St. Hedwig (Kleinlangheim)

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The church in Kleinlangheim

The St. Hedwig branch church in Kleinlangheim in Lower Franconia is the place of worship for the young Catholic community. It is located on Grabengasse on the edge of the old buildings and is now part of the Kitzingen dean's office .

history

Kleinlangheim is one of the first Christian communities in today's Kitzingen district . A small church building already existed in the village in the 8th century. In 1330 Kleinlangheim was raised to an independent parish . The Reformation around 1530 led to the whole place adopting the new Lutheran faith and the parish church being converted into a Protestant church.

After the Second World War , Catholics settled in Kleinlangheim again in the course of the expulsions from the east . While only 40 people were Catholic in 1934, their number rose to over 400 by 1945. As early as 1909, the small Catholic community had been cared for by the nearby parish of Großlangheim, now the Benedictine Abbey of Münsterschwarzach sent a priest to look after the new believers with pastoral care.

From 1959 the plans for a separate house of worship also took on concrete features. Construction began in 1962 under the direction of Würzburg's Hans skull . The work lasted until 1964. On June 20, 1964, the church, which had been subordinated to St. Hedwig , the patron saint of Silesia , was assigned by Auxiliary Bishop Alfons Kempf . In 1978 the exterior was extensively renovated, and in 1990 another renovation was carried out on the building.

architecture

The church presents itself as a modern building. It was worked as a cube and ends at the top with a simple pent roof . A free-standing bell tower complements the building ensemble. Like the church, a rear youth home was built by Hans Skull until 1964, so that a small inner courtyard was created. In 1978 the roof was re-covered as part of the renovation and is now presented as a copper roof.

Furnishing

The centerpiece of the church interior is the altar wall from 1964. It was painted by the Frankfurt painter Rudolf Heinisch and focuses on the enthroned Christ Pantocrator . A closed rainbow surrounds the figure, the rays of which extend to the viewer. An empty grave on the left side of the crucified one indicates the death of Christ, the rays in turn symbolize the resurrection.

A tabernacle, the ambo and the tabernacle stele are works by the Münsterschwarzach artist Adelmar Dölger and were made from shell limestone. On the east wall there is a statue of Our Lady by the sculptor Eleonore Friedrich-Gronau , who also worked in Münsterschwarzach. The bronze lecture cross, which came into the church in 1991, is by Valentin Glanzner from Wiesentheid . The organ has eight registers and comes from the Krieger company from Retzbach. Two bells hang in the belfry.

literature

  • Catholic rectory St. Jakobus Großlangheim (ed.): St. Jakobus in Großlangheim, St. Hedwig in Kleinlangheim . Gerchsheim 2001.
  • Thomas Wehner: Real Schematism of the Diocese of Würzburg. Kitzingen Dean's Office . Wuerzburg 1997.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wehner, Thomas: Real Schematism of the Diocese of Würzburg . P. 77.
  2. ↑ Catholic parish office St. Jakobus Großlangheim (ed.): St. Hedwig in Kleinlangheim . P. 27.
  3. ↑ Wehner, Thomas: Real Schematism of the Diocese of Würzburg . P. 82.

Coordinates: 49 ° 46 ′ 7.6 ″  N , 10 ° 17 ′ 6.7 ″  E