St. Antonius (Worbis)

Worbis, St. Antonius

inner space

The former Franciscan Church of St. Antonius in Worbis in the Eichsfeld district is a Roman Catholic parish and pilgrimage church . Its baroque architecture and furnishings make it unique in the region.

history

Cardinal Alfred Bengsch preaches in front of the pilgrimage church on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the consecration, September 24, 1978

On the grounds of the Reformation repealed Cistercian monastery of St. Peter built from 1668 Franciscans a branch. The monastery church dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua was built between 1670 and 1678 according to plans by the Italian Antonio Petrini (1621–1701). A hundred years later, from 1764 to 1767, it was vaulted under the direction of the Franciscan Cornelius Schmitt (1711–1779) and then refurbished in the Rococo style. In this way it survived the abolition and secularization of the monastery in 1824. In 1880 it was redesigned in line with contemporary tastes; the altars and sculptures were dark focus . There was no significant damage to the church during World War II . As part of a large-scale renovation on the occasion of the 300th anniversary celebration in 1978, the late baroque appearance of the interior was largely restored.

Structure and equipment

The St. Antonius Church forms the northeast wing of the former monastery square. It is a single-nave hall church with a barrel vault resting on pillars . Instead of a tower, it has two roof turrets with a hood . The lower, retracted choir adjoins the four-bay nave in the southeast .

While the exterior, with the exception of a few decorative elements on the portal facade, shows the simplicity of the mendicant order church , the interior was designed as a baroque ballroom in the 18th century. The high altar, designed as a columnar architecture, shows St. Anthony, above the Trinity , on the base level four sculptures of Franciscan saints. The left side altar is the Assumption of Mary , the right the stigmatization of St. Dedicated to Francis of Assisi .

organ

The organ has 35 registers on three manuals and a pedal. It is probably the work of the Franciscan master Adam Öhninger († 1716). The prospectus is complete, some of the original pipes have been preserved. A reconstruction by the Waltershausen company according to the original planning was completed in 2012.

Hauptwerk (M III) C, D – c 3 Principal 8th' Quintatön 16 ′ Gedact 8th' Octave 4 ′ Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 5  ′ Octave 2 ′ Super-fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Mixture 4–5f. 2 ′ Cymbel 3f. 1 ⁄ 2 ′ Cornett 4f. (from c 1 ) Trumpet 8th'

Upper structure (M II) C, D – c 3 Principal 4 ′ Pointed flute 8th' Gamba 8th' Quintatön 8th' Gedact 4 ′ Octave 2 ′ Night flute 2 ′ Sesquialter 3f. Mixture 3f.

Rückpositiv (MI) C, D – c 3 Principal 4 ′ Salicional 8th' Reed flute 8th' Lull 4 ′ Octave 2 ′ Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Cornett 3f. Mixture 3f. 1' Cymbel 2f. 1 ⁄ 4 ′ Tremulant

Pedal C, D – c 1 Principal bass 16 ′ Octave bass 8th' Quinta 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Super octave 4 ′ Mixture 4f. trombone 16 ′

• Coupling : III / II, I / P

Web links

Commons : St. Antonius (Worbis)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Structure and history (information from the parish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Web presence of the parish
2. ↑ Worbis, Antoniuskirche on the website of the organ building company Waltershausen, accessed on December 22, 2019

Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 4.7 ″  N , 10 ° 22 ′ 2.5 ″  E