St. Ludwig (Ansbach)
St. Ludwig is a Roman Catholic parish church in Ansbach . The classical hall church was built between 1834 and 1840 according to plans by Leonhard Schmidtner . It is a listed building.
history
Since the introduction of the Reformation in the Principality of Ansbach by George the Pious , the city and region have been Lutheran . An inconspicuous, tower-free church hall on Karlsplatz was built in 1777/1778 for Catholics who have returned since the 18th century - today's Karlshalle . When this building became too small for the larger congregation, the planning for today's church began. The patronage was taken over by King Ludwig I , whose namesake, Louis the Saint , also became the patron of the new church.
Architecture and equipment
The Schmidtner design follows the style of Munich classicism, such as that characterizes Ludwigstrasse . The yellowish plastered exterior is structured by stone-transparent columns and beams. A column portico based on the model of ancient temples is presented to the portal , which is reached via a flight of stairs . Above it stands the slender, two-story bell tower in the style of the Tuscan Renaissance . Inside, the church hall is spanned by a coffered barrel vault . The round apse with the high altar forms the southern end .
Large parts of the original furnishings have been preserved, including the superstructures of the high and two side altars and the pulpit. The 14 pictures of the Stations of the Cross in Nazarene style were created by Johann von Schraudolph in 1864. The altar pictures painted by Paul Plontke in 1947/1948, Coronation of the Virgin Mary (main altar), St. Ludwig (right) and St. Gumbert (left) adapt stylistically to the surroundings.
Bells
The four bells were named after the sons of King Ludwig I in 1840.
- Maximilian diameter 154 cm, height, 112 cm, weight more than 39 quintals
- Otto diameter 121 cm, 20 quintals
- Luitpold diameter 96 cm, 8 quintals
- Adalbert diameter 76 cm, height 70 cm, 4 hundredweight - this is also used as a death knell
All four bells were cast in 1838, the metal coming from captured Turkish cannons from the Battle of Navarino . During the Second World War, the larger two bells were pulled in to be melted down. In 1946, however, they were found again in the Hamburg bell cemetery and came back to Ansbach. Since the bells, with their 71 centweights, turned out to be too heavy for the original tower construction, the tower was reinforced with four steel tubes in 1985.
organ
In 1959 the church received an organ from GF Steinmeyer & Co. In 1980, failure symptoms were found on this instrument and a general overhaul or a new organ was recommended. The Bamberg Cathedral Kapellmeister, Wolfgang Wünsch, suggested that the old organ should only be repaired in a makeshift manner and that a new instrument should be purchased in the long term because the organ was prone to failure. The general overhaul would have cost around 150,000 DM , while the new price of the organ in 1959 was only 60,000 DM. The decision to build a new organ was made in 1987 and an organ building association was founded to support the financing. About 100,000 DM were raised in the first year through donations, benefit concerts and sponsorships for pipes or registers. Until 1989 there were several offers from organ builders. In order to support the decision-making process, those responsible went on an organ tour with interested parishioners, during which instruments were viewed and heard. The decision was finally made in favor of the Weimbs organ building company . The previous organ was dismantled in 1992 and the new organ was built in the same year. It has 41 registers and the following disposition :
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- Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
- Play aids : pneumatic general and individual plant storage
literature
- Günther P. Fehring : City and district of Ansbach (= Bavarian art monuments . Volume 2 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1958, DNB 451224701 , p. 23-24 .
- Manfred Jehle: Church conditions and religious institutions on the upper Altmühl, Rezat and Bibert: Monasteries, parishes and Jewish communities in the Altlandkreis Ansbach in the Middle Ages and in modern times (= Middle Franconian Studies . Volume 20 ). Historical Association for Middle Franconia, Ansbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-87707-771-9 , p. 137 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of monuments, p. 14 (PDF; 228 kB)
- ↑ The Way of the Cross of St. Ludwig ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (with pictures)
- ↑ illustrations
- ^ The bells of St. Ludwig at www.eo-bamberg.de accessed on June 21, 2013
Coordinates: 49 ° 17 ′ 57.2 " N , 10 ° 34 ′ 31.3" E