St. Nikolaus von Flüe (Niedergailbach)

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The parish church of St. Nikolaus von Flüe in Niedergailbach
View inside the church

The Church of St. Nikolaus von Flüe or Brother Klaus Church is a Catholic parish church in Niedergailbach , a district of the community of Gersheim . The church patron is the Swiss saint of peace, Nikolaus von Flüe .

history

A church was first mentioned for Niedergailbach in 1320. In 1721 a new church was built, which was consecrated to St. Hubertus . This church was expanded in 1829-30, but was eventually destroyed in World War II. On May 17, 1953 the foundation stone was laid for today's church building, which was designed by the architect Wilhelm Schulte jun. was built. Local limestone was used as the building material . The inauguration of the church took place on August 28, 1954 and was carried out by the then Speyer bishop Isidor Markus Emanuel .

Furnishing

The painter and writer Richard Seewald ( Munich ) created a mural of the church patron and ceiling paintings in the choir room in 1954 . The furnishings also include a statue of Mary from the 18th century or the 1st quarter of the 19th century, which is listed as an individual monument in the Saarland's list of monuments .

  • Figure of Mary , 18th century / 1st Quarter of the 19th century

  • Chancel with wall paintings

organ

View from the chancel towards the organ gallery

The organ of the church was built in 1991 by Hugo Mayer Orgelbau ( Heusweiler ). The abrasive loading instrument that is on a loft is installed and a built-in game cabinet has, has 16 registers , spread over 2 manuals and pedal . The registers Holzflöte 8 ', Sifflet 2', Salicional 8 ', Vox coelestis 8' and Sub-bass 16 'were taken over from the previous organ. The exact origin of the work is not known, but it is likely to have been used in the 1960s. The playing and stop action is mechanical. The disposition is as follows:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Wooden flute 8th'
3. Octave 4 ′
4th Sifflet 2 ′
Fifth ( preliminary print ) 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
5. Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
6th Trumpet 8th'
II Swell C – g 3
7th Dumped 8th'
8th. Salicional 8th'
9. Vox coelestis 8th'
10. recorder 4 ′
11. Nazard 2 2 / 3 '
12. Duplicate 2 ′
13. third 1 3 / 5 '
14th Clarinet 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
15th Sub-bass 16 ′
16. Octave 8th'
Wooden flute (transm.) 8th'
Choral bass (transm.) 4 ′
Trumpet (