St. Johannes Baptist (Seehausen)
The Sankt Johannes Baptist Church is the Catholic church in Seehausen , a town in the Stendal district in Saxony-Anhalt . The church named after St. John the Baptist is the northernmost church in the Magdeburg diocese . It is located at Damaschkestrasse 1 (corner of Winckelmannstrasse) and belongs to the parish " St. Anna " with its seat in Stendal .
history
With the introduction of the Reformation in the 16th century, the population and the churches in the Altmark also became Evangelical-Lutheran . In 1539, the first Protestant sermon was given by Magister Johannes Hemstädt in Seehausen, and the monastery in Seehausen was also closed that year. In 1541 the Reformation was introduced in Seehausen and the services in the Salt Church were discontinued. The St. Petri Church, which dates from the Middle Ages , became Evangelical Lutheran. In 1548 the Kaland Brotherhood dissolved in Seehausen.
It was not until 1806 that a Catholic service was held again in Seehausen. In 1912 the Stendal pastor set up a church service station in Seehausen, and the services took place in various secular rooms. After the number of Catholics in Seehausen and the surrounding area had increased again due to the influx of workers, especially from Upper Silesia and Poland , the foundation stone of the church on what was then Horst-Wessel-Strasse was laid on November 17, 1937. The church was consecrated on June 5, 1938 (Pentecost Sunday) . In September 1939 Catholic evacuees from Saarland also came to Seehausen. As a result of the Second World War , the number of Catholics in Seehausen increased further due to the influx of refugees and displaced persons from the eastern regions of the German Empire .
On November 1st, 1947 a parish vicarie was set up in Seehausen . From 1956 Leo Nowak , who later became the bishop of the Magdeburg diocese, had his first position after his ordination as vicar at “St. Johannes Baptist ”in Seehausen, before he was transferred to Großkorbetha in 1958 .
On February 1, 2007, the community association "Stendal - Bismark - Giesenslage - Goldbeck - Meßdorf - Osterburg - Seehausen - Tangerhütte" was established, to which, in addition to the Stendal church "St. Anna "also the churches" Heilig Kreuz "in Bismark ," Immaculate Conception "in Giesenslage ," St. Bernhard "in Goldbeck ," Hl. Mary of the Annunciation "in Meßdorf ," St. Joseph "in Osterburg ," St. Johannes Baptist ”in Seehausen and“ St. Elisabeth ”in Tangerhütte . On May 2, 2010, today's parish “St. Anna ”. The parish “St. Josef ”in Osterburg belonging parish vicarie“ St. Johannes “in Seehausen was canceled in this context. The churches in Bismark, Giesenslage, Goldbeck, Messdorf and Tangerhütte have since been profaned . The 2011 census in the European Union showed that of the 10,811 inhabitants of the Seehausen (Altmark) community, 274, or around 2.5%, belonged to the Roman Catholic Church. The majority of the inhabitants did not belong to any religious community.
Architecture and equipment
The architecture of the east- facing church is based on the Romanesque old market village churches. The church is accessed through a portal on the west side, above which an oculus is let in. It shows the letters Alpha and Omega (Α and Ω), the first and last letters of the classical Greek alphabet. They are a symbol for the beginning and the end, thus for the comprehensive, for God .
The interior is closed off by a flat ceiling. The church stalls leave a central aisle free and offer 108 seats. The high altar , communion bench , baptismal font and statues still belong to the original furnishings of the church. After the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council , the furnishings were supplemented by a free-standing popular altar . The sanctuary is dominated by a crucifix . Next to the chancel, statues depict John the Baptist, the patron saint of the church, and Mary , the mother of Jesus . John points with his right hand to the crucified Jesus. The stained glass windows were designed by A. Reisdorff from Cologne and executed by the Cologne-based glass painting company Botz + Miesen. 14 stations of the cross are located on the side walls of the church. Under the organ gallery are the confessional , the baptismal font and a copy of the miraculous image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help , in front of which sacrificial candles can be placed. There is an electronic organ in the organ gallery .
See also
literature
- Chronicle of the parish church St. Josef in Osterburg.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ City Chronicle (tabular) ( Memento from June 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.bistum-magdeburg.de/front_content.php?client=4&lang=5&idcat=1410&idart=2469
- ↑ http://www.bistum-magdeburg.de/front_content.php?client=4&lang=5&idcat=2760&idart=14430
- ↑ http://www.volksstimme.de/nachrichten/lokal/osterburg/1081112_Katholische-Kirche-haben-zum-Verkauf.html
- ↑ Signature on the window
Coordinates: 52 ° 53 ′ 4.9 " N , 11 ° 44 ′ 50.3" E