St. Margaretha (Bedersdorf)

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The Catholic Church of St. Margaretha in Bedersdorf
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The St. Margaretha Church is a Catholic church dedicated to St. Margaret in Bedersdorf , a district of the Wallerfangen municipality , in the Saarlouis district in the Saarland . In the list of monuments of the Saarland, the church is a single monument listed.

history

The existence of a church in Bedersdorf was reported as early as 1140. The current church was built in 1732. It was expanded in 1776.

After severe damage in the Second World War , only makeshift restoration work was carried out on the church after 1945 , which was followed by more thorough restoration work in 1954. The last time the church was restored was in 1999.

Church building

The church of St. Margaretha in Bedersdorf is a baroque hall church . The church building is divided from west to east into the four-axis nave , which merges into a narrower, single-axis choir , to which a square tower with a pyramid roof is attached. The windows of the church are arched windows . Apart from the corner blocks of the nave and choir, the outer facade is very simple. To the left of the entrance portal in the west facade facing the gable , a crucifix is attached to the wall above a stone pedestal . The portal of the church consists of a two-door entrance gate and a skylight above . The portal is closed at the top with a flat arch on which a cross sits.

The painting of the church dates from 1954.

organ

The organ of the church was built in 1908 by Mamert Hock ( Saarlouis ). The cone shop instrument is set up on a gallery and has 15 (16) registers , distributed over 2 manuals and pedal . The playing and stop action is pneumatic. The disposition is as follows:

I main work C – f 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. flute 8th'
3. Salicional 8th'
4th Octave 4 ′
5. Rauschpfeife II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
II Manual C – f 3
6th Bourdon (from c) 16 ′
7th Violin principal 8th'
8th. Dumped 8th'
9. viola 4 ′
10. Open flute 4 ′
11. Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
12. Forest flute 2 ′
13. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Pedal C – d 1
14th Sub bass 16 ′
Echobass
(wind reduction )		 16 ′
15th Violon 8th'
  • Pairing :
    • Normal coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P
    • Super octave coupling: II / I
  • Playing aids : 1 free combination, tutti, pedal switch, storage for aliquots as well as manual 16 'and super octave coupler, register crescendo step

Web links

Commons : St. Margaretha (Bedersdorf)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list of the Saarlouis district ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) Retrieved March 11, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.saarland.de
  2. ↑ a b Bedersdorf on: www.wallerfangen-typo3.de. Retrieved March 11, 2015
  3. ↑ a b Information on the Church of St. Margaretha on: kunstlexikonsaar.de. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  4. ^ Organ of the Church of St. Margaretha Bedersdorf On: organindex.de. Retrieved March 11, 2015

Coordinates: 49 ° 18 ′ 12.8 "  N , 6 ° 38 ′ 33.4"  E