St. Mary's Church (Salzgitter Bad)

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The St. Marien Church is the Catholic parish church of Salzgitter-Bad and the second oldest Catholic church in the city of Salzgitter .

prehistory

The old "stone house", former chapel and rectory of the parish

The first Marienkirche in Salzgitter already existed in the 15th century. This was made of wood and stood near today's Marienplatz in Salzgitter-Bad. This church was mentioned for the first time on February 14, 1452, when the brothers Dietrich and Arndt von lattice "Our dear women's chapel" transferred a farmyard and three Hufen land. In a further document dated May 30, 1478, the patron saints of the church were given half a hoof in the field of Vepstedt (also known as Vöppstedt) and four farms in Salzgitter.

In the disputes between Berthold II , the Bishop of Hildesheim, and the cities of Lower Saxony (Hildesheim Beer Feud), Salzgitter supported the bishop against the surrounding cities and was then besieged for the first time in 1481 by Goslar and Braunschweig troops. The first Marienkirche was destroyed during this siege. This is still reminiscent of the St. Barbara storm bell from 1481 in the St. Mariae Jakobi Church in Salzgitter-Bad, on which the fights of that year are reported in a banner (quote: “1481: It rages Enemy, cruelly killing innocents ” ).

After the Reformation was introduced by Duke Julius (1568–1589) in 1568, only a few citizens of Salzgitter were of the Catholic faith. There was no community for these in Salzgitter and the surrounding towns; For church services, baptisms and other church affairs, the citizens had to go to the parish of Liebenburg .

The first improvement was achieved in 1833, when the Catholic school from Heißum (today a district of Liebenburg), where there were only two school children at that time, was relocated to Kniestedt (in today's Salzgitter-Bad). For this purpose, a new schoolhouse was built in Kniestedt, which children from the surrounding areas attended from 1833 onwards. The school room, in which the altar of the former church of Heißum was set up, also served the community as a replacement for a church.

As early as 1851, the Catholic community of Salzgitter and the surrounding villages had more than 300 members. The classroom was now far insufficient for them and so in 1854 the "Steinhaus", located on Kirchplatz in Salzgitter and built in 1709 as the widow's house of the von Kniestedt family, was acquired. A large room of this house was the chapel rebuilt and was on May 12, 1855 ordained are patrons of the chapel were the Saints Mary and Joseph . In the same year the Vicarie Salzgitter was founded. In addition to the districts Kniestedt, Vorsalz and Liebenhalle , which were later incorporated, this also included the surrounding villages of Beinum , Flachstöckheim , Grid and Groß Mahner .

Church building

Catholic St. Marien Church in Salzgitter-Bad

Since this building also turned out to be too small for the growing community in the long run, plans for a new building were expressed as early as 1869, but could not yet be implemented due to a lack of financial resources. Only after a broad-based appeal for donations by Kaplan Lorenz Grube was the necessary funds raised, so that in June 1887 a building plot could be purchased on the former Schulstrasse (today: Altstadtweg 5) near the previously used chapel.

On June 29, 1888, the foundation stone for a separate church was laid. The plans for the construction of the church came from the royal and secret building officer Richard Herzig , who as a diocesan master builder had also designed many other churches in the diocese of Hildesheim . In 136 meters above sea level located church was built in the style of a neo-Romanesque three-nave basilica built and was on 10 November in 1889 by the Bishop Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerck ordained . A little later, on May 1, 1900, the Vicarie was elevated to an independent parish.

The central nave of the church is 18.5 m long and 8 m wide, with the 5.5 × 5.85 m chancel adjoining it in the east. The two side aisles are each 2.6 m wide. A sacristy is attached to the choir behind the south aisle . The tower, in which the main entrance to the church is located, has the external dimensions 5.1 × 3.8 m and is 27.33 m high. The roof of the tower, which was initially covered with slate, was given a new copper cladding as early as 1928, which is still in place today. In the same year the tower cross was renewed.

