St. Francis Church (Mannheim)

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St. Francis Church

The St. Franziskus Church is a Catholic church in the Waldhof district of Mannheim . The neo-Romanesque church was built from 1905 to 1907 according to plans by Ludwig Maier .

history

The modern settlement of today's Waldhof began with the establishment of the St. Gobain mirror factory in 1853 in the Käfertaler district. The company built a workers' settlement and in 1861 the so-called mirror church, which was under the patronage of the Assumption of Mary . In 1869 the Archdiocese of Freiburg approved a vicar for the Käfertal parish who was specifically responsible for Waldhof, and in 1876 a curate was set up. In the period that followed, other industrial companies settled in the area, so that the population increased rapidly and Waldhof soon had more inhabitants than the parent community of Käfertal.

In 1905 the foundation stone for a new church was laid. Ludwig Maier had drafted the plans , while the architect Christian Leonhard took over the construction management. On 28 May 1908, the Church of archbishop was Thomas Nörber in honor of St. Francis of Assisi consecrated . An independent parish was established the following year . During the Second World War , the church was damaged in an air raid. The fire that hit the tower and roof could be extinguished in time. The preserved neo-Romanesque furnishings and in particular the painting were then removed during a major renovation in 1953/54. In 1954, three new bells were purchased, and three more the following year. In 2002 the parishes of St. Franziskus, St. Lioba and St. Elisabeth merged to form the pastoral care unit Mannheim-Waldhof-Gartenstadt.

description

Layout

The St. Francis Church is in the center of Waldhof east of the Riedbahn . The three-aisled basilica has a transept. The bell tower stands on the flank of the semicircular closed choir . The church is 39.10 meters long, 19.90 meters in the nave and 27 meters wide and 14 meters high in the transept. The exterior is characterized by light-colored plastered surfaces that are structured with red sandstone . There are large round windows with rosettes on the portal and both sides of the transept .

  • Entrance portal

  • Gable with cross and rose window

  • Belfry

A coffered wooden ceiling is installed in the interior . The originally existing high altar was first freed from its column alteration in 1954 and then completely removed in 1970 when the choir was redesigned after the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council .

organ

The organ , built in 1981 by Winfried Albiez , has 33 registers . The first manual serves as a coupling manual .

I coupling manual
II major work
1. Bourdon 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Cane-covered 8th'
4th Octav 4 ′
5. Open flute 4 ′
6th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Super octave 2 ′
8th. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
9. Mixture IV-V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
10. Trumpet 8th'
III swell
11. Harp principal 8th'
12. Salicional 8th'
13. Beat (from c 0 ) 8th'
14th Covered 8th'
15th Principal 4 ′
16. Reed flute 4 ′
17th Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
18th Hollow flute 2 ′
19th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
20th Plein-jeu V. 2 ′
21st Scharff III  2 ⁄ 3 ′
22nd Dulcian 16 ′
23. oboe 8th'
24. shawm 4 ′
Tremulant
pedal
25th Principal bass 16 ′
26th Sub bass 16 ′
27. Open bass 8th'
28. Covered bass 8th'
29 Choral bass 4 ′
30th Night horn 2 ′
31. Back set IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
32. trombone 16 ′
33. zinc 8th'
  • Pair : III / II, II / P, III / P
  • Playing aids : 6-fold mech. Setter combination, pleno, general off, tongues off

literature

  • Frieder Bellm, Reiner Albert, Günther Saltin (eds.): 100 years of the workers' congregation St. Franziskus Mannheim-Waldhof. Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-0527-2 .
  • Sabine Bruss: The work of the architect Ludwig Maier (1848–1915). Kiel 1999, ISBN 3-933598-04-4 .
  • Andreas Schenk: Architectural Guide Mannheim. Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-496-01201-3 .
  • Hans Huth: The art monuments of the city district Mannheim II. Munich 1982, ISBN 3-422-00556-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The organ of the St. Franziskuskirche Mannheim-Waldhof 1981 ( Memento from October 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : St. Francis Church  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 31 ′ 29.3 "  N , 8 ° 29 ′ 1"  E