St. Anton (Schweinfurt)
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Anton is a parish church on the northern edge of the old town of Schweinfurt . She belongs to the parish community of St. Anton and Maria Hilf in the dean's office in Schweinfurt-Stadt .
history
After the first service was celebrated in the garden city's emergency kindergarten on September 30, 1945, the St. Anton emergency church was built on Deutschhöfer Strasse in October and November 1945. The current church was built between 1950 and 1952 by the Würzburg cathedral master builder Hans Skull . On October 26, 1952, Bishop Julius Döpfner consecrated the church. In 1956 the church tower was built and the bells consecrated. In 1962 the emergency church on Deutschhöfer Strasse was torn down. In 1970 structural damage made extensive interior renovation necessary. In 1988 the outside of the church and tower were also renovated. In 1993, parts of the lower church were converted into a Greek Orthodox church. The Greek-Orthodox metropolis of Germany has been using it since then . In 1996 the monastery of the Franciscan Minorites that existed near the church was dissolved.
description
The church is built on a cross-shaped floor plan with a transept . The church tower stands as a campanile next to the church. In it hang five bells with the notes c '- e' - g '- a' - c ”. The four large church windows were created by Gustl Kirchner. The tabernacle stands isolated on two low pillars. The pews around the altar are arranged in a cross shape according to the floor plan. In the church there are relics of St. Clement , St. Desiderius and St. Burkard , the first bishop of Würzburg .
From January 2018 to 2019 [obsolete] , the St. Anton ensemble group will be redesigned into a meeting center, with the greater part of the area being intended for social and charitable institutions.
The ensemble is listed, so the external appearance changes only slightly: The large window of the central building (former church nave) is pulled down to the level of the square, as the entrance to the center is provided here, the side wings grow upwards through elongated windows.
The central building is used to distribute visitors to the floors via stairs and elevators. To the left of the central building - seen from the church tower square - there is a civic café and above it a new community hall; In future, Caritas will move into the right wing of the former monastery with social and asylum counseling, a social psychological service and an office. The parish office and the Kreuzbund can also be found there. The church space is halved. The benches are arranged in a roundabout. The first services will take place in 2019 or 2020 in a well-tempered and easily accessible environment.
Pastor
| Years | Surname |
|---|---|
| 1947-1970 | P. Ewald Neidig |
| 1970-1996 | P. Guido husband |
| 1996-2008 | Gerhard Reitz |
| 2008– | Stefan Redelberger |
See also
Web link
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schweinfurter Tagblatt, December 20, 2017, p. 29
- ↑ a b c d Schweinfurter Tagblatt, January 28, 2017, p. 25
Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '3.9 " N , 10 ° 13' 48.2" E