St. Martin (Augsburg-Oberhausen)

East view from Donauwörther Strasse

South view

St. Martin is a Roman Catholic parish church in the north of the Augsburg district of Oberhausen . It belongs to the Dean's Office Augsburg II of the Diocese of Augsburg . The three-aisled basilica with retracted choir is protected as a monument .

history

The Oberhausen district grew further north as part of the industrial revolution in the 1920s. With that, the parish of St. Peter and Paul grew and made the construction of an additional church necessary. On May 21, 1933, the St. Martin branch received a wooden emergency church. The foundation stone for today's church according to plans by the Augsburg architect Fritz Kempf took place on September 17, 1933, the consecration by Bishop Joseph Kumpfmüller took place on July 15, 1934. On May 18, 1938, the community was elevated to the status of a parish.

From 1962 to 1964 the white plastered church with two side aisles as well as the Joseph chapel and the baptistery was expanded and received two side entrances. Their overall dimensions are 48 meters long and 29 meters wide. The two east-facing towers were raised by six meters to forty meters, and the north tower received two new bells by Karl Czudnochowsky . The interior was also painted and lead-glazed windows were installed. In 1992 and 1993, the chancel was redesigned with an interior renovation of the nave and the Joseph Chapel, combined with the renewal of the heating system. In 2008 the north side portal was closed and the room of reconciliation was inaugurated.

Due to the change in population, the parish lost a large part of its members, from the 1960s with over 6600 members to 2200 in 2015. Since 2012 it has been part of the parish community of St. Joseph, St. Konrad, St. Martin and St. Peter and Paul.

Furnishing

The painting in the apse is by Severin Walter and shows the heavenly Jerusalem according to the Revelation of John . The lead glass windows on the right show the story of creation. On the left is the failure of the created world and the great mercy of God .

The southern steeple has a clock tower , the northern five bells.

View to the apse
View to the organ gallery

organ

The church owns an organ by the Kissingen organ builder Maximilian Offner from 1979 with 27 stops on two manuals and a pedal . The disposition is:

I main work C – f ³
Quintad	16 ′
Principal	8th'
Reed flute	8th'
octave	4 ′
Wooden flute	4 ′
Sesquialter	2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
Forest flute	2 ′
Super octave	2 ′
Mixture V	1 ¹ ⁄ ₃  ′
Trumpet	8th'

II Swell C – g ³
Covered	8th'
Salicet	8th'
Principal	4 ′
Pointed flute	4 ′
octave	2 ′
Pointed fifth	1 ¹ ⁄ ₃  ′
Cymbal III – IV	1'
Rohrschalmei	8th'
Tremulant

pedal
Sub-bass	16 ′
Prefix	8th'
Covered bass	8th'
Fifth	5 ¹ ⁄ ₃  ′
Chorale bass	4 ′
Night horn	2 ′
Heavy bass	2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
trombone	16 ′
Trumpet	4 ′

Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
Playing aids : Tutti, two free combinations

Martinusweg

The Church of St. Martin has been a station on Via Sancti Martini since November 2015 . This pilgrimage in honor of Martin von Tours leads on two routes from his Hungarian birthplace Szombathely across Europe to Tours in France.