St. Josef (Harbke)

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The Sankt Josef Church is the Catholic church in Harbke , a municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt . It belongs to the parish " St. Marien " with seat in Oschersleben , in the deanery Egeln of the diocese of Magdeburg . The church, named after Saint Joseph of Nazareth , is located on the southwestern outskirts of Harbke, on the Thymiansberg street.

history

In the 16th century, the population and the church in Harbke became Evangelical-Lutheran with the introduction of the Reformation .

With the need for labor triggered by industrialization , Catholics also settled in the Harbke area again, so that the foundation stone of the church was laid on September 26, 1913. In addition to mining in the Helmstedt lignite district , the briquette factory and agriculture, the Harbke power plant , which went into operation in 1909, offered job opportunities. On November 9, 1913, the church was consecrated by the pastor of the Church of St. Joseph and Augustine (Hötensleben) .

From 1945 to 1990 the church was only two kilometers from the inner-German border . On May 26, 1952, the border was completely sealed off by the People's Police , which had a significant negative impact on the Harbker economy. As a result, some of the miners from the Harbke area were relocated to the Saxon lignite area in the summer of 1952 .

On October 13, 2007 the community association " Eilsleben - Großalsleben - Hadmersleben - Hamersleben - Hötensleben - Klein Oschersleben - Oschersleben - Sommerschenburg - Völpke " was established, to which the Harbker Church belonged from then on. On November 28, 2010, today's parish “St. Marien ". Since the number of people attending services had become very low, the church has not been used for Sunday services since 2011. The 2011 census in the European Union showed that of the 1628 inhabitants of Harbke, only 67 belonged to the Roman Catholic Church. Today the closest Catholic churches with Sunday services are each about six kilometers away in Helmstedt and Sommerschenburg .

Architecture and equipment

inside view

The east-facing church was built according to plans by the architect August Kaufhold from Berlin-Friedenau , as a neo-Gothic brick building with a turret . It has 84 seats. The altar area is dominated by a statue which Jesus Christ with his Sacred Heart represents. Other statues in the chancel show the missionaries Boniface and Paul of Tarsus . The interior also includes statues of St. Joseph of Nazareth, the patron saint of the church, and Mary , mother of Jesus. A memorial plaque names seven soldiers who died between 1915 and 1921, and there is a copy of the miraculous image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and 14 stations of the cross on the side walls . On the mezzanine is a product manufactured by the company Bongardt Harmonium , under the gallery a confessional .

See also

Web links

Commons : St. Josef  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heinz Pohlendt: The district Helmstedt. Bremen-Horn 1957, pp. 85, 182.
  2. ↑ http://www.bistum-magdeburg.de/front_content.php?idcat=1400&idart=2411&lang=5
  3. ^ Community association letter of the community association Oschersleben, edition autumn 2010.

Coordinates: 52 ° 11 ′ 14.6 "  N , 11 ° 2 ′ 33"  E