St. Mauritius (Rubenheim)

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The Catholic parish church of St. Mauritius in Rubenheim
View inside the church
View from the chancel towards the gallery and organ prospect

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.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Gedacktpommer 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Broadly covered 8th'
4th octave 4 ′
5. Reed flute 4 ′
6th Flageolet 2 ′
7th Mixture IV-V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. Trumpet 8th'
II Swell C – g 3
9. Coupling flute 8th'
10. Salicional 8th'
11. Principal 4 ′
12. Night horn 4 ′
13. recorder 2 ′
14th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
15th Quint 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
16. Cymbel III
17th Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
18th Principal bass 16 ′
19th Sub bass 16 ′
Subtle bass (from No. 1) 16 ′
20th Octave bass 8th'
21st Dacked bass 8th'
22nd Bass flute 4 ′
23. trombone 16 ′

literature

  • Bernhard H. Bonkhoff: The churches in the Saar-Palatinate district . Saarbrücken 1987.

Web links

Commons : St. Mauritius (Rubenheim)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list Saarpfalz-Kreis (PDF; 1.2 MB), accessed on June 29, 2012
  2. ↑ St. Mauritius, Rubenheim ( Memento from January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) At: csm.bistum-speyer.de, accessed on June 29, 2012
  3. ↑ Information on the parish church of St. Mauritius at: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on June 29, 2012
  4. ^ 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