St. Joseph (Waldfischbach)

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St. Joseph

The Catholic parish church of St. Joseph in Waldfischbach

Basic data
Denomination Catholic
place Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Germany
Patronage Joseph of Nazareth
Building history
Client Karl Foltz
architect Wilhelm Schulte II.
construction time 1929-1930
Building description
inauguration August 31, 1930
Architectural style Romanesque
Construction type three-aisled sandstone basilica
Coordinates 49 ° 17 '4.3 "  N , 7 ° 39' 9.8"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 17 '4.3 "  N , 7 ° 39' 9.8"  E
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The Church of St. Joseph is a Roman Catholic parish church in Waldfischbach , municipality of Waldfischbach-Burgalben , district of Südwestpfalz , Rhineland-Palatinate . Saint Joseph is the church patron . The church is a cultural monument of the district of Südwestpfalz under monument protection . Because of its size, the church is also called "West Palatinate Cathedral".

history

View inside the church
Organ gallery, including the reliefs for Pastor Karl Foltz and his sister

The Church of St. Joseph was built in 1929–1930 according to plans by the architect Wilhelm Schulte II ( Neustadt an der Weinstrasse ). It was called St. Joseph on the Mountain to distinguish it from the Church of St. Joseph on Hauptstrasse ( in the valley ) , consecrated in 1863 , which was profaned in 1930.

The previous Catholic church in the town had become too small for the larger population. At a prominent location, on the mountain above the confluence of the Fischbach and Schwarzbach rivers , the parish priest Karl Foltz (1865–1961) , who had been in office since 1907, had the new St. Joseph Church built, for which he had established a church building association as early as 1925 . His sister Franziska Habermann had emigrated to the USA, where she ran a meat factory with her husband and owned a large fortune. On the mediation of her brother, the widowed sister - who had nothing to do with Waldfischbach personally - sent large sums from the USA to build the new church in his parish, and Foltz himself contributed whatever he could with his own money. On July 7, 1929, the foundation stone was laid by Bishop Ludwig Sebastian , who also consecrated the church on August 31, 1930 . At the same time, a new rectory was built on the south side of the choir. In total, Pastor Foltz and his sister had donated almost half a million Reichsmarks for the property, church and rectory. Then both financed the further interior work and the inventory. Prelate Karl Foltz died in 1961 and was given a grave of honor in the baptistery of his church. In addition, the parish had a bronze relief made in the church as a memorial to him and his sister. The political community Waldfischbach-Burgalben named the Prälat-Foltz-Straße after him.

Architecture and equipment

In the church buildings is a romanisierende dreischiffige sandstone - Basilica , wherein the aisles are lower than the nave . A double tower facade with three entrance portals forms the front, next to which a baptistery with a dome is attached to the right . To the nave with eight window axes , a close rotunda on, the in the choir room is.

The interior of the church is characterized by arcades on the left and right side of the central nave, behind which the aisles lie. A Way of the Cross is painted over the arcades , a work by the Munich painter Walter Bertram . The choir, which houses the high altar with tabernacle in a gilded retable , is separated from the nave by three arches , the middle arch resting on pillars . On the back wall of the choir there are wall paintings and the letters Alpha and Omega . Above the central nave there is a flat, wooden coffered ceiling , which is divided by wooden cross beams .

organ

The organ of the church was built in 1960 as opus 700 by the company Gebr. Späth Orgelbau ( Mengen ).

I main work
1. Gedacktpommer 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Open flute 8th'
4th octave 4 ′
5. Reed flute 4 ′
6th Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th octave 2 ′
8th. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
9. Mixture V
10. Trumpet 8th'
II swell
11. Paddock 8th'
12. Salizional 8th'
13. Singing principal 4 ′
14th Night horn 4 ′
15th Sif flute 2 ′
16. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
17th Rauschpfeife II
18th Scharff IV
19th Bassethorn 8th'
20th Clarine 4 ′
Tremulant
III Rückpositiv
21st Wood-covered 8th'
22nd Quintad 8th'
23. recorder 4 ′
24. Principal 2 ′
25th Cymbel III
26th Sesquialter II
27. Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
pedal
28. Principal bass 16 ′
29 Sub bass 16 ′
30th Octave bass 8th'
31. Covered bass 8th'
32. Choral bass 4 ′
33. Back set IV
34. trombone 16 ′
  • Coupling : II / III, II / III 16, II / I, I / III, I / P, II / P, III / P

Bells

The bell consists of six bronze bells made by Hermann Hamm from Frankenthal. After the Second World War, five bells could be purchased in 1951. Five years later, Hamm added a larger bell to the chime as 0 . The large St. Trinity bell from 1956, with a weight of 4084 kg and a diameter of 197 cm, is one of the largest works by the bell founder. At the same time, the six-part bell with a total weight of 9155 kg is the heaviest bell ringing in the West Palatinate. The bells ring out at high festivals and very special occasions.

No. Surname volume Casting year Foundry, casting location Weight
(kg) 		Diameter
(cm)
1 St. Trinity as 0 1956 Hermann Hamm,
Frankenthal		 4084 197
2 Christ the King c 1 1951 2020 156
3 St. Mary it 1 1205 131
4th St. Joseph f 1 878 117
5 St. Barbara g 1 613 104
6th Guardian Angel b 1 355 88

literature

  • Clemens Jöckle : St. Joseph in Waldfischbach. Thoughts on the connection between central space and basilica in modern church construction. Wilhelm Schulte in memoriam. 1977, p. 10.
  • 800 years of Waldfischbach. 1182-1982. Home book for the 800th anniversary. (Ed .: Ortgemeinde Waldfischbach-Burgalben by the Festschrift working group) Waldfischbach-Burgalben 1982.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district of Südwestpfalz. Mainz 2020, p. 49 (PDF; 8.7 MB).
  2. ↑ a b c St. Joseph, Waldfischbach-Burgalben. ( Memento from January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Diocese of Speyer; Retrieved August 14, 2012
  3. ↑ St. Joseph. In: www.kath-pfarrei-waldfischbach.de. Retrieved July 26, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Julia Haase and Stefanie Heinrichs: Sports hall, hairdresser, apartment. In: www.katholisch.de. October 29, 2016, accessed July 26, 2020 .
  5. ^ Julius Konrad: 100 years of the Catholic parish Waldfischbach-Burgalben. (Festschrift) Waldfischbach 1972.
  6. ↑ A long life in the service of the Lord. Prelate Karl Foltz celebrates his 70th anniversary as a priest. In: Der Pilger , No. 34 of 23 August 1959.
  7. ↑ Pictures from the church at www.kath-pfarrei-waldfischbach.de
  8. ^ Opus list (PDF; 71 kB) warndtdom.de; Retrieved August 14, 2012
  9. ↑ Waldfischbach, St. Joseph orgelsite.nl, accessed on August 14, 2012