St. Marien (Witten)

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The church of St. Marien , locally also called Marienkirche , is a listed Roman Catholic church building in Witten in the Ennepe-Ruhr district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

history

The church was built in the 1840s according to plans by the Cologne cathedral builder Ernst Friedrich Zwirner . It is a three-aisled basilica in the neo-Romanesque style. Contrary to the original plan, it was built with a mighty bell tower and vaulted ceiling inside. The foundation stone was laid in 1846 while the construction of the church was already under way. From 1872 to 1891 the church was used by the Old Catholics . The Catholic parish built a new wooden church as an emergency church at the intersection of Hauptstrasse and Ardeystrasse .

The church was painted in color for the first time in 1907. In the 1920s, it was completely repainted; the vaults were designed with a starry sky. An enthroned figure of Christ with flanking angels was painted in the dome . The paintings were lost when the church was badly damaged in World War II. In 1982 they were partially reconstructed.

Furnishing

Today's furnishings, in particular the altar , baptismal font , tabernacle and candlestick, date largely from the 1970s and were designed by the sculptor Josef Baron (Hemmerde). From the original neo-Romanesque high altar, only two carved wooden panels remain in the church.

Marian organ

The organ was built in 2009 by the organ builder Siegfried Schmid . The instrument is arranged in the German-Romantic style. It has 58  stops on four manual works and a pedal . In addition to the swell unit (III. Manual), the positive and high-pressure unit (II. And IV. Manual) are also designed to be swellable. The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric.

I main work C – c 5
1. Violon 16 ′
2. Bourdon 16 ′
3. Principal 8th'
4th Bourdon 8th'
5. Double flute 8th'
6th Gamba 8th'
7th Octav 4 ′
8th. Reed flute 4 ′
9. Super octave 2 ′
10. Mixture maior 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
11. Mixture minor 1'
12. tuba 16 ′
13. Trumpet 8th'
II threshold positive C-c 5
14th Dumped 16 ′
15th Horn principal 8th'
16. Reed flute 8th'
17th Salicional 8th'
18th Unda maris 8th'
19th Praestant 4 ′
20th Transverse flute 4 ′
21st Fifth flute 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
22nd Flageolet 2 ′
23. Third flute 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
24. Progressive harmonica 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
25th French horn 8th'
26th Clarinet 8th'
Tremulant
III Swell C – c 5
27. violoncello 16 ′
28. Violin principal 8th'
29 Night horn 8th'
30th Lovely Gedackt 8th'
31. viola 8th'
32. Aeoline 8th'
33. Vox coelestis 8th'
34. Fugara 4 ′
35. Concert flute 4 ′
36. violin 4 ′
37. Piccolo 2 ′
38. Harmonia Aethera 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
39. Bombard 16 ′
40. Trumpet harmonique 8th'
41. oboe 8th'
42. Clairon harmonique 4 ′
Tremulant
IV high pressure unit C – c 5
43. Marian flute 8th'
44. Stentor viol 8th'
45. Cornett 8th'
46. Tuba mirabilis 8th'
Tubular chimes

Pedals C – g 1
47. Bourdon 32 ′
48. Principal bass 16 ′
49. Double bass 16 ′
50. Sub-bass 16 ′
51. Salicet bass 16 ′
52. Octave bass 8th'
53. Thought bass 8th'
54. cello 8th'
55. Chorale bass 4 ′
56. Contrabombarde 32 ′
57. trombone 16 ′
58. Trumpet 8th'
  • Coupling: normal coupling, sub- and super-octave coupling

Bells

The Marienkirche received its first three-part bronze bell as early as 1850. Today's five-part bell was cast in 1955 by the bell foundry Petit & Edelbrock ( Gescher ).

No.
  		Surname
  		Mass
(kg) 		Ø
(cm) 		Chime
 inscription
1 Marien 5,250 202 g sharp 0 "AUXILIUM + CHRISTIANORUM + ORA + PRO + NOBIS" - "You help of the Christians, pray for us".
2 Joseph 3,022 167 h 0 "SANCTE + JOSEPHE + PATRONE + MORIENTIUM + ORA + PRO + NOBIS" - "Saint Joseph, patron of the dying, pray for us". "IN + PIAM + MEMORIAM + MORTUORUM + BELLI + 1939-1945 + IM PRIMIS + DIEI + 19. MARTI 1945" - "For the honorable and pious commemoration of the dead of the war 1939-45, especially those of March 19, 1945".
3 John 2,090 147 cis 1 “PATRONE PRIMAE ECCLESIAE URBIS NOSTRAE, UT OMNIUM FIDELIUM MENTES DIRIGANTUR IN VIAM SALUTIS AETERNAE, SANCTE JOANNES, ORA PRO NOBIS” - “You patron of the first church in our city, that the aspirations of all believers be directed towards the path of eternal salvation , please for us".
4th Liborius 1,449 131 dis 1 "LIBORI, PASTOR OPTIME, NOS FAC SANCTIS MORIBUS AD REGNA SANCTA CURRERE" - "Liborius, you best shepherd, let us come to the kingdom of God through a holy life".
5 Pius X 822 109 f sharp 1 "OMNIA INSTAURARE IN CHRISTO" - "Renew everything in Christ".

literature

  • Heinrich Schoppmeyer (Hrsg.): History of the parish of St. Marien zu Witten. Festschrift on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Catholic parish of St. Marien zu Witten . Catholic parish of St. Marien, VOHM , Witten 1996, ISBN 3-00-000961-2 .
  • Special volume for the 150th anniversary of the Catholic parish of St. Marien . In: Yearbook of the association for local and local history in the county of Mark zu Witten . tape 95/96 . VOHM, Witten 1996.
  • Holger Krätzig: St. Marien zu Witten . In: Westphalian art sites . No. 79 . Westfälischer Heimatbund , Münster 1996.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The start-up. Catholic parish “Our Lady of Victory”, accessed on April 1, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Chronicle. Catholic parish Herz Jesu Witten-Bommern, accessed on September 13, 2013 .
  3. ↑ The painting of the interior. Catholic parish “Our Lady of Victory”, accessed on April 1, 2017 .
  4. ↑ The equipment. Catholic parish “Our Lady of Victory”, accessed on April 1, 2017 .
  5. ↑ More information about the organ on the website of the music in the parish
  6. ↑ The bells of St. Mary's Church. Catholic parish “Our Lady of Victory”, accessed on April 1, 2017 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 26 ′ 45.1 "  N , 7 ° 20 ′ 11.2"  E