St. Laurentius (Neuendettelsau)
St. Laurentius is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Neuendettelsau named after the Roman deacon and martyr Laurentius . It serves as the liturgical center of the Diakonie Neuendettelsau and belongs to the St. Nikolai community in Neuendettelsau . It is popularly referred to as the institutional church , as it was originally only used by the deaconess institution.
Building history
The original church was based on plans by the builder Georg Eberlein and his pupil Max Gaab . It was designed in the neo-Gothic style in a planning phase from 1882 to 1885 , although there were considerable differences in detail between the two builders. Ultimately, the decision was made in favor of Gaab, who largely dispensed with decorations in favor of a simple external appearance. The foundation stone was laid on April 21, 1885, and the topping-out ceremony was celebrated at Pentecost 1886. Since the estimated costs of 64,000 marks were exceeded by approx. 12,000 marks, the completion was delayed until June 1887, so that the church consecration could not be celebrated until June 29, 1887.
In 1926, the then rector Hans Lauerer commissioned the architect German Bestelmeyer to remodel the church, which had meanwhile become too small. This tried to expand it based on the St. Sebaldus Church in Nuremberg. The old choir and tower were to give way to a new choir and two new towers. An extension with 300 seats and a new west facade were also planned. A construction volume of 420,000 marks was estimated. After a construction period of less than two years, the topping-out ceremony was held on June 3, 1929. Even before the stone facade of the west portal was completed, the first service was celebrated in the extended church on November 2, 1930.
The neo-Gothic spire from 1887 is placed in a small park near the church.
organ
On the gallery of the western extension building there is now a three-manual work with an electropneumatic action and 41 stops . It is still essentially the Steinmeyer - organ from 1930, but it came in the first half of the 1970s to a conversion, and in which. a. the prospectus has been redesigned and given a housing. The former choir organ was then integrated into the main work.
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Coupling: III / II, III / I, II / I, III / P, II / P, I / P
Playing aids: 64-fold setting system, tutti, shutter release, crescendo roller
Effect register: Zimbelstern (can be activated via piston)
Bells
Today's chimes include four bells, one of which is from the old church, which was cast in 1929.
Surname | Jewellery | Nominal | Weight in kg | Casting year | Caster | annotation |
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Serve | Deaconess coat of arms | e '+ 5 | 1,200 | 1954 | Heinrich Kurtz | |
Come | Alpha, cross, omega | f sharp '+ 7 | 840 | 1954 | Heinrich Kurtz | |
Watch | none | a '+ 6 | 490 | 1929 | Ernst Ulrich | Oldest bell, does not wear jewelry |
Pray | praying hands according to Dürer | cis "+6 | 250 | 1954 | Heinrich Kurtz |
literature
- Marco Popp: St. Laurentius Neuendettelsau: the church of the Evangelical Lutheran Diakoniewerk . Kunstverlag Fink, Lindenberg im Allgäu 2012, ISBN 978-3-89870-702-2 .
- Hans Rößler: 111 years Laurentius Church Neuendettelsau , in: ders. (Ed.): 700 years Neuendettelsau , Neuendettelsau 1998, pp. 111–129.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 17 ′ 18.5 ″ N , 10 ° 47 ′ 2.5 ″ E