St. Laurentius (Hügelsheim)
St. Laurentius is the neo-Romanesque Catholic basilica and parish church in Hügelsheim , a municipality in the Rastatt district in Baden-Württemberg . It belongs to the dean's office of Baden-Baden in the Roman Catholic diocese of Freiburg . The sacred building is dedicated to the Roman deacon and martyr Laurentius of Rome .
location
The main road through Hügelsheim runs from the southwest in a northeastern direction through the town. About in the middle of the district , the Rheinstraße branches off to the north. The church is a few hundred meters further northeast of this intersection. It's not fenced in .
history
A first sacred building in Hügelsheim was mentioned on June 24, 1396, when the church keepers Frietscho, Johannes and Henselin donated a chapel together with the community . At that time, Hügelsheim still belonged to the then independent town of Stollhofen , which was part of Rheinmünster in the 21st century , and was obliged to take early measurements. Another predecessor building has come down to us from 1499, which could have been a replacement for the chapel. This building was badly damaged by a flood of the Rhine at the beginning of the 16th century and therefore received an indulgence from Bishop Albert of Strasbourg with effect from February 6, 1503 . On July 29, 1504, Hügelsheim was separated from the mother church in Stollhofen and raised to an independent parish . The faithful received permission from the Strasbourg bishop Erasmus Schenk von Limpurg on March 31, 1546 to build a new church. However, this was largely destroyed by the effects of the war in the Palatinate War of Succession . Nevertheless, in 1756 she received a small bell that was cast by Matthäus Edel in the Strasbourg bell foundry Edel .
1819 suggested church for the first time to build a new church. On February 22, 1842, she commissioned the master carpenter Josef Mauterer from Ötigheim and the master mason Erasmus Dürr from Rastatt to build the building for 31,000 guilders . It should be 121 feet long and 55 feet and 5 inches wide. The work began on June 27, 1842 with the laying of the foundation stone in the presence of Dean Gregor Daniel and was completed on December 24, 1843 with the consecration of the church . In April 1854, the parish bought three classicistic altars from Ulm and had them repaired; The high altar was consecrated at the end of 1856 . In 1860 the bell that Edel had cast in 1756 jumped. It has been replaced by a new one from the Grüninger bell foundry in Villingen-Schwenningen.
During the First World War , the parish had to ring the bell except for the 11 o'clock bell as part of a metal donation by the German people ; they got lost. After the end of the war, pastor Kast tried to get new bells. They did reach Hügelsheim in 1924; but three of them had to be returned in the Second World War . Once again the parish tried to get a replacement and on March 16, 1948, they received three new bells from the Heinrich Humpert bell foundry in Brilon . In addition to the new acquisitions in October 1954, heating and renovation of the church doors were added. In 1963 and 1964 the tower was renovated, a new confessional was installed in the arch of the tower and the sacristy was rebuilt. A year later the interior of the ship was renovated, new windows were installed and new chairs were put up. The work was provisionally completed with the inauguration of a new organ from the workshop of Wilhelm Schwarz & Sohn on October 1, 1967. Almost two years later, the new high altar was inaugurated by Auxiliary Bishop Karl Gnädinger . The altar contains relics of the two brothers and saints Faustinus and Jovita .
From 1994 to 1995 the parish carried out another renovation of the interior. In July 1997 a new altar and an ambo were added, created by the Karlsruhe sculptor Frido Lehr . Roof renovation was carried out from August 2013 to March 2014.
Building description
The choir , like the other components of the building, was made of red sandstone . It has not moved in and has a five-eighths closure , the corners of which are emphasized with pilaster strips . In the lower area it is completely closed and only has arched windows with a profiled reveal in the upper area in the extension of the upper aisle of the nave . In the fields, at the transition to the eaves, there is a round-arch-shaped, downwardly open, all-round frieze , while the windowsill as a cornice between the fields provides an optical connection downwards.
The north and south sides of the main and side aisles are symmetrical. From the west and east, between the three bays , is a field divided by pilaster strips with an arched, profiled window. In the middle is a large north and south portal, which was also designed in the shape of a round arch and can be reached by a staircase. At the transition to the roofs, as in the choir, there is a surrounding frieze made of lighter sandstone. The same structure can also be found on the upper storey in the form of seven fields with corresponding windows. The east wall of the north aisle also has an identically designed, albeit narrower, window with an overlying cross and a frieze on the gable . A basement can be reached via stairs . On the east wall of the south aisle is another gate, which can also be reached via a staircase; also a cross in the gable.
