St. Matthew (Aschaffenburg)

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St. Matthew Aschaffenburg-Gailbach

St. Matthäus is a Catholic church built in 1967/68 in the Aschaffenburg district of Gailbach , a curate of the parish of the Birth of Mary , Schweinheim .

Alt St.Matthäus, Gailbach

history

The first chapel in Gailbach was built around 1300. Ecclesiastically, Gailbach belonged to the Aschaffenburg Mother of God Parish . In 1759 a chapel and church building fund was founded, so that a new chapel, dedicated to the Evangelist Matthew, could already be built in 1792. In 1821 Schweinheim became an independent parish and the Haibach and Gailbach branches became a chaplain . In 1897 a transept, a new choir and a sacristy were added to the chapel. In 1906, Haibach and Grünmorsbach became their own pastoral care districts, the second chaplaincy in Schweinheim was now entirely available to the Gailbach branch and it was possible for the first time to regularly celebrate liturgy in Gailbach. In 1921 Gailbach became curate, the organ was repaired and a new bell was cast in the Ulrich bell foundry in Apolda.

In 1921 they wanted to build a new church, which prevented inflation; the church building association, founded in 1938, had to give up its plans to build a new church one year later when the Second World War broke out.

New St. Matthew Church

Model as a building block

After years of passionate discussions about the location of the new church, the groundbreaking for the Gailbach parish center with church, kindergarten and youth rooms was on July 3, 1967, followed by the laying of the foundation stone on October 8, 1967. The new parish center is located on a steep slope in the center of the village and was created on two levels. The church, rectory, rectory and ancillary rooms were built above, the kindergarten below. The church building and the choir jut out into the valley like a ship's bow . The plan was made by the Aschaffenburg architect Erich Roth, whose office, along with the engineer Guido Baumann, was also in charge of the construction work; ARGE Dressler - Straub created the parish center. The church, a central building with the altar as the center, was also created as a place of silence. It has a width of 52.71 m and a length of 26.75 m; the height in the entrance area 4.10 m at the organ loft 9.50 m and in the choir niche 17.23 m. The individual locations of the various acts in the liturgy are clearly marked architecturally. In the large semicircle of the church everything leads to the collecting center of the altar; the unadorned side walls as well as the arrangement of the benches with 550 seats.

St Matthäus Gailbach inside.jpg

For the celebration of St. Eucharist three places are clearly highlighted: the altar as a simple table of the meal, the ambo , lectern and pulpit as a table of the word and the priest's seat for the head of the community. They are works of art by the painter and sculptor Rudolf Müller from Mechenhard .

The church is accessed via Glaserstraße. Passing the free-standing 31 meter high tower you enter the church. The small vestibule on the right was recently set up as a Lady Chapel. The main nave of the church was built as a reinforced concrete structure. The outer cladding above the ground floor part consists of perforated facing brick in red-brown color, the interior cladding of red-brown acoustic stones. Reinforced concrete columns subdivide the window front on the north side. A construction of freely stretched, lamellar glued Hetzerbinder form the slightly inclined ceiling. The roof cladding is covered with copper sheet at the top, insulated on the inside and boarded with Nordic spruce.

With the polygonal floor plan, the height and the roof pitch, the architect achieved a maximum increase in the spatial impression from the entrance to the choir. The daylight falls through a wide strip of light at a height of three meters from behind, i.e. from the north, into the church interior, the choir is illuminated by indirect light from both sides.

The altar cross “Christ, Romanesque, glazed linden wood” was created in 1979 by the wood sculptor Joachim von Zülow “The Hergottschnitzer von Bodenmais”.

St. Matthew, Evangelist

Church patron

The Aschaffenburg artist Rudolf Schwarzer, head of the state vocational school for wood sculptors in Bischofsheim an der Rhön , created the life-size work of art from limewood in 1982. It depicts the evangelist in a naturalistic way, in the left the writing, the right raised to an emphatically explanatory gesture. Schwarzers Matthäus manages without decorative attributes, only the shoulder knot of the short robe loosens the formal rigor that reveals itself to the legs, which are energetically pushed parallel into the ground.

