St. Laurentius (Braunschweig)

St. Lawrence Church

St. Laurentius is a Roman Catholic church in Braunschweig , it is located in the north-western ring area (Hinter der Masch 17A). The church belongs to the parish of St. Aegidien in the Braunschweig deanery of the Hildesheim diocese . The church named after St. Laurentius of Rome is today the second oldest Catholic church in Braunschweig after St. Aegidien .

history

The church was built between 1899 and 1900, and its benediction took place on October 18, 1900 . It was initially a branch church of St. Nicolai . From 1904 Catholic church records were kept at St. Laurentius .

In mid-October 1944, the church and rectory were destroyed by a bomb attack and burned down, only the outer walls remained. First, an emergency church was set up in the parish hall. On Christmas Eve 1948, the church was again prepared so that the first service after the war could take place in it. In 1953/54 the tower was built and the church was enlarged by adding the aisles . On April 1st, 1960 the parish of St. Laurentius was established, since November 1st, 2006 the church has belonged to the parish of St. Aegidien .

architecture

The church, located around 70 meters above sea level , was built according to plans by Richard Herzig in the neo-Romanesque style. Their furnishings come from the post-war period. The chancel is dominated by a wall mosaic. The pulpit shows the four evangelist symbols with wooden reliefs : the people for Matthew , the lion for Mark , the eagle for John and the bull for Luke . In the north-west aisle is the 14-station Way of the Cross . In the south-east aisle there is a coronet Madonna , in front of which sacrificial candles can be placed. There are two confessionals under the organ gallery . The organ was built by the Braunschweig master organ builder Friedrich Weißenborn.

Other Catholic institutions in the catchment area of ​​the St. Laurentius Church

Elementary school behind the machine

• Elementary school Hinter der Masch (Hinter der Masch 18, formerly St. Laurentius School). Built in 1896, later expanded. Today around 120 students are taught in 5 classes.
• Master-Eckehart-Haus student residence (Sielkamp 5)
• The neighboring formerly Catholic retirement home St. Elisabeth (Hinter der Masch 17) is now privately owned.

See also

• List of churches in the Diocese of Hildesheim
• Lawrence of Rome Church

literature

• Kath. Pfarramt St. Laurentius (Ed.): St. Laurentius in Braunschweig 1900–1975. Brunswick 1975.
• Festschrift St. Laurentius 1900–2000 Hundred Years. Braunschweig 2000.
• Willi Stoffers: Diocese of Hildesheim today. Bernward-Verlag, Hildesheim 1987, ISBN 3-87065-418-X , p. 51.

Web links

Commons : St. Laurentius  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Internet presence of the parish
• Website from “Church from Below” with information about the church

Individual evidence

1. ^ Church registers in the diocese archive in Hildesheim
2. ^ Thomas Flammer: National Socialism and the Catholic Church in the Free State of Braunschweig 1931–1945. Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2013, pp. 190, 198.
3. ↑ http://www.gs-hinter-der-masch.de
4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ http://www.st-elisabeth-heim.de

Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ′ 21.8 "  N , 10 ° 30 ′ 46.1"  E