St. Leodegar (Friedingen)
The St. Leodegar Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Friedingen . It is dedicated to the Leodegar of Autun (Remembrance days: October 2nd and 3rd).
history
The current appearance of the two-tower hall church is the result of numerous structural changes over the past centuries.
In Friedingen a church was mentioned as early as 1194 and a parish of St. Leodegar in 1275. The east tower of today's two-tower hall church was built up to a height of about 16 m towards the end of the 13th century and was initially the steeple of a choir tower church . In the choir of the former choir tower have Gothic murals preserved. The church of St. Leodegar is therefore the oldest and at the same time the only two-tower church in today's area of the city of Singen (Hohentwiel) and in the pastoral care unit of Mittlerer Hegau .
On three sides of the tower, the Gothic sound openings located about half the height of the tower are designed as double arcades. You are on the site of the earlier belfry , which was moved further up due to the new church building in 1728 and the associated tower elevation.
In 1963 the church building was expanded with a new choir and two side gables to the west, whereby the three old paintings that previously decorated the ceiling were probably destroyed. At the end of this work, the new extension was crowned with a roof turret, which is a smaller image of the main tower. The entire interior of the church has been rotated 180 degrees since then.
During the last building project in 2003, the church was expanded to include an extension with a lift.
description
Church building
The St. Leodegar Church is located on the central square by the town hall in the historic center of Friedingen. Until 1838 the church was surrounded by a cemetery , of which very few tombstones have survived since the church was expanded in 1964.
Furnishing
In the former choir from the 13th century, which is now called the tower chapel, there are Gothic wall paintings, such as the Last Judgment or the martyrdom of St. Leodegar, as well as symbols of the four evangelists . On the left side is in a niche the Holy grave to see.
Altars
The church is equipped with three altars. The high altar shows the death of Saint Leodegar in the middle and above it the depiction of the three owners of Radolfzell. On the right is the altar of St. George . Above it is a depiction of purgatory. On the left is the Sebastian or Marien Altar, which shows the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian in the upper picture.
Image of grace of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
On the wall to the left of the Saint Sebastian or Mary altar is a consecrated copy of the miraculous image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help , the original of which is in the Church of Sant'Alfonso in Rome , not far from the Patriarchal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore on Via Merulana. The picture was brought to Friedingen on the occasion of the founding of the Maria Hilf Brotherhood in 1889 and was ceremoniously erected on May 8, which led to large crowds of pilgrims into the 1960s.
Anthony of Padua
As in many Catholic churches, there is also an offering box of St. Anthony of Padua . The offering box was walled up in the wall on the right side of the George altar. Above it was a beautifully worked wall niche with a round arch and the figure of Saint Anthony of Padua. Unfortunately, this was removed during the renovation work in 2012. The offering box, on the other hand, was left in the wall without Anthony of Padua, which could possibly astonish visitors.
Infant Jesus of Prague
In addition to a number of figures and other pieces of jewelry that are only displayed in the church on certain festive days, the church has a copy of the Infant Jesus of Prague . The Infant Jesus of Prague is placed on the St. Sebastian or St. Mary's altar at Christmas, while the flu with the city of Bethlehem is on the St. George's altar .
Bells
In the three belfries of the church of St. Leodegar, a peal of four is bells of bronze , spread over two towers. In the wooden belfry of the main tower, which only fills the upper, octagonal belfry, which was built after the tower was raised, only about halfway, the three larger bells are arranged side by side in an east-west orientation. In the 13th century bell chamber below there is a ratchet that replaces the church bells between Good Friday and Easter Vigil. The smallest bell is in the bell chamber of the roof ridge , in which, due to a bell donation in 2012 , a second, wooden bell cage was installed. With the new bell, the Te Deum motif in the main tower was added to the ideal quartet of the overall bells, which rang out from all the towers for the first time on March 13, 2013 for the election of Pope Francis .
| No. | Surname | Year of casting / date | Foundry, casting location |
Diameter (mm) |
Mass (kg) |
Percussive ( HT - 1 / 16 ) |
Bell chamber |
Clock strike |
Individual chimes before March 13, 2013 |
Single chimes since March 13, 2013 |
| 1 | Christ the King of Peace | August 3, 1956 |
FW Schilling , Heidelberg |
1021 | 706 | g ′ –7 | East tower, upper bell chamber, middle | hourly | Sundays and public holidays as the first bell |
Sundays and public holidays as the first bell without Lent and Advent |
| 2 | St. Leodegar | 1670 | Valentin Allgeyer, Friedingen |
820 | 375 | b ′ –6 | East tower, upper bell chamber, west | every quarter of an hour | 6 a.m., 12 p.m. and 7 p.m. | Sundays, Lent and Advent as the first bell |
| 3 | Marienbell | August 3, 1956 | FW Schilling, Heidelberg |
777 | 304 | c ′ ′ –7 | East tower, upper bell chamber, east | every quarter of an hour | 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. after bell 2 |
6 a.m., 12 p.m. and 7 p.m. |
| 4th |
St. Barbara and St. Catherine |
25.10.2012 |
Bachert bell foundry , Karlsruhe |
700 | 250 | it ′ ′ –8 | Roof turret | 11 a.m., 7 p.m. after bell 3 and for the change |
An audio sample of the bells can be found on the website of the Bell Inspection of the Archdiocese of Freiburg.
Leodegar bell
The bell, cast in 1670 and consecrated to Saint Leodegar of Autun, is a special feature. Unlike other weather bells with the Latin inscription Vivos voco. Mortuos plango. Fulgura frango. can be read here in German:
THE DOTEN I COMPLAIN
THE THUNDER I BREAK I
WHO DO NOT GLAVB THAT READ ME
This defense formula is also the motto for Schiller's Das Lied von der Glocke . This oldest bell, which could be rescued from the bell cemetery in Hamburg and whose steel yoke was replaced by a wooden yoke in 2012, was used to ring the angel , not the weather , until March 13, 2013 , as the bell that was rung most frequently. With the new bell in the roof turret, this valuable bell is to be relieved, which is why a new ringing order was created for the Church of St. Leodegar .
literature
- Gustav Graf: Friedingen, Amt Konstanz, From the history of a Hegau village. Friedingen community, 1911.
- A. Hubenschmid: Modern history of Friedingen (19th and 20th centuries). 1986.
- Herbert Berner: Kumm etz gommer z´lieht, contributions to Friedinger history. 1990, ISBN 3-927414-01-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Commemoration days of Leodegar von Autun
- ^ The consecration of bells in Friedingen
- ↑ Bell inspection of the Archdiocese of Freiburg - Church of St. Leodegar Friedingen
- ↑ A brief cultural history of the thunderstorm - The weather sounding Karl-Heinz Hentschel, March 1993.
- ↑ Chime of the Church of St. Leodegar Friedingen
Coordinates: 47 ° 47 ′ 11 " N , 8 ° 52 ′ 35" E