St. Laurentius (Bobenheim)
 St. Laurentius Church |
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| Basic data | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| place | Bobenheim-Roxheim, Germany |
| diocese | Diocese of Speyer |
| Patronage | Lawrence of Rome |
| Building history | |
| architect | Ludwig Becker |
| construction time | 1897-1898 |
| Building description | |
| Architectural style | Neo-romance |
| Construction type | red sandstone integrated yellow sandstone block construction |
| 49 ° 35 '14.8 " N , 8 ° 21' 23.9" E | |
The church of St. Laurentius in Bobenheim was designed from 1897–1898 by the architect Ludwig Becker from Mainz and built from 1898 onwards. It has 404 seats.
From 1982 to 1983 the church was extensively renovated and received a new organ , which was made by the organ building company Mayer.
Inside the church there is a painted winged altar from 1585, a statue of St. Mauritius and wooden reliefs of the stations of the cross .
In 2009 the exterior of the church was renovated; the sandstone facade was cleaned and the roof was renovated. In this context, the weathercock was also restored.
During the restoration in the 1960s, windows were built into the church by Emil Wachter , also known as the "German Chagall".
The window
Artistic design by Emil Wachter, Karlsruhe. Made by Hubert Deininger, workshop for glass painting, Ulm / Danube.
Description of the windows on the east side from the gallery:
1 window
Matth. 6, 26:
"Look at the birds of the sky: they do not see, they do not harvest, they do not gather in barns - and your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you much more than them?"
A bird, whose helplessness is particularly marked by its short wings, sits trustingly and happily in the crown of a tree, embraced by the blue of the sky and entwined with fruits, leaves and flowers. A small bird is drawn in the blue, which, as soon as it comes to life (color of dawn), also looks up expectantly.
Below we see (from a space perspective) the globe: the gray, blood-stained human working field.
2 Windows
Matth. 6, 28-29
"And what are you concerned about clothing? Look at the lilies of the field, how they grow: they do not toil or spin, but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of them."
We see a wide field over which field flowers grow in all kinds of colors (green, yellow, pink, blue and red).
Above it the wind and the blue sky.
3. Window
Matth. 6, 30
"If then God clothe the grass of the field that stands today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more clothes you, you of little faith!" The flowers of the field pass. We see them green upstairs and wither at once. Below we see them still blooming and burning at the same time. The red bloom merges into the red and brown of the fire and the gray of the ashes. Everything dissolves and falls apart (compare the lower field with the 10th window).
4. Window
Matth. 7, 17
"Every good tree bears good fruit."
We see a splendid tree looming over a wide field, laden with mysterious, delicious fruits: red, blue, golden. Colorful birds (blue - birds of heaven - children of God) have their home on this tree. We see two nests with eggs in them. Below are two baskets full of fruit. Everything is emblazoned with life, fertility and beauty. Symbol of heavenly paradise.
5. Window
Matth. 7, 19
"Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."
How bare and dry, without leaves and without fruit, on the other hand, stands the bad tree. Ready to blow your mind. The ax is ready. This tree is an image of man without God, in the gloom of sin. It's eerie how helpless and desperate he stretches his withered arms out into the night. A bird of the sky (blue) flees from it, while a bat ghostly flutters around it.
But above all gloom, colors of repentance and hope still light up (at the top, bottom and to the side of the tree of life).
Description of the windows on the west side of the choir:
6. Window
Matth. 5.14
"A city on the mountain cannot remain hidden."
We see a towering city with an almost unmistakable sequence of stairs, stairways, arches and gables.
It is the “holy city, the new Jerusalem,… that came down from heaven from God in the splendor of the glory of God. Their shine was like one made of beautiful stones, crystal jasper ”(Rev. 21:10). “The walls are adorned with all kinds of precious stones” (Rev. 21, 19): violet, blue, green, white. A festive red ribbon underlines the magnificence of this city.
A dense cloud descends from above, while the sun shines over everything: a reference to the word of Christ: “Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect in heaven” (Matt. 5:48), “who makes his sun rise on the evil and the good and let rain on the just and the unjust ”(Matt. 5, 45).
7. Window
Matth. 13, 4-6
"A sower went out to sow. When sowing something fell on the road, and the birds came and ate it."
The path winds through the field like a snake. Strange, scary-looking birds are about to pick up every seed that falls on the path.
