St. Marien (Schmelz)

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The Catholic parish church of St. Marien in Schmelz

The St. Marien Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Saarland district of Schmelz , Saarlouis . It is dedicated to the memory of the Seven Sorrows of Mary . In the list of monuments of the Saarland, the church is a single monument listed.

history

View inside the church

In the late 19th century, the parish church of the parish Bettingen, which includes the Catholic residents of foreign belonged (Bettingen and exterior form since 1937 the place melting), become too small. Since the outsiders pressed for more independence, the plan of the then pastor Kaas to build a new, larger parish church in Bettingen met with resistance and ultimately failed when pastor Kaas died in May 1911. The desire of the outside Catholics for their own church grew so that a church building association was founded with the purpose of collecting the necessary financial means for building a church outside. When the financial means were available soon afterwards, the construction project could begin. First, the old one was in 1914 Chapel in outside to a simple hall church of bricks with a primitive roof construction expanded as makeshift church served.

On February 18, 1920, the Bettinger branch outside was declared an independent chapel congregation by a document from Trier Bishop Michael Felix Korum . The final elevation to the parish took place in 1926 by Bishop Franz Rudolf Bornewasser .

Through the elevation to a parish, the desire for a new parish church to replace the emergency church was given new impetus. On September 21, 1930, the foundation stone was laid for the new church, which was built according to plans by the architects Ludwig Becker and Anton Falkowski ( Mainz ). The church, which was completed after four years of construction, was inaugurated on April 28, 1934.

architecture

  • Portal facade

  • Two-sided apse

  • Balcony in the choir area

  • Pylon chapel

Exterior

The west facade of the massive sacral building is divided into three parts, with the middle section being flanked by two porches that close on both sides. The main entrance is accentuated by a horizontal portal hall. The horizontal line continues to the side of the pylon-like porches. There are small, ogival side passages that serve as vestibules for the side entrances. The three large windows of the facade are designed as lancet openings with pointed arches, like the top windows of the ship. Overall, they give the building a Gothic reminiscence. The top of the portal facade is stepped. The gable itself is adorned with a powerful Pietà relief. The church tower is positioned laterally in the southeast. The masonry of the building is plastered. The construction of a two-tower facade remains rudimentary. The main tower also appears trimmed in an abstract way compared to its Gothic models. Historical references to architectural history are only rudimentary and can only be felt in individual elements. The Schmelzer sacred building can be assigned to abstraction historicism. There are still important aspects of the basilica type, but the sides are completely subordinate to the nave. The church interior is optically arranged as a hall.

Interior

View into the right aisle

The three-aisled basilica has a wide nave, which is formed from five bays. The aisles are designed as narrow aisles and are relatively low in height compared to the central nave. Strong, undivided rectangular pillars with wide horizontal borders as well as an alternation of beams and wooden beams further reduce the height of the aisles. The stepped flat ceiling of the central nave is structured by strong wooden beams on brackets, the sections of which relate to the upper facade windows. The arcade zone and the upper storey are separated from one another by a simple cornice, which also serves as the sill of the upper storey window. High and narrow pointed arch niches open up for the former side altars in the choir walls. With regard to their exposure, the side aisles with their small windows and the choir niches are kept dark, while the main aisle is lighter through high, ogival windows.

The choir area is drawn in opposite the nave and in turn closes with an apse that is drawn in and set off in height. This is formed on two sides and, like the portal pylons, is only remotely reminiscent of medieval Gothic polygonality due to its abstraction, which deviates from the Gothic form. The choir area receives side light from high window strips, which mysteriously illuminates the altar area.

Furnishing

  • Pietà

  • Tabernacle with a cross

The church's furnishings include a medieval Pietà , which was restored by painter and sculptor Ernst Alt ( Saarbrücken ) and subsequently supplemented with a wreath of swords.
Also noteworthy are the windows of the Binsfeld brothers ( Trier ), which give the room a mystical, glowing aura when strong sunlight falls, especially in the aisle-like aisles.

organ

View from the chancel to the organ gallery

The organ of the church was built in 1999 by the Hugo Mayer company ( Heusweiler ). The on a loft established sliderchest -instrument has 31 sounding registers , spread over two manuals and pedal . The action mechanism is mechanical, the stop action is electric. The organ case is made of solid oak.

