St. Leodegar (Bad Bellingen)
St. Leodegar is the Catholic parish church in Bad Bellingen . It is consecrated to the holy bishop Leodegar von Autun (memorial day October 2nd). In terms of architectural style, it can be assigned to both the late baroque and early classicism . The independent parish of Bad Bellingen lost its independence between 1631 and 1796 and was also looked after by Bamlach . Since then it has been its own parish again.
history
A church in Bad Bellingen was first named in 1298 “B. de Hartkilch rector ecclesie in Bellicon ”and a pastor as early as 1265“ plebanus in Bellicon ”. Since the church was already consecrated to the patronage of St. Leodegar at that time , it is assumed that a seated figure from the 15th century that is now kept in the Dreiländermuseum in Lörrach comes from the Bad Bellingen church.
In 1624, the first construction phase of the choir was demolished and it was rebuilt as a polygonal choir in the form of a 3/8-corner. The interior of the late Gothic structure consists of a highly profiled rib vault that rests on thin wall pillars. The two keystones show the year 1624 and the Christ monogram IHS. Originally the vault was painted.
In 1738 the church was given a baroque interior, until in 1782 the tower and nave were torn down due to the dilapidated condition and rebuilt in larger dimensions in the same place. However, the rebuilding of a chapel , which was then attached to the nave and dedicated to St. Odile, was not rebuilt. After a year of construction, the church was consecrated by the Bishop of Constance. In 1791 the new high altar was completed. In the course of this work, the side altars from 1738 were adapted to the style of the main altar.
Severe damage in the Second World War made it necessary to renovate the exterior and interior between 1953 and 1955. In a second phase between 1974 and 1976, the entrance area was redesigned; the church also received a new celebration altar and an ambo .
description
Church building
The church of St. Leodegar in Bad Bellingen stands in the middle of the cemetery. It consists of a nave covered with a gable roof and a polygonal choir with a hipped roof. A three-storey bell tower with a Welscher dome rises on the western side of the nave . In a niche on the second floor there is a statue of the Madonna by the Freiburg sculptor Berthold Knittel , which was created in 1879. On the upper floor of the tower there are arched sound arcades on all four sides , above that to the north and south a circular clock face of the tower clock. The edges of the tower are designed in sandstone red, based on the corner blocks common in the Markgräflerland in older churches. The rest of the facade is accentuated with thin, sandstone-red pilaster strips .
Interior and outfit
In the interior, a flat ceiling with a simple stucco field has been drawn into the four-bay church . It is framed by a surrounding cornice .
The side altars erected during the baroque redesign in 1738 show the Lamentation of Christ as the main picture on the left and the widow Irene on the right, who pulls out an arrow from the martyred but not killed Saint Sebastian . Both paintings were created by the Ticino painter Jakob Pellandella in 1738. The choir can be reached from the nave via three steps under a simple triumphal arch . There is the high altar from 1791. The three concave altars are flanked by columns. On the occasion of the erection of the main altar, the side altars were also reworked in a classical style. These carpentry, sculpting and gold barrel work were carried out by the Freiburg workshops Bretz, Hauser and Nüßler. The paintings of the main altar as well as the upper paintings added to the side altars are by the baroque painter Simon Göser (1735–1815). The main altar shows the martyr and church patron Leodegar, surrounded by angels who, next to a laurel wreath and a martyr's palm on a bowl, hold the eyes, lips and tongue cut out of him, a drill and the sword with which the saint was ultimately beheaded. The upper image depicts the Holy Trinity , who awaits the arrival of the saint in heaven. The upper picture of the left side altar shows Saint Ottilie as abbess, looking up to heaven ; Eyes lie on a book as a symbol of their blindness until they are baptized, while an angel holds the crook. On the right, St. John Nepomuk can be seen kneeling , holding the crucifix in front of him in adoration, while behind him an angel holds a forefinger over his mouth to symbolize the secret of confession.
The classicist pulpit, decorated with ribbon ornaments and flower garlands, dates from 1797 and was made by a Freiburg artist. Its sound cover is adorned with symbols of the four evangelists .
The new celebration altar and the ambo made of steel and marble are by Günther van Look . These replaced the baroque pieces of equipment in the 1970s.
organ
The organ from 1793 was built by Johann Dreyer (1737–1825) from Laufenburg; it was rebuilt in 1794 and 1869. FW Schwarz started its current work in 1896. This organ was sold to Wolfshagen (Uckerland) in 2008 and installed there in the village church . In 2007, the Metzler Orgelbau company from Switzerland installed a new organ in St. Leodegar. This instrument works with a cone chest , an electric-pneumatic performance and stop action and has two manuals , a pedal and 21 stops . The organ is located on the gallery above the western entrance area.
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- Coupling: II / I (also as sub-octave coupling), I / P, II / P
Bells
The three-part bronze bell of St. Leodegar is composed as follows:
| Surname | Casting year | foundry | O | Weight | Chime |
| Leodegarsbell | 1959 | FW Schilling , Heidelberg | 908 mm | 499 kg | a ′ + 2 |
| Our Lady Bell | 1959 | FW Schilling, Heidelberg | 807 mm | 347 kg | h ′ + 2 |
| Little bell | 1866 | Carl Rosenlächer , Constance | 663 mm | 130 kg | d ″ +2 |
The small d ″ bell shows a picture of St. Sebastian on the torture tree and bears the inscription “The name of the Lord be praised”.
literature
- Oswald Meyer: St. Leodegar Church Bad Bellingen . Schnell and Steiner Art Guide (No. 1102), 1977.
- Johannes Helm : Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland . Müllheim / Baden 1989, ISBN 3-921709-16-4 , pp. 35-36.
- St. Leodegar, Bad Bellingen , in Hans-Otto Mühleisen : Churches and chapels of the pastoral care unit Schliengen , Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2017, ISBN 978-3-95976-074-4 , pp. 36–42.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Meyer, p. 14
- ↑ FX Kraus: The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden , Volume V, 1901, p. 96
- ^ R. Wackernagel, u. a .: Document book of the city of Basel , 1890 ff, Volume 1, p. 332
- ↑ A. Heimann-Schwarzweber: Art landscape Markgräflerland . In: W. Müller (Ed.): Das Markgräflerland , 1969, p. 154
- ↑ Helm, p. 35 (01.2)
- ↑ Helm, p. 36 (03.02)
- ↑ Meyer, pp. 12-13
- ↑ Meyer, p. 9
- ↑ Helm, p. 36 (01.5)
- ↑ Information on the organ
- ^ Bell inspection of the Archdiocese of Freiburg - Catholic parish church St. Leodegar in Bad Bellingen , accessed on October 15, 2017
Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′ 55.6 ″ N , 7 ° 33 ′ 30.5 ″ E