St. Laurentius (Hülzweiler)
The Church of St. Lawrence is a Roman Catholic parish church in Saarland Hülzweiler , in the municipality of Schwalbach , district Saarlouis . The patron saint of the church is St. Lawrence . In the list of monuments of the Saarland, the church is a single monument listed.
history
The first mention of a parish church in "Hultz Weiler", but without specifying its size and location, was in a visitation report from October 27, 1618. St. Lawrence was also mentioned as the patron saint of this church. Bailiff Andreas Bockenheimer from Siersburg was a collator and received half of the entire " tithe ". Later the package went to the Abbey Fraulautern , which commissioned the Premonstratensians of Wadgassen , the Augustinians of Wallerfangen and neighboring priests with pastoral care.
After the destruction of Hülzweiler in the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), it was not until 1671 before people settled in Holtzweiler again . Since there was no longer a church, the pastoral care of the residents was taken care of by the pastor from Saarwellingen . This happened from 1680 to 1691.
In the period that followed, a new church was built in Hülzweiler, which was elevated to a parish church by Auxiliary Bishop von Eyß in 1715 , but had to be demolished ten years later due to its dilapidation . At the same place a new church was built, consecrated on August 24, 1739 in honor of St. Laurentius and St. Wendalinus . According to the visitation report of June 15, 1829, this church had become too small, so that the decision was made to build a new church again.
After years of disagreement in the church council about the location of the new church, the decision was finally made, at the instigation of the mayor at the time, Telinge, to build a square in the center of the village, on which the current church also stands. In 1836 construction could begin, for which the building contractor Christian Groß ( Saarlouis ) was awarded the contract. This commissioned the master bricklayer Schuder to take over the construction work. Since Schuder was not up to the task, the tower collapsed shortly before the shell was completed . When it collapsed, other components were also swept away. As a result, Schuder was withdrawn from the building contract and subsequently transferred to master mason Haffner (Fraulautern). The progress of the construction work was delayed due to difficulties in financing and procurement of materials. On December 17, 1837, the completed church, which was 29 m in length and 11 m in width, was inaugurated by Dechant Perl from Saarlouis. At the beginning of the 20th century this church had become too small again, and a new church had to be built again.
The question of the building site was resolved by a donation from the municipality, so that the foundation stone could be laid on September 20, 1908 . The architects Ludwig Becker and Anton Falkowski ( Mainz ) were responsible for the design of the church . The new church was initially built around the previous building while retaining the lower part of the old tower. After the completion of the choir and transept , the old church was demolished. The usable material from the demolition of the old church was reused. In late autumn 1909 the inauguration was carried out by Dechant Kees from Saarwellingen . The shell construction costs amounted to 130,000 marks .
During the Second World War , the church was hit by grenades in 1944/45 , which caused the church roof to collapse . The church was poorly repaired and an emergency roof was built so that Christmas 1945 could be celebrated in a separate room. In the period that followed, renovation and redesign measures were repeated , which were not completed until 1981.
people
Numerous clergy emerged from the former parish of St. Laurentius. The best-known representatives are Monsignor Albert André (1930–2014), the former regional dean of the Saar-Hochwald region, and Gerhard Jakob (1933–1998), titular bishop of Vergi and auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Trier .
Church building
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The church building, built in the neo-baroque style, has an external dimension of 44.98 m × 21.66 m and after completion offered 924 seats and 476 standing places. There are three portals in the wide, massive facade . The facade is dominated by the three-storey bell tower with a Welscher hood , which is flanked by two smaller towers with pointed helmets . The main nave of the church is supported by heavy square pillars . The pillars structure the side walls of the main nave, which in the lower part of the walls open through arcades to side aisles , thus forming a three-aisled nave . A transept adjoins the nave , followed by the choir . This structure results in the shape of a Latin cross , which is not directly recognizable in the floor plan . The light entry takes place u. a. through two arched windows in the outer walls of the side aisles, as well as four large, also arched windows in the transept. There are additional windows in the upper area of the main and transepts. At the intersection of the nave and the transept there is a roof turret . Around the same time as the Laurentiuskirche in Hülzweiler was built, Ludwig Becker designed the Marienkirche there for Offenbach am Main , which has striking similarities in terms of the tower position, the tower dome and the interior. In the years 1912 to 1914, Becker repeated the dome shape of the church tower of St. Laurentius and Offenbach's Marienkirche in a slightly modified form for the two high choir towers of St. Joseph's Church in Speyer .
Furnishing
High altar
The most remarkable part of the furnishings is the neo-baroque high altar , which was created by Karl Dörr from the Saulgau wood carver workshop . Dörr is also responsible for all other wood-carved works of art in the church.
The altar painting showing the crucifixion of Christ was designed by W. Stucke ( Bonn ), an artist from the Düsseldorf School of Painting . It was awarded a prize at the Düsseldorf art exhibition in 1910. The painting is flanked by two smooth marble columns each with a simple base and richly decorated Corinthian capitals that support a curved architrave .
The altar, which takes up the design of the church facade in its lines, is divided into three areas and tapers towards the top in a bust depicting God the Father as the ruler of the world. Two small columns to the left and right of the picture support a second architrave, which is crowned by a halo.
