St. Joseph's Church (Frankfurt-Höchst)

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St. Josef in the Höchst Hostatostraße
Interior of the church

The St. Joseph's Church is the patron saint Joseph of Nazareth consecrated Catholic Church in Frankfurt district of Höchst . The church, built in neo-Romanesque style, is in Hostatostraße . The Josefskirche is a listed building .

Building history

The traditionally Catholic Höchst, due to its long affiliation to Kurmainz, recorded a sharp rise in population in the last third of the 19th century due to industrialization. The Justinuskirche , which previously served as a parish church, was therefore no longer sufficient to accommodate the growing number of visitors to the services. Therefore it was decided to build a larger church.

The construction of the Josefskirche was financed by the Prussian state as a result of the expropriation of church property during the secularization of 1803. In 1891 the Höchst parish applied for funds from the Prussian government to build the church. She justified this with the fact that Prussia, as the legal successor to the Duchy of Nassau, took over the Antoniterkloster in 1803, which had become state-owned. With that, the construction work was passed on to the Prussian state. In 1901, the Imperial Court in Leipzig ruled the ten-year model trial between the Catholic parish and the Prussian treasury, known as the Höchst Church Building Trial, in favor of the Höchst.

The planning and construction of the church were therefore in the hands of the Prussian state building authorities: The design was made by Government and Building Councilor Richard Saran , the site management was carried out by Government Builder Karl Leyendecker. The parish received additional advice for the implementation of its own building ideas from the Frankfurt architect Hans Rummel . The foundation stone of the Josefskirche took place in June 1907, the church consecration took place after two years of construction in July 1909. After a decision by the parish in 1908, the church was given a cast steel bell for cost reasons . The Prussian tax authorities would not have borne the additional costs for a bronze bell, they would have been borne by the parish.

The original art nouveau furnishings of the church were replaced by modern furnishings in the 1960s. During a restoration in the 1980s, the original furnishings were largely restored.

Individual evidence

  1. Matthias Höhler: The highest church building process. In: Archives for Catholic Church Law. 86, 1906, pp. 486-591.
  2. ^ Brendan Berk: Victory over Prussia. Höchst: The St. Josefskirche is 100 years old and is celebrating a financial dispute. In: Frankfurter Rundschau . July 7, 2009.

literature

  • Catholic Parish Office St. Josef - Höchst (Ed.): St. Josefskirche Frankfurt-Höchst. Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7954-6827-9 .
  • Wolfgang Metternich: The urban development of Höchst am Main. City of Frankfurt and Association for History and Archeology , Frankfurt-Höchst 1990, DNB 910477647 .
  • Rudolf Schäfer: Chronicle of Höchst am Main. Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-7829-0293-9 .

Web links

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Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 4.8 ″  N , 8 ° 32 ′ 42.4 ″  E