The French Romantic era was the inspiration for the conception of the organ, as can be guessed from the disposition . In terms of scaling and intonation , the instrument was designed in such a way that all of the organ's works fit into the sound of French Romanticism. Various registers are based on the scale templates of the French organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll , especially the mixtures and the reeds.

The disposition is as follows:

I Grand Orgue C-g 3
1. Bourdon 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Concert flute 8th'
4th Viol 8th'
5. Bourdon 8th'
6th Octave 4 ′
7th Wooden flute 4 ′
8th. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
9. Octave 2 ′
10. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
11. Mixture IV-V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
12. Trumpet 8th'
II Récit expressif C – g 3
13. Praestant 8th'
14th Reed flute 8th'
15th Salicional 8th'
16. Voix céleste 8th'
17th Principal 4 ′
18th Flûte octaviante 4 ′
19th Fugara 4 ′
20th Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
21st Duplicate 2 ′
22nd Tièrce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
23. Plein jeu IV – VI 2 ′
24. Basson 16 ′
25th Trompette harmonique 8th'
26th Hautbois 8th'
Tremulant
Pedale C – f 1
27. Principal 16 ′
28. Sub bass 16 ′
Octave (Ext. No. 27) 8th'
Covered bass (Ext. No. 28) 8th'
29 Choral bass 4 ′
30th Mixture IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
31. trombone 16 ′
Trumpet (Ext. No. 31) 8th'
  • Pairing :
    • Normal coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P
    • Sub-octave coupling: II / II
    • Super octave coupling: II / P
  • Playing aids : 4000 typesetting combinations

literature

  • Dehio Handbook of German Art Monuments, Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland. 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1984, p. 939.
  • Catholic parish of St. Marien Schmelz (Hrsg.): The new organ in Schmelz-St. Marien. (Festschrift for the consecration of the new organ on May 16, 1999 in Schmelz St. Marien) Nalbach 1999.
  • Kristine Marschall: Sacred buildings of classicism and historicism in Saarland. (= Publications by the Institute for Regional Studies in Saarland , Volume 40.) Saarbrücken 2002, pp. 195–196, p. 422, p. 609.
  • Saar research community (ed.), Walter Zimmermann (edit.): The art monuments of the districts of Ottweiler and Saarlouis. 1st edition, 1934. / 2nd, unchanged edition, Saarbrücken 1976, p. 147.
  • L. Sudbrack, A. Jakob (Ed.): The Catholic Saarland. (= Home and Church , Volume II / III.) Saarbrücken 1954, p. 44 f.

Web links

Commons : St. Marien (Schmelz)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, partial list of monuments in the Saarlouis district  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 347 kB), accessed on July 14, 2013@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.saarland.de  
  2. ↑ Districts / districts on schmelz.de, accessed on July 14, 2013
  3. ↑ a b c d Parish Church of St. Marien on pfarreigemeinschaft-schmelz.de. ( Memento from June 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ a b c Information on the parish church of St. Marien on kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on July 14, 2013
  5. ↑ Kristine Marschall: Sacred buildings of classicism and historicism in Saarland. (= Publications by the Institute for Regional Studies in Saarland. Volume 40), Saarbrücken 2002, pp. 195–196 and pp. 422, 609.
  6. ↑ Catholic parish of St. Marien Schmelz (ed.): The new organ in Schmelz-St. Marien. Festschrift for the consecration of the new organ on May 16, 1999 in Schmelz St. Marien, Nalbach 1999.
  7. ↑ a b The organ of the parish church of St. Marien on organindex.de, accessed on July 14, 2013
  8. ↑ a b c Organ of the parish of St. Marien Schmelz on orgelbau-mayer.de. ( Memento from July 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '53.2 "  N , 6 ° 50' 49.4"  E