St. Martin (Nennig)

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The Catholic parish church of St. Martin in Nennig
View inside the church
View to the organ gallery

The Church of St. Martin is a Roman Catholic parish church in Nennig , a district of the municipality of Perl , Merzig-Wadern district , Saarland . The church bears the patronage of St. Martin and is listed as an individual monument in the Saarland monuments list.

history

There has been evidence of a parish in Nennig since 924 , which was presumably owned by the diocese of Trier . Pope Eugene III. confirmed on February 6, 1147 the St. Matthias Abbey in Trier the ownership of the parish church Nennig. Out of anger against the Abbey of St. Matthias, the Archbishop of Trier and Elector Heinrich II von Finstingen destroyed, among other things, the village of Nennig in 1261. Nennig appeared as the parish of the Landkapitels Perl around the year 1330. In 1569 at the latest, St. Martin was the patron of the parish and parish church in Nennig, as a visitation from that year proved. Together with Berg and Wies, the parish of Nennig was assigned to two dioceses from then until 1810, namely Metz and Trier. A parish was established by the latter in Nennig in 1803. However, it was not until June 15, 1810 that the diocesans of the diocese of Metz were left to the pastor of Nennig, although the diocese's border remained. In 1803 the property of the St. Matthias Abbey in Nennig was nationalized.

The first church in Nennig was built in Franconian times , as evidenced by the Romanesque west tower and the Martins patronage. In 1740 a new church was built, but it was demolished again in 1790, whereby the tower remained standing. Between 1803 and 1805 a new nave was built and the tower was raised by a fourth storey. The church was expanded with the construction of a sacristy in 1838. In the 1870s the tower was raised again.

After the Second World War , the church was rebuilt from 1946 to 1947. In 1967 it underwent a restoration . Further restoration measures, which concerned the interior and exterior, and which also included a renovation in the chancel , took place from 2000 to 2001. The planning and construction management of these measures were carried out without an architectural office . Instead, the work was coordinated on site by member of the Board of Directors, Waldemar Bach. During the restoration work, an emergency church was set up in the Nennig community center. In 2010 the belfry was restored.

Furnishing

The church's equipment includes a wooden pulpit from 1750, which still comes from the old church and shows symbols from the Passion , a baptismal font made of Metz sandstone from 1753, an Immaculata from the 18th century, various figures of saints , as well as the high altar and two Side altars from 1814, which are made of wood as column altars .

The church was painted in 2001 by a painter who u. a. decorated the ceiling with floral motifs.

Two historical bells from 1495 and 1721 are also worth mentioning .

organ

Prospectus of the Breidenfeld organ

The first organ in the church was built by Jean-Frédéric I. Verschneider in 1820. The current instrument was built in 1884 as Opus 76 by the Breidenfeld company ( Trier ). In 1967 the case was replaced by a free pipe prospectus. The Oberlinger company restored the organ in 1997 and reconstructed the upper part of the case. The upright rectangular prospect in the style of historicism has three round arch fields, which are divided by pilasters. An aedicula above the central field is closed off by a flat gable over columns and carries a cross in a round niche. The cone shop instrument is set up on a gallery and has 12 registers , distributed over a manual and pedal . The playing and stop action is mechanical. The disposition is as follows:

I main work C – f 3
1. Bourdon 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Hollow flute 8th'
4th Remote flute 8th'
5. Viol 8th'
6th Octave 4 ′
7th Reed flute 4 ′
8th. Octave 2 ′
9. Mixture III
10. Trumpet 8th'
Pedal C – g 0
11. Sub bass 16 ′
12. violoncello 8th'
  • Pairing : I / P
  • Playing aids : Collection A. (Piano), Collection B. (Mezzoforte), Collection C. (Tutti)

literature

  • Kristine Marschall: Sacred buildings of classicism and historicism in Saarland . Institute for Regional Studies in Saarland, Saarbrücken 2002, ISBN 978-3-923877-40-9 , p. 666 .

Web links

Commons : St. Martin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, partial list of monuments in the district of Merzig-Wadern ( Memento of the original dated May 2, 2014 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. (PDF), accessed on April 23, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.saarland.de
  2. ^ A b Parish Nennig, St. Martin On: www.pfarierendengemeinschaft-perl.de, accessed on April 23, 2014
  3. ↑ a b c d Information on the parish church of St. Martin at: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on April 23, 2014
  4. ^ Franz Bösken , Hermann Fischer , Matthias Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 40 ). tape 4 : Koblenz and Trier administrative districts, Altenkirchen and Neuwied districts . Schott, Mainz 2005, ISBN 978-3-7957-1342-3 , pp. 720 .
  5. ↑ The organ of the parish church of St. Martin in Nennig on: www.organindex.de, accessed on April 26, 2014.

Coordinates: 49 ° 31 '46.8 "  N , 6 ° 23' 4"  E