St. Johannes (Steinrausch)

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Church of St. John
View through the interior

St. Johannes is a Catholic church with a parish center and parish library in the Steinrausch district of the Saarland district town of Saarlouis .

history

The construction of the Saarlouiser Steinrausches, which began in 1962, meant that, due to the growing population, after the decision to be made into a separate district in 1972, the construction of a modern church called Sankt Johannes began. Before that there was an emergency church on the neighboring property from 1973. On June 23, 1984, the church was consolidated by Bishop Hermann Josef Spital . In the approx. 20 meter high church with a church tower of the same size, the chancel was designed by Heinz Oliberius . This modern church building implements the liturgical reform of the 2nd Vatican Council . The interior of the church is mainly made of wood, as well as an electronic church organ . Since there is no cemetery in the district itself , funerals celebrated there are mainly buried on the neighboring Kreuzberg .

building

The church consists of the actual church , a parish library and a parish center. The church is located on Kurt-Schumacher-Allee, near the town center. There are plenty of parking spaces in front of and between the church building and the church tower. Only the 20 meter high church tower, which is open towards the parish center, is located approximately 15 meters from the building. The 5 meter high wooden cross , which is located in front of the church tower in a kind of nesting made of concrete, is striking . Until the end of the 80s, the cath. The community only has an emergency church (barracks made of wood) with a lending library . This was demolished after the parish center was built in the immediate vicinity. Due to the noticeably sloping roof , the architecture of the church is a special feature of the stone rush.

organ

Game table with two manuals and pedal
The electronic church organ dates from 2001 and has 47 registers

The church organ dates from 2001 and was built by the Dutch company Johannus Orgelbouw . In contrast to most of the other instruments in the area, the church organ is fully electronic, so it does not have any pipes . It has a total of 47 registers that sound through 20 bit sampling technology and an amplifier system of 770 watts. The organ is played with two manuals and a pedal . In addition to a few electronic extras, the instrument has an integrated setting system, with the help of which it is possible to save various register combinations and call them up later at the push of a button. This playing aid allows you to play without an inevitable interruption by selecting new registers. The volume of the organ has to be regulated individually for each work as well as for the entire instrument. This means that the number of selected registers does not necessarily have an effect on the volume as it does with ordinary pipe organs.

Disposition

I Manual C-c 4
1. Drone 16 '
2. Principal 8th'
3. diapason 8th'
4th Hollow flute 8th'
5. Flute coelestis 8th'
6th Gamba 8th'
7th octave 4 '
8th. Open flute 4 '
9. Fifth 2 2/3 '
10. octave 2 '
11. recorder 2 '
12. cornet IV
13. mixture VII
14th Trumpet 16 '
15th Trumpet 8th'
16. Vox humana 8th'
Tremulant
II Manual C – c 4
17th Quintatön 16 '
18th Principal 8th'
19th Reed flute 8th'
20th Viola di gamba 8th'
21st Vox coelestis 8th'
22nd octave 4 '
23. Coupling flute 4 '
24. Salizional 4 '
25th Fifth flute 2 2/3 '
26th octave 2 '
27. Forest flute 2 '
28. Nasat 1 1/3 '
29 octave 1'
30th Sesquialtera II
31. Sharp III
32. bassoon 16 '
33. Festival trumpet 8th'
34. Dulcian 8th'
35. oboe 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
36. Sub bass 32 '
37. Principal 16 '
38. Sub bass 16 '
39. Octave bass 8th'
40. Covered 8th'
41. Choral bass 4 '
42. Bass flute 4 '
43. Rauschpfeife IV
44. Bombard 32 '
45. trombone 16 '
46. Trumpet 8th'
47. Clarine 4 '
Tremulant

Pastor

  • 1973–1984: Ferdinand Christ (1937–2011)
  • 1998–2010: Martin Münster
  • since 2010: Hanskurt Trapp

Parish community

The church belongs to the parish community on the right of the Saar , which has existed since 2011 , consisting of the churches Maria Himmelfahrt ( Roden ), Christkönig ( Roden ), Hl. Dreifaltigkeit ( Fraulautern ) and St. Josef ( Fraulautern-Kreuzberg ).

Others

The church was expanded in April 2013 by a way of the cross , an altar cross and a baptismal font , which was formerly located in the currently closed parish church Christkönig (Roden) .

Web links

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

Coordinates: 49 ° 20 ′ 15.1 ″  N , 6 ° 46 ′ 29.9 ″  E