St. Josef (Oberndorf)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Catholic parish church of St. Josef (also St. Josef the Bridegroom ) is a place of worship in the Schweinfurt district of Oberndorf in Lower Franconia. The church is located on Engelbert-Fries-Straße on the southern access ramp of the Franz-Josef-Strauss Bridge.

history

The history of the Josefskirche is closely connected with the influx of predominantly Catholic factory workers in the first decades of the 20th century. Initially, the Catholic residents of Oberndorf were cared for by Bergrheinfeld , before the parish was re - pared into the Heilig-Geist-Kirche in Schweinfurt in 1895. The proportion of Catholics continued to rise, however, so that in 1913 the pastor of Heilig-Geist had to provide pastoral care to over 10,000 parishioners.

In 1921 an emergency church for Catholic Christians was finally built on Korngasse in Oberndorf . It was designed by the building officer Seefried and was built under the local site management of the architect Rudolf Metzger. The emergency church was built from parts of the Hammelburg team camp and was soon considered to be "the most beautiful and practical of all emergency churches in Bavaria". On October 31, 1922, Oberndorf was finally elevated to its own parish .

The St. Josefs Notkirche was hit in the bombing on October 14, 1943 and burned down completely. Initially, the services were held in the rectory, later in the youth home. Shortly after the end of the war, another emergency church was built, this time made of prefabricated concrete parts by master builder Michael Markert according to a design by the construction office of the Schweinfurt company FAG Kugelfischer .

Construction of a new parish church began as early as 1953. Fritz Lill from Würzburg could be won as an architect . On October 30th and 31st, 1954, the Würzburg bishop Julius Döpfner consecrated the church in honor of St. Joseph. The church was renovated for the first time in 1980 and 1981. At this time, the church was also adapted to the new requirements of the Second Vatican Council .

architecture

The Josefskirche is easted and presents itself as a simple workshop with a gable roof . Instead of a bell tower, a 35 m high campanile was built some distance away . At the height of the belfry, a picture of a trumpet angel was placed, which corresponds to its counterpart on the Salvator Church in the city center. The house is only illuminated by two wall-high industrial windows. One was attached to the facade while the other was attached to the west of the altar.

Inside, the church appears as a unified space, as is typical for the churches of the post-war period . The floor plan measures 40 by 24 meters. The altar can be found in the center. It was built on a low pedestal. Behind it, several steps lead to the ambo so that it appears above the community. The church is connected to the surrounding factory halls through its exterior, which is very similar to this.

Furnishing

A large altar painting behind the altar on the north wall of the building forms the center of the church furnishings. It was painted by Franz Nagel from Würzburg in the 1950s . Nagel also painted the ceiling painting in the Josefskirche. The picture was created in Secco with lime casein paints . The ceiling painting is entitled “Endzeit” and shows a multitude of semicircles arranged around a red center. The altarpiece is called "The Enthroned One and the Lamb" and shows God the Father.

Peter Vollert, on the other hand, created the sculptural figures in the church interior. To the right of the altar is the figure of the nursing and foster father Joseph with the baby Jesus. The golden tabernacle shrine appears to the left of the altar . Originally Heinrich Söller created the altar, the sediles and the tabernacle, but these objects have not survived. A golden lecture cross comes from the goldsmith Joseph Amberg from Würzburg.

The glass windows in the east side aisle are also dedicated to St. Joseph. They were made by the Würzburg artist Ludwig Martin. The stations of the cross , which shape the west wall of the church, were made of bronze by Ludwig Bossle. A protective cloak Madonna from 1954 has been preserved from Heinrich Söller . The oldest element in the church is a Maria Immaculata from around 1700. Oswald Onghers created the object for the St. Afra Monastery in Würzburg. She came here from the Holy Spirit Church.

literature

  • Andrea Brandl: On the artistic equipment of the Catholic churches in Schweinfurt . In: Erich Schneider, Uwe Müller (ed.): Search for traces. 1806-2006. 200 years of the parish of the Holy Spirit, 200 years of Catholics in Schweinfurt . Schweinfurt 2007. pp. 307-334.
  • Erich Schneider: Catholic church buildings after 1945 in Schweinfurt . In: Erich Schneider, Uwe Müller (ed.): Search for traces. 1806-2006. 200 years of the parish of the Holy Spirit, 200 years of Catholics in Schweinfurt . Schweinfurt 2007. pp. 271-305.
  • Thomas Wehner: The development of the parish structures in Schweinfurt since the founding of the Heilig Geist parish . In: Erich Schneider, Uwe Müller (ed.): Search for traces. 1806-2006. 200 years of the parish of the Holy Spirit, 200 years of Catholics in Schweinfurt . Schweinfurt 2007. pp. 145-162.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wehner, Thomas: Development of parish structures . P. 150.
  2. ^ Schneider, Erich: Catholic Church Buildings after 1945 . P. 288.
  3. ^ Schneider, Erich: Catholic Church Buildings after 1945 . P. 291.
  4. ^ Brandl, Andrea: On the artistic equipment of the Catholic churches . P. 321.

Coordinates: 50 ° 1 ′ 50.2 ″  N , 10 ° 12 ′ 10 ″  E