St. Cecilia (Harsum)

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St. Cecilia from the northwest
and southeast
Aerial view

St. Cäcilia is the Catholic parish church of Harsum in the Hildesheim district in Lower Saxony . The neo-Romanesque basilica from 1886 is significant due to its size, its stylistic unity and the original furnishings . In the lowlands of the Hildesheim Börde it is visible from afar and is popularly known as Harsum Cathedral . Your parish of the same name belongs to the deanery Borsum-Sarstedt in the diocese of Hildesheim .

Building description

St. Cäcilia is a three-aisled easted basilica on a cross-shaped floor plan with a transept and ambulatory , located around 80 meters above sea level. The mighty tower in the west has two square, above two octagonal floors and a high cone point. A narrow roof turret stands over the crossing . The exterior follows the example of a high Romanesque cathedral or collegiate church, unusually faithfully.

Inside, in addition to the richly figured gold and silver high altar , the pulpit with carvings and the wheel chandelier above the celebration altar, the abundant decoration with Latin lettering ( Credo, etc.), neo-Romanesque ornamentation and narrative pictures in the Nazarene style are particularly impressive . This painting follows a carefully thought out theological program . In the left transept, the legend of Cecilia is told in six scenes.

history

inside view

Nothing more is known about the earliest church in Harsum. The rare Cecilia - patron saint points to an old age and a connection to the first Hildesheim cathedral building , which has 823 Cäcilien relics owned and where the Holy has since been revered as a saint side. A small part of this treasure may have come to Harsum when the church was founded.

The first church building, probably made of wood, was followed by two stone buildings. From 1732 a stately baroque church was built. Some valuable vestments and liturgical implements have been preserved from these previous churches .

On the night of November 21, 1883, the day before the patronage festival , the church was struck by lightning and burned down.

Just a few weeks later, the church council and congregation began building and financing plans for a new, large church, and construction work began as early as the summer of 1884, initially against the will of the episcopal vicariate , where the company was believed to be oversized. Christoph Hehl from Hanover was appointed as the architect . On October 24, 1886, Bishop Wilhelm Sommerwerck came to the church consecration .

Only ten years later, the debt burden was so far removed that the Mainz painter Valentin Volk could be commissioned with the elaborate painting of the church.

Since November 1st, 2014 the churches of St. Catharina in Asel and St. Matthäus in Algermissen have also belonged to the parish of St. Cäcilia.

organ

The organ from 1886 is one of the most important works by the August Schaper company (Hildesheim). It has two manuals and a pedal and comprises around 1,900 pipes .

I main work C–
Principal 16 ′
Drone 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Drone 8th'
Gemshorn 8th'
Gamba 8th'
octave 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
octave 2 ′
Mixture V
Scharff III 1'
Trumpet 8th'
II upper structure C–
Dumped 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Dumped 8th'
Salizional 8th'
Slack harmonique 8th'
octave 4 ′
Slack dolce 4 ′
Forest flute 2 ′
Cornett
Pedal C–
Principal 16 ′
Violon 16 ′
Sub-bass 16 ′
octave 8th'
Drone 8th'
octave 4 ′
Fifth 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′
trombone 16 ′

The reverberation in St. Cäcilia is 6-7 seconds. This cathedral acoustics is particularly suitable for the presentation of romantic organ literature.

Interior views

  • Nave

  • pulpit

  • tabernacle

  • Aisle

  • North face

See also

literature

  • St. Cäcilia, Harsum 1986 , commemorative publication for the 100th anniversary of the parish fair.
  • Bernhard Bruns: Painted Christology - On the theological content of the painting of the Catholic parish church St. Cäcilia in Harsum , in: The Diocese of Hildesheim in the past and present 54 (1986) 151-180.
  • Klaus Thönes, Peter Königfeld : The Catholic parish church St. Cäcilia in Harsum , in: Hans-Herbert Möller (Hrsg.): Restoration of cultural monuments. Examples from the preservation of monuments in Lower Saxony (= reports on preservation of monuments , supplement 2), Lower Saxony State Administration Office - Institute for Monument Preservation , Hameln: Niemeyer, 1989, ISBN 3-87585-152-8 , pp. 251-260
  • Bernhard Bruns: St. Cecilia. Roman martyr and church patroness of Harsum , Bad Salzdetfurth 2001.
  • Bernhard Bruns: Works of art by M. Schongauer, J. Schnorr v. Carolsfeld and M. Schmalzl as templates for the painting of the Catholic parish church in Harsum , in: Yearbook for History and Art in the Diocese of Hildesheim 75/76 (2007/2008) 1-20.

Web links

Commons : St. Cäcilia (Harsum)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Document on the dissolution of the Catholic parishes of St. Cäcilia, Harsum, St. Catharina, Harsum-Asel, St. Matthäus, Algermissen and on the establishment of the Catholic parish of St. Cäcilia, Harsum. Church Gazette for the Diocese of Hildesheim No. 8 of November 3, 2014, pp. 222–224.

Coordinates: 52 ° 12 ′ 23 "  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 50"  E