St. Martin (Idstein)
The Catholic parish church of St. Martin in Idstein in Hesse is the church of the local Catholic community. The listed building by Johannes Krahn was consecrated in 1965. In modern forms, it ties in with the shape of an old church basilica .
The history of the parish of St. Martin
The early days of the Christian faith in Idstein up to the Reformation
Nothing is known about the beginnings of Christian life in Idstein. When Idstein Castle was first mentioned in 1102 , the area belonged to the Trier diocese . It can therefore be assumed that the Idstein area belonged to the Wolfsbach parish at that time , whose church is dedicated to St. Dionys was consecrated. This church was demolished in 1668 after the village no longer existed. The fact that the church is consecrated as the patron saint of the Frankish imperial saint suggests that the first Romanesque church in Idstein was very old. In 1330 this church had to give way to a new building built in the Gothic style, the Martinskirche (this was replaced by a new building in the 1670s, today's Union Church ). Six canons belonged to the canon monastery established in 1333 .
In 1540 the Reformation began under Count Philipp . In 1553 the last Catholic priest left the city. From then on, the Martinskirche served the Lutheran church service. As a result, there was no Catholic parish in Idstein until the beginning of the 19th century.
The return of the Catholic faith to Idstein
In 1806, Prince Friedrich August permitted the "practice of Catholic worship" in Idstein with a certificate dated March 14th. As the first pastor he appointed Jacob Nida, who received the church commission from the General Vicariate in Aschaffenburg. At the same time, the Catholic community was granted revocable use of the castle chapel. Thus, the service was celebrated in the castle until the Magdalenenkirche was built.
In 1866 Nassau came to the Kingdom of Prussia . Until the patronage rights were clarified, three parish administrators followed: Hermann Houben, Theodor Muth and Johann Josef Dinges. Caspar Elsing did not become the new pastor until 1873, who died in 1879. His grave cross is preserved in the choir of today's St. Martin Church.
The Magdalenenkirche
Because of the Kulturkampf , the parish remained orphaned for five years. In 1884 it was given to Wilhelm Schilo, who initiated the construction of his own church. Throughout Germany he collected the necessary money with petition letters, so that the construction took place in 1887/88. The architect was Aloys Vogt, who designed the church as a three-aisled, neo-Gothic hall church. On October 8, 1888, the Magdalenenkirche was inaugurated by Bishop Klein .
From 1925 to 1957 Ferdinand Pfeiffer was pastor in Idstein. Among other things, he had the first community hall built and was also active as a composer and arranger of church music works during the Second World War (arrangement of the Cecilia Mass by Max Hohnerlein, op. 24 in 1940).
Today's St. Martin Church
With the influx of Catholic expellees after the Second World War, the number of parishioners rose sharply. From 1957 to 1974 Hans Usinger was pastor in Idstein. During this time the congregation grew to over 5000 members. A branch church was built in Wörsdorf, the parish hall in Idstein and the rectory in Wörsdorf.
The largest project, however, was the new construction of today's St. Martin Church, which had to give way to the old Magdalenenkirche. Accordingly, the Magdalenenkirche and the associated sister house were demolished in 1963. The consecration of the new building was carried out on June 5, 1965 by Bishop Wilhelm Kempf . The architect was Professor Johannes Krahn from Frankfurt . With its much larger volume, the new building not only took up the area of the former church, but also the green space in front of it. Together with the expansion of Wiesbadener Straße , a completely new urban situation was created.
From 2003 the interior of the church was extensively renovated and restored. The architect Franz Josef Hamm from Limburg was in charge of the restoration and redesign . With the inauguration of the organ on January 22nd, 2006 the renovation was finished.
Architecture and equipment
The building is reminiscent of an old church basilica: the space is clearly defined in relation to the altar . He anticipates the liturgical ideas and innovations of the 2nd Vatican Council : there are z. B. no communion bench and the tabernacle is no longer on the altar, but on its own stele .
The church consists of a nave with a transept arm and a semi-circular choir that is not detached . The flat roof is optically raised above high natural stone walls by a light band. A 42 m high bell tower made of exposed concrete stands separately . A memorial has been set up inside the tower. The tower has four older bells . The church interior is furnished with a wooden ceiling and a floor made of Jura marble. The decor is contemporary. The crucifixion group from the Magdalenenkirche has meanwhile been removed from the choir and adorns the sacrament chapel. In its sparseness, the building follows the tradition of the sacred building of the 1950s. It corresponds to the style of Krahn realized in numerous projects in the Frankfurt area, without going into the local situation in Idstein.
On the occasion of the interior restoration in 2003, the altar was moved into the crossing, creating space for music groups behind the altar. The transept was transformed into a sacrament chapel and the baptismal font was relocated. The lighting was supplemented by pendant lights and the pews were refurbished with the help of the community.
