St. Josef (Herzberg am Harz)
The Sankt Josef Church is the Roman Catholic church in Herzberg am Harz , a town in the Göttingen district in Lower Saxony . The church is a parish church in the Nörten-Osterode deanery of the Hildesheim diocese . It is named after Saint Joseph of Nazareth and has the address Magisterberg 6 .
history
In the first half of the 16th century, Philip I introduced the Reformation in the principality of Grubenhagen , to which Herzberg belonged at the time . This made the population of Herzberg Evangelical Lutheran .
In the 19th century a Catholic parish was formed again in Herzberg. In 1857 a plot of land was purchased and since 1858 Catholic church records have been kept in Herzberg . From 1893 to 1895 the church was built on the property. Her consecration took place on August 4 or 15, 1895 . On June 2, 1898, the parish of Herzberg am Harz was established.
In 1945 the building suffered damage to the roof, choir and windows from the explosion of a nearby dynamite factory and from artillery fire.
In 1994/95 the church was extensively renovated. A large window was installed in the apse , and changes were also made to the interior.
Since March 1, 2004, the church has belonged to the then newly founded Nörten-Osterode deanery , previously it belonged to the Osterode deanery. Since November 1, 2006, the parish of St. Josef has also included the St. Hildegard Church, built in 1958/59 in Hattorf am Harz , around 11 kilometers away , after which the two parishes had already formed a pastoral care unit several years earlier .
Architecture and equipment
The single - nave neo-Gothic church stands on a small hill near the federal highway 243 at a height of around 240 meters above sea level . The local architect Peters created the preliminary design, which Christoph Hehl revised and implemented. Its square-shaped tower on the north facade can be seen from afar.
The chancel is dominated by a stained glass window with a crucifix in front of it . Statues to the left and right of the chancel show Mary and Joseph. Other statues, in front of which sacrificial candles can be placed, represent the Annunciation . A Pietà is also part of the furnishings of the church.
The parish also includes the St. Josef daycare center next to the church and the cemetery on Lönsstrasse.
See also
literature
- Willi Stoffers: Diocese of Hildesheim today. Hildesheim 1987, ISBN 3-87065-418-X , p. 118
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Church registers in the diocese archive in Hildesheim
- ↑ http://herzberg.kath-kirche.net/index.php/kirchorte/st-josef
- ↑ http://wiki-bistumsgeschichte.de/wiki/index.php5?title=Spezial%3ASuche&search=Herzberg&go=Seite
- ↑ Das Münster , 2nd year, 1949, issue 9/10, p. 296
- ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Kirchlicher Anzeiger . No. 2/2004. Hildesheim 2004, pp. 33/34
- ↑ http://www.glass-portal.privat.t-online.de/hs/gl/hehl_christoph.htm
Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′ 13.4 ″ N , 10 ° 20 ′ 8.9 ″ E