St. Anna (Heidelberg)
St. Anna is a Catholic church in Heidelberg's old town . It was built between 1714 and 1717 as a hospital church and is consecrated to St. Anne . To the east of the church is the former hospital .
history
A new hospital was to be built at the end of the Plöck in what was then the suburb as a replacement for earlier poor hospitals and hospitals, some of which were destroyed in the wars. There was a well with good water, called "Gesundbrunnen". The new building was erected in place of a military hospital that was destroyed in the Palatinate War of Succession in the immediate vicinity of the St. Anna cemetery, from whose chapel, which was later demolished, the patronage was taken over. The foundation stone for the hospital and church was laid on June 24, 1714 by District President Franz Wilhelm Caspar von Hillesheim . The plans came from Theodor Sartori and Johann Adam Breunig , and Johann Jakob Rischer completed the building in 1717 . The facade was presumably faded in by Franz Wilhelm Rabaliatti in 1749 . Originally the hospice was to consist of two wings, which were symmetrically connected to the church on both sides, but the western wing was not built due to lack of money.
Until the middle of the 18th century the hospital was used by all three denominations, then Reformed and Lutherans built their own hospitals and St. Anne was left to the Catholics. It was later used as a municipal retirement and nursing home. In the years 1982–1984 it was completely renovated and now houses a nursing home, the St. Hedwig nursing home, run by Caritas-Altenhilfe Heidelberg.
The church belongs to the Catholic parish of the Holy Spirit and is today used by various groups, including a. the Polish or the Romanian Orthodox community, and used for masses according to the Tridentine rite .
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architecture
The church is a single-nave, flat-roofed building, which is oriented to the south for urban planning reasons. The baroque facade facing the Plöck, in the line of sight of Neugasse, is structured by four pilasters with richly decorated Corinthian capitals . It is crowned by a curved gable with a turret, which was supposed to simulate a dome. However, this effect is negated by the later built-in window and the clock. The west side on Nadlerstrasse has not been designed as the second wing of the hospital was originally supposed to connect here.
Interior
The interior of the church is kept simple. In addition to the late Baroque side altars showing St. Anne (left) and St. Francis Xavier (right) and the classicist pulpit, the high altar is particularly noteworthy. It was created by an artist close to Paul Egell and consists of a crucifix looming over the tabernacle. At the foot of the cross stands Saint Roch , patron saint of those suffering from the plague, who turns to the crucified as an advocate for the sick and suffering, and across from him is an angel praying.
hospital
The hospital wing adjoining the church to the east is an elongated three-storey building. The facade is not structured, only the central wing with the entrance door is highlighted by four pilasters, which are closed with Ionic capitals. Above the courtyard gate is a keystone with a relief image of a beggar, the inscription "Elende Herberg" and the year 1735.
literature
- Hans Gercke: Churches in Heidelberg . Schnell und Steiner publishing house, Regensburg, 1st edition 2011 ( ISBN 978-3-7954-2413-8 )
- Adolf von Oechelhäuser: The art monuments of the district of Heidelberg . JCB Mohr Publishing House, Tübingen 1913 ( digitized version )
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Individual evidence
Coordinates: 49 ° 24 ′ 31.7 " N , 8 ° 41 ′ 44.2" E