St. John Baptist (Rheda)
 St. John Baptist in Rheda |
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| Basic data | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| place | Rheda , Germany |
| diocese | Archdiocese of Paderborn |
| Patronage | St. John Baptist |
| Building history | |
| architect | Gottfried Boehm |
| construction time | 1964-1966 |
| Building description | |
| inauguration | October 1, 1966 |
| Architectural style | Modern |
| Function and title | |
| 51 ° 50 '56.9 " N , 8 ° 16' 39.9" E | |
St. Johannes Baptist is a Catholic parish church in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, East Westphalia , in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . The church belongs to the mother parish of St. Clemens Parish Rheda of the Pastoral Association Rheda-Herzebrock-Clarholz (RHC) in the Archdiocese of Paderborn .
history
The first Rheda church was mentioned in 1088 and stood on today's Protestant Johannesfriedhof until it was demolished in 1818.
After the Second World War, the Catholic St. Clemens parish in Rheda grew noticeably. On a visit to the Confirmation in 1957 , Archbishop Lorenz Jaeger first addressed the construction of a new church. At the end of 1959 a church building association was founded for this purpose in order to find building sites and money. At the end of 1960, the association announced an architectural competition for the new building, which Gottfried Böhm from Cologne won in 1961.
After a suitable building site was found, the construction of a new kindergarten began in 1962. In September 1964, construction of the church finally began. The laying of the foundation stone was celebrated on May 2, 1965 . The topping-out ceremony was celebrated on October 22, 1965 . After completion of the shell, the interior decoration began. The bells were ceremonially inaugurated on Easter Monday 1966. On 1 October 1966, the new church by Archbishop Lorenz Jaeger was consecrated to be. At the same time, Rüdiger Hinz became the first vicar in St. Johannes. From the beginning there was structural damage to the church due to rainwater penetrating from the side. In 1986, the church had to be clad with titanium zinc sheets.
The actual establishment of the parish vicarie St. Johannes Baptist took place on July 1st, 1967. In addition to the building of the church, a complete parish center was also planned, but this was dropped for reasons of space and financial resources. At the beginning of the 1970s, only the rectory and parsonage were added.
On December 1, 1974, the Vicarie was raised to an independent parish.
Under the date of June 24, 2012, the parish of St. John was abolished by archbishop's decree on January 1, 2013 and reverted to the mother parish of St. Clemens.
Furnishing
At Candlemas 1967, the community of women and mothers donated a statue of the Madonna.
On April 9, 1967 the organ of the Rietberg company Speith-Orgelbau was consecrated. The instrument has 21 stops on two manuals. In 2013 it was examined by the organ building company Krawinkel from Trendelburg; it is to be extensively restored for the 50th anniversary of the church in 2014.
In the church there is a triumphal cross made of bog oak with bronze and rock crystal by the Wiedenbrück artist Hubert Hartmann , Stations of the Cross by the same artist, a late Gothic statue of the Madonna, southern German; John the Baptist as well as a sculpture by the artist Bernward Erlenkötter in the Holy House on the church square.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archbishopric Paderborn, Official Gazette accessed on April 14, 2015