The west tower takes up the width of the aisles. There are three arched gates on the lower floor, each decorated by two columns of the Tuscan order (corresponding to the lower floor) with a profile on the transom . The wedge stones as well as the keystone are made of massive sandstone. There is a circular opening above each aisle. In comparison, the upper floor of the tower looks graceful and consists initially of a square base that tapers into an octagonal floor with a sound arcade embedded on each side . It is decorated by an overlying round arch frieze. This is followed by an area optically separated by a cornice with a tower clock in each of the cardinal points and a further bell storey with significantly larger sound arcades, which are decorated with a corner frieze. This is followed by the kinked spire with a cross.
Furnishing
The main altar was built with classical forms and kept in a light brown color. It is richly decorated with gold and has the tabernacle in the middle behind a crucifix . The Ascension of Christ can be seen in the main field, two more figures in two arched niches. The left one carries a crook and a miter , the right a cross staff and presumably represents John the Baptist . They are accompanied by tendrils and acanthus as well as two putti looking into the field at the upper corners . Two angels stand above it. The main field ends with a gable that is decorated with foliage and a cross in the middle. The sanctuary is kept in light colors and is structured by white pilaster strips that form light yellow fields. At the transition to the upper choir windows there is a surrounding frieze that opens downwards. The evangelists are depicted in the windows above , with a ray of sun in the middle.
The side altar in the north nave is essentially made of marble . Maria can be seen in the main field . It is framed by two Tuscan columns that support a gable with a radiant sun. In front of it is an octagonal fifth made of red sandstone. There is a comparable altar in the south aisle. On two yokes in the north aisle there are Mary with the baby Jesus and Laurentius of Rome, who holds the martyr's palm in his right hand and the iron grate as an iconographic saint's attribute in his left .
To the southwest in front of the building there is a hall cross from 1906. It shows Jesus Christ on the cross, was made of sandstone and is a foundation of the parish. The inscription reads: "Turn to me because I redeem you" from the book of Isaiah ( Isa 44,24 EU ). To the north-west of the building there is a memorial stone with the inscription “Strasbourg - Dijon”. It commemorates the siege and conquest of Strasbourg and Dijon in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 and 1871.
organ
On the west gallery is a Pfaff - organ from 1967. It has the following disposition :
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
Bells
In the 21st century, the ringing consists of a total of four bells. The largest bell at 900 kg is dedicated to St. Lawrence. It was created - like the other two - on March 16, 1948 in the bell foundry in Brilon, bears the inscription “LAURENTIUSGLOCKE: LAURENTIUS, THAT EXISTED RUST, STRENGTHEN THE FAITH! UMBRELLAS OUR COUNTRY! "And has the percussive f ' . The second bell with the strike sound as' weighs 540 kg and is dedicated to Mary. The inscription reads: MARIENBELL: HILF MOTTER WHO KNOWS MOTHER'S PAIN! THE WORLD BECOMES ONE WHEN IT CALLS YOU MOTHER . The JOSEPHSBELL is significantly smaller at 390 kg. It has the striking note b ' and the INSCRIPTION: "JOSEPHSGLOCKE: GUIDED US SAFE, GUIDED OUR LORD, THROUGH TIME AND DEATH TO ETERNITY!". The fourth bell is special because it dates from 1756 or after being cast in 1860 from the Edel bell foundry. It is the Sacred Heart Bell, which weighs 180 kg and has a c '' strike.
Web links
- Parish church Hügelsheim , website of the pastoral care unit Sinzheim-Hügelsheim, accessed on June 16, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Crosses and wayside shrines in Hügelsheim , website of the pastoral care unit Sinzheim-Hügelsheim, accessed on June 16, 2017.
- ^ Orgel Hügelsheim , website of the pastoral care unit Sinzheim-Hügelsheim, accessed on June 16, 2017.
- ↑ Glocken Hügelsheim , website of the pastoral care unit Sinzheim-Hügelsheim, accessed on June 16, 2017.
Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ′ 50.8 " N , 8 ° 6 ′ 39.3" E