St. Johannes Evangelist (habenbach)
The parish church of St. Johannes Evangelist is a Catholic church in this brook , a district of the market Regenstauf .
Building history
The parish in Regenstauf was responsible for the pastoral care of the predominantly Catholic population of thesebach until the 1970s. Since the number of inhabitants of this brook increased considerably in the years after the Second World War, in 1965 a suitable, approx. 5,000 m 2 large property for the construction of a catholic church was acquired in the new building area of this brook .
To plan the church and the parish center, the habenbacher Kirchenbauverein was founded in 1968, the approval for the church building project was given by the bishop's office in Regensburg in December 1972. Three years later, in December 1975, the architect Alexander von Branca received the building and art committee of the diocese The contract was awarded and construction began in the spring of 1977. The consecration of the church took place on July 15, 1979 by Auxiliary Bishop Vinzenz Guggenberger .
The church is consecrated to the Evangelist John, his patronage festival is on December 27th.
St. Johannes Ev. was originally a branch church of the parish of St. Jakobus in Regenstauf, but with its own pastor; In 1985 it was raised to the status of an independent parish.
Building description
Alexander von Branca, who likes to build his buildings in the style of ancient Roman architecture, wanted to build a building in this rural area that conveys the element of festivity in all its simplicity . Therefore only bricks and especially wood were used as building materials, the external facades are plastered white.
Around a spacious inner courtyard, which is only accessible from the west side, are grouped some outbuildings as well as the squat, only 16 m high bell tower, in the east the church and on the south side sacristies, offices and the rectory.
The church (an irregular octagon in plan ) with windowless exterior walls receives plenty of daylight through a ribbon of glass in the ridge of the gable roof . Inside the church, six wooden round pillars over 10 m high (four behind the altar, two behind the parapet of the organ gallery) support this glazed part of the church roof.
Furnishing
Well-known artists have contributed to the interior decoration: The altar, made from a single granite block, was made by the Weiden sculptor Günter Mauermann , as was the font; Josef Hamberger designed the bronze crucifix, the ambo and the tabernacle . The two figures standing on the back wall of the altar represent St. Johannes Ev. and the Mother of God with the child. They are copies after Tilman Riemenschneider , made by the sculptor Willy Prix .
The reverse glass pictures of the 14 Stations of the Cross hanging on the west and north walls come from the painter Erich Schickling , a picture of the 15th Station (Resurrection) by the English painter Thomas Denny was added in 1990.
The altar is surrounded on three sides by benches for the congregation, they offer space for about 250 people.
organ
In 1986 an organ from Eisenbarth , Passau, was installed on the gallery on the west wall of the church . It has 20 registers and a mechanical action . In 1997 it was expanded to 29 registers and a Rückpositiv built into the organ railing .
Bells
In the 16 m high tower hang three bells from the Bachert bell foundry in Bad Friedrichshall. They are matched to the striking notes f sharp ', a' and b '.
- Mary Queen, 750 kg
- St. Johannes Ev., 450 kg
- St. Wolfgang, 320 kg
Outdoor facilities
In 1990 a stone fountain, the Johannesbrunnen, designed by Günter Mauermann, was erected in the atrium , the inner courtyard of the parish center.
A man-sized bronze relief at the entrance to the inner courtyard, on which the history of this Bach is depicted, also comes from Mauermann.
Since 1992, a bronze cross made by Josef Hamberger has crowned the entire parish center in front of the main entrance.
Chaplain
- from September 1, 1979: Pastor Dr. Johann Gleixner
- from December 1, 1980: Parish administrator Manfred Kunert
- since September 1, 1984: Pastor Hubert Gilg
literature
- Inauguration of the pastoral care center St. Johannes in habenbach . Regenstauf parish, July 15, 1979, Festschrift ,habenbach 1979
- Peter Morsbach, Wilkin Spitta: Village churches in the Upper Palatinate . Regensburg 2001, pp. 71-72, ISBN 3-7917-1732-4
- Peter Morsbach, Wilkin Spitta: The churches and chapels of the Regenstauf market . Regenstauf 2005, pp. 37-41, ISBN 3-9810531-0-9
- Hermann Reidel: Catholic Parish Church of St. Johannes, Diesebach . 1st edition. Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 1993, art guide No. 2106
- Hermann Reidel: Catholic parish church St. Johannes, habenbach . Kunstverlag Josef Fink, 2006, ISBN 3-89870-300-2
Coordinates: 49 ° 7 '50.3 " N , 12 ° 7' 4.8" E