St. Godehard (Hanover)
St. Godehard is a Catholic parish church in the Hanover district of Linden-Mitte (Posthornstraße 23). It was designed by architect 1873-1874 Christoph Hehl built and on 4 October in 1874 by Bishop William Sommerwerck ordained . It bears the name of St. Godehard , who was Bishop of Hildesheim in the 11th century . Your parish of the same name belongs to the Hanover deanery of the Hildesheim diocese .
history
After St. Clemens, St. Godehard was the second post-Reformation Catholic church in the area of today's city of Hanover . It was made necessary by the rapid industrial development of the then independent town of Linden. Bishop Sommerwerck had sold land from the repealed parish of Söder for construction . The parish of St. Godehard, the eastern border of which was formed by the Leine , comprised 4,000 Catholics when it was established in 1891, as well as a mission district that reached as far as the Deister . With the construction of St. Benno and later other churches, the area decreased in size while the population continued to grow.
During the heavy air raid on Hanover in the night of October 8th to 9th, 1943, the church was hit by fire bombs and burned down completely; During the last air raid on the city on March 28, 1945, high explosive bombs completely destroyed the structure.
The church was given its present exterior shape during the reconstruction in 1949/1950. On August 13, 1950, took place the consecration of the rebuilt church by Bishop John Bydolek . At that time, the community had grown rapidly through Catholic expellees from East Germany. Interior renovations were carried out in 1968 and 1974.
As a result of the population change in the Linden district since the 1970s and the reduction and concentration process in the Diocese of Hildesheim , St. Godehard has again been the parish church for all of Linden (including St. Benno ), Badenstedt ( Christ König ) and Ahlem ( Maria Consolation ).
Construction and equipment
The neo-Gothic brick church consists of a three-aisled nave with a polygonal apse in the west and a transept in the east, which serves as an entrance area and baptistery. Above the crossing there is a square, copper-clad roof turret with the bell.
The interior is painted white, only the column capitals are accented yellowish. The high and pointed arch of the choir also has a golden yellow picture ribbon. Most of the furnishings date from the 1950s. The main altar was consecrated on April 6, 1968 by Auxiliary Bishop Heinrich Pachowiak .
organ
The organ of St. Godehard was in 1987 by the workshop Emil Hammer organ building built. Pipe material from the previous organ from 1954 was reused in the instrument. The instrument has 38 registers on three manuals and a pedal . The Spieltrakturen are mechanically, the Registertrakturen electrically.
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Coupling (electrical) :
- Normal coupling: I / II, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
- Sub- octave coupling: Sub III / II and Sub III / III
- Playing aids : 64-fold setting system
Remarks
Godehardi pen
The Godehardistift, located in the neighborhood of the St. Godehard Church, was built in 1977 as a Catholic center for the elderly. In 2009, for economic reasons, the sponsorship was changed from the Catholic Caritas Association in Hanover to the Protestant Johannesstift . Catholic and Protestant services are held regularly in the St. Vincent's house chapel.
See also
- List of architectural monuments in Linden-Limmer
- List of sacred buildings in Hanover
- List of churches in the Diocese of Hildesheim
- Godehard Church
literature
- St. Godehard, October 4, 1874 to October 4, 1974. Hanover-Linden. Hanover 1974.
- Episcopal Vicariate General Hildesheim (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Hildesheim. Part 2 - Region Hannover. Hildesheim 1995, pp. 187-192.
Web links
- Internet presence of the parish
- Historical postcards of the church
- Church organ in Hanover pipe organ register
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hermann Seeland: The churches in Hanover that were destroyed in World War II , in: Our diocese in past and present, p. 110. Hanover 1952.
- ^ Pipe organs in Hanover - St. Godehardt. Retrieved August 29, 2012 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ′ 49.2 " N , 9 ° 42 ′ 53.5" E