St. Casimir (Seelenberg)
The Church of St. Casimir is a Catholic church in Seelenberg , a district of Schmitten . It is the seat of the parish of the same name in the pastoral area Usinger Land / Schmitten . The church is a listed building .
history
In 1272 there is documentary evidence that Eppstein donated a chapel in Seelenberg to the Retters monastery . Later excavations uncovered the foundations of two former St. Otmar chapels.
The Mainz canon Count Casimir Ferdinand Waldbott von Bassenheim had the Holy Blood Church built. The consecration of the church took place on October 5, 1711 by the Mainz auxiliary bishop Johann Edmund Gedult von Jungsfeld . Later it was rededicated to the St. Casimir Church.
In 1874 the church received an organ with 11 registers. The organ was built by the Igstadt master organ builder Christian Friedrich Voigt . The organ was last overhauled in 1998.
In 1950 the church received two new bells.
The Walldürner Kreuz has been a destination for pilgrimages for centuries. Today the pilgrimages are limited to the nearby Feldberg area. The coat of arms of the Bassenheim family is shown above the church portal
In 1953 the rectory was built. From 1946 Josef Putzer was vicar in Seelenberg.
literature
- Handbook of the Diocese of Limburg, as of January 1, 1958, page 198 (Oberreifenberg church), 202–203 (Seelenberg church)
- Church guide Hochtaunus ( Online p. 64 ; PDF; 4.8 MB, accessed on December 22, 2019)
Web links
- St. Casimir Seelenberg
- State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Catholic Church of St. Casimir In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 35.8 ″ N , 8 ° 24 ′ 46.9 ″ E