St. Conrad of Parzham (Oker)
The church Sankt Konrad von Parzham , also known as St. Konrad for short , is the Catholic church in Oker , a district of Goslar in Lower Saxony . It belongs to the parish of St. Jakobus the Elder , based in Goslar, in the Goslar-Salzgitter deanery of the Hildesheim diocese . The church, named after St. Konrad von Parzham , is located at Blumenstraße 1 (corner of St.-Konrad-Straße).
history
In the 16th century, the population in the Goslar area became Evangelical-Lutheran through the introduction of the Reformation . The first church in Oker, founded in 1527, the Martin Luther Church , built from 1823 , was Protestant-Lutheran.
After a result of the Second World War, the number of Catholics in the area around Goslar by the influx of refugees and displaced persons had increased greatly formed in Oker a Catholic parish. Before that, Oker belonged to the parish of St. Jakobus the Elder in Goslar. In April 1947 Pastor Georg Friebös took up his work in the newly established Vicarie Oker. He came from Pilsnitz (district of Wroclaw ), where he was already active as a pastor at a church with the patronage of St. Konrad von Parzham . Initially, the Catholic services in Oker took place in the Evangelical Martin Luther Church.
On June 3, 1951, the foundation stone was laid for the St. Konrad Church, and on March 23, 1952, Bishop Joseph Godehard Machens gave her consecration . On October 1, 1957, the Vicarie Oker was elevated to a parish, and on October 1, 1970 to a parish.
Since July 1, 2007, the church has belonged to the then newly established deanery Goslar – Salzgitter, previously it belonged to the deanery Goslar. On April 30th, 2009, the Friends of St. Konrad Oker was founded to secure the preservation of the church. The church was renovated inside in 2013 and outside in 2014, carried out by community volunteers.
Architecture and equipment
The church with its bell tower crowned with a cross was built according to plans by Josef Fehlig and seats around 180 visitors. To the left and right of the chancel there are statues of St. Mary , in front of which sacrificial candles can be placed, as well as the patron saint of the church, St. Konrad von Parzham. Your Way of the Cross comprising 15 stations was designed by Claus Kilian in 1979 . Under the organ gallery are the confessional and the image of Mary known from the Schoenstatt Movement, Refuge of sinners . Next to the church is the Pater-Christelbach-Haus, the parish hall belonging to the church.
organ
Of Orgelbaumeister Manfred Gaulke from Hüddessum erected organ has 10 registers on two manuals and pedal .
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See also
literature
- Willi Stoffers: Diocese of Hildesheim today. Hildesheim 1987, ISBN 3-87065-418-X , pp. 108-109
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Kirchlicher Anzeiger. No. 6/2007, pp. 142-143
- ↑ http://www.katholische-kirche-nordharz.de/nachrichten/details/st-konrad-kirche-im-neuen-glanz/
Coordinates: 51 ° 53 ′ 46.9 " N , 10 ° 28 ′ 45.3" E