St. Bonifatius (Bad Bodenteich)

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St. Boniface Church

St. Bonifatius is the Catholic church in Bad Bodenteich , a town in the Uelzen district in Lower Saxony . It is the southernmost church in the Deanery Lüneburg and belongs to the parish of the Divine Redeemer with its seat in Uelzen , in the Diocese of Hildesheim . The church is named after St. Boniface and is located on Lübbeckenkamp 1 (corner of Waldweg).

history

As a result of the Second World War , Catholic refugees and displaced persons from the eastern regions of the German Reich also came to the area around Bodenteich, which has been evangelical since the Reformation , many of them found accommodation in the barracks of a former ammunition plant (MUNA). In 1948 Bodenteich became an outstation ( vicarie ) of the parish of Uelzen and the seat of a priest . In a storage shed on the MUNA site, called “Bodenteich-Heide” from 1949, a chapel named after Boniface and the apartment for the priest were set up. On Christmas Eve 1948, the first service was held in the chapel already, on March 20, 1949 was made its blessing by Bishop Joseph Godehard making . The Federal Border Guard , stationed in Bodenteich from 1951 to 1998 , brought more believers to the chapel and later to the church.

Today's church was built in 1960/61 in Bodenteich (called "Bad Bodenteich" since October 1st, 1998). It was consecrated in July 1961 by Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen . On January 1, 1963, the establishment of the parish (Kuratiegemeinde) Bodenteich followed, previously Bodenteich belonged to the parish of Uelzen.

Since November 1st, 2006 the church belongs to the parish of the Divine Redeemer in Uelzen.

Architecture and equipment

The one-room church, located around 61 meters above sea level , was built according to plans by the architect Theo Scholten from Bergisch Gladbach . Claus Kilian designed the stained glass wall from handcrafted real antique glass with the title: "Until you come in glory".

See also

literature

  • Willi Stoffers: Patronage churches in memory of St. Bonifatius, the apostle of the Germans, in the Diocese of Hildesheim. Hildesheim 2004, pp. 36-39
  • Willi Stoffers: Diocese of Hildesheim today. Hildesheim 1987, ISBN 3-87065-418-X , p. 159

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christian Wiechel-Kramüller: churches, monasteries and chapels in the district of Uelzen . WIEKRA Edition, Bahn-Media Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Suhlendorf 2015, ISBN 978-3-940189-14-1 , p. 20 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 50 ′ 17.2 "  N , 10 ° 40 ′ 44.1"  E