St. Johannes Nepomuk (Neckargemünd)

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St. John Nepomuk Church

St. Johannes Nepomuk is a Catholic church in Neckargemünd in the Rhine-Neckar district in northwest Baden-Württemberg . It was built between 1894 and 1896 in the neo-Romanesque style.

history

In 1556, Elector Ottheinrich introduced the Reformation to the Electoral Palatinate . Only when Philipp Wilhelm , a Catholic branch of the Wittelsbach family, ruled the Electoral Palatinate again from 1685 , were Catholic services possible again. In 1688 the Catholics of Neckargemünd received a pastor from the diocese of Würzburg , who initially lived on the Dilsberg until a parsonage was built in Neckargemünd in 1700. The Ulrichskirche, however, was assigned to the Reformed when the Palatinate church was divided , whereby simultaneous use ended. The Catholic parish celebrated its services from 1707 in the town hall, which was completely converted into a parish church in 1724/25.

After Johannes Nepomuk was canonized in 1729, the church was consecrated in his honor on May 6, 1735. At the end of the 19th century it was decided to build a large church. The construction was carried out from 1894 to 1896. On May 30, 1897, the new Johannes Nepomuk Church was consecrated . For the 100th anniversary it was renovated and the choir room redesigned by the artist Michael Münzer . The parish is now part of the Neckargemünd pastoral care unit in the Kraichgau dean's office in the Archdiocese of Freiburg .

description

inner space

The St. Johannes Nepomuk Church is in the center of Neckargemünd on the market square. It is a three-aisled hall church made of red sandstone in the neo-Romanesque style. A statue of the church patron Johannes Nepomuk stands in a figural niche above the main portal. Distinctive gargoyles protrude from the tower .

In the interior, sandstone arcades divide the three naves. There are reliefs of the four evangelists with their symbols above the entrance .

organ

The organ was built in 1966 by Michael Weise . The instrument has 23 registers (1604 pipes ) on two manuals and a pedal . The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Principal 8th'
Tube bare 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Smalled up 4 ′
Hollow flute 2 ′
Rauschpfeife II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Cornett V
Trumpet 8th'
II Swell C – g 3
Dumped 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Reed flute 4 ′
Principal 2 ′
Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Mixture III 2 ⁄ 3 ′
oboe 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Octave bass 8th'
Holzpommer 8th'
Octave 4 ′
bassoon 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'

literature

  • Rainer Laun: Rhein-Neckar-Kreis , in: Dagmar Zimdars u. a. (Ed.), Georg Dehio (Gre.): Handbook of German Art Monuments : Baden-Württemberg I. The administrative districts of Stuttgart and Karlsruhe . Munich 1993, ISBN 3-422-03024-7 .
  • State Archive administration Baden-Württemberg in connection with d. Cities and districts Heidelberg u. Mannheim (Hrsg.): The city and the districts of Heidelberg and Mannheim: Official district description , Bd. 2: The city of Heidelberg and the communities of the district of Heidelberg . Karlsruhe 1968.
  • Martin Kares, Michael Kaufmann, Godehard Weithoff: Organ guide Rhein-Neckar-Kreis . Heidelberg 2001, ISBN 3-932102-07-X .

Individual evidence

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Web links

Commons : St. Johannes Nepomuk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 23 '38 "  N , 8 ° 47' 58.8"  E