The altar is made of fir wood , while the ornamentation and the figurative representations are carvings from linden wood . The cafeteria is made of granite , the altar steps of reddish Siena marble .
The altarpiece is framed by four statues depicting the church patron St. Laurentius, the Trier diocesan patron St. Matthias , and two angels .
In the middle of the cafeteria is the tabernacle , which houses the monstrance and the chalices in its lockable part and a heavy, hand-carved, richly decorated and gilded altar cross in the open part . The tabernacle is crowned by a pelican figure.
Side altars
The two side altars date from 1910. They lean against the high altar and are also made of fir wood.
On the Gospel side is the Marian altar with a large image of Mary as Queen of Heaven , who is surrounded by angels and flowers. Like all other altarpieces, this is also a work by W. Stucke. On both sides of the picture, flanked by pilasters , there are figures of angels. On the architrave, which is carried by the pilasters flanking the image of the Virgin Mary, there is an image of St. Agnes with the lamb, above an angel with a scroll. The cafeteria of the altar offers a special feature in that the Christ lying in the grave is depicted in a niche covered by an ornate wooden panel . The representation can only be seen during the cartage .
On the epistle side stands the Joseph altar as a counterpart , the image of which depicts the Holy Family performing their day's work. On this altar, too, there are two flanking angel figures and a smaller picture above the large altarpiece, which in this case shows Saint Barbara . The altar is crowned by a richly decorated cross in a halo. A relief shows the scene of the death of St. Joseph.
Other equipment
Other appliances are the neo-baroque, ornate, completely made of fir wood pulpit , carved from linden wood Heart Maria - and Sacred Heart statues, left the sanctuary right and decorated with wood carvings in 1909 and 1912 established confessionals from oak of Saulgauer Kunstanstalt Carl Dörr, one of which is adorned with the depiction of the “homecoming of the prodigal son”. Furthermore, the pews with hand-carved cheeks , which were made by the three carpenters Joh.Goebel, Gebr. Freitag and Joh. Quinten, the large cupboards in the sacristy from the workshop of Gebr. Freitag, as well as the main portal and the doors at the two side entrances by Joh. Goebel. The 14 stations of the cross consist of stucco frames from the Trier stucco factory Roller and pictures by W. Stucke (Bonn).
The ceiling paintings created in 1920 by the artist brothers Schaffroth ( Aachen ) were destroyed in the war years 1944/45. In 1980/81 church painter Arnold Mrziglod created a new ceiling painting.
Glass painter Reinhard Hess (Trier) was responsible for the design of new church windows in 1967.
The statue of Saint Barbara comes from the sculptor Karl Maria Maximilian Goebel (Hülzweiler).
organ
The first organ that was still installed in the previous church was in service until 1929 when it was replaced by a new one. It suffered severe damage in World War II, but after major repairs it could still be played for over thirty years.
On December 6, 1981, today's organ was put into service in a solemn high mass , for the arrangement of which the cathedral organist and later cathedral music director of Speyer , Leo Krämer , was responsible. The instrument was built by the Rudolf von Beckerath Orgelbau company ( Hamburg ). The organ, which has around 2800 pipes made of pewter and wood, has 38 registers , divided into three manuals and pedal . The action mechanism is mechanical, the stop action is electrical.
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- Coupling : I / II, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
- Playing aids : 6 mechanical combinations, crescendo roller
literature
- Bernard, Heinz: My home village Hülzweiler / Heinz Bernard 18: 90 years of the parish church of St. Laurentius Hülzweiler . Hülzweiler 1998
- Bernard, Heinz: The Church Leader. Church leader St. Laurentius Church Hülzweiler. Origin & description & renovation . Ed .: Catholic Parish Office “St. Laurentius “Hülzweiler. (Text: Heinz Bernard, Günther Altmaier, Otmar Fechler).
Web links
- Parish Holy Cross, Schwalbach / Saar
- Heinz Bernard: The Church Leader On: www.von-hülzweiler.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, partial list of monuments in the Saarlouis district ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 347 kB), accessed on July 10, 2013
- ↑ a b Heinz Bernard: First Church of "Hultz Weiler" On: www.von-hülzweiler.de, accessed on July 10, 2013
- ↑ a b Heinz Bernard: The Second Church - 1715 on: www.von-hülzweiler.de, accessed on July 10, 2013
- ↑ Heinz Bernard: The third church of "Hölzweiler", 1837 - 1909 On: www.von-hülzweiler.de, accessed on July 10, 2013
- ↑ a b c d Heinz Bernard: Our new church 1909 On: www.von-hülzweiler.de ( Memento from July 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ a b c Information on the parish church of St. Laurentius at: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on July 10, 2013
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Heinz Bernard: Our new church, construction and equipment On: www.von-hülzweiler.de ( Memento from June 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Heinz Bernard: The new ceiling painting on: www.von-hülzweiler.de ( Memento from July 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Heinz Bernard: The new windows on: www.von-hülzweiler.de ( Memento from July 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ a b Heinz Bernard: The Organ On: www.von-hülzweiler.de ( Memento from July 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ The organ with disposition on Organindex.de
Coordinates: 49 ° 19 ′ 10 " N , 6 ° 48 ′ 50.4" E