St. Markus (Haimbach)

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St. Markus Haimbach
Haimbach; St. Markus north.JPG
place Haimbach (Fulda)
Denomination Roman Catholic
diocese Fulda
Patronage St. Mark
Construction type Hall church
function Parish church

St. Markus is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Fulda district of Haimbach in the eastern Hessian district of Fulda , which belongs to the diocese of Fulda and is assigned to the Fulda deanery .

The parish also includes the Herz-Jesu-Kapelle or Schulzenbergkkapelle .

The church building is at Saturnstrasse 9 on the old military cemetery .

History of the church

.: Location of Haimbach ( Henbach )

The first church founding is passed down from the Carolingian times of the East Franconian King Ludwig the German in the 9th century . Under today's choir is a basement-like substructure, which was probably the crypt of this Carolingian church.

Haimbach has been an old parish since the foundation of the Fulda monastery in 744. Around 10 years after the monastery was founded, the funeral procession of St. Boniface from Mainz to Fulda passed near Haimbach on the slope of the "Schulzenberg" and was in sight of the Fulda monastery in which he wanted to be buried. A cross is said to have been struck there and the Schulzenberg was subsequently called "Kreuzberg".

Hegenbach (im Hain, im Hagen) is already mentioned as a place name at the time of the abbot of the Fulda monastery Rabanus Maurus .

The Fulda abbot Hatto assigned this church in a deed of foundation from 852 the income to receive and feed pilgrims to Boniface's grave (so-called Hatto deed).

The Haimbach parish church of St. Martin / later St. Markus is one of the oldest churches in the Fulda region. "It is probably the second of the churches that belonged to the Fulda Monastery in around 1000 " in loco Ludera " (cf. Ernst Johann Friedrich Dronke, Tradt. 124, Chapter 43, No. 69)". Historical research assumes that the origin can be dated to the time of the abbot Rabanus Maurus. "then he set about building new churches on his monastery property." He is said to have been busy building during his tenure and equipped the monastery with a network of 30 own churches, all of which had to deliver the “tithe” to the Fulda monastery and the abbot. Among them probably also the old St. Mark's Church in Haimbach, whose fortified tower, which still exists today, is comparable to the architectural style of the Church of St. Flora and St. Kilian of the Florenberg near Pilgerzell , which is within sight of the church .

Between 822 and 842 AD there was already a church in Haimbach that was consecrated to St. Mark. The Benedictine monks of the convent of the Fulda monastery went on a pilgrimage barefoot in a procession from Fulda to Haimbach on St. Mark's Day, on April 25th, up to the 17th century . However, from this church was only until the later church building in 12/13. Century received a crypt from the Carolingian founding building. Components of the different stylistic epochs testify to the long history of the church. In 1202 a new church is mentioned on a fortified cemetery surrounded by a high wall , which was probably built in the 12th century , which was uncertain because of robber barons and feuds .

In 1299 a " plebanus in Heibah" was called Bertholdus. In the 14th century, the north wall of the Gothic style church was pushed out to the side by four meters, so that a two-aisled church was probably built. Haimbach was a pastor in 1384 and the parish included the Katharinenhospital on the long bridge over the Fulda ". The Abbot of Fulda had the church patronage around 1450. Under Abbot Reinhard von Weilnau the patronage changed in 1462 and St. Martin is named. Zum Katharinenhospital ( 1272) consisted 1494. Send money. Maberzell was 1510 and in the Church's Haimbach Gieselmann first mentioned. built in the 12th and 13th century church was in the Thirty Years' war destroyed in a big fire to the tower. After a new building in the Baroque period in 1633 was the St. Mark again patron saint of the church , which is probably due to the penitential processions of the Fulda Benedictine monks. In the course of secularization, the stone Schulzenberg chapel belonging to the parish was auctioned for demolition in 1804. In the years 1907–1909 the church was under Bishop Joseph Damian Schmitt by the architect Hans Güldenpfennig extended southwards in neo-Romanesque forms, so that ei ne three-nave hall church was built. The south-west side received the semicircular stair tower with a ( Wendelstein ) with the conical roof and the south-east side the sacristy . The evangelist Mark has been the patron of the church since 1683. From 1986 to 1987 the neo-Romanesque, monumental painting of the church was reconstructed.

Today's church

View to the altar
View of the organ

The interior of the church is entered through the Romanesque barrel vault with three openings for the earlier bell ropes in the low entrance hall in the basement of the 12th century tower .

The inside of the entrance hall has beam openings from the time of the fortified church , into which a safety beam or bolt tree could be inserted from the inside.

Today's church is a three-aisled, neo - Romanesque columned hall with four arcades , with the three naves of the same height and a gable roof .

The church is considered to be a special feature in terms of cultural and architectural history.

Artistic equipment

Choir and altar

Choir and altar

The rectangular Gothic choir was built over the presumably Romanesque crypt of the previous building.

The choir is closed by a cross vault without ribs and a keystone in the choir vault. The ribs were painted ornamented.

In 1907/09 who sculptor brothers spot, Fulda, the altar with tabernacle and the two side altars and the front of the chancel arch standing pulpit French limestone created. The glazing was also made by the art glass workshop Heinrich Leinweber, Fulda.

In 1909 the new Romanesque painting was carried out by the painter Hugo Pfister and the painter and restorer Carl Schmauß, both from Fulda.

In 1986/887 the neo-Romanesque painting was reconstructed.

