St. Konrad (Landshut)
The Roman Catholic parish church St. Konrad (short: Konradkirche ) in the Lower Bavarian district capital Landshut is a modern church that was built in 1950/51 according to the plans of the Munich architect Friedrich Ferdinand Haindl . The church patron is the holy brother Konrad von Parzham (Remembrance Day: April 21).
location
Since the parish of St. Konrad is to the left of the Kleine Isar , it belongs to the diocese of Regensburg . The parish of St. Konrad extends over the northeast of the Landshut urban area and includes, among other things, the industrial area east of the Landshut – Plattling railway line . It also includes parts of the market town of Ergolding , whose spiritual center is the St. Johannes branch church , consecrated in 1996, in the Piflas district.
history
With the establishment of the municipal slaughterhouse in 1906, the so-called slaughterhouse district on both sides of Regensburger Strasse began to flourish - today's parish area, which was previously only sparsely populated. At that time it belonged to the parish of St. Nikola . The residents' urgent desire for their own church was met with initial plans in 1939, but these had to be postponed for the time being due to the Second World War . It was not until the Holy Year 1950, on August 20, that the foundation stone for the church building could be laid according to the plans of the Munich architect Friedrich Ferdinand Haindl. At Christmas 1951, the new church was benediziert , 21-22. Consecrated in May 1952 by Archbishop Michael Buchberger . On February 2, 1952, St. Konrad and the Ergoldingen district of Piflas were raised to a parish. In 1957 the Ergolding-West settlement was added to the parish district.
In 1956 the parish opened a first, no longer existing kindergarten on Auerweg in the industrial area. In the following year, next to the parish church, the parsonage with parish office and library was built. In 1975 the St. Konrad kindergarten , which still exists today, opened across from the parish church. In 1981 a parish hall with a hall, club room, group rooms and kitchen was added to the parish church . In 1991 the St. Johannes Kindergarten opened in Pfilas. In 1995/96 the branch church St. Johannes was built next to it
description
architecture
The church, consecrated in 1952, is part of the church building of the 1920s and 1930s, which was breaking away from historicism , and is a typical hall building from the post-war period. However, contrary to the traditional design, it faces west. On the east side, which also contains the main portal , the saddle-roofed nave has a high, temple-front-like vestibule. This rests on four round pillars and leans on the side of the rather low bell tower, which to a certain extent forms the south-eastern corner pillar of the church. The Konrad Chapel is located on the first floor of the tower and has rosette-like windows with glass paintings on three sides . Otherwise the tower is not structured except for the clocks and sound openings on the upper floors. A gable roof topped by a cross forms the top towards the top. On the west side, the nave adjoins the altar house, which is also housed under a gable roof. However, this is a little higher than the longhouse.
The interior is spanned by a high flat ceiling with a cove. At the side, wall pillars divide the nave into six bays , which are illuminated by two high, arched windows on each side. The main portal is on the east side, above which the organ gallery is drawn. There is also a side portal, which is arranged on the south side in the third yoke from the east. The choir, which is slightly drawn in by a protruding wall, is raised by eight steps like a stage and is illuminated by five closely spaced windows with glass paintings on the front wall. A flat dome , which cannot be seen from the outside, is embedded in the ceiling , which draws its light from two groups of five high-rise windows and thus provides additional lighting for the altar area.
Furnishing
The five glass windows on the front wall of the choir, which the Landshut-born painter Willi Geiger created in 1952, look like the panels on a Gothic winged altar . Each of the windows is divided into four fields arranged one above the other. These can be read line by line. In the top line on the left the Cistercian Abbot and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux can be seen, who is embraced by the crucified Christ in a vision . This is a reference to the mother parish of St. Nikola, which for centuries was subordinate to the Cistercian Abbey of Seligenthal . This is followed in the three central windows (from left to right) depictions of the theological virtues of faith (cross), love (heart) and hope (anchor). On the far right is a picture of the church patron, Konrad von Parzham. In the three remaining lines (from top to bottom) the mysteries of the joyful, painful and glorious Rosary are presented in the order in which they are prayed.
