St. Mauritius (home town)

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The Catholic parish church of St. Mauritius in Haustadt
View inside the church
View to the organ gallery

The Church of St. Mauritius and Companions is a Roman Catholic parish church in Haustadt , a district of the Beckingen community , Merzig-Wadern district , Saarland . The church bears the patronage of St. Mauritius and is listed as an individual monument in the Saarland monuments list. Due to its dominant location in the Haustädter Valley and its size, the church is also called "Taldom".

history

Today's parish church, which was built between 1914 and 1920 according to plans by the architects Ludwig Becker and Anton Falkowski ( Mainz ), replaced a previous Baroque building that was built between 1761 and 1764. In 1921 the old baroque church was partially demolished.

In the late 1940s, the church underwent a restoration to repair war damage . At the beginning of the 2000s, another restoration took place, which was followed by another restoration measure in 2005, which affected both the interior of the church and the exterior. There were also changes to the window coverings, and a new entrance to the bell room was created .

Architecture and equipment

The church building was built in the style of historicism , with particular use being made of neo-baroque forms. The building type of the church is an east-facing three-aisled basilica with a nave , transept and choir . A semicircular apse adjoins the choir . The church tower with a Welscher dome to the west is flanked by two smaller towers, each with an onion dome . The Haustadter main tower is a reprise of the architectural forms of the tower of Offenbach's Marienkirche , which architect Ludwig Becker had built in the years before the First World War. Becker had also used the motif of the Welschen tower dome with side towers in the pre-war period when building the Laurentius Church in Hülzweiler .

In front of the Hausstadt church tower there is an open vestibule that covers the main portal and two smaller side portals. The roof of the vestibule is supported by pillars . To the left and right of the tower there are two semicircular extensions that merge into the side aisles of the nave. The rectory is attached to the south of the choir .

The church's furnishings include the large altarpiece with a crucifixion scene by the painter Franz Michael Ronge (1853–1925, Munich ), which now hangs in the choir without the elaborate column framing that used to be. A war memorial chapel, restored in 1952, also belongs to the church.

The company Mrziglod ( Tholey ) was responsible for the painting of the church in 2005 .

organ

The organ of the church was built in 1924 as Opus 310 by the organ building company Späth ( Mengen ). The cone chopping instrument, which has 24 stops distributed over 2 manuals and pedal , as well as a pneumatic playing and stop action, has been preserved but has not been playable since the Second World War. In 1968 a Dereux electronium was therefore purchased. The disposition of the Späth organ is as follows:

I main work
1. Principal 8th'
2. Flauto dolce 8th'
3. Gamba 8th'
4th Salicional 8th'
5. Covered 8th'
6th Octave 4 ′
7th mixture 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
II swell
8th. Bourdon 16 ′
9. Horn principal 8th'
10. Concert flute 8th'
11. Night horn 8th'
12. Aeoline 8th'
13. Vox coelestis 8th'
14th Fugara 4 ′
15th Soft flute 4 ′
16. Carillon 4 ′
17th Cornett 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
18th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
19th Trumpet 8th'
tremolo
Pedal C – f 1
20th Principal 16 ′
21st Sub bass 16 ′
Subtle bass 16 ′ (weakened wind)
22nd Octave bass 8th'
23. trombone 16 ′
  • Pairing :
    • Normal coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P
    • Sub-octave coupling: II / I
    • Super octave coupling: I / I, II / I, I / P
  • Playing aids : step sills

literature

  • Gertrud P. Fels and Wolfgang Fels: Franz Michael Ronge (1853–1925), a rediscovered painter of late ecclesiastical history, in: Das Münster, magazine for Christian art and art history, 1, 2019, 72nd year, Regensburg 2019, p. 3 –24, here pp. 16–17.
  • Marschall, Kristine: 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. Mauritius  - 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 March 25, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.saarland.de
  2. ↑ Welcome to the district of Haustadt On: www.beckingen.de, accessed on March 27, 2014
  3. ↑ To Gast in Haustadt ( Memento of the original dated February 10, 2014 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. On: www.sr-online.de, accessed on March 25, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sr-online.de
  4. ↑ a b c d Information on the parish church of St. Mauritius and companions at home on: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on March 25, 2014
  5. ↑ Gertrud P. Fels and Wolfgang Fels: Franz Michael Ronge (1853-1925), A rediscovered painter of late ecclesiastical history, in: Das Münster, Zeitschrift für Christian Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, 1, 2019, 72nd year, Regensburg 2019, p. 3–24, here pp. 16–17.
  6. ^ Organ of the parish church of St. Mauritius and companions on: www.organindex.de, accessed on June 1, 2014

Coordinates: 49 ° 24 ′ 49.5 "  N , 6 ° 43 ′ 34.9"  E