St. Martin (Siersburg)

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The Catholic parish church of St. Martin in Siersburg-Itzbach
St. Martin in Siersburg-Itzbach, execution draft by Peter Marx
St. Martin, Siersburg-Itzbach, Josefportal
St. Martin, Siersburg-Itzbach, Marienportal

The Church of St. Martin is a Roman Catholic parish church in Itzbach (since 1936 Siersburg ), a district of the Saarland community of Rehlingen-Siersburg in the Saarlouis district . The patron saint of the church is St. Martin of Tours . In the list of monuments of the Saarland, the church is a single monument listed.

history

The parish of Itzbach appears for the first time in a decree of the Archbishop of Trier Albero von Montreuil (1131-1152), in which the parish "Idespach" is obliged, together with 76 other parishes in the Saar area, every year on Palm Sunday to the grave of St. Liutwin in the abbey of Mettlach to go on a pilgrimage on the Saar, as was common practice in the 10th century at the time of Archbishop Ruotbert von Trier . In 1232, Itzbach was incorporated into the Benedictine Abbey of the Holy Cross in nearby Busendorf , the oldest burial place of the ducal dynasty of Lorraine (today's Habsburg-Lothringen dynasty ). As a result of this incorporation, the Busendorfer abbot received, among other things, the right to propose the pastor for Itzbach, who was then confirmed by the Trier bishop. The parishioners were obliged to submit their tithe to the Heilig-Kreuz Abbey in Busendorf , which transferred a third of it to the pastor.

In the 16th century the church collapsed for unknown reasons. For lack of money, the church building could not be rebuilt and was forced to hold the services in the Rehlingen Nikolaus Chapel and in the Siersdorf St. Willibrord Chapel.

During a parish visit in 1657, Itzbach was mentioned as a parish without its own church and on the occasion of a visit in 1680 it was ordered that a holy mass should be held in Siersdorf at least every third Sunday. Due to the devastating turmoil of the Thirty Years' War , the parish was reduced to 12 households with a total of only 72 people.

In the 18th century, the Itzbachers tried long negotiations with the Holy Cross Abbey in Busendorf to rebuild their own parish church. The negotiations were successful and in 1758 the abbey built a small church with an associated rectory in Itzbach. Like the previous building, the new building was dedicated to St. Martin of Tours . The neighboring community of Rehlingen wanted to keep the parish seat and so it was not until 1760 that Rehlingen transferred the baptismal and parish rights to Itzbach. The new church building was a small three-axis baroque hall church with a square choir, west vestibule and west tower with a pyramid roof. The interior was flat covered.

During the French Revolution , the pastor Matthias Kieffer , who came from the neighboring village of Lachten , took the oath to the revolutionary regime, but tried to preserve the Itzbach rectory and the associated premises when it was to be auctioned off in public in Diedenhofen due to the regulations of the revolutionary organs . He later renounced the priesthood and married Susanna Mark. He owned his own house in Siersdorf and was mayor of Siersdorf, Büren, Itzbach and Oberlimberg until 1824. Kieffer died in Siersdorf in 1840.

As a result of the reorganization under Napoleon's empire , the parish of Itzbach was assigned to the diocese of Metz as an auxiliary parish in the canton of Rehlingen and only came with the bull of Pope Pius VII. De salute animarum ( Latin : About the salvation of souls) on July 16, 1821 in As part of the re-registration of the Catholic dioceses in Germany after the Congress of Vienna to the lower-ranking diocese of Trier . Since the Congress of Vienna (1814–1815) had not clarified church matters and the church provinces were to be aligned with the inner-Prussian borders, the circumstances of the Catholic Church in the Kingdom of Prussia , which Itzbach had come to in the Congress of Vienna, were new with the circumscription bull regulated.

With industrialization in the 19th century and the upswing of the Dillinger Hütte , the population of Itzbach and its neighboring towns rose steadily. So the old church of 1758 became too small and a church building fund was founded in 1900. A first draft for a new church building from 1900 envisaged demolishing the choir of the old building and adding a transept with a new choir to the old nave. The architect who designed it has not been handed down. From 1902 the Trier architect Peter Marx was commissioned with the planning. In the following year, 1903, the construction work was approved by the Episcopal Vicariate General in Trier, whereby a Gothic-style architecture and the new building of the nave were recommended in a second construction phase. The costs should not exceed 38,000 marks . But this construction did not come to fruition.

