St. Johannes (Weiden in the Upper Palatinate)
St. Johannes is the parish church of the parish of St. Johannes in Weiden in the Upper Palatinate in the diocese of Regensburg .
Parish history
After the Second World War, many refugees settled on the Fichtenbühl, a workers' camp. Since this part of the city belonged to the parish Herz Jesu , the then parish priest Dr. Käs took the initiative to build an emergency church out of a barrack, which was consecrated on December 26, 1949. The diocese of Regensburg commissioned the pastor to find a suitable building site for a church. The publisher Dr. Hans Nickl wanted to found a third newspaper in Weiden alongside the existing newspapers “ Der neue Tag ” and “Oberpfälzer Nachrichten”. For this he built a publishing house on Regensburger Strasse. Shortly before completion, Dr. Nickl his plan and joined as co-editor of "Der neue Tag". The newly built publishing house was thus superfluous. With the help of Pastor Dr. The diocese of Käs bought this building to turn it into a new church for the parish of St. John. The Munich government master builder Friedrich Haindl was commissioned to convert the publishing house. On October 18, 1953, Archbishop Dr. Michael Buchberger from Regensburg built the new church.
Building description
The very wide bell tower is striking. At the front of the church there is a mosaic cross made by Weiden graphic artist and painter Franz Friedrich. Above the entrance door hangs a picture of the church patron, St. Evangelists and Apostle John . He is holding a quill in his right hand and with his left hand he points to a book, the gospel he has written. His symbol animal, the eagle, sits on his shoulder.
Furnishing
Baptistery
The baptistery is located in the anteroom on the left. The two windows remind of the baptismal secret. The left window shows the expulsion from Paradise and the right window shows the baptism of Jesus. The chapel was consecrated on December 28, 1960. On January 7, 1965, pastor Dr. Käs and found his final resting place here.
Sanctuary
The center of the church is the altarpiece with the coming Christ who has stretched out his hands. On the left you can see an angel pointing to Christ with his left hand and the patron of the church with his right. Archbishop Buchberger is said to have said about the altarpiece at the time of the consecration: "I will send you some more money from Regensburg so that you can have it painted over" . Today the altarpiece doesn't bother anyone. Above the two side altars is Our Lady (left) and St. Joseph (right) shown.
In the chancel there are four figures, namely the risen One, St. Rochus , St. John and St. Elisabeth .
Church window
The church has eight windows on the ground floor and 24 upstairs. The lower windows show scenes from the Revelation of John . In the upper windows the eight Beatitudes of the Sermon on the Mount from the Gospel of Matthew are shown with saints.
The windows were designed by Franz Friedrich and made by master glazier Höller from Eschenbach.
The lower church window
- Opening vision "Christ watches over the Church"
- Adoration of the Lamb
- The Horsemen of the Apocalypse
- The great sign, the woman and the dragon
- The Babylonian Woman and the Fall of Babylon
- The Archangel Michael overthrows the dragon
- The Last Judgment
- Heavenly Jerusalem
The upper stained glass window
- "Blessed are the poor before God, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them." (St. Elisabeth)
- "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." (The three women at the empty grave)
- "Blessed are those who do not use violence, for they will own the land." ( St. Francis of Assisi )
- "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they will be satisfied." (St. Pope Pius X. )
- "Blessed are the merciful, for they will find mercy." ( St. Martin )
- "Blessed are those who have a pure heart: for they will see God." ( St. Maria Goretti )
- "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they will be called sons of God." ( St. Nikolaus von der Flüe )
- "Blessed are those who want to be persecuted for justice: for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them." (St. Thomas More )
organ
In 1955/56 the organ was built by the organ builder Hirnschrodt . It has three manuals and pedal , 26 sounding registers and 1956 organ pipes on electro-pneumatic cone chests . The gaming table is mobile. The organ is due to the limited space in two working parts with a mirror free pipe front split, so in the middle of the choir has its place. The instrument was inaugurated in autumn 1956 after Ferdinand Haberl's acceptance . The organ was renovated in 1997 by the Regensburg organ builder Heribert Heick .
Bells
In the wide, low bell tower, five bells hang in a steel bell cage on steel yokes. Initially only two bells were purchased in 1954, followed by three more in 1957, each of which was cast in the Georg Hofweber bell foundry in Regensburg :
|
No. |
Surname |
Mass (kg) |
Chime |
inscription |
Benefactor |
| 1 | Christ the King bell | 1150 | it 1 | Christ wins, Christ rules, Christ rules | Parish of St. Johannes |
| 2 | Marienbell | 850 | f 1 | Mary, Queen of Peace, pray for us | Parish of Beidl |
| 3 | St. John's Bell | 1000 | g 1 | God is love | Parish of St. Johannes |
| 4th | Guardian angel bell | 400 | b 1 | Holy Guardian Angel my, let me be recommended to you | Hans Nickl |
| 5 | Joseph Bell | 250 | c 2 | Deliver us from sudden and unforeseen death | Church building association St. Johannes |
The bell of Mary rings the angel of the Lord daily , the bell of St. John rings daily for Holy Mass and the bell of the guardian angel rings for the baptism celebration.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Schönberger (Ed.): The parish church of St. Johannes in Weiden id Opf. Church Foundation St. Johannes, Weiden 2003, p. 27.
- ↑ Georg Schönberger (Ed.): 50 years of St. Johannes. Church Foundation St. Johannes, Weiden 2003, p. 16.
Coordinates: 49 ° 39 ′ 21.62 " N , 12 ° 8 ′ 39.75" E