St. Johannes (Heidelberg-Rohrbach)

St. John

Portal front

St. Johannes is the Roman Catholic parish church in the Rohrbach district of Heidelberg . It was built in 1963–1965. The parish of St. Johannes today forms the pastoral care unit Heidelberg-Süd with the parishes of St. Paul ( Boxberg - Emmertsgrund ) and St. Peter ( Kirchheim ) .

history

Rohrbach had been Protestant since the Reformation , and the old village church has been used by the Protestant community ever since. In 1734 a small Catholic church was built dedicated to St. Johannes Nepomuk was consecrated (Rathausstrasse 28, today Pfarrheim). After the Second World War, the church, which was expanded in 1897, became too small for the growing Catholic community, so it was rebuilt from 1963 to 1965. The design came from the archbishop's architect Manfred Schmitt-Fiebig , and Heinrich Eisenhauer was in charge of construction.

architecture

The church is made of red brick with a few gray and white concrete elements . The church hall has the outline of a elongated octagon . In the east is the hexagonal altar island inscribed in the octagon, in the west the portal. Above this there are reliefs of the Last Supper and the crucifixion of Jesus with Mary and the church patron John , which were designed by Gisela Bär . Under the eaves of the copper-covered flat roof , ribbon windows with remarkable stained glass designs by Emil Wachter give the interior colored light. They show scenes from the Revelation of John . Above the altar is a bronze figure of the blessing Christ, also made by Gisela Bär. The high, cross-crowned bell tower that dominates the townscape has the shape of a regular octagon. It stands free in front of the southwest corner of the building.

organ

The organ of the church was built in 2000-2003 by Johannes Kircher. Organ dedication was on May 2, 2004. She has slider chests with mechanical play and register contracture . The instrument has 31 sounding registers , which are distributed over two manuals and pedal . An electronically controlled typesetting system with 10,000 storage options is prepared. The housing is made of oiled and waxed oak and, with its octagonal floor plan, takes up the architecture of the church.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3 1. Bourdon 16 ′ 2. Principal 8th' 3. Gamba 8th' 4th Wooden flute 8th' 5. Octave 4 ′ 6th flute 4 ′ 7th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 8th. Super octave 2 ′ 9. Mixture IV-V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 10. Cornett V (from a) 8th' 11. Trumpet 8th'

II Swell C – g 3 12. diapason 8th' 13. Salicional 8th' 14th Voix celeste (from c) 8th' 15th Bourdon 8th' 16. Prestant 4 ′ 17th Flûte à cheminée 4 ′ 18th Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 19th Octavine 2 ′ 20th Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ 21st Fittings IV-V 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 22nd Trompette harmonique 8th' 23. Hautbois 8th' Tremulant

Pedal C – f 1 24. Grand Bourdon 32 ′ 25th Double bass 16 ′ 26th Sub-bass 16 ′ 27. Bombard 16 ' 28. Octave bass 8th' 29 Flute bass 8th' 30th Chorale bass 4 ' 31. trombone 8th'

• Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P, Sub II / II 16 'with II / I coupling through
• Tubular bells self-made by Kircher, hanging in the swell, assigned to the I. Manual and P (a ¹ -e ³ )
• Pedals: large pedal 24.-27. Standing free behind the organ, small pedals 28th - 31st placed side by side in the organ case
• Wind pressures: Hauptwerk 90mmWS, Schwellwerk 100mmWS, Pedalwerk 110mmWS. WS = water column
• Case height 6120 mm, electronically controlled and adjustable tremulant, 1982 whistles

literature

• Irmgard Heß: The glass windows in the church of St. Johannes Rohrbach. ISBN 978-3-7954-5786-0
• Hans Gercke: Churches in Heidelberg. Schnell und Steiner publishing house, Regensburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-7954-2413-8 .

Web links

Commons : St. Johannes Church (Heidelberg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Network presence of the parish

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Organ
2. ↑ Organ builder

Coordinates: 49 ° 22 ′ 50.8 "  N , 8 ° 41 ′ 26.3"  E