St. Joseph's Church (Öhringen)

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The Öhringen Church of St. Joseph

The St. Josephs Church is a Catholic church in Öhringen . The 1961 church is dedicated to Joseph the Worker . In 2012 the interior of the church was completely renovated and redesigned.

history

Due to the Reformation, there were very few Catholics in Öhringen from the 16th century. In 1858 there were 74 Catholics, in 1900 there were 135. The services of the parish belonging to the Pfedelbach parish were held in the Öhringen Spitalkirche at that time . With the permission of the Princely House , a service could be held here every two weeks. In 1899 the parishioners founded a church building fund to build their own church. By 1930 - despite the inflation - 13,000 marks were available. Since a new building could not be shouldered financially, the purchase of the hospital church was considered. In 1940 a purchase agreement was signed between the princely administration and the Pfedelbach pastor, Alois Lanig. The Öhringen Catholics now had their own house of worship, which was used regularly.

With the end of the Second World War, numerous Catholics moved to Öhringen. In 1945 there were already 1,200 Catholics living in the city (compared to 275 in 1935), which created a completely new pastoral situation. In 1951, an independent parish administration was established in Öhringen, to which the Neuenstein branch office belonged. On January 1, 1957, Öhringen was elevated to a city parish. At that time there were about 1,900 Catholics living in the city and a further 850 in the associated outskirts. The hospital church was much too small for the large and growing community. In the outskirts, emergency churches that no longer exist today were built in 1949 : the Heilig-Geist-Kirche in Ohrnberg in 1949, the Immaculatakirche in Langenbeutingen in 1950, the Josefskirche in Zweiflingen in 1951, and other emergency churches in Neuenstein and Kirchensall.

The groundbreaking ceremony for the new St. Josephs Church on Cappelrain took place on Easter Wednesday 1960; the foundation stone was laid on December 11, 1960. The inscription on the foundation stone reads: No one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid: JESUS ​​CHRIST - 1960 . The church was built according to plans by the Stuttgart architect Hans Georg Reuter, who completed his 25th sacred building in Öhringen. The church bells were consecrated on May 1, 1961, the feast of St. Joseph. On November 25, 1961, the newly built church was ceremoniously handed over to the parish as a place of assembly and worship by Auxiliary Bishop Wilhelm Sedlmeier .

Together with the church, the young congregation built a community center with a kindergarten, community hall and rectory.

From January to December 2012, the interior of the church was extensively renovated. The heating, power lines and sound system were completely renewed. The chancel was fundamentally redesigned. When redesigning the liturgical places, materials from the broken stone altar were used. The old baptismal font was redesigned into a fountain, which is located on the church forecourt. For the new church stalls, materials from the previous stalls were also used.

Furnishing

Interior of St. Joseph's Church (service on Easter vigil)

The original decoration of the church is a mighty altar made of dolomite stone , the flat tabernacle by the Kemnater artist Karl Blau and the high cross by the Assamstadt woodcarver Georg Anton Göbel, who also created the Pietà.

Choir room

A striking feature in the choir is a wooden altar with an African carving, which is located in front of the original stone altar. The construction of the church and the design of the choir coincided with the Second Vatican Council , so that the idea of ​​the popular altar of the liturgical reform was not taken into account. In the 1990s, the wooden altar was therefore built, which is closer to the believers, the stone altar has not been used since then. The African carving on the altar, the ambo and a new baptismal font in the choir are an indication of a partnership between the parish and two Ashanti villages in the Offinso District in Ghana .

Stained glass window

The concrete glass windows in the aisle and the window of the baptistery were designed by Sepp Vees , a founding member of the Stuttgart New Secession . The window in the baptistery represents the New Testament story of rich fishing ( Lk 5.1–11  EU ), the concrete glass windows on the left represent:

organ

The organ of the church was built in 1983 by the organ building company Weise ( Plattling ). The instrument has 30 registers with a total of 1928 pipes and has two manuals.

Bells

The tower of the church houses a total of four bells: the St. Josephs bell (1,200 kg), the Marienglocke (850 kg), the Peter and Paul bell (475 kg) and the bell of the poor souls (350 kg). The bells ring individually at 12 p.m. and 7 p.m. All together ring the bell on Saturdays at 3 p.m. and at church services.

Interior renovation

From January to December 2012, the church was not accessible due to extensive renovations inside. The outdated technology in the areas of heating, power supply, sound and lighting will be renewed. The liturgical places that did not correspond to the renewed understanding of liturgy will be redesigned according to an artist's design. The material of the previous altar is reused for the design of the altar, ambo , tabernacle and baptismal font .

literature

  • Festschrift to commemorate the consecration of our church St. Joseph Öhringen 25./26. November 1961. Kath. Stadtpfarramt, Öhringen 1961, OCLC 315190538 .
  • Franz Klein: Catholic parish of Öhringen. In: City of Öhringen (Ed.): Öhringen. City and monastery (= research from Württembergisch-Franken. 31). Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1988, ISBN 3-7995-7631-2 .
  • Turning to the signs of the times. Booklet through the St. Joseph Church in Öhringen. Catholic parish of St. Joseph, Öhringen 1999.

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Coordinates: 49 ° 11 ′ 50.8 "  N , 9 ° 30 ′ 25.2"  E