The altar, ambo , baptismal font and tabernacle stele are made of Lahn marble . The Stations of the Cross windows were designed by Paul Corazolla (Berlin), the lecture cross , the tabernacle, the Easter candlestick and the monstrance by the Atelier für Goldschmiedekunst Schwerdt und Förster from Aachen. A Madonna , the crib figures and the image of St. Antonius were designed by the Degen siblings from Höhr-Grenzhausen. A Martin icon comes from A. Gaverdowski from Idstein's twin town Uglich in Russia . The neo-Gothic crucifixion group from the previous building, the Magdalenenkirche, is located above the tabernacle in the side chapel.
The cross in the chancel
When the interior of the church was redesigned in 2003, the old crucifixion group was placed in the sacrament chapel in the side aisle behind the organ. All those responsible - pastor, parish council, architect and episcopal ordinariate - agreed that a new cross should be placed over the altar. First the parish council commissioned the artist Hans Rams from Niederbreitbach. When a confirmation group had made the cross that is now hanging in the church in 2006, the parish council decided on January 31, 2007 to let the cross made by the confirmers hang for the time being.
The organ
The organ was built by Orgelbau Mebold and inaugurated in 2006. It replaces a previous instrument made by EF Walcker & Cie. from 1974. With a total of 1,888 pipes, the work has 33 stops on two manuals and a pedal . The disposition of the main work reflects the classic organ construction of the Baroque period, while the swell is characterized by the sound character of the romantic, so that a wide range of organ literature can be reproduced. A special feature of the organ is the “St. Martin's Goose Squeak”, an effective secondary register that was kept secret until the organ was inaugurated.
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- Coupling : II / I, II 16 '/ II, I / P, II / P
- Playing aids : 8000-fold setting system
crypt
The crypt - also known as the Marienkapelle - lies under the transept of the church and is accessed via an entrance from the rectory. It holds around 50 people and is used for group services and as a weekday church in winter, as it is easier to heat. A curved wall panel accommodates the altar area. A small sacristy is hidden behind the wall, which also houses the necessary heating technology for the church. A rococo crucifix and the steel tabernacle of the old Magdalen Church are attached to the front wall. The Jura limestone altar is a typical work by Johannes Krahn. The stained glass windows are by the Berlin painter Paul Corazolla, who also designed the church's Stations of the Cross. The Way of the Cross of the old Magdalen Church is attached to the back wall: oil prints from the late 19th century.
Church music
The organ is mainly played in church services, but also in organ concerts by artists such as Kalevi Kiviniemi . Giora Feidman and Matthias Eisenberg played a duo program in 2008. In 2007 Christian Schmitt performed with the Chamber Choir of the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts , directed by Wolfgang Schäfer . Dan Zerfaß played the first concert on the Mebold organ in 2006 . Graham Waterhouse was the soloist in the first performance of his cello concerto in the version for chamber orchestra in 2005 .
Franz Fink has been the cantor of St. Martin since 1992 and leads five groups, the St. Martin children's choir, the St. Martin choir, the Martinis (chamber choir predominantly made up of young people), the St. Martin orchestra and the capella lignea on historical instruments. The St. Martin Choir emerged from the church choir in 1973. The Martinis were founded by Thomas Gabriel in 1988 as a youth choir. The groups organize church services with mass compositions such as Haydn's Small Organ Solo Mass , Leopold Mozart 's Missa in C, KV 115, Mozart's Spatzenmesse and Missa brevis in D minor, KV 65 , Monteverdi's Missa in F from Selva morale e spirituale , the double-choir Mass from Missodia Sionia by Michael Praetorius and masses by František Xaver Brixi , Johann Ernst Eberlin , Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer , Hans Leo Haßler , Alberich Mazak , Flor Peeters and Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel . New music by Arvo Pärt and Heinz Werner Zimmermann was also included in church services, as was Agnus Dei by Samuel Barber and Es ist ein Ros sprung by Jan Sandström. The martinis performed Bach's cantatas God's time is the very best time ( Actus tragicus ) in a sacred evening music and Break your bread for the hungry in a cantata service . In the traditional ecumenical service on Whit Monday in the Union Church , the St. Martin choir sang the German Magnificat by Heinrich Schütz and Mozart's Veni Sancte Spiritus .
There is also an annual choir concert with soloists and orchestra, in which the martinis have been participating since 2003. Several concerts were carried out in ecumenical cooperation.