In 1952 the interior of the church was redesigned. The rosette in the east wall of the choir was walled up and the wall was given a fresco on the theme of the Assumption of Mary . The paintings on the side walls of the choir and nave have been removed and the walls have been painted a light tone. In 1962 the pews, some of which had been purchased in 1855, were replaced, and in autumn 1965 the church received new windows.

With the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) a liturgical reform was decided that was binding for the communities. In implementation of these resolutions, the church received a new altar , which has now been placed closer to the community. The baptismal font and the pulpit were also newly created . The fresco in the chancel was painted over and instead a Greek cross was attached to the back wall . As part of this work, which was completed with the consecration of the altar in October 1972, the stone flooring in the main and side aisles was replaced by panels made of yellow-brownish tinted Jurassic marble . The wooden sculptures in the side aisles have been restored and a new stele has been created for the Vöppstedter Pietà .

In preparation for the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the church, it was extensively renovated in 1988. The rosette in the choir, which was walled up in 1952, was uncovered and repaired. The stained glass window shows the coronation of Mary by Jesus Christ. The interior and also the wooden fixtures such as church stalls and organ loft received a new coat of paint. The outer walls, which were badly affected by environmental influences, were cleaned, re-grouted and sealed; The tower's cross, ball and weather valve have been renewed. During the temporary closure of the church due to the interior work, the services took place in the neighboring Evangelical St. Mariae Jakobi Church, as had been the case with the renovation work in 1972.

organ

Statue of the Queen of Heaven from 1887

As early as March 1855, a small organ was purchased for the recently acquired community center on Kirchplatz, which was converted into a chapel for the community . This, created by the organ builder Stahlhuth from Hildesheim, was originally intended for a seminary in Hildesheim. After a few extensions, the organ was brought to Salzgitter in November 1855 and inaugurated there in December after the hall had been rebuilt.

This organ was also taken to the new church in 1889, as there was no money to buy a new organ after it was built. At the request of the church council to be able to “acquire an instrument appropriate to the church interior”, the Episcopal Vicariate approved the acquisition of an organ in May 1892 and on October 13, 1892 the new instrument was removed. The manufacturer was the organ building company Furtwängler & Hammer from Hanover, the organ was built according to the cone- shop system and had 16 registers and a total of 882 pipes .

In the First World War from were tin existing façade pipes collected on behalf of the War Department. After that, the organ could only be used with severe sound restrictions. It was not until 1922 that the parish received a notable donation that enabled it to restore the organ to its original condition.

At the end of the 1960s this organ was in very poor condition. Since repairs were considered uneconomical, the church council decided in autumn 1968 to procure a new organ. The organ building company Gebrüder Stockmann from Werl (Westphalia) designed a slider chest organ with 20 registers and a total of 1442 pipes. This organ was inaugurated on February 15, 1970.

Bells

After the purchase of the town house in 1857, as part of the renovation work, it also received a wooden tower with a slate roof, which served as a belfry . The first bell for this was a gift from Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin . This bell was cast in 1428 and was tuned to the tone c ''. It originally belonged to the Martinikirche in Hildesheim and was hung in the new tower on November 10, 1857.

In 1882 the chapel received two new 209 and 113 pound bells to replace the previous bell. These had been cast by the company JJ Radler in Hildesheim, they had been tuned to the tones d 'and f sharp'. The larger of the two bells was dedicated to Our Lady, the smaller to Saint Joseph . After the inauguration of the new church, these two small bells were sold.

The two bronze bells for the new church were delivered in May 1889 by the F. Otto bell foundry in Hemelingen and were consecrated in early November 1889. The larger bell, tuned in G sharp, weighed 1,179 pounds and was dedicated to Our Lady, while the smaller bell, tuned in H sharp, weighed 686 pounds and was dedicated to St. Bishop Bernward .

Like the tin pipes of the organ, the larger of the two bells was confiscated during the First World War and overtaken on July 24, 1917. The bell was not melted down and brought back to the church in May 1919. On July 20, 1942, the bell was pulled in again and now actually melted down. It was not until the parish's 100th anniversary that the church received a new bell as a gift from a local couple, which was consecrated on the 3rd Sunday of Advent in 1955. Like its predecessor, this bell was made by the F. Otto foundry and was tuned to the main tone a '.

Church inventory

Vöppstedter Pietà, early 15th century

The "Vöppstedter Pietà " in the north aisle is a Vesper picture from the 15th century that originally stood in the Vöppstedter church . At the beginning of the 19th century, a pewter caster from Salzgitter bought it from the inventory of the old St. Jacobus Church in Vöppstedter, and his son-in-law bequeathed this figure to the community in 1856.

The church also has four figures of saints that were created at the same time. One of these figures represents St. Bernard, a second St. Crispin , the patron saint of shoemakers, saddlers and tanners. No evidence or reliable information about the origin of the other two figures is known.

For the construction of the church in January 1888 two Brunswick merchants donated a statue of the Virgin Mary “Queen of Heaven”, which the Aachen sculptor Wilhelm Schmitz had created the year before. The statue was placed above the side altar in the south nave. The artist Peter Gitzinger from Munich created a winged altar for this statue in 1954. The winged altar and statue have stood on the north-east wall of the central nave since 2007.

Parish

On May 1, 1900, the bishop raised the Vicarie St. Marien to an independent parish. Since July 1, 2007, this has belonged to the then newly established Deanery Goslar-Salzgitter, previously from 1952 Salzgitter had its own dean's office.

On November 1, 2006, the churches of Christ König in Salzgitter-Bad, St. Abdon and Sennen in Salzgitter-Ringelheim , St. Gabriel in Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen , St. Martin in Lutter am Barenberge and St. Pius X. and St. Barbara in Salzgitter-Flachstöckheim attached to the parish as branch churches , of which St. Martin was profaned on December 9th, 2008 and St. Pius X. and St. Barbara on December 12th, 2008 .

The parish includes the places Salzgitter-Bad, Salzgitter-Calbecht , Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen, Salzgitter-Groß Mahner , Salzgitter-Hohenrode , Salzgitter-Ringelheim, Salzgitter-Flachstöckheim, Haverlah , Lutter am Barenberge .

Another Catholic institution in the catchment area of ​​the church is the St. Elisabeth Hospital , which has its own house chapel (Liebenhaller Straße 20).

See also

literature

  • St. Marien Salzgitter - encounters and contemplations. (Festschrift for the 125th anniversary of the parish fair).
  • Church buildings in Salzgitter . In: Department for Public Relations of the City of Salzgitter (Ed.): Salzgitter Forum . tape 12 , 1986.
  • Church council of the cath. St. Marien-Gemeinde Salzgitter-Bad (Ed.): 100 years of St. Marien-Kirche Salzgitter-Bad . Günther Schubert printer, Salzgitter 1989.
  • Church council of the Evangelical Lutheran parish of St. Mariae-Jakobi Salzgitter-Bad (Ed.): 500 years of St. Mariae-Jakobi Salzgitter-Bad . Günter Cordes printing works, Salzgitter 1988.
  • Franz Zobel: The home book of the district of Goslar . Publisher of the Goslarschen Zeitung Karl Krause, 1928.
  • KirchenZeitung No. 47/2014 of November 23, 2014, p. 13 (article on the 125th anniversary of the church fair).
  • Renate Kumm: The Diocese of Hildesheim in the post-war period. Investigation of a diaspora diocese from the end of the Second World War to the Second Vatican Council (1945 to 1965). Hahnsche Buchhandlung Verlag, Hannover 2002, pp. 183–190.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 500 years of St. Mariae Jakobi Church , p. 41
  2. ↑ 500 years of St. Mariae Jakobi Church , p. 42
  3. ^ Franz Zobel, District of Goslar , p. 2
  4. ↑ 100 years of St. Mary's Church , pp. 8–9.
  5. ^ Salzgitter-Forum, Vol. 12, p. 91
  6. ↑ 100 years of St. Mary's Church , pp. 47–50.
  7. ↑ http://www.st-elisabeth-sz.de
  8. ↑ available in the bookstore Bookmark and in the parish office

Web links

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Coordinates: 52 ° 2 ′ 51.9 "  N , 10 ° 22 ′ 28.4"  E