The face is reminiscent of the clarity of Roman portrait busts, a classic profile - viewed from left and right, its expression alternates between serious lecturing and humorous explanations. The four symbols of the evangelists adorn the wall behind the figure.

Way of the Cross

Rudolf Schwarzer also carved out the Way of the Cross, 14 panels 70 by 50 cm, 8 cm thick glued wooden boards.

Lady Chapel

Lady Chapel

In 2008 the small anteroom to the church became a Marienkapelle with the " Patrona Bavariae " as the center. It is also a memorial chapel for those who died in both world wars and those who died in the community. The north wall was supplemented with the " Joyful Rosary " in terracotta, Opus 12-2009 by the Croatian artist Marina Ortlić from Pula ( Istria ). The "Evangelist Cross", represented by four icons, is also a work of the Croatian artist.

Bells

On September 14, 1969, 5 new bells were consecrated, which were cast in the Passau bell foundry Rudolf Perner .

  • 1. Christ the King (d) 1500 kg. - Christ you Lord of the world - our Redeemer - the "Lord and Redeemer". “Jesus is the final authority in all questions of everyday life, he is the Lord of our conscience. There is no way to God but through HIM, and Christ's way always leads through the cross. When the bell rings, not only our conscience but also our heart should be addressed "
  • 2. Maria as protective mantle Madonna (fis) 800 kg. - Mary spreads her coat - "May Mary spread her coat over this family house of the Christian community, over the school next to it and over the whole valley"
  • 3. Matthew (a) 500 kg. - Saint Matthew, patron saint of our community, pray for us - “Matthew reported to us the word of the Lord. The ability to listen to the word of God must be a real concern of the church. When this bell rings with the others, you should come to hear the word of God. "
  • 4. Holy Family (h) 350 kg. - Jesus, Mary and Joseph, teaches parents and children - "She should be the model for all Christian families, because the fate of the present and future generations lies in the family."
  • 5. Guardian Angel (d) 200 kg. - Your holy angels of God, accompany us on the way to our eternal home - “You remind us that our life does not stop here on earth. Since the last word is called, live in God. That is why this bell will herald births and deaths in the future. "

organ

Organ loft

On the organ loft is a work by Orgelbau Hoffmann & Schindler in Ostheim vor der Rhön, which was installed in 1985. The instrument has slide chests and mechanical action . The play cabinet is attached to the middle housing. The organ was consecrated on September 22, 1985 by Dean Edgar Röhrig , Aschaffenburg. Regional cantor Peter Schäfer, Klingenberg , played at the gala concert. The plant has the following disposition:

I Rückpositiv C – g 3
1. Dumped 8th'
2. Transverse flute 8th'
3. Prefix 4 ′
4th recorder 4 ′
5. Octave 2 ′
6th Fifth 1 13
7th Scharff IV 1'
8th. Cromorne 8th'
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
9. Principal 8th'
10. Reed flute 8th'
11. Salicional 8th'
12. Octave 4 ′
13. Transverse flute 4 ′
14th Fifth 2 35
15th Flageolet 2 ′
16. third 1 35
17th Mixture IV 1 13
18th Trumpet 8th'
Pedal C – f 1
19th Sub-bass 16 ′
20th Octave 8th'
21st flute 8th'
22nd trombone 16 ′

Pastor / Kuratus

See also

literature

  • Aschaffenburg studies. II. Documentations, Volume 15 - GAILBACH - From the village to the urban district in the green , Ulrike Klotz MA and Renate Welsch, compiled by the Gailbacher Bildband working group, publisher: Stadt Aschaffenburg, 2000, ISBN 3-922355-22-6

Web links

Commons : St. Matthew  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. Main-Echo No. 151 of July 5, 1967
  2. ^ Parish archives St. Matthäus, Gailbach
  3. Main-Echo No. 59 of March 12, 1982
  4. ^ Aschaffenburger Volksblatt A April 3, 1980 17
  5. Main-Echo No. 218 of September 23, 1969
  6. ^ Hermann Fischer: Organs of the Bavarian Lower Main region. History and Art Association eV, Aschaffenburg 2004, ISBN 3-87965-099-3 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 56 ′ 49.2 ″  N , 9 ° 12 ′ 25.9 ″  E