St. Joseph (Klostermansfeld)

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The Church of St. Joseph is the Catholic church in Klostermansfeld ( Verbandsgemeinde Mansfelder Grund-Helbra ) in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in Saxony-Anhalt . It is under monument protection and is entered in the monument register with registration number 094 65321 as a monument .

View from the northeast

location

The church is located in the north of Klostermansfeld above Chausseestrasse. A small set of stairs leads up to it.

History and architecture

Due to the increased immigration of Catholics into the previously evangelical region of the Mansfeld mountain range in the 19th century, the desire for new Catholic churches soon arose. These were not only built in cities, but also partly in villages. At that time the area belonged to the Archdiocese of Paderborn and its cathedral and diocesan master builder Arnold Güldenpfennig also designed the church of Klostermansfeld, construction of which began in 1892 and was completed in 1893. A brick building with side aisles and a three-story tower, which is typical for the architect, was built on the north side and is 30 meters high. The once slate roof has now been replaced by beaver tails.

On June 1, 1894, the consecration took place by Bishop Hubert Theophil Simar , who had consecrated the newly built Catholic Church of Hettstedt the day before . On January 1, 1919, the vicariate became a branch church, which was elevated to a parish church on October 6, 1948, which was also officially recognized a month and a half later. With the resurrection of the Magdeburg diocese , the church came to this and on January 28, 2007 it was incorporated into the community association of Mansfelder Land. Towards the end of 2010, the church for the parish of St. Georg Hettstedt was struck.

The exterior is clearly neo-Gothic , with the windows in particular catching the eye. These are inspired by the early Gothic style at the choir, but feature modern paintings. There are slightly smaller windows on the ship, five on the east side and only four on the west side. It is typical of Güldenpfennig churches that the slightly retracted bell tower is flanked by a stair tower.

Interior and outfit

The interior was simply designed with a pointed barrel. The aisles are separated from the nave by round arcades on rectangular pillars. The historicizing interior was financed with donations.

literature

  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments. Saxony Anhalt II. Administrative districts Dessau and Halle. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-422-03065-4 .
  • List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt , Volume 16.1, District Mansfeld-Südharz (I), Altkreis Eisleben, prepared by Anja Tietz and others, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg, ISBN 978-3-7319-0130-3 .
  • Eberhard Eigendorf: Churches in the Mansfelder Land - construction processes in the 19th and 20th centuries. (= Journal for Local Research; Supplement 7), André Gursky Verlag, Halle 2002, ISBN 3-929389-38-X .

Web links

Commons : St. Joseph (Klostermansfeld)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments of the state of Saxony-Anhalt (pdf) - answer of the state government to a small question for written answer (the MPs Olaf Meister and Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert; Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen) - printed matter 6/3905 from March 19, 2015 (KA 6/8670)
  2. ↑ Eigendorf, pp. 64-66.
  3. ↑ Eigendorf, pp. 68-69.
  4. ^ Catholic parish of Saint George. Retrieved September 1, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Eigendorf, p. 69. He confuses the cardinal points, however.
  6. ^ Dehio, p. 371.
  7. ↑ List of monuments, 16.1, p. 59.

Coordinates: 51 ° 35 ′ 14 "  N , 11 ° 29 ′ 26.6"  E