St. Bonifatius (Gehrden)

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Parish Church of St. Bonifatius in Gehrden

St. Bonifatius is the Catholic parish church in Gehrden , Hanover region . It was 1910-11, designed by Maximilian Jagielski in neo-baroque built forms and on June 25, 1911 by Bishop Adolf Bertram ordained . In 1980/81 it was given its present form through renovation and expansion. The church is located at Gartenstraße 45, the neighboring parish office in Stadtweg 3. Your parish of the same name is part of the Hannover deanery of the Hildesheim diocese . Today the St. Hubertus Church in Wennigsen also belongs to it .

history

St. Bonifatius was the eighth Catholic church that was built in the Hanover area after the Reformation. In Gehrden, too, the settlement of industrial companies and accompanying infrastructure measures had led to the growth of the Catholic population. Nevertheless, the church building plan, which Wilhelm Maxen pushed forward as pastor of the mother church of St. Godehard , met with considerable resistance and could ultimately only be implemented on the outermost edge of the place. The patronage commemorates St. Boniface as the "Apostle of the Germans".

On June 1, 1920, Gehrden became an independent parish. The expellees after the Second World War enlarged the community many times over and led to the establishment of several subsidiary communities with their own churches in the surrounding towns. On January 1, 1962, the parish of Gehrden was raised to a parish. In 1980/81 the St. Boniface Church was significantly expanded. On July 24, 2014, the St. Christophorus branch church in Holtensen was profaned . Since November 1, 2014, the St. Barbara Church in Barsinghausen has also been part of the parish of St. Bonifatius.

Architecture and equipment

Extension of St. Boniface

The external effect of the church, which is around 69 meters above sea level , is determined by the yellow color scheme with white edges, pilaster strips and reveals . The front side with a multiple curved gable, circular and arched windows and representative portal faces north. It is flanked by the square tower , crowned with a copper dome. Only two yokes have survived from the original nave . This is followed by the modern extension, which is wider and has a polygonal finish with large window wall surfaces on the side of the altar . The original historicist lead glass windows are inserted into these . Inside is the modern altar island with altar and ambo in front of the original neo-baroque high altar retable .

organ

1913 by Duke Ernst August donated organ of Furtwängler & Hammer was a new building from 1992 G. Christian Lobback replaced. The instrument has 18 stops on two manuals and a pedal with mechanical performance and stop action .

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Principal 8th'
Reed flute 8th'
octave 4 ′
Super octave 2 ′
Mixture IV
Trumpet 8th'
II breastwork C – g 3
Dumped 8th'
recorder 4 ′
Principal 2 ′
Sesquialtera II
Sif flute 1'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
Sub bass 16 ′
octave 8th'
Dumped 8th'
Choral bass 4 ′
bassoon 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'

See also

literature

  • ... and built God a house / 90 years of St. Bonifatius Gehrden / 40 years of St. Hubertus Wennigsen / Festschrift for the anniversary year 2001. Gehrden 2002.
  • Handbook of the Diocese of Hildesheim, Part 2, 1995, pp. 219–223.
  • 100 years church in Gehrden , Kirchenzeitung 43/2010, October 24, 2010, p. 13
  • Willi Stoffers: Patronage churches in memory of St. Bonifatius, the apostle of the Germans, in the Diocese of Hildesheim. Hildesheim 2004, pp. 10-22.

Web links

Commons : St. Bonifatius (Gehrden)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ According to St. Clemens , St. Godehard (Linden), St. Marien , St. Bernward (Döhren), St. Elisabeth , St. Benno (Linden) and Herz Jesu (Misburg).
  2. ↑ Gottfried Piper: Gehrden and the music. (PDF; 56 MB) 1994, pp. 16-17 , accessed on February 17, 2017 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 18 ′ 54.8 "  N , 9 ° 36 ′ 19.9"  E