St. Josef (Karlsbach)
The Church of St. Josef is the parish church of the Roman Catholic parish of St. Josef (Pfarrverband Waldkirchen) in Karlsbach , a district of the town of Waldkirchen in Lower Bavaria .
history
The village of Karlsbach already existed in the land of the abbey in the 12th century, around 1250 Karlsbach with Raffelsberg, Lämmersreut and Werenain was first mentioned in the property register of the Passau Monastery . For centuries Karlsbach belonged to the parish of Waldkirchen. On September 4, 1922, Karlsbach became a branch of Waldkirchen and in 1941 an independent parish.
Parish Church of St. Joseph
On July 19, 1922, the then Bishop of Passau Sigismund Felix laid the foundation stone . On September 23, 1923, it was Kirchweihtag . Bishop Sigismund Felix consecrated the church and celebrated the first service with the congregation .
Artistic arrangement
The architect for the exterior and interior design was Eberhard Finsterwalder. The wooden altar relief was created in 1924 by the sculptor Karl Knappe , Munich. The work of art was replaced in 1927 and is now in the Marienkapelle. In 1924 the two side altars were also built according to the plans of the architect Finsterwalder. In 1931 the altar relief was replaced by a relief by the artist Johann Lendner from Spiegelau . The Stations of the Cross created the painter Guntram Lautenbacher from Regensburg in 1924 .
In 1947 the side altars were rebuilt according to the plans of the architect Lautenbacher, the painter Franz Doll from Düsseldorf created the paintings for the two side altars: "Mariä Heimsuchung" and "Gang nach Emmaus" and the new way of the cross ; the painting of St. Karl Borromeo is also by Franz Doll. In 1948 the high altar was rebuilt by the sculptor Otto Zirnbauer from Passau ; the altarpiece with the patron saint of the church, St. Joseph, is by Franz Doll. The new way of the cross was consecrated in 1950, it also comes from Franz Doll.
In 1977 the church was renovated. According to the guidelines of the Second Vatican Council , which emphasized the celebration of the divine service as word worship and Eucharistic celebration by the whole community, the artist Wolf Hirtreiter (Frauenau, later Munich) created a new altar and an ambo for the proclamation . On February 19, 1978, Bishop Antonius Hofmann consecrated the new altar. The bronze relief on the altar depicts the four evangelists ; the bronze relief on the ambo the word of God , which - like a seed - falls into the earth / into our heart and bears fruit.
In 2004 the outside of the church was completely renovated: a new church roof and the grouting of the granite stones .
In 2007 and 2008 a completely new interior renovation was carried out: renovation of the benches, new floor, color scheme according to the 1947 specifications; the baptismal font was placed on the left side altar, the former baptismal font was transformed into a small chapel of the Virgin Mary; the sacristy was refurbished.
The organ was built in 1923 by the company Weise, Plattling , according to plans by the architect Finsterwalder.
Bells
The four bells were cast by the Hamm bell foundry in Regensburg and consecrated on July 19, 1926 - during the war in 1942, the three large bells had to be delivered. Only the Petrus Canisius bell remained. On August 21, 1953, three new bells were cast in the Perner foundry in Passau and consecrated on September 27. The bell, tuned to dis, bears the image of St. Charles Borromeo and the inscription: “St. Karl Borromeo, you level-headed friend of bells, pray for the parish entrusted to you. "
The bell, tuned to F sharp, the Angelus / Angel of the Lord - bell bears the image of Mary and the inscription: "Maria, hold your hand over our Bavaria."
The bell, tuned to G sharp, bears the image of the church patron St. Joseph and the inscription : “St. Josef, help in every need, o give us a blessed death. "
The (old) bell, tuned to B, is dedicated to St. Peter Canisius.
literature
- Dionys Asenkerschbaumer, Alois Brunner, Ludger Drost, Andreas Paul: gems, valuables, curiosities. Voyages of discovery in the Diocese of Passau . Bischöfliches Ordinariat Passau (ed.), Verlag Passauer Bistumsblatt, Passau 2011, 2nd edition 2012, ISBN 978-3-9813094-3-0
Individual evidence
- ^ Maier Günter: Parish Association Waldkirchen. In: www.pfarrei-waldkirchen.de. Retrieved October 14, 2016 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 45 '59.2 " N , 13 ° 35' 9.3" E