St. Martin (Habkirchen)

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The Catholic parish church of St. Martin in Habkirchen

The Church of St. Martin is a Catholic parish church in Habkirchen , a district of the municipality of Mandelbachtal , Saarpfalz-Kreis , Saarland . Saint Martin is the church patron . In the list of monuments of the Saarland, the church is a single monument listed.

history

The church was first mentioned in a document from 819. However, it is considered likely that the church is much older. This is supported by the election of the church patron St. Martin, who was a Merovingian - Franconian national saint.

Among the Imperial Count von der Leyen was nave rebuilt 1768th Today's chancel and side altars in the nave were created. In the choir of the old church building, the basement of the choir tower , one was sacristy decorated.

During the Second World War , the church building suffered severe damage during fighting in the winter of 1939/40 and again between December 1944 and March 1945. In the years after the war, reconstruction work began with the active participation of the Habkirchen residents. On April 18, 1948, the newly built church was inaugurated by the Speyer bishop Joseph Wendel . The tower was rebuilt from 1949 to 1950 under the direction of the architect Nau ( St. Ingbert ) and raised by 6 meters.

In 1962 a new sacristy was built. The church was restored in 2005, with the interior of the bell tower being rebuilt. In 2006 the former sacristy in the lower part of the bell tower was rebuilt. A "weekday chapel" was created.

architecture

Entrance portal

The church is a hall church with 3 window axes . The church tower is built onto the choir, which is closed on three sides. Above the entrance portal there is a sandstone relief showing the church patron St. Martin and the year of construction (1768).

Furnishing

View inside the church

Inside the church, the high altar draws attention. In it are Baroque figures of old equipment involved. A statue of the church patron St. Martin stands directly under the crown of the high altar, including a statue of Mary Queen of Heaven surrounded by angels . On the outside of the altar there are figures of saints: on the right side St. Wendelin , on the left St. Rochus . The figures that were in the former side altars (St. Mary, St. Joseph ) now stand on consoles in the chancel.

Tower and bells

The tower of the church belongs to the group of so-called "Hornbacher towers" and was raised for the first time around 1150. The basement of the tower formed the choir of the first church. A sacrament niche and a ribbed vault from the 14th century have been preserved in it. In addition, wall paintings in the tower, which also date from this time, were uncovered again.

In the tower there is a bell consisting of four bronze bells. They were cast in 1960 in the Otto Saarlouis bell foundry and have the following names:

No. Surname volume Weight
(kg)
1 Christ the King e 1 1150
2 Assumption Day f sharp 1 800
3 St. Joseph g sharp 1 600
4th St. Martin h 1 410

organ

Organ loft

The organ of the church was built in 1964 by Hugo Mayer Orgelbau ( Heusweiler ). The instrument, with 12 registers , 2 manuals and pedal, is set up on a gallery and has a free-standing console . The swell is designed as a chest swell . The wind chests are slide chests with mechanical play and electrical stop action .

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Salicioal 8th'
3. Pipe pommer 4 ′
4th Salicet 2 ′
5. Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
II sill [sic] C – g 3
6th Dumped 8th'
7th Prefix 4 ′
8th. Forest flute 2 ′
9. Cymbel III 2 ⁄ 3 ′
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
10. Sub-bass 16 ′
11. Open flute 8th'
12. Metal dacked 4 ′

literature

  • Bernhard H. Bonkhoff: The churches in the Saar-Palatinate district . Saarbrücken 1987.

Web links

Commons : St. Martin (Habkirchen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list Saarpfalz-Kreis (PDF; 1.11 MB), accessed on July 20, 2012
  2. ↑ a b c d e lt. Notice board in front of church
  3. ↑ a b Information on the parish church of St. Martin at: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on July 20, 2012
  4. ↑ St. Martin - Habkirchen, The Bells of the Church  ( 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. From: pfarrei-mandelbachtal.de, accessed on July 20, 2012@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / pfarrei-mandelbachtal.de  
  5. ↑ Organ of the Church of St. Martin (Catholic) ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Info page of the Orgeln im Saarland website , accessed on July 20, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.saar-orgelland.de

Coordinates: 49 ° 7 '48.8 "  N , 7 ° 8' 13.9"  E