"Other things fell on stony ground where there was not much earth; it rose quickly, because it did not have a deep ground, but when the sun rose higher it was scorched, and because it had no roots it withered."
We see rocky soil, only covered with a thin layer of humus, on which the seeds have only sparsely sprouted and sprouted green is already withering again.
8. Window
Matth. 13, 7-8
"Another fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it."
We see a strip of young plants sprouting in the upper half: green (hope) and blue (sky). But they must suffocate under the thorn bushes that have grown over them. How many hopeful beginnings have already been choked off "by worries about the temporal and by the deceit of wealth" (Matt. 13, 22).
"But other things fell on good ground and brought fruit, sometimes a hundredfold, sometimes sixty-fold, sometimes thirty-fold."
We see a ripe field of corn (golden brown). It has grown up with concentrated strength. The word of God brings such fruit "with him who hears it and grasps it inwardly" (Matt. 13:23),
9. Window
Matth. 7.24-25
"Anyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on rocks. The rain poured down, the floods came, the winds blew and struck that house - but it did not fall; because it stood on the rock
founded."
On a steep rock massif we see a tall building tower like a fortress, heavy rain lashes against the house, the wind blows around the roof and a huge flood sweeps the foundation. Hell has been let loose against this house (green stripe above!). But the house holds up
10. Window
Matth. 7, 26-27
"But whoever hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain poured down, the floods came, the winds blew and hit that house - and it collapsed and its collapse was tremendous. " A bright lightning bolt descends from the green field and a huge flash flood tears the house with it into the depths. We see the building blocks falling down, beautifully cut like crystals, Rev. 18, 16: "Woe, woe, O city, you great; clothed in linen, purple and scarlet, magnificently adorned with gold, with precious stones and pearls: in one hour all wealth was destroyed!"
The three windows in the chancel
The middle window
We look into a high heavenly hall. Below is a large room with a festive table, which is decorated with many ribbons and colors and with a large bouquet of flowers. Everything is celebration, joy, splendor and mystery.
Other rooms are connected to the ballroom, "In my father's house there are many apartments" (Joh. 14, 2), Above a throne, a sign for God and a sign for our election, Revelation. 3, 21: "Whoever wins, I will let him sit with me on my throne, just as I have victorious and sit with my father on his throne," So everything speaks in mysterious hints of the perfection and the eternal future with God. .
The left window
Matth. 22, 3
"He sent his servants to call those invited to the wedding; but they did not want to come."
At the top right a messenger, through a deep window something of the splendor of the festival to which he is inviting lights up. The people who do not accept the invitation are drawn in a broad, dark blue ("children of darkness"). The wheel below and the green stripes (furrow? Water?) Are signs of earthly gear in which people are trapped. A man (red stripe - love) speaks to a woman (Luke 14:20: "I have taken a wife and therefore cannot come!").
Upstairs, two people who are negotiating turn to the welcoming messenger and the window that reveals the promised glory. But it will only be a cursory glance. The armor-like clothing of one of them reinforces the impression that the word of good news ricochets off them.
The thick wall by the window makes it clear how much all these people are trapped, even walled in, in their immediate interests. At the bottom right there is already a warrior who threateningly holds his halberd against them (Matt. 22, 7: "The king got angry and sent his troops out.").
The right window
Luke 14.21
"The master of the house said to his servant: 'Go quickly out into the streets and alleys of the city and bring in the poor and crippled, the blind and the lame ...!"
In the second field from the bottom we see how these poor and cripples (men, women and children) crowd towards the wedding hall.
A servant receives them.
Below we see the streets of the city from which people have been called away. All sorts of things and devices are still standing around: mirrors, garden fences, plows, etc. Almost ghostly how everything lies around in the deserted streets. A sign of the transience and dubiousness of earthly busyness.
The upper fields of the window indicate the height and splendor of the powerful heavenly castle (= area of God) to which we are invited.
source
CAPITAL
on occasion
THE 100 YEAR CELEBRATION
OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. LAURENTIUS
IN BOBENHEIM-ROXHEIM
Editor:
Parish of St. Laurentius in Bobenheim-Roxheim
Editor / Author:
Assmann, Rita
Brand, Rainer
Count, Lothar
Kernbach, Anni
Mathias, Tina
Walther, Günter
Weber, Angelica
literature
Manfred Czerwinski, Markus Ziegler: The Church Lexicon of the Palatinate: 1000 Churches in the Air , IFB, 1995, ISBN 398045150X .
