St. Josef (Saxony near Ansbach)
St. Josef is a Roman Catholic church in Saxony near Ansbach in the Herrieden dean's office of the Eichstätt diocese . The sacred building named after Joseph of Nazareth was built according to the plans of the architect Franz Kießling .
Parish
The first Catholics came to Saxony in 1872 as railway employees. After the Second World War , the number of Catholics increased sharply due to refugees from Silesia, Bohemia and Moravia. In 1946 it was informally agreed that the Catholic residents of Saxony were allowed to hold services in the Protestant St. Peter and Paul Church in Neukirchen , which was finally contractually agreed on July 23, 1949. They were looked after by the Curate of St. Johannes (Lichtenau) , which was elevated to a parish in 1970.
On November 19, 1961, the Kirchenbauverein Sachsen e. V. founded. On March 21, 1963, a piece of land near the train station was acquired for DM 28,000. On June 21, 1964, the cornerstone was laid and on 5 September 1965, the church was the Eichstätter Bishop Joseph Schröffer ordained . The costs for the construction amounted to almost 1,000,000 DM.
The building showed serious deficiencies, which in the course of the following twenty years caused repairs of over 100,000 DM.
Architecture and church interiors
Franz Kießling drew a rectangular floor plan of 21.80 × 18.60 meters for the sacred building . The lower half consists of four concrete slabs that intersect in a cross shape at the corners. In the upper half there are window facades on all sides, on which a flat roof rests. A larger than life steel cross stands on each side. The church tower is set off to the southwest.
The hall offers 216 seats. The interior decoration includes the Madonna and the Holy Family , which were made by the wood carver Heinrich Pospich from Ansbach . In 1971 a church organ was purchased. In 1980 a bronze relief by Otto Habel was attached to the side of the altar , showing the Seven Works of Mercy in an abstract form . In 1987 a wooden sculpture by Franz Hämmerle was added, depicting the Lamentation of Christ . In 1990 the church got a wooden statue of Josef, which was created by the Füssen sculptor Alois Vogler .
literature
- Hermann Dallhammer: Saxony b. Ansbach: a chronicle . Ansbach 1999, ISBN 3-00-005060-4 , p. 247-254 .
Web links
- Sachsen-Lichtenau on the website bistum-eichstaett.de
- Photo (Christian Altaner)
Individual evidence
- ^ Kießling architecture. In: Franz and Maria Kießling Foundation. Retrieved on July 26, 2020 (German).
- ↑ H. Dallhammer, pp. 249f.
- ↑ H. Dallhammer, p. 251.
- ↑ a b c H. Dallhammer, p. 252.
- ↑ a b H. Dallhammer, p. 254.
- ↑ H. Dallhammer, p. 253.
Parish churches: Holy Spirit (Wassertrüdingen) | Heart of Jesus (Bechhofen) | Visitation of the Virgin Mary (Großlellenfeld) | Visitation of the Virgin Mary (Rauenzell) | Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Wolframs-Eschenbach) | Our Lady of Sorrows (Weinberg) | St. Antonius (Mörsach) | St. Blasius (Arberg) | St. Bonifatius (Dietenhofen) | St. Bonifatius (Windsbach) | St. Franziskus (Neuendettelsau) | St. Jakobus (Elbersroth) | St. James (Ornbau) | St. Johannes (Lichtenau) | St. Laurentius (Großenried) | St. Nikolaus (Burgoberbach) | St. Nikolaus (Mitteleschenbach) | St. Peter and Paul (Aurach) | St. Vitus (Neunstetten) | St. Vitus and Deocar (Herrieden) | St. Vitus (Veitsaurach) | Our Lady (Heilsbronn)
Filial churches, cemetery churches and chapels: Chapel (Kettersbach) | St. Josef (Saxony near Ansbach) | St. Leonhard (Burgoberbach) | St. Nikolaus von Flüe (Weidenbach) | St. Sebastian (Wolframs-Eschenbach) | St. Walburga (Mitteleschenbach) | Our Lady (Herrieden) | To the crucified savior (Gersbach)
Coordinates: 49 ° 17 ′ 36.1 ″ N , 10 ° 39 ′ 38.5 ″ E