St. Hilarius (Freiburg im Breisgau)

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Exterior view
View of the altar
View of the organ and interior

St. Hilarius is the Roman Catholic Church in the Freiburg district of Ebnet . The church patrons are St. Hilarius and St. Remigius . It is elevated on the slope and is considered the oldest baroque country church in Breisgau. Together with the Ebneter Schloss it is one of the sights of Freiburg and the Dreisamtal .

history

It was first mentioned in 1275 as a branch church of Kirchzarten , a church consecration is reported for 1463. The church belonged to the rulership of the Lords of Falkenstein , who for a time owned the village of Ebnet in addition to the Schnewlin-Landeck family . That changed only in 1631 when the Lords of Sickingen were able to separate the Falkenstein chaplain foundation from the mother parish of Kirchzarten and the parish thus became independent and St. Hilary became a parish church . Today's parish church was built from 1720 to 1725 at the instigation of Baron Ferdinand Hartmann von Sickingen, it still contains parts of the structure of the previous church from 1473, which also includes the sacrament house. The nave of the baroque church was built on the foundation walls of the previous Gothic church. The builder of the nave was the Freiburg builder and stonemason Franz Hamm, the stucco work is by Franz Joseph Vogel . In 1725 the ossuary for the construction of the Sickinger's crypt was torn down. In the years 1904 to 1908 the church was expanded, the western porch from the 18th century fell victim to this expansion. When the warm air heating of the choir was installed, the family crypt of the Sickinger family was opened; the remains of eight adults and seven children were found in the crypt, who were then reburied from the crumbled coffins in a concrete sarcophagus. The last renovations took place in 1979/81 and 1998.

Furnishing

Detail from the altarpiece with the village of Ebnet
Crypt slab of the Sickingen-Hohenburg family

The interior decoration was carried out by Benedikt Gambs on behalf of Ferdinand Sebastian von Sickingen-Hohenberg . The high altar painting from 1730 is by Franz Bernhard Altenburger , he signed it with “FB Altenburger jnv. et pinxit 1730 ". It shows the two Franconian bishops Hilarius and Remigius, below the Mother of God and the Trinity, how they deflect the graces of God onto the pavement, the view of which is unfolded by three angels. The two patrons have been known since 1583. This picture also documents the earlier appearance of the place and the castle before it was rebuilt. Some of the figures and the tabernacle are by the wood carvers Matthias Faller and Franz Xaver Hauser .

In the church there is a memorial plaque for Benedikt Gambs, who died in Ebnet and was buried here, for Bonaventure Josef Schweizer , who was born in Ebnet, superior general of the Salvatorians , synodal of the Second Vatican Council and honorary citizen of the Ebnet community, as well as the family crypt of the family Sickingen-Hohenburg .

  • Memorial plaque for Benedikt Gambs

  • The altar painting by Franz Bernhard Altenburger depicting Ebnet

The organ with two manuals and pedal has 18 stops and was built in 1961 by Gebr. Späth Orgelbau from Ennetach ; it was rebuilt in 1981 by the Mönch Orgelbau company from Überlingen .

Bells

The three bells in the church tower date from 1699 and were donated by Ferdinand Hartmann von Sickingen and his wife Maria Countess von Pappenheim two years after their wedding. The special thing about the ringing is that all bells are of the same age and were cast and tuned by the same bell caster and that they are still in their original position.

They were poured in Ebnet by the Lorraine traveling caster Ignaz Joseph Thouvenet on Mathias Hettich's estate, which was right next to the rectory. The foundry is known by the inscription on the bells, which reads: "These three bells were cast by me Ignatium Josephum Thouvenel from Lorraine in 1699 - Ebnet." The bells hang in a valuable historical bell cage with wooden yokes, those with small Carvings are provided.

Of the three bells, the largest is very richly decorated. The names of the donors are together with the Sickingian alliance coat of arms in a floral ornament. The corresponding Latin text reads: "Sit nomen Domini benedictum" (The name of the Lord be praised). The other three-dimensional figures are interpreted as the Ebnet church patrons - Bishops Hilarius and Remigius -, Maria with a halo, the martyr Aurelia, Anna Selbdritt and St. Sebastian. The decoration of the two smaller bells is much simpler.

No. diameter Weight Strike tone HT
1 910 mm 500 kg As' 0 ± 0
2 820 mm 380 kg b ' 0 ± 0
3 740 mm 250 kg c ' 0 ± 0

The tower has dials with Roman numerals on two sides. All three bells have a striking mechanism to indicate the time: the large bell strikes the hours, the two smaller ones the quarter of an hour.

In the 19th century, the people of Ebnet planned to buy a larger 4th bell. This failed at the archbishop's building authority, which raised considerable concerns about the statics.

The interesting thing about the three bells is that they survived both world wars unscathed. In the First World War they were spared because of their art and antiquity. During the Second World War , the two smaller bells had to be delivered, but in 1945 they were found again at a meeting point by the Ebnet school director, organist and choir director August Fevel and reinstalled in the tower.

literature

Web links

Commons : St. Hilarius (Freiburg im Breisgau)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e jewel that many artists created , Hans Sigmund, Badische Zeitung April 2, 2012, accessed April 2, 2012
  2. ^ A b Franz Xaver Kraus, edited and edited by Max Wingenroth: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Großherzogthums Baden . Volume 6, 1. Mohr, Tübingen and Leipzig 1904, p. 291f .
  3. ^ Hermann Brommer: Freiburg-Ebnet. Catholic parish church St. Hilarius . Schnell & Steiner, Munich and Zurich 1981.
  4. ↑ Disposition and picture at muensterorgelkonzerte.de
  5. ↑ https://www.ebfr-glocken.de/html/liste/glockensuche.html?&tab=detail&scene=detail&m=33923&e=34012&id=2597 Bell inspection of the Archdiocese of Freiburg - Catholic parish church St. Hilarius in Freiburg-Ebnet
  6. ^ Adolf J. Schmid : Ebnet im Dreisamtal. Schillinger, Freiburg 1999, ISBN 3-89155-247-7 , pp. 237-274, (excerpts) , accessed on January 22, 2014

Coordinates: 47 ° 59 '18.63 "  N , 7 ° 54' 18.94"  E