St. Mary of the Holy Rosary in Walsrode
The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Mary of the Holy Rosary in Walsrode , Lower Saxony, is the parish church of the large community of Saint Maria in the Verden deanery of the Diocese of Hildesheim, which has existed since 2004 .
Catchment area of the municipality
This parish also includes the subsidiary churches of St. Mary of the Seven Sorrows in Bad Fallingbostel , the Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Visselhövede and the Heilig-Geist-Kirche in Benefeld . It includes around 4,300 Catholic Christians in the cities and communities mentioned. On December 3, 1963, the previous curate of Walsrode was elevated to a parish .
Church building
Even before the First World War , Bishop Adolf Bertram acquired land for new churches in the two central cities of the western Lüneburg Heath , Soltau and Walsrode. While the church of St. Mary of the Holy Rosary was built in Soltau as early as 1914/15 , Walsrode had to wait until after the Second World War for its church.
The building, built according to plans by the architect Lippsmeier from Paderborn, is a matter-of-fact structure with a centrally arranged bell tower. The building was erected in the period after the Second World War, when the Catholic communities of the Lüneburg Heath experienced strong growth due to the influx of refugees and displaced persons . The foundation stone was laid on October 15, 1950 , and the church consecrated on June 23, 1951 by Bishop Joseph Godehard Machens .
From 1962 to 1963 the church was rebuilt and expanded according to plans by the architect Theo Scholten , which was consecrated anew on December 14, 1963 by Auxiliary Bishop Heinrich Pachowiak .
Today's church life
In addition to the former refugees and their descendants, significant groups within the community now include immigrants from southern and western Germany, late repatriates from Poland and the former Soviet Union and community members of Italian origin.
See also
literature
- Willi Stoffers: Diocese of Hildesheim today. Hildesheim 1987, ISBN 3-87065-418-X , pp. 131, 133
source
Coordinates: 52 ° 51 ′ 59.8 " N , 9 ° 35 ′ 35.7" E