St. Ludwig (Celle)
St. Ludwig is the Catholic parish church in Celle , a district town in Lower Saxony . It stands on the western edge of the city center, outside the historic old town (Kanonenstrasse 1). The central axis of the French Garden runs directly towards the broad tower front of the church. Your parish belongs to the deanery of Celle in the diocese of Hildesheim .
history
Since the Reformation there have been only a few Catholics in Celle, mostly foreigners in the diplomatic service or in court offices. In 1678 Niels Stensen arranged for a permanent pastor to be appointed for her. In 1710 a private house outside the city was converted into a chapel, which was placed under the protection of the Apostles Peter and Paul and consecrated by Agostino Steffani in 1711 . A hundred years later the construction of the representative church was considered. The church was consecrated in 1838.
The Ludwigskirche was designed by the Lübeck architect Anton Spetzler . The towers were added in 1881 by Conrad Wilhelm Hase . At the same time the church was painted by Wilhelm Clausing, which was later removed.
After St. Clemens in Hanover and St. Michael in Göttingen, St. Ludwig was the third Catholic parish church of the newly circumscribed diocese of Hildesheim outside of the former bishopric and Eichsfeld, which was once Electorate of Mainz . Their parish reached as far as the North Sea .
The patron saint of the church was Ludwig the Holy , King of France - a tribute to King Ludwig I of Bavaria , who had supported the building with funds and a collection in Bavaria.
Architecture and equipment
St. Ludwig is a pure style building of classicism . Only the towers, which were only completed on the existing plinths in 1881, show characteristics of romanticizing historicism .
The church interior is a three-aisled hall . The side aisles are flat-roofed, while a coffered barrel vault rises above the central nave , which is supported by twelve tall, white, fluted columns. Pastel pink wall stripes and narrow gold ribbons set colorful accents.
The chancel is a narrower, only slightly raised continuation of the central nave with a flat wall border, dominated by the tabernacle stele and above it a large crucifixus reminiscent of early Romanesque models . In front of it are the altar and ambo from modern times.
The semicircular Trinity window in the vault of the chancel and the saint windows in the side aisles are works of the late 19th century.
On June 29, 1986, the Peter and Paul Chapel was consecrated, which is attached to the southwest side of the church and serves as a room for silent prayer and weekday services. A baroque retable altar contrasts effectively with the contemporary architecture and furnishings.
Since November 1, 2006 the parish of St. Ludwig has also included the churches of St. Hedwig in Celle, St. Raphael in Lachendorf , St. Marien in Nienhagen and St. Barbara in Wathlingen .
organ
The organ of the Ludwigskirche was rebuilt in 1998 by the organ building company Martin ter Haseborg (Südgeorgsfehn). The layout of the first organ of the Ludwigskirche by Carl Wilhelm and Eduard Meyer from 1841 served as a template , of which only a few registers were left that are reused in the new organ. The prospectus was also reconstructed from photographs of the first organ.
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Pairing :
- Normal coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P
- Sub-octave coupling: II / II, II / I
See also
literature
- Parish of St. Ludwig (Ed.): 150 years of St. Ludwig Celle. Celle 1988.
Web links
- Information from the parish
- Website of the tourist information for St. Ludwig
- Anniversary on the diocese's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ From: Der Katholik; a religious instructional and warning journal , ed. by Nikolaus von Weis , volume 71, printed by Daniel Kranzbühler, Speyer 1839, p. XXV .: “Kingdom of Hanover. Last September the Catholic Church in Celle, the construction of which began in the spring of 1835, was solemnly inaugurated by our Most Revered Bishop of Hildesheim. The church has received St. Ludwig as its patron, in order to keep the grateful memory of its generous benefactor, King Ludwig of Bavaria, for the latest descendants in this high name. Because with the generous support of this monarch and the contributions from the Catholic Bavarian region, it has become possible to carry out this building in an area where all building materials are very expensive, so that it is at least outwardly complete. The zealous and well-deserved pastor of Celle, Mr. Frohwein, did everything possible to fully equip the church. For this reason he even made a trip to England; but success did not crown his efforts, as had been hoped. The poor congregation, which has done everything possible, saw itself put into the sad necessity of going into debt, and yet the church still lacks bells, an organ, a bank for communists and other needs; so that the complete equipment of the church will hardly be possible in a long time without mild contributions. In the meantime, the celebration of the consecration of the church was a sublime day of joy for the Catholics of Celle, since up to now, according to existing laws, the service could only be held in a prayer room. In recent times the situation has become friendlier, so that even the church, which rises in a simple but sublime form, and the inauguration of it, in which many Protestants have shown themselves to be courteous in music and singing and other loving neighborly participation, are a testimony puts aside that, even if the unity of faith that has been missing for so long has still not returned, philanthropic tolerance and recognition prove its worth and the citizen is equal to the citizen. "
- ↑ Bistum-Hildesheim.de .
- ↑ Organ at the parish, accessed March 31, 2016. (PDF)
Coordinates: 52 ° 37 ′ 12 " N , 10 ° 4 ′ 43.3" E