- 1998 Bach : St. Matthew Passion , Evangelist Max Ciolek , Vox Christi Max van Egmond , Elisabeth Scholl , Andreas Scholl , La Beata Olanda Orchestra
- 1999 Puccini : Messa di Gloria , Daniel Sans , Christof Fischesser , with the Ev. Geisenheim church choir , led by Thassilo Schlenther and Franz Fink, also in the basilica of Johannisberg Castle
- 2000 music from Bach cantatas as part of the Idsteiner Bachtage : Sinfonia from the Easter oratorio , cantata Delight you, your hearts , Sinfonia from BWV 42 , Sinfonia and opening choir from We thank you, God, we thank you , Cantata Schallet, you songs , ring out, you strings! , with Annegret Kleindopf, Christine Wehler, Martin Krumbiegel , Johannes Scholl, Antichi Strumenti
- 2001 Rutter: Requiem , Benjamin Britten: The Company of Heaven for speakers, soloists, choir and orchestra (1937), in collaboration as in 1999, with Kalliopi Patrona, Daniel Sans , Richard Martin (speaker)
- 2002 Haydn: The Creation , with Valentina Farcas, Daniel Sans , Johannes Schendel, Idsteiner Kantorei, Antichi Strumenti, directed by Edwin Müller and Franz Fink, as part of the Hessentag
- 2003 Handel: Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate , Antichi Strumenti, in the Union Church
- 2004 Bach: Christmas Oratorio , Antichi Strumenti
- 2005 choral music from England, all three choirs
- 2006 Rutter: Magnificat
- 2007 Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri
- 2008 Mozart: Great Mass in C minor , Katia Plaschka , Elisabeth Scholl
- 2009 Bach: St. Matthew Passion , Evangelist Ulrich Cordes , Vox Christi Andreas Pruys , Katia Plaschka, Klaus Mertens , La Beata Olanda
- 2010 Verdi: Messa da Requiem , Christiane Kohl , Christa Bonhoff , Dantes Diwiak , Andreas Pruys , Idsteiner Kantorei, St. Martin Choir, Martinis, Nassauische Kammerphilharmonie, conducted by Carsten Koch and Franz Fink
- 2011 Handel: Messiah , Katia Plaschka, Andreas Scholl , Ulrich Cordes , Markus Flaig , Main-Barockorchester Frankfurt.
- 2012 Sacred choral music of the 20th and 21st centuries, Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque , Jan Sandström: Es ist ein Ros sprung , Sanctus , Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei , Morten Lauridsen : O Magnum Mysterium , Andrew Carter: Rejoice in the Lord alway , Knut Nystedt: Immortal Bach , Arvo Pärt : Da pacem domine , Salve Regina , Graham Waterhouse : Halleluja St. Martin , John Rutter : A Clare Benediction , Franz Biebl : Ave Maria
- 2013 Bach: Mass in B minor , Gabriela Eibenová , David Erler , Georg Poplutz , Andreas Pruys , L'arpa festante
- 2014 works by Heinrich Schütz
- 2015 Karl Jenkins: Te Deum , Palladio and Gloria , ecumenical choir project
- 2016 Peter Reulein , Helmut Schlegel : Laudato si ' , participation of the choir in the world premiere of the oratorio on November 6, 2016 in Limburg Cathedral
Associated with St. Martin
- An outstanding member of the Catholic parish in Idstein was Harry von de Gass , who lived in Kalmenhof and served as an altar boy for over forty years .
literature
- St. Martin Idstein Verlag Nitsch, Ludwigshafen, 1967.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Parish of St. Martin: The Mebold Organ ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2012 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. , as seen October 31, 2010.
- ^ Andreas Scholl past concerts 1998 . andreasschollsociety.org. 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
- ↑ Daniel Honsack: Powerful, velvety and gripping . Wiesbadener Tagblatt. April 7, 2009. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved on November 4, 2010.
- ^ Richard Hörnicke: Demanding task Verdi-Requiem as a lived ecumenism in St. Martin Idstein . Wiesbadener Tagblatt. November 16, 2010. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved on November 16, 2010.
- ↑ Beke Heeren-Pradt: With dedication and precision . Wiesbadener Tagblatt. September 21, 2011. Archived from the original on March 31, 2012. 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. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
- ↑ Lux aurumque / sacred choral music of the 20th and 21st centuries. in Idstein . Diocese of Limburg . May 20, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
- ↑ Manuel Wenda: Bach's "B minor mass" in St. Martin in Idstein (German) , Wiesbadener Kurier. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013 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. . Retrieved October 2, 2013.
- ↑ St. Martin Idstein: English choral music sounds for Christmas mass. Wiesbadener Tagblatt , December 19, 2016, accessed on December 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Gerda Arendt: Laudato si 'in Limburg Cathedral. (PDF) Idstein choirs were involved in the world premiere of the oratorio. In: Martinsfeuer January 2017. Catholic Parish St. Martin Idsteiner Land, January 2017, p. 14 , accessed on January 21, 2017 .
Web links
- Internet presence of the parish
- Information from the State Office for Monument Preservation
- Marianne Kreikenbom: With a free-standing bell tower , Wiesbadener Tagblatt , May 7, 2010
Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 7.6 ″ N , 8 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ E