St. Johannes Evangelist (Mainz)
St. Johannes Evangelist is a Catholic church consecrated to the Evangelist Johannes in the Mainz district of Münchfeld . Together with the parish of St. Rabanus Maurus on the Hartenberg, it is one of two places of worship in the parish of Don Bosco .
history
In the spirit of the Second Vatican Council , which was convened for pastoral and ecumenical “instauratio” (renewal) from 1962 to 1965, the Gonsenheim architect Bernhard Schmitt was commissioned to design a parish church for the Hartenberg-Münchfeld district, which was built on in the 1960s. The foundation stone was laid on August 27, 1967 with Vicar General Ludwig Haenlein . As early as November 24, 1968, the modern church was solemnly consecrated by Bishop Hermann Volk . Relics of John the Evangelist from St. Peter, Heppenheim (Bergstrasse) were walled up in the main altar. The altar in the side chapel is dedicated to Saint Benginus , patron saint of Dijon Cathedral.
Construction and equipment
The church was built from reinforced concrete and glass in a typical 1960s style. The subject A ship, which calls itself the community, set to music by Martin Gotthard Schneider in 1963, served as the leitmotif for the architecture. The floor plan of the nave forms a parabola. While the front of the church opens up to the residential area with the entrance wall gridded in concrete glass windows, the 35 meter high tower sends a signal to the main thoroughfare “An der Allee”.
The outer side and rear walls are clad with stones from the quarry of Count von Schönborn in Heusenstamm . A concrete half-relief rises above the main entrance, which shows the eagle, the symbol of the Evangelist John. This also forms the back wall of the organ gallery. The relief was designed by the Finther sculptor Reinhold Petermann , who also created the floating cross above the main altar with a gold-colored body, the 14 stations of the cross made of patinated aluminum plates, the ambo with the steel eagle and the steel relief around the tabernacle for the church. Schematically, he also depicted the eagle several times in an ascending position on the inner outer wall of the nave as a symbol of the Evangelist John and the soaring Word of God. The priest's grave of Hans Brantzen (parish priest from 1964–1979 and builder of the church) is located in the back of the church . Italian slate was used for the floor in the choir and church rooms. A wooden plaster forms the floor covering under the benches . The interior has 550 seats.
In the side and adoration chapel there is a bas-relief of the Mother of God with baby Jesus made from slate by Leo Brandmüller (consecrated on December 8, 1970). The same artist created the steel Easter candlestick with the symbols for Easter , Pentecost and baptism . The pictorial program of the glass windows takes on the visions of the Revelation of John . Shaped as a seal of revelation, individual images refer to an oversized scroll with seven seals. The cycle of images culminates in the representation of the New Jerusalem with the Agnus Dei and the golden city resting on 12 colored stone circles. The colors of the latter allude to the 12 jewels and precious stones as the foundation stones of the heavenly Jerusalem as well as to the twelve tribes of Israel . The tabernacle on the east wall of the chapel, gilded and decorated with red glass stones, forms the center of a steel relief based on the motif of the burning thorn bush .
Connected to the side chapel is a baptistery with a baptismal font and baptismal bowl, which is lowered from the floor level . Your glass windows are in different shades of blue.
organ
After the first makeshift organ (1968–1990), an organ by Hans Theodor Vleugels (21 stops with 1334 pipes, main body made of oak) was made possible in 1990 by expanding the gallery . The organ has the following disposition :
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- Coupling : II / P, I / P
Bells
The bell of the church was designed as a bell for peace. The four bronze bells, named after the four apostles Johannes, Andreas, Jakobus and Petrus, were cast in Heidelberg on April 19, 1980, consecrated in Mainz on June 15, 1980 and rang for the first time on June 24, 1980 over the Münchfeld. Together they stand under the sign of peace and brotherhood, which is also shown in their engraved Bible verses: "Peace be with you" (John 20:19) or "Be ready to serve one another" (1 Peter 4:10 ). In total, the bells were valued at DM 50,000. The largest of the four examples alone cost almost half of the total, the cost of which was borne by the city of Mainz.
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No. |
Surname |
Casting year |
Caster |
Mass (kg) |
Chime |
inscription |
| 1 | John | 1980 | Bell foundry Heidelberg | 1021 | e | Peace be with you |
| 2 | Andreas | 1980 | Bell foundry Heidelberg | 798 | G | Come and see |
| 3 | James | 1980 | Bell foundry Heidelberg | 637 | a | Give your hearts to God |
| 4th | Peter (angelus bell) | 1980 | Bell foundry Heidelberg | 443 | H | Be ready to serve one another |
Parish priest
- Andreas Niklaus 1955-64
- Hans Brantzen 1964–79
- Dr. Ernst Straßer 1979 (parish administrator)
- P. Elmar Theisen 1979–1988
- P. Robert Terliesner 1988-2000
- P. Hans-Joachim Lüning 2000-2015
- Msgr. Manfred Simon 2015-
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1] Christian Wendling: In the footsteps of parents, accessed on April 3, 2018.
- ^ [2] Deanery Mainz-Stadt, Stadtkirchenführer, accessed on May 8, 2018.
- ↑ New organs presented. Mainz: St. Johannes Evangelist. In: Musica sacra 1991/03, p. 258.
- ↑ Michael Kläger, Friedrich W. Riedel: The new organ in St. Johannes Evangelist Ed. Michael Kläger u. a. Manfred Henn 1990.
- ↑ a b Bell casting for a Mainz campanile . In: Allgemeine Zeitung, Mainz. April 19, 1980, p. 13.
Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 56 ″ N , 8 ° 14 ′ 5 ″ E