St. Jakobus Maior (Bubsheim)
The Catholic parish church of St. Jakobus Maior in Bubsheim in the Baden-Württemberg district of Tuttlingen in Germany is an important place of worship from the late neo-Gothic period and was built from 1901 to 1902 according to plans by Josef Cades .
history
Today's St. Jakobus Maior Church was built because the old St. Jakobus Maior Church (today: St. Martin's Chapel, ship demolished in 1971, privately owned) was too small.
The Bubsheimer church St. Jakobus was mentioned for the first time in 1434.
Building history
The construction of the new church in Bubsheim was planned for a long time and its origins can be traced back to the Beuron abbot Rudolf Reichel (r. 1751–1790), who initiated large building activities in the region. On April 19, 1836, the foundation committee, together with the citizens' committee, submitted the first request to the King of Württemberg to build a new church . However, it was primarily financial difficulties that delayed further planning and the final construction until the end of the 19th century.
The decisive impetus for the new building came from Bishop Wilhelm Reiser von Rottenburg , a native of the neighboring parish of Egesheim , who asked pastor Becker to take the necessary steps. After a building site was found, architect Joseph Cades (Stuttgart) had test holes dug from June 1st to 4th, 1898 and on March 21st and 22nd, 1899. On January 31, 1899, Cades submitted the construction plans and a cost estimate of 123,000 marks. On August 29, 1899, it was decided to start construction in 1901. On January 25, 1901, the structural work was awarded, and on April 25, 1901, the foundation excavations began. The foundation stone was laid on Sunday, June 9, 1901. In the period from 9 to 12 September 1901, the roof structure of the nave was erected. On September 29th the spire was erected. The topping-out feast took place in the Gasthaus zum Bären for the 72 craftsmen and workers involved in the construction. Everyone got a handkerchief from May and food and drink for 1.50 marks. The roof could be covered before the onset of winter. The plastering and plastering work began in spring 1902 and ended in August 1902. Extension work began in mid-1902. The three existing bells in the pitches a sharp, c sharp and dis were removed in the old church and supplemented by a new f sharp bell to a sonorous ringing. This was used for the first time on August 29, 1902 at the reception of Bishop Paul Wilhelm Keppler . The consecration of the new church took place on Thursday, October 30, 1902. The church clock was installed from November 20 to 26, 1902, and the pulpit from April 22 to 24, 1903. On June 8th 1903 the (no longer existing) communion bench was erected, on June 26th 1903 the new high altar was erected. On October 20, 1905 ff., The two side altars were picked up in Böttingen and set up in Bubsheim. The permission to paint the church was given on February 1, 1910 by Bishop Paul Wilhelm, at the end of November 1910 the painting was already finished. The construction work came to an end. The total cost was 122,522.89 marks.
The electrical lighting was installed in the spring of 1919, and a controversial vestibule was added to the main portal in September 1929/1930.
Furnishing
Gallery organ
The organ is Opus 8 (i.e. the 8th organ) of the organ builder Gebr. Stehle organ builder from Bittelbronn / Hohenz. On March 24, 1904, the assembly of the new organ with 15 stops , 2 manuals , pedals and mechanical cone chest was completed.
I. Manual Cf ″ ″
Bourdon 16′ Principal 8′ Gamba 8′ Wienerflöte 8′ Octav 4′ Fugara 4′ Mixtur 3f. 2 2⁄3′
II. Manual Cf´´´
Geigenprincipal 8′ Liebl. Gedeckt 8′ Salicional 8′ Aeoline 8′ Traversflöte 4′
Pedal mechanism CD '
Violonbass 16′ Subbass 16′ Octavbass 8′
Coupling : Pedal coupling II. Man., Pedal coupling I. Man., Manual coupling
Push buttons: P, MF, T, A (storage)
System: mechanical action mechanism , pneumatic stop action
After more than 100 years of service, the organ was no longer functioning satisfactorily. Therefore, the organ was examined by two organ experts. In the reports you can read that the organ was made very clean and the sound quality is interesting and appealing. Reference is made to the very progressive, powerful plenary in the main work . Both gentlemen came to the opinion that this instrument should be preserved. The original condition ( prospect pipes ) should be restored.
The same company that produced the organ in 1904 - now under the new name of Stehle-Orgelbau GmbH Haigerloch-Bittelbronn - was also allowed to carry out the restoration work in 2007. While cracks were in Register comb and comb frame ausgespänt, defective casing fillings repaired a tear in the bellows plate glued and the pneumatic bellows newly trimmed in leather for the coupling involvement.
Organists of this organ: Sebastian Meßmer, Roman Heinemann et al.
literature
- Michael Häring et al .: Heimatbuch Bubsheim , pp. 166–203
Web links
Picture of the church at quaeldich.de
Old and New Church on an old postcard
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 48 ° 7 '12.4 " N , 8 ° 49' 50.4" E