St. Laurentius (Contwig)
 The Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius in Contwig |
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| Basic data | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| place | Contwig, Germany |
| Patronage | Lawrence of Rome |
| Building history | |
| architect | Wilhelm Schulte I. |
| construction time | 1903-1906 |
| Building description | |
| inauguration | May 14, 1906 |
| Architectural style | New late Gothic |
| Construction type | Sandstone hall |
| 49 ° 14 '59.2 " N , 7 ° 25' 42.3" E | |
The St. Laurentius Church is a Catholic parish church in Contwig , Südwestpfalz district , Rhineland-Palatinate . The patron saint of the church is St. Lawrence . The church is listed in the register of cultural monuments in the district of Südwestpfalz.
history
Until today's church was built, there was no separate church for Catholic Christians in Contwig after the Reformation was introduced in the 16th century. After the Reformation, Protestants have become Church in Contwig 1689 by the French during the Reunionspolitik for interdenominational church declared and shared by the year 1905 by Protestants and Catholics.
It was only at the beginning of the 20th century that a separate church building could be built for the Catholic parish . The foundation stone was laid for this on October 25, 1903. The shell was in December 1904. The three bells cast in Metz were hung in the tower on November 19, 1905 . The inauguration of the Laurentiuskirche finally took place on May 14, 1906. The church was built according to the plans of the architect Wilhelm Schulte in the neo-Gothic style. Craftsmen from Contwig carried out the earthworks, masonry, stone masonry, carpentry and plastering work.
Furnishing
The high altar , a work of the Würzburg sculptor Heinz Schiestl, is worth seeing inside the church . It has the shape of a neo-Gothic winged altar and shows in its center the figure of St. Lawrence, the church's patron.
The three carved figures that adorn the parapet of the pulpit also come from the workshop of the sculptor Heinz Schiestl . The basic material of the pulpit is red sandstone , the sound cover is made of iron.
organ
The organ of the church was built in 1932 by the organ building company Gebrüder Späth ( Ennetach-Mengen ). The instrument has 28 registers and 1918 pipes made of different materials. 78 pipes are made of wood , 390 pipes are made of zinc and 1450 pipes are made of a tin-lead alloy . The disposition is as follows:
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Pairing :
- Normal coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P
- Sub-octave coupling: II / I
- Super octave coupling: II / I
- Playing aids : 64 typesetting combinations, register crescendo (as a roller and hand lever)
Bells
The three bells , cast in Metz in 1905 , were confiscated for the war and melted down for bronze production. The well-known bell foundry Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling from Heidelberg provided a replacement for the lost bells . She created a melodious peal, whose bells sound in the disposition c′ – es′ – f′ – g ′, a filled C minor chord.
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No. |
Surname |
Casting year |
Foundry, casting location |
Mass (kg) |
Percussive ( HT - 1 / 16 ) |
| 1 | 1956 | FW Schilling, Heidelberg | 1,950 | c 1 | |
| 2 | 1956 | FW Schilling, Heidelberg | 1,100 | it 1 | |
| 3 | 1956 | FW Schilling, Heidelberg | 780 | f 1 | |
| 4th | 1956 | FW Schilling, Heidelberg | 650 | g 1 |
grotto
Since Contwig was spared the worst destruction during the Second World War , the Laurentius congregation built a Lourdes grotto opposite the church portal out of gratitude . The construction work for this began on August 15, 1945. The grotto was completed on December 8 of the same year and was inaugurated on May 26, 1946.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - District of Südwestpfalz. Mainz 2020, p. 8 (PDF; 8.7 MB).
- ↑ Local history of Contwig ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2012 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. On: www.gemeinde-contwig.de, accessed on August 4, 2012
- ↑ Kath. Kirche Contwig on: www.gemeinde-contwig.de, accessed on August 4, 2012
- ↑ Altar of the cath. Church Contwig On: www.gemeinde-contwig.de, accessed on August 4, 2012
- ↑ pulpit of the cath. Church Contwig On: www.gemeinde-contwig.de, accessed on August 4, 2012
- ↑ Organ of the cath. Church Contwig ( Memento of the original from November 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: www.gemeinde-contwig.de, accessed on August 4, 2012
- ^ Organ of the Catholic parish church St. Laurentius Contwig On: www.organindex.de, accessed on November 2, 2014
- ↑ Grotto next to the Catholic. Church Contwig ( Memento of the original from December 18, 2016 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. On: www.gemeinde-contwig.de, accessed on August 4, 2012
