St. Aegidius Church (Höpfingen)
The St. Giles Church is a Catholic church in Höpfingen in the Neckar-Odenwald district in the north of Baden-Württemberg . It was built between 1906 and 1908 according to plans by Ludwig Maier in the neo-Gothic style.
history
Höpfingen was first mentioned in a document in 1236. Ecclesiastically, the place was probably a branch of Hardheim until a pastor was first mentioned in Höpfingen in 1400. The local rule lay with the Knights of Hardheim, who introduced the Reformation around 1558 . When the last Hardheimer died in 1607, Höpfingen fell to the Bishop of Würzburg , who re-Catholicized the place .
The church, built in 1342, was in a ruinous condition in the 18th century, so that it was replaced by a new baroque building in 1752/53 . At the beginning of the 19th century Höpfingen first became part of the Principality of Leiningen and then came to Baden in 1806 . The aim of the Grand Dukes was to create a diocese in accordance with the borders of the country. In 1817 Höpfingen came first to the Episcopal Vicariate of Bruchsal and finally to the newly founded Archdiocese of Freiburg in 1821/27 . The right of patronage, however, remained with the princes of Leiningen until 1863.
In the 19th century, the St. Giles Church was dilapidated and, due to the increased population, had become too small. It was renovated again between 1883 and 1886, but twenty years later the community applied for a new church to be built. Construction began in 1906. The plans came from the head of the archbishop's building authority in Heidelberg, Ludwig Maier , and Franz Sauer was in charge of the site. On September 27, 1908, the first mass was celebrated in the new church and a year later on May 10, 1909, the Church of the Archbishop of Freiburg was Thomas Nörber consecrated . Nörber came from the neighboring village of Waldstetten , today a district of Höpfingen. The equipment was completed in the following years. The main altar and the side altars, the pews and a confessional from the old baroque church from 1743 were given to the church in Strümpfelbrunn in 1908, where they are still preserved today. The organ was procured in 1910 and the Way of the Cross in 1914. The side altars were erected after the First World War in 1926/27 and finally the church was painted in 1928/29.
In 1952 the house in front of the church was purchased and a square was created in its place. After the Second Vatican Council , the liturgical reform required a redesign of the interior in 1974/75. In the 1980s the church was renovated. Höpfingen and Waldstetten were purely Catholic places for a long time. In the 1987 census, only four percent of the population were Protestant. In 2003 the St. Aegidius parish and the St. Justin parish in Waldstetten merged to form the pastoral care unit Höpfingen . In 2010 and 2011 the church square and the street next to the church were completely renovated.
Since 2008, the Agidius Church has been part of the Hardheim-Höpfingen pastoral care unit in Madonnenland , which is assigned to the Mosbach-Buchen dean's office in the Archdiocese of Freiburg .
description
The St. Giles Church is in the center of the old town center of Höpfingen, at the point where the two previous churches were. The irregular plot is framed by three streets. The architect Ludwig Maier created a three-aisled basilica in neo-Gothic style with a crossing, transept and choir with a 5/8 end in the east . The church tower with its octagonal pointed roof is placed in the angle between the left transept and the nave. A pointed roof turret sits above the crossing. The exterior of the church is characterized by stone walls made of light sandstone, which are divided with dark sandstone. The main entrance is on the western front. There is a Madonna on the facade above the portal decorated with an eyelash .
The interior is dominated by neo-Gothic forms. In contrast to many other churches of the time, there were hardly any purifications here, so that the original state was largely preserved. The central nave is relatively wide, while the two side aisles are comparatively narrow. Pointed arcades separate the aisles, the pillars lead into groin vaults . The magnificent high altar in the choir is an eye-catcher . It was created in 1909 by Thomas Buscher , who also worked with Ludwig Maier on other church building projects. On the closed wings of the altar there are reliefs of saints; when open, scenes from the Bible can be seen. A crucifixion group is enthroned above it .
The celebration altar was erected in the 1970s. It was made from the former choir parapet. The side altars were created by the sculptor Ferdinand Kossian between 1925 and 1927. The Altar of Our Lady is on the left, the Altar of Joseph on the right. Another work by Kossian is on the outer south wall of the church. In 1921, after the First World War, he designed the war memorial. Another altar was placed in the left transept in 1940. It comes from Fridolin Rupp , a sculptor from Schwetzingen. In 1936 he also created the mission cross at the tower entrance.
The artistic pulpit was carved by Pius Hausch in 1908 . The Way of the Cross comes from the Eberle 's art workshop of the Mezger brothers. The church was painted in 1928/29 by the Hemberger brothers. The vaults were decorated with floral designs. The fourteen helpers are in the nave, the four evangelists in the crossing and four angels in the choir. In the transept, in addition to the side altars, there are paintings with Mary and Joseph. The baptismal font and several statues of saints, some of which come from the previous church, complete the rich furnishings.
High altar
pulpit
Emergency helper and Sacred Heart statue in the aisle
Baptismal font
The first organ was built in 1910 by H. Voit & Sons . The first damage occurred the following summer because the organ was exposed to the elements through the front window, whereupon the window was bricked up. In 1982 the now isolated window was reconstructed with the motif of the patron saint of the church St. Aegidius and a new organ by Orgelbau Vleugels was installed. The instrument has 23 registers on two manuals and a pedal . The Voit Vleugels organ was restored in 2007.
After all but one of the bells had to be delivered during the Second World War in 1942 , four new bells were procured in 1950, which were cast by the Schilling bell foundry in Heidelberg. The old h 'bell from the Grüninger bell foundry from 1908 was integrated into the new bell.
| Surname | Ø cm | kg | volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ King | 147 | 1875 | cis' |
| St. Aegidius | 123 | 1054 | e ' |
| Maria Queen of Peace | 96 | 497 | g sharp ' |
| St. Kilian | ~ 350 | H' | |
| St. Joseph | 71 | 192 | cis '' |
literature
- Parish Höpfingen and Heimatverein Höpfingen (Hrsg.): St. Agidius Höpfingen . Höpfingen 2009.
- Sabine Bruss: The work of the architect Ludwig Maier (1848–1915) . Kiel 1999, ISBN 3-933598-04-4 .
- Catholic parish Höpfingen (Ed.): History of the parish St. Agidius Höpfingen . Höpfingen 1982.
- Department State Description of the General State Archives Karlsruhe (edit.), State Archives Directorate Baden-Württemberg in connection with the Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis (Ed.): The Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis . Sigmaringen 1992, ISBN 3-7995-6047-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joachim Popp Orgelbau: Restored organs: 2007, renovation of the Voit Vleugels organ. Catholic Church Höpfingen . Online at www.popp-orgelbau.de. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
Coordinates: 49 ° 36 ′ 5.9 ″ N , 9 ° 25 ′ 48.6 ″ E