The shell limestone altar table was created in 1982 as part of the liturgical redesign that had become necessary due to the Second Vatican Council . The altar comes from the Munich artist Christine Stadler and shows a bronze relief of the Emmaus meal on the front . Behind the altar, on a two-tier pedestal, is the from the Regensburg artist Jakob Helmer jun. Original bronze tabernacle stele . Next to the actual tabernacle there are donated Rococo figures of the Mother of God Mary (right) and the “favorite disciple” Johannes (left). These are supplemented by a wheel cross with a body to form the crucifixion group .
In the course of the redesign of 1982, seven-armed bronze candlesticks were positioned on the two former side altars, the middle arm of which each contains a figurative representation: on the left the calling of Peter through Christ as a “ fisher of men”, on the right “ Maria Gravida ”, who carries the Son of God under her heart . A life-size carved figure is attached above the candlesticks. The left is from the destroyed in World War II Regensburg Obermünster Church and provides - matches placed beneath font - John the Baptist . Represents This is a figure from the early Baroque high altar of the church, which was built 1628th The right figure is a mother of God with baby Jesus , which was made by the Oberammergau sculptor Hans Klucker based on a late Gothic model. On the right side of the nave there is also a baroque sculpture of Maria Immaculata , which dates from the first quarter of the 18th century. On the left side of the nave, the modern pulpit is attached to the wall pillar between the first and second yoke . The fourteen Stations of the Cross were made in 1960 by the sculptor Friedrich Hirsch .
The carved figures of the former side altars are also by Hirsch. The protective mantle Madonna from 1953 was positioned next to the main portal, the holy brother Konrad as a friend of the "little people" in the Konrad chapel on the ground floor of the tower. The three windows of this chapel are provided with abstract glass paintings by the Landshut painter Franz Högner from 1952. These refer to the work of the triune God - God the Father as Creator, God the Son as Redeemer, God the Holy Spirit as healer.
A characteristic of the church are the numerous stucco reliefs from 1952. In the flat dome of the altar house, the Lamb of Revelation is depicted on the book with the seven seals . On the ceiling of the nave, the eight Beatitudes of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount ( Mt 5,3-11 EU ) are arranged around a medallion depicting the Holy Trinity. The four evangelists Matthew , Mark , Luke and John can be seen at the pulpit corob, and the seven sacraments baptism , confirmation , Eucharist , penance , marriage , ordination and anointing of the sick on the balustrade .
organ
The organ of the parish church was built in 1956 by the organ builder Michael Weise from Plattling and has a total of 44 registers . It is currently in very poor condition and will be replaced by a completely new instrument in the near future.
Bells
In the tower of the Konradkirche there is a six-part B flat major chime from the Landshut bell foundry Johann Hahn . The four larger bells were cast in 1961, while the two smaller ones had already been purchased in 1952. The bells in detail are:
| No. | Surname | Casting year | Caster | Weight [kg] | Chime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Christ bell | 1961 | Johann Hahn, Landshut | 2741 | b 0 |
| 2. | Marienbell | 1825 | c 1 | ||
| 3. | Gabriel Bell | 1294 | d 1 | ||
| 4th | St. John's Bell | 820 | f 1 | ||
| 5. | Brother Konrad bell | 1952 | 600 | g 1 | |
| 6th | Joseph Bell | 271 | b 1 |
literature
- Lothar Altmann: Landshut - churches of the parish of St. Konrad (= Small Art Guide No. 2808). Schnell & Steiner publishing house, Regensburg 2012.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Altmann, p. 2f.
- ↑ a b Altmann, p. 6.
- ↑ a b c d e Altmann, pp. 8–11.
- ^ Organs . Online at www.stkonrad-landshut.de. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
- ↑ Altmann, p. 8.
- ↑ Landshut, Parish Church of St. Konrad . Online at glockenklaenge.de. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 ′ 40.1 ″ N , 12 ° 9 ′ 9.8 ″ E