St. Josef (Saarlouis)

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St. Joseph Church

St. Josef is a Roman Catholic church in Saarlouis - Fraulautern on the Kreuzberg , the Fraulauterner settlement .

history

After the village of Fraulautern grew significantly after the Second World War , its own pastoral care center was established on August 24, 1957 on the Fraulautern settlement, the Kreuzberg . On January 1, 1961, the pastoral care office was elevated to a parish . The emergency church was regularly so overcrowded at this time that some parishioners had to celebrate the service outside.

The construction of a new church was approved by the Trier diocese in November 1959 . The groundbreaking ceremony took place on August 15, 1960, and the new church was consecrated in the name of St. Joseph on May 1, 1963 . The architect of the St. Josefs Church was Toni Laub from Saarwellingen .

building

The church is about 20 meters high and can be reached via a few steps and a path from the rectory . While the actual building is about 20 meters from the street, the 35-meter high church tower with the showcase is right on the street.

The interior of the church has a wooden ceiling. On the wall above the altar there is a large image of Jesus Christ on the cross, whose lips are shaped into a you .

The nave runs through a series of colorful church windows, which are at the top of the walls on the left and right. A confessional is integrated into each of these two walls .

organ

In 1982 the organ of the church was built by the Saarland company Hugo Mayer Orgelbau . The instrument is located slightly offset on the gallery, has a total of 16 registers , three normal couplers and playing aids, two manuals and a pedal .

The church organ dates from 1982

Disposition

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Coupling flute 8th'
3. Octave 4 ′
4th Duplicate 2 ′
5. Mixture 4f 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
6th Trumpet 8th'
II swell positive C – g 3
7th Reed flute 8th'
8th. recorder 4 ′
9. Principal 2 ′
10. Sesquialter 2f
11. Scharff 3f 1'
12. Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
13. Sub-bass 16 ′
14th Metal flute 8th'
15th Chorale bass 4 ′
16. bassoon 16 ′

Bells

Church building, in front of it mining memorial with bell

There are a total of three bells in the church tower , which can be controlled via a switch box in the sacristy . The bells are powered electrically. In the first few years, the bell was rung by hand, i.e. by rope.

Until 2017, a monument to the miners with a bronze bell from 1918 was mounted between the bell tower and the church building. This was the bell of the Apollonia Chapel in Fraulautern until 1944 .

This monument in the form of a route extension is now located near the Trinity Church .

Bell jar Chime material Weight diameter
1 a ' steel approx. 500 kg approx. 85 cm
2 c '' steel approx. 225 kg approx. 70 cm
3 d '' steel approx. 115 kg approx. 60 cm

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Coordinates: 49 ° 19 ′ 56.8 "  N , 6 ° 46 ′ 56.3"  E