Further projects followed, with the drawings made by Marx in February 1907 envisaging a complete demolition of the baroque church and a new building with a basilica nave, transept, choir flank towers, semicircular choir, recessed facade tower and transept-like chapel in the northwest. The church should be built in a mixture of Romanizing and Baroque individual forms.

In May 1908, Marx submitted a new draft. The planned Itzbacher church was to be built in the neo-baroque style with a four-bay nave, semicircular transept arms and a semicircular choir. The west facility in Haustein was to be expanded as a two-tower facade with three octagonal free storeys. This draft was rejected by the state authorities as too ambitious and inappropriate for the village environment. District architect Seidel then changed the plan of Marx's tower solution in 1910 and designed a romanized block-like western block. But here the church authorities rejected Seidel's plan. Finally, Peter Marx prevailed with a new project, presented in 1910, which was adapted to the rural character of the village of Itzbach by incorporating the older nave and the tower facade. The foundation stone for the church expansion was laid on May 12, 1912. The solemn consecration took place in the middle of World War I on June 13, 1916. The baroque building decoration outside and inside was only carried out after the war in the years 1920 to 1921 by the "royal court sculptor" (since 1909) and building contractor Franz Vlasdeck (1859 to 1933) based in Mainz-Mombach .

With effect from September 1, 2011, the Diocese of Trier forms the Siersburg parish association, in which the following parishes are united: Rehlingen-Siersburg (Siersburg) St. Martin, Rehlingen-Siersburg ( Fürweiler ) Maria Hilfe der Christisten, Rehlingen-Siersburg ( Hemmersdorf ) St. Konrad u. St. Nikolaus , Rehlingen-Siersburg ( Niedaltdorf ) St. Rufus .

architecture

Seiffen Church

In the years 1912 to 1913 according to plans of the Trier architect Peter Marx, who at the same time in neighboring Dillingen the neo-Romanesque Saardom , took place built neo-baroque extension of Itzbacher Church of 1758 joins the old nave with a large central Vierungsraum on an octagonal floor plan. The bevelled corners of the crossing are adorned with ionizing pilasters . The domed vault is divided into twelve fields by wall templates, in which eleven apostle figures (excluding Judas Iscariot ) and a representation of Jesus Christ are shown in relief . Flanking the crossing are the projecting arms of the transept, which are higher than the main nave. The choir narrows in the shape of a trapezoid to the apse , which is designed as a segmental arch. The spatial orientation towards the central area is underlined to the outside by triangular gable ends. In the roof design of the octagonal Vierungsraumes in Itzbach to architect Marx expected at the baroque Church of Seiffen have oriented, according to a plan of in Kreischa in Dresden based Christian Gotthelf Reuther (1742-1795) in the years 1776-1779 in the plan of octagon built has been.

The Itzbach transept facades correspond to the transept facades of Trier Cathedral , which were built between 1719 and 1723 by the court architect of the Electorate of Trier , Johann Georg Judas .

The curved gable of the Itzbach apse also ends in a triangle, which is crowned by the figure of St. Martin. Above the apse window there is a relief of the crucifixion scene in a simple rectangular frame.

The wall structure consists only of corner blocks and flat pilaster strips . The church portals are framed by simple Ionic pilasters and entablature with figure niches above. The baroque effect is emphasized by the high arched windows and the small gable oculi and oval windows of the rotunda.

Furnishing

View inside the church

The interior of the church is decorated with a variety of pictures and figures. Among the bemerkenswertesten equipment items include high altar , communion rail, confessionals and choir screen from the canceled in 1910 in favor of the neo-baroque building of the Sparkasse Aachen Aachen Elisabeth Hospital Church (Gasthaus am Rader market, founded in 1336), which was located on Cathedral Square. The altar painting shows a crucifixion scene, the design of which is based on the altar painting by the painter Hans von Aachen in the Kreuzkapelle of the St. Michaelskirche in Munich . The painter Alfred Gottwald (1893–1971) from Tarnau in Upper Silesia , who also made numerous paintings in the Missionshauskirche (St. Wendel) , created alternating images for the high altar on the themes of the birth of Christ, Christ the King and the Assumption of Mary.

