St. Mauritius (Rubenheim)
The Church of St. Mauritius is a Catholic parish church in Rubenheim , a district of the municipality of Gersheim . The patron saint of the church is Saint Mauritius . In the list of monuments of the Saarland, the church is a single monument listed.
history
The original church building was built around the year 1000 in the art-historical era of the Romanesque .
In the 13th century the church was given a tower with a gable roof and served as a fortified church . In 1768 the tower was raised while the old gable roof was retained. In the years 1778–79 the nave was enlarged by adding a baroque hall . In 1895 there was another expansion, according to plans by the architect Wilhelm Schulte sen. a choir in neo-Romanesque style was added. 1927-28 a side aisle was added to the west . After destruction in the Second World War , it was rebuilt in 1948-60 according to plans by the architect Albert Boßlet ( Würzburg ). In 1985 and 2006 the church was restored.
organ
The organ of the church was built in 1954 by the company Gebr. Späth Orgelbau ( Mengen ). The cone shop instrument, with 23 registers , divided into 2 manuals and pedal , is set up on a gallery and has a free-standing console . The playing and stop action is electric.
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
- Playing aids : a free combination, tutti, crescendo
literature
- Bernhard H. Bonkhoff: The churches in the Saar-Palatinate district . Saarbrücken 1987.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list Saarpfalz-Kreis (PDF; 1.2 MB), accessed on June 29, 2012
- ↑ St. Mauritius, Rubenheim ( Memento from January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) At: csm.bistum-speyer.de, accessed on June 29, 2012
- ↑ Information on the parish church of St. Mauritius at: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on June 29, 2012
- ^ Organ of the Church of St. Mauritius (Catholic) ( Memento from August 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Information page of the Orgeln im Saarland website , accessed on June 29, 2012
Coordinates: 49 ° 10 ′ 23.8 ″ N , 7 ° 12 ′ 27.5 ″ E