St. Laurentius (Hirzweiler-Welschbach)

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The Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius in Hirzweiler-Welschbach
View inside the church
View to the organ gallery
Prospectus of the Späth organ

The St. Laurentius Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Welschbach , a district of the Saarland community of Illingen , Neunkirchen district . The patron saint of the church is St. Lawrence . In the list of monuments of the Saarland the church building is a single monument listed.

history

The church was built between 1927 and 1928 according to plans by the architect Wilhelm Josef Ertz ( Ottweiler ) and master builder Julius Wirtz ( Trier ).
In 1984 the church underwent a restoration , which also included the ceiling painting in the apse .

Furnishing

The church is equipped with a small altar made of Eifel basalt , a tabernacle that stands on the site of the former high altar , as well as a figure of Our Lady to the left of the altar and a figure of St. Joseph to the right of the altar.

In the apse and above behind the gallery in the tower there are stained glass windows that date from the time the church was built and show Christ and Mary in the regalia of the king and queen. This depiction of Mary as “regina coelorum” at eye level with Christ is rare. Other church windows, more recent, show episodes from the life of Jesus from his birth to the celebration of Pentecost . These are foundations of private individuals and church organizations.

The ceiling painting in the apse, restored in 1984, was created in the 1950s by the painter Walter Bernstein ( Schiffweiler ) and shows Christ with the words light and life and the Greek letters Alpha and Omega . Christ kneeling to the side, St. Laurentius with the grate and St. Francis .

The sediles are the work of stonemasons from Maria Laach Abbey .

organ

The organ of the church was built in 1955 as Opus 611 by the organ building company Späth ( Mengen ). The Kegelladen instrument has 14 (18) registers , divided into 2 manuals and pedal . The game and stop action is electro-pneumatic. The disposition is as follows:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Prefix 8th'
2. Dumped 8th'
3. Suavial 8th'
4th octave 4 ′
5. Reed flute 4 ′
6th Flageolet 2 ′
7th Mixture 4-6f
II Positive C-g 3
8th. Coupling flute 8th'
9. Principal 4 ′
10. Pointed cover 4 ′
11. Night horn 2 ′
12. Terzian 3f
tremolo
Pedal C – f 1
13. Sub bass 16 ′
Subtle bass 16 ′ (weakened wind)
14th Principal bass 8th'
Dacked bass 8 ′ (Ext. Subbass 16 ′)
Choral bass 4 ′ (external principal bass 8 ′)
Bass flute 4 ′ (Ext. Subbass 16 ′)

Web links

Commons : St. Laurentius (Hirzweiler-Welschbach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, partial list of monuments in the district of Neunkirchen ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 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. (PDF), accessed April 15, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.saarland.de
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Information on the parish church of St. Laurentius Hirzweiler at: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on April 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ The organ of the Catholic parish church St. Laurentius in Hirzweiler-Welschbach On: www.organindex.de, accessed on May 30, 2014

Coordinates: 49 ° 23 '53.1 "  N , 7 ° 5' 8.4"  E