St. Ansgar Church (Wolfenbüttel)
The Catholic Church of St. Ansgar was built between 1971 and 1973 in the northeast of Wolfenbüttel (Waldenburger Straße 1A). It belongs to the parish of St. Petrus , its namesake is Saint Ansgar of Bremen .
history
Since 1950, new building areas have been advertised in the northeast of the Wolfenbüttel urban area. In this new district, which is directly adjacent to the so-called Juliusstadt, more and more refugees and displaced persons from Catholic areas settled. In 1955, a church building plot was purchased on Fichtendamm, which was exchanged for today's church plot in 1965. From 1963 a Catholic parish was formed, it initially belonged to the parish of St. Peter . In 1964 a parish vicarie was set up, to which at that time about 2000 Catholics belonged. Your priest lived in an apartment at Tannenweg 1a.
The St. Ansgar day care center (Waldenburger Straße 1) , which is now located next to the church, was opened as early as 1966 . At that time, Catholic services were already taking place in the auditorium of the elementary school on Geitelplatz. In 1967 the parish hall was built.
From 1971 to 1973, the church was built, their ordination ( consecration ) adopted on 5 May 1973 Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen ago. In addition to St. Ansgar, St. Hedwig von Andechs , the patroness of the Silesians , became the side patroness of the church. In 1973 the previous parish vicarie was elevated to a parish ( Kuratiegemeinde ) and in 1976 to a parish. In 2002 the first construction phase of their organ was inaugurated, replacing an electronic previous instrument.
The St. Ansgar Church has belonged to the parish of St. Petrus since 2004 . This was founded in its current form in 2006 and is the merger of the churches of St. Petrus and St. Ansgar in Wolfenbüttel with St. Joseph ( Schöppenstedt ), St. Bernward ( Börßum , meanwhile profaned ), Heilig Kreuz ( Dorstadt ) and St. Peter and Paul ( Heiningen ). The catchment area of the St. Ansgar Church today includes parts of the city of Wolfenbüttel and the joint communities of Elm-Asse and Sickte .
Architecture and equipment
The church was built according to the plans of the architects Eberhard M. Kleffner ( Essen ) and Alfred Geismar ( Braunschweig ) and is about 112 meters above sea level . The overall concept is designed as a square central building.
The furnishings were designed by the sculptor Josef Baron . The window glazing is based on a design by the artist Annette Herzen-Kleffner .
See also
literature
- Willi Stoffers: Diocese of Hildesheim today. Hildesheim 1987, ISBN 3-87065-418-X , p. 166/167.
- Parish St. Petrus (ed.): Extra sheet for the inauguration of the new organ St.Ansgar Wolfenbüttel. Wolfenbüttel 2002.
Web links
- Website of the parish of St. Ansgar
- Organ extension website
- Website of the St. Ansgar day care center
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat Hildesheim (ed.): Catholic worship in the diocese of Hildesheim. Hildesheim 1966, p. 86
Coordinates: 52 ° 10 ′ 22.5 ″ N , 10 ° 33 ′ 33.8 ″ E