3.1"  E