The altar consists of an altar table with the substructure of four neo-Romanesque columns with a base and cube capitals and a central partition with a rose window. In the middle part is the tabernacle with a rectangular, ornamental border with the symbols of the evangelists and above it a round-arched, ornamented niche for the crucifix with wings on both sides. The open wings show angels .

A golden cone is located in the temple-like tower above it with an open circular column structure with a conical roof . At the end there is a crowning cross on a gold knob above. The Gothic tracery window behind it has a neo-Gothic stained glass window with a dove of the Holy Spirit underneath God the Father and God the Son as the Holy Trinity . The stone sculptures of the Archangels Michael (left) and Gabriel (right) serve as assistants to the side.

Baptismal font

The font from 1680

The St. Mark's Church houses an early baroque font from 1680 in the shape of a chalice. The 8-sided profiled cornice is provided with round bars and notch cuts. Below it, it turns into a round shape and is decorated all around with garlands with flowers. Underneath it begins a bowl-shaped tapering with winged angel heads, in between four inscriptions with the date ANNO 1680, the stonemason mark of Hans Kruck from 1680 and three other names, MATTHÄUS KREUTER , AUGUSTINUS HOMANN and MARTINUS MERZ . Again underneath a knitted ornament on the shaft, leaf ornaments, 8-sided shaft ring and a round base.

The baptismal font is in the left aisle (north side).

Side altars

The side altars are located at the head of the left and right aisles.

The Sacred Heart Altar is located in the left aisle in the semicircular neo-Romanesque apse on French limestone and tabernacle, which is crowned with a Sacred Heart statue. The assistant figures are St. Aloisius von Gonzaga in a Jesuit habit with a crucifix (left) and St. Agnes with a lamb and probably a palm tree (right).

In the right aisle there is the Marian altar made of French limestone with a tabernacle and above it the Radiant Madonna with Child Jesus and scepter on a crescent moon and snake and the globe.

Choir arch

The painting on the wall of the choir arch was made in 1909 by the church painters Hugo Pfister and Carl Schmaus. It is strongly of the All Saints' Day by Albrecht Dürer ajar. Due to the small space between the belt arch of the central nave and the choir arch, however, considerable restrictions were necessary.

organ

The Kreienbrink organ

The organ unites forms of Baroque and Rococo and was built in 1975 by Matthias Kreienbrink , Osnabrück. The brochure is in baroque forms with rococo - carving of the wood sculptor Fritz junk floating liquor village and the color version of the painter and restorer Willi Kiel from Fulda Lehnerz been created also the 1975th

Bells

The church has four chimes with tower bells in the upper bells of the medieval defense tower .

History of bells

In the diocese archive of the bishop. Vicariate General Fulda is available from 1684 church accounts for Haimbach. In the bill of 1685, expenses amounting to "1 fl 14 bhm from the clapper to the bells again to make up and hang" were expended. In the following years, expenses for bell strings and for lubricating the bells were regularly expended.

There are 3 bells in an inventory from 1876. However, there is no information about size, pitch and origin. In 1898, however, the Ulrich Brothers bell foundry from Apolda delivered two bells weighing 120 and 73 kg to the church in Haimbach at a price of 645.65 marks. A bell weighing 50 kg was given in payment for 60 marks. In 1910, 4 bells, one older and three newer ones, are recorded in the real schematic for Haimbach.

In 1917 three bronze bells with a weight of 385 kg were confiscated for the production of armaments for the First World War . These were delivered on October 4th, 1917.

In 1924 three new bells were procured, which had been cast in the bell foundry of Junker / Edelbrock in Brilon . Melodically these were on the notes "e", "g" and "a" and weighed 874 kg, 669 kg and 440 kg and cost 7,000 marks. The greatest is the “Divine Savior in the Sacraments” and “St. Mark ”, the second to the“ Mother of God ”and the third to“ St. Joseph ”. The consecration took place on September 14th of the same year.

On July 29, 1942, after 25 years, 3 bells had to be delivered to the " Reichsstelle für Metalle ", Berlin, and transported away again for the production of war material for the Second World War .

They were:

Bell name diameter Weight Casting year
Salvator Bell Ø 115 cm 874 kg 1924
Marienbell Ø 104 cm 669 kg 1924
St. Mark's Bell Ø 0.79 cm ? ?

In the steeple only the small "remained Joseph Bell " with a diameter of 0.90 cm 440 kg for the daily Angelus and other church events.

On April 15, 1953, 3 new bells were purchased from the Junker bell and metal foundry in Brilon, which were consecrated on April 23, 1953 by the dean Medler, Hünfeld, who was born in Haimbach, and Prof. Heller, Fulda.

In 1986 Erwin Sturm described the current Haimbach church bells in an article in the 1986 beech leaves, no.10

Pastoral Association

The parish is one of the four Catholic parishes close to the center of the district town of Fulda, in which the Catholics live in the majority.

She belongs to the pastoral association St. Antonius von Padua Fulda-West in the dean's office Fulda , to which the following parishes belong:

The current pastor of St. Markus, Markus Schneider, acts as the moderator of the pastoral network.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ According to Erwin Sturm : Architectural and art monuments of the Fuldaer Land. Vol. 3. Fulda 1984 p. 1032 f. it is Hans Kruck from Neuhof.
  2. ^ Diocese of Fulda: deaneries, pastoral associations, parishes

Coordinates: 50 ° 32 ′ 47.8 "  N , 9 ° 37 ′ 35.8"  E