St. Hedwig (Oberursel)

St. Hedwig Church, front

St. Hedwig Church, side view

The Catholic Church of St. Hedwig is a modern sacred building in the north of Oberursel (Taunus) , Borkenberg 19 or Eisenhammerweg 10. It is a cultural monument under monument protection .

prehistory

On December 1, 1960, the Catholic parish of St. Hedwig was founded, but initially had no church of its own. The north of Oberursel was then a rapidly growing new development area. In particular, displaced persons from the former German eastern regions settled here. The number of parishioners grew accordingly.

The community acquired the property of a former factory (popularly called scythe factory). At the beginning of the 19th century, the building plot belonged to the city ​​schoolmaster Joseph Anton Schaller. He sold the site to Johann Hattemer, who built a mill here on the Urselbach . In the city's trade register from 1850 it is entered as an oil mill with hemp grater. The building was later converted into a felt factory. In 1892 the Frankfurter Sensenwerke Andreas Schilli acquired the site. Now patented scythes, Heidesensen and straw knives were made here. After the sale to the parish, the high factory chimney was blown up on July 22nd, 1963 and the company building was demolished.

The church

After the work was demolished, construction began on the church according to plans by the Frankfurt architect Hein Günther . Domkapitular Hans Seidenather laid the foundation stone on November 15, 1964 . On May 14, 1966, the church was consecrated by the Limburg auxiliary bishop Walther Kampe . The patronage of St. Hedwig von Andechs refers to the issue of expellees. Hedwig was the patron saint of Silesia .

The parabolic arched nave of this unusual building is striking . This arched roof is covered with copper sheet and shows the typical verdigris . Inside, the glass facade dominates the southern front. The abstract work made of colored concrete glass is the work of the artist Hermann Goepfert . The massive tower with a height of 32 meters is connected to the nave. The tower, designed for four bells, is covered with a bell. It comes from the A. Bachert bell foundry in Friedrichshall and is dated to the late 14th century. The church has 500 seats, plus another 30 seats in the side chapel.

An organ with 23 registers was taken over from the St. Antonius Church in Frankfurt.

As part of the Limburg diocese's austerity program , it was decided in 2011 to close and demolish the church and build a new home for the disabled. In 2012, the Hessian State Office for Monument Protection announced that it would place the church under monument protection, which means that these plans were no longer pursued.

literature

• Eva Rowedder: Hochtaunuskreis . Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (=  monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hessen ). Konrad Theiss Verlag, Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-8062-2905-9 , pp. 438-439 .
• About demolition and a new beginning. Memories of the consecration of the Catholic Church St. Hedwig 50 years ago. In: Taunus Zeitung of January 9, 2016, p. 13.

Web links

Commons : St. Hedwig (Oberursel)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Angelika Baeumerth: Oberursel am Taunus. A city story . Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-7829-0404-4 , pp. 305 .
2. ^ Church of St. Hedwig. In: St. Ursula - Catholic Church in Oberursel and Steinbach. Retrieved July 6, 2016 . 
3. ^ Anke Hillebrecht: St. Hedwig stops. In: Taunus Zeitung. January 28, 2012, accessed July 6, 2016 . 

Coordinates: 50 ° 12 ′ 42 "  N , 8 ° 33 ′ 44.1"  E