St. Marien (Lengede)
The Sankt Marien Church is the Roman Catholic church in Lengede , a municipality in the Peine district in Lower Saxony . It belongs to the parish of St. Bernward with its seat in Groß Ilsede , in the Braunschweig deanery of the Hildesheim diocese . The church named after St. Mary (mother of Jesus) has the address Im Fuhsetal 1 (corner of Broistedter Straße).
history
In 1542 the Reformation was introduced in Lengede and the until then Catholic pastor of Lengede, Johannes Rudolphi, accepted the Evangelical Lutheran denomination. This also made the population and the 13th century church in Lengede Evangelical-Lutheran.
As a result of industrialization and the influx of expellees after the Second World War , Catholics settled again in Lengede. The foundation stone of the church was laid on October 29, 1961 by Josef Schreiber, dean of the Salzgitter dean's office, which was founded in 1952 and to which the church initially belonged. The first service took place in the new church on November 18, 1962, and the church was consecrated on December 23, 1962 by Auxiliary Bishop Heinrich Pachowiak . On January 1, 1963, the parish of Lengede-Woltwiesche was established, and on July 1, 1969, it was elevated to a parish.
In 1994 the branch church Christ König was profaned in the neighboring village of Woltwiesche, about two kilometers away .
Since November 1, 2006, the church has belonged to the Braunschweig deanery, previously it belonged to the Peine deanery. Since September 1st, 2008 the church has belonged to the parish of St. Bernward in Groß Ilsede, with which it was previously connected in a pastoral care unit .
Architecture and equipment
The church was built according to plans by the architect Johannes Reuter sen. built in Kassel and is around 84 meters above sea level . The towerless, cross-crowned church stands on a square floor plan. The entrance doors with slate reliefs were designed in 1962 by Hans-Theo Richter based on biblical motifs from the Revelation of John.
Its 200-seat interior is illuminated by a circumferential ribbon of windows, also designed by Hans-Theo Richter. The chancel, separated from the nave by a communion bench , is dominated by a crucifix , executed as a mosaic by Vera Jaeck . The altar, made in 1962 from Kirchheim shell limestone, was designed by the church's architect, Johannes Reuter. During the renovation in 1998, the wall area behind the altar was highlighted in color.
A confessional is set into the side wall. There is a Pietà under the organ gallery , in front of which sacrificial candles can be placed. Furthermore, the baptismal font and an icon of Mary . The organ was built by the Braunschweig master organ builder Friedrich Weißenborn , it dates from the early days of the church. The interior also includes 14 stations of the cross and a statue of the Virgin Mary.
A sacrament chapel with 16 seats is attached to the side of the church , in which there is another confessional. A wall mosaic created in 1962 by the art teacher Sr. Vera Jaeck from the Abbey Herstelle depicts Saint Barbara of Nicomedia , the patron saint of miners . As a symbol for Jesus Christ, the tabernacle shows a sacrificial lamb from which blood is pouring into a chalice .
The parsonage, the parsonage and a senior citizens' residence are attached to the south of the church.
See also
literature
- Willi Stoffers: Diocese of Hildesheim today. Hildesheim 1987, ISBN 3-87065-418-X , p. 65
- Rüdiger Wala in " KirchenZeitung " No. 43/2012 of October 28, 2012, p. 13: House of God with purpose. (History of the Catholic Church of St. Mary)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.myheimat.de/lengede/kultur/die-evangelische-dorfkirche-in-lengede-d1427858.html
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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.
- ↑ http://wiki-bistumsgeschichte.de/wiki/index.php5?title=Spezial%3ASuche&search=Lengede&go=Seite
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2014 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.
- ↑ Art work in the monastery . Abbey website, pp. 8–9 (.pdf file). Retrieved May 31, 2015.
Coordinates: 52 ° 12 ′ 8 ″ N , 10 ° 18 ′ 39 ″ E