The painting made during restoration work after 1945 is the work of the painter Feltes ( Saarlouis ). The reliefs on the dome ceiling are by Corbinian Hasslinger ( Gersweiler , died 1954).

organ

View to the organ gallery

The church organ was bought in 1926. It is an instrument made by the organ builder Haerpfer & Erman ( Bolchen in Lorraine ) and was manufactured in 1872. According to another source, the organ was built in 1898.

In 1972 the company Hugo Mayer ( Heusweiler ) carried out a renovation , which was largely equivalent to a new building. The main work received a new mechanical sliding drawer , while the pedal and swell mechanism kept the cone drawers from Dalstein & Haerpfer (Bolchen in Lorraine). The pipework was extensively renovated and the disposition was adapted to the custom of the time. It was also by the Mayer company, a new gaming table with electrical key action and modern game aids built, wherein the coupling was left mechanically, so that no integration takes place in the free combinations. The instrument has 23 registers , divided into 2 manuals and pedal . The disposition is as follows:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Bourdon 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Hollow flute 8th'
4th Gamba 8th'
5. octave 4 ′
6th flute 4 ′
7th Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. Duplicate 2 ′
9. Mixture III-IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
10. Cornett V (from g 0 ) 8th'
11. Trumpet 8th'
12. Clarine 4 ′
II Swell C – g 3
13. Lovely Gedackt 8th'
14th Salizional 8th'
15th Principal 4 ′
16. Forest flute 2 ′
17th Zimbel II 1 ⁄ 2 ′
18th Bassoon oboe 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
19th Sub-bass 16 ′
20th Principal bass 8th'
21st cello 8th'
22nd Chorale bass 4 ′
23. bassoon 16 ′
  • Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P as steps
  • Playing aids : 2 free combinations, adjustable roller, tutti, individual tongue storage

Bells

In 1954, the  Otto (Saarlouis) bell foundry in Saarlouis-Fraulautern, which was founded by Karl (III) Otto from the  Otto bell foundry in Bremen-Hemelingen and Alois Riewer from Saarland in 1953, cast four bronze bells for the church in Siersburg. So today hangs a bell consisting of four bronze bells in the tower of the church :

No. volume Weight (kg) Foundry, casting location Casting year
1 cis ′ 2000 Otto, Saarlouis 1954
2 dis ′ 1400 Otto, Saarlouis 1954
3 f sharp ′ 800 Otto, Saarlouis 1954
4th g sharp ′ 600 Otto, Saarlouis 1954

Pastor

The following pastors have worked in the parish so far:

  • 1569: Adamus of Trier
  • 1657: Hubert Klein
  • 1701: Nikolaus Loser
  • 1701–1719: Bernhard Bauer
  • 1743–1758: Andreas Krapf
  • 1758–1786: Johann Franz Motte
  • 1787: Dominikus Thyrion
  • 1788–1792: Leo Donatus Schreiber
  • 1792: Matthias Kieffer
  • 1808–1815: Nikolaus Schultes
  • 1816–1848: Johann Hommer
  • 1848–1857: Hubert Hoffmann
  • 1857–1859: Peter Josef Lönartz
  • 1863-1892: Aegidius Scherer
  • 1893–1902: Johann Esseln
  • 1904–1957: Michael Held
  • 1957–1982 / 1983: Josef Jung
  • 1985 / 1986-?: Albert Dörrenbecher
  • since 2010: Ingo Flach

