St. Maria (Alschbach)

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The church of St. Maria in Alschbach
View inside the church
Organ prospectus

The Church of St. Maria is a Catholic church in Alschbach , a district of Blieskastel in the Saar- Palatinate district of Saarland . The church is a branch church of St. Mauritius in Lautzkirchen and bears the patronage of the Immaculate Heart of Mary . In the list of monuments of the Saarland, the church is a single monument listed.

History and architecture

The church was built between 1954 and 1955 according to plans by the architect Wilhelm Schulte II on the south-western outskirts of Alschbach. The foundation stone was laid on September 10, 1954. The inauguration of the completed church took place on November 13, 1955.

The church building is a hall church with a simple, unplastered sandstone facade . The west side of the nave is preceded by a squat tower .

The Saarland artist Marianne Aatz designed the windows of the church . She also participated in their execution.

organ

The church organ was built in 1995 by Hugo Mayer ( Heusweiler ). The on a loft established sliderchest -instrument has 11 (18) register , divided into 2 manuals and pedal . The disposition is as follows:

I Manual C-g 3
1. Reed flute 8th'
2. Salizional 8th'
3. Principal 4 ′
4th Night horn 4 ′
5. Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
6th Octave 2 ′
7th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ (pre-deduction mixture)
8th. Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
9. Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
II Manual (alternating loop to I) C – g 3
Reed flute 8th'
Salizional 8th'
Night horn 4 ′
Octave 2 ′
Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Pedal C – f 1
10. Sub bass 16 ′
11. Dacked bass 8th'

Bells

The three bells as Te Deum date from 1956 and were cast by the French bell foundry Paccard in Annecy. The plenum is rung on most Sundays and public holidays. The clock beat is divided into the following bells: as 1 and ges 1 for the quarter hours, es 1 for the full hours.

No. Surname volume Casting year foundry Weight
(kg)
1 Maria Immaculate it 1 1956 Paccard, Annecy 1400
2 St. Joseph ges 1 1000
3 St. Barbara as 1 700

literature

  • Bernhard H. Bonkhoff: The churches in the Saar-Palatinate district . Saarbrücken 1987.

Web links

Commons : St. Maria (Alschbach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments in the Saarpfalz district (PDF; 1.1 MB) List of monuments of the Saarland; Retrieved July 25, 2012
  2. ↑ Information on the Church of St. Maria. kunstlexikonsaar.de; Retrieved July 25, 2012
  3. ↑ a b Bernhard Becker, Martin Baus: The Saarpfalz in the 50s and 60s. Sutton Verlag, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-95400-011-1 , p. 52.
  4. ↑ Information on Alschbach. blieskastel.de; Retrieved July 25, 2012
  5. ^ Aatz, Marianne: Works in public space. kuenstlerlexikonsaar.de; Retrieved July 25, 2012
  6. ↑ Organ of the Church of St. Maria (Catholic). ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Web offer organs in Saarland ; Retrieved July 25, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.saar-orgelland.de
  7. ^ Organ of the Church of St. Maria Alschbach organindex.de; Retrieved November 26, 2013

Coordinates: 49 ° 14 ′ 13.7 "  N , 7 ° 14 ′ 2.6"  E