St. Josef (Einbeck)
St. Josef is the Catholic parish church in Einbeck , Northeim district . The neo-Romanesque basilica was built in 1894/95 according to plans by Richard Herzig .
history
Einbeck has been a Lutheran city since the Reformation . In the mid-19th century there were about 100 local Catholics. A mission station with regular church services and elementary school lessons was created for them in 1858 . When Einbeck became a garrison town , the community grew. In 1871–73 a mission house with a chapel was built on the northeastern edge of the historic old town, which is now a parish hall.
When the previous premises were no longer sufficient, the adjacent property in the green belt of the former ramparts was bought in 1894 and the new representative church was built. On 6 June 1894, the foundation stone was laid, and on 11 August 1895 was Bishop Sommerwerck dedicated and under the patronage of St. Joseph asked. On April 27, 1897, the parish was raised to a parish .
The Josefsgemeinde experienced rapid growth through the influx of Catholic expellees after the Second World War, and from the 1960s onwards through migrant workers from southern Europe and repatriates .
Since March 1, 2004, the church has belonged to the Nörten-Osterode dean's office , which was newly founded in the Diocese of Hildesheim , previously it belonged to the Nörten dean's office. On August 1, 2004 the parishes of Einbeck, Dassel and Markoldendorf were merged to form the new parish of St. Josef with 3000 members.
architecture
The St. Joseph's Church is an east - facing three-aisled basilica without a transept in the Rhenish Romanesque design . The tower above the choir consists of a square lower floor and an octagonal upper floor with eight gables and a folded cone point. A round apse forms the east end of the church . In the west is a rectangular portal hall, in the tympanum a relief of the shield of the Trinity . The entire exterior is structured with arched friezes and pilaster strips .
Inside, the three-bay nave is rhythmized by twin arches and alternating columns . The architectural structure is emphasized by white wall surfaces with brick-red arched edges and reveals .
See also
literature
- Thomas Scharf-Wrede: The Diocese of Hildesheim 1866–1914 , Hanover 1995; P. 125, p. 526
- Willi Stoffers: Diocese of Hildesheim today. Hildesheim 1987, ISBN 3-87065-418-X , pp. 138/139
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scharf-Wrede, p. 125
- ↑ Information parish ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Scharf-Wrede p. 526
- ↑ Information parish ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Kirchlicher Anzeiger . No. 2/2004. Hildesheim 2004, p. 35
- ↑ Schematism of the Diocese of Hildesheim 2011
Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 13.5 ″ N , 9 ° 52 ′ 14.6 ″ E