literature

  • Ruth Bauer: Studies on neo-baroque architecture in Saarland , master's thesis at Saarbrücken University, 1989, pp. 151–154.
  • H. Brunner, Caspary H., Reitzenstein, A. v., Stich F .: Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland, Art Monuments and Museums , Reclams Art Guide Germany, Vol. 6, 8th Edition, Stuttgart 1990, p. 364.
  • The Catholic Saarland, Heimat und Kirche , Ed .: L. Sudbrack and A. Jakob, Volume II / III, Saarbrücken 1954, p. 46.
  • The art monuments of the Ottweiler and Saarlouis districts , edited by Walter Zimmermann, 2nd edition, Saarbrücken 1976, p. 215.
  • Anton Jakob: The Siersburg through the centuries , Saarlouis 1958, pp. 130–135.
  • Werner Klemm and Helmut Grein: 250 years of the parish church of St. Martin Siersburg-Itzbach, 1758 - 2008 , Siersburg 2008.
  • Werner Leistenschneider: Church and Parish St. Martin Siersburg , Siersburg 1987, pp. 8–69.
  • Kristine Marschall: Sacred buildings of classicism and historicism in Saarland , (publications by the Institute for Regional Studies in Saarland, vol. 40), Saarbrücken 2002, pp. 338–339 and pp. 576–577.
  • Saarforschungsgemeinschaft (ed.): The art monuments of the Ottweiler and Saarlouis districts , edited by Walter Zimmermann , 2nd, unchanged edition, Saarbrücken 1976, pp. 214-216.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, partial list of monuments in the Saarlouis district  ( 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. (PDF; 347 kB), accessed on December 26, 2012@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.saarland.de  
  2. ↑ a b c Kristine Marschall: Sacral buildings of classicism and historicism in Saarland, (publications by the Institute for Regional Studies in Saarland, Vol. 40), Saarbrücken 2002, pp. 338–339 and pp. 576–577.
  3. ^ Anton Jakob: The Siersburg through the centuries, Saarlouis 1958, p. 135.
  4. ↑ Werner Leistenschneider: Church and Parish St. Martin Siersburg, Siersburg 1987, p. 8–69, here p. 57ff.
  5. ↑ Data from: http://www.rhein-zeitung.de/region/lokales/mainzer-rhein-zeitung_artikel,-Piet%C3%A0-Bildhauer-hinterliess-wichtige-Spuren-_arid,374473.html , accessed on 22 May 2015.
  6. ^ A b Anton Jakob: The Siersburg in the course of the centuries, Saarlouis 1958, pp. 130-135.
  7. ↑ St. Martin in Siersburg at: www.rehlingen-siersburg.de, accessed on December 26, 2012.
  8. ↑ http://www.bistum-trier.de/no_cache/bistum-bischof/bistumsverwaltung/kirchliches-amtsblatt/details/amtsblatt/errichtung-des-kirchengemeindeverbandes-siersburg/ , accessed on May 23, 2015.
  9. ↑ a b Information on the parish church of St. Martin at: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on December 26, 2012.
  10. ↑ Claudia Rotthoff-Kraus: The Aachen Hospital on Radermarkt from its foundation in 1336 to its handover to the Elisabethinnen in 1622, a contribution to the social history of the city of Aachen in the late Middle Ages, in: Geschichtliche Landeskunde der Rheinlande, ed. by Marlene Nikolay-Panter, (publication by the Institute for Historical Regional Studies of the Rhineland, Bonn), Cologne a. a. 1994, pp. 304-327.
  11. ↑ http://www.elisabethinnen.de/elisabethinnen/geschichte/ursprung.php , accessed on May 23, 2015.
  12. ↑ http://m.st-michael-muenchen.de/index.php?id=500 , accessed on May 23, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Thoughts on the altarpiece by the painter Alfred Gottwald" and half-year results from Meiers Mühle , accessed on May 22, 2015.
  14. ↑ St. Martin, Siersburg on: www.evks-data.de, accessed on May 31, 2013
  15. ↑ a b Organ of the Catholic parish church St. Martin Siersburg On: www.organindex.de, accessed on December 12, 2013
  16. ^ Gerhard Reinhold: Otto bells. Family and company history of the Otto bell foundry dynasty . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 588, in particular pages 89-95, 567 .
  17. ↑ Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen . Nijmegen / NL 2019, p. 556, especially pp. 105–112, 517 , urn : nbn: nl: ui: 22-2066 / 204770 (dissertation at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen).
  18. ^ Description of Bellringer92 on: www.youtube.com, accessed on December 26, 2012
  19. ^ Deanery Wadgassen with a new head , accessed on May 23, 2015.

Coordinates: 49 ° 21 ′ 27.7 "  N , 6 ° 40 ′ 7.4"  E