St. Joseph the Worker (Send)

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St. Joseph the Worker, 2019

The Church of St. Josef der Arbeiter is a Roman Catholic parish church in Senden in the Neu-Ulm deanery of the Diocese of Augsburg . It is centrally located in the city center, south of Kirchensteige-Strasse.

History and structure

The church was built between 1958 and 1960 at the request of the Roman Catholic parish with the consent of the city ​​council . It is one of more than forty church buildings that were designed by the Bad Hindelang architect Thomas Wechs . The consecration took place by the Augsburg Bishop Josef Freundorfer on July 23, 1960.

The widely recognizable separate church tower - the tallest structure in the city - is considered a landmark . The bells come from the Passau bell foundry Rudolf Perner . There is a golden cross on the tower . Which are at the four end sides of the tower dials a clock tower mounted. On the outside wall of the church tower you can find the following saying by Freundorfer:

“This place of worship is on the street where people and people's new vehicles rush by. It calls out to the street: 'You wanderers and those who hurry and hurry up do not forget about God and do not forget about the love that God commands us. Do not forget you who hurry and wander that you hurry and wander are on God. Do not forget the law of intercourse, which is the law of considerate love. Here is the Lord of life and death. Take care of life. Here is the God of love pay attention to his commandments of love. '"

- 2.8.1958 Bishop Dr Josef Freundorfer.

Inside on the choir wall, a bronze cross by the sculptor Max Faller depicts the Transfiguration of the Lord . The wooden sculpture of the church patron St. Josef the worker in the choir was created by Franz Hämmerle in 2002. The wooden ceiling was painted by the Augsburg artist Georg Bernhard. In twelve round colored pictures he depicts scenes from the salvation history of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible . The windows are inlaid in antique glass . In 2013 the church and tower were partially renovated.

organ

Organ of the parish church of St. Joseph the Worker (2017)

The organ was built in 1958 by Orgelbau Sandtner from Dillingen an der Donau , renovated and redesigned in 2016.

literature

  • Winfried Nerdinger (Ed.): Thomas Wechs. Writings of the Architekturmuseum Schwaben. Volume 6. Reimer, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-496-01340-0 .

Web links

Commons : St. Joseph the Worker  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ File: St. Joseph the Worker (Senden) (6) .JPG. In: Wikimedia Commons. April 4, 2019, accessed April 4, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Südwest-Presse: Renovation of the Church of St Joseph the Workers from May 3, 2016, accessed on November 8, 2018

Coordinates: 48 ° 19 '36.7 "  N , 10 ° 2' 21.8"  E