St. Marien (Friedrichsthal (Saar))

The parish church of St. Marien in Friedrichsthal seen from the Hoferkopf tower in the wayside shrine

Another view of the church

View inside the church

View to the organ gallery

The Church of St. Mary or Siebenmerz Mariä is a Catholic branch church in the Saarland city ​​of Friedrichsthal , Saarbrücken regional association . It is a church dedicated to Mary, dedicated to the memory of the Seven Sorrows of Mary, mother of Jesus . In the list of monuments of the Saarland, the church is a single monument listed.

history

The predecessor of today's church was the parish church of St. Michael , built from 1870 to 1873 according to plans by the architect Carl Friedrich Müller ( Saarlouis ) , which was demolished in 1929 due to dilapidation .

St. Mary's Church was built as a successor from 1927 to 1928 . The plans for the church building came from the architect Peter Marx (Trier) , who was also responsible for the All Saints Church in neighboring Sulzbach .
On December 30, 1928, the completed church was ceremoniously handed over to its destination.

The free-standing bell tower was only built in 1956 according to plans by the architect Fritz Thoma (Trier) and demolished again at the beginning of February 2016 because it was dilapidated.

Church building

The usable area of ​​the church building, including the gallery , is around 700 m ² and offers space for a good 2100 people.

What is striking about the exterior is the exposed brickwork and the roof turret over the choir area .

The interior is determined by a mighty barrel vault that spans the nave . In addition, the nave is divided into two very narrow aisles . The chancel is also spanned by a barrel vault, which is also coffered . The back wall of the chancel is determined by arcades , in which mostly angel figures are placed. There is a crucifixion group above the arcades .

organ

The organ of the church was built in 1955 by the French organ builder Haerpfer & Erman ( Boulay ) as Opus 510. The Kegelladen instrument has 44 (46) registers , divided into 3 manuals and pedal . The game and stop action is electro-pneumatic. The disposition is as follows:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3 1. Quintadena 16 ′ 2. Principal 8th' 3. Gemshorn 8th' 4th Night horn 8th' 5. Praestant 4 ′ 6th Reed flute 4 ′ 7th Minor principal 2 ′ 8th. Rauschpfeife II 9. Mixture IV-VI 10. bassoon 16 ′ 11. Trumpet 8th' 12. Head shelf 4 ′

II Swell C – g 3 13. Silent 16 ′ 14th diapason 8th' 15th Wooden flute 8th' 16. Salicional 8th' 17th Beat 8th' 18th Principal 4 ′ 19th Viennese flute 4 ′ 20th Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 21st Forest flute 2 ′ 22nd third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ 23. Scharff V 24. Dulcian 16 ′ 25th Schalmey oboe 8th'

III Positive C-g 3 26th Reed flute 8th' 27. Quintadena 8th' 28. Italian principal 4 ′ 29 recorder 4 ′ 30th Flute 2 ′ 31. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 32. Swiss pipe 1' 33. Cymbel III 34. Krummhorn 8th'

Pedal C – f 1 Great bass 32 ′ (collective train) 35. Principal bass 16 ′ 36. Sub-bass 16 ′ Soft bass 16 ′ (Transm. I Quintadena 16 ') 37. Quint bass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 38. Octave bass 8th' 39. Flute bass 8th' 40. Chorale bass 4 ′ 41. Cantus firmus 2 ′ 42. Mixture 4f 43. trombone 16 ′ 44. Tromba 8th'

• Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P, sub- and super-octave coupling
• Playing aids : 2 free combinations, tutti

Web links

Commons : St. Marien (Friedrichsthal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Catholic parish of St. Michael Friedrichsthal
• Tower view with full bells of the Catholic parish church St. Marien in Friedrichsthal (Saar)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list Regionalverband Saarbrücken (PDF; 9.74 MB), accessed on May 8, 2013
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Information on the parish church of St. Marien and Sieben Jungs Mariä Friedrichsthal on: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on May 8, 2013
3. ↑ ^{a b} St. Marien Friedrichsthal. (No longer available online.) In: www.sankt-michael-friedrichsthal.de. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013 ; accessed on July 18, 2018 . 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.  
4. ^ [1] Demolition of the tower, Saarbrücker Zeitung, February 6, 2016.
5. ↑ The organ of the parish church of St. Marien On: www.organindex.de, accessed on June 6, 2014

Coordinates: 49 ° 19 '22.1 "  N , 7 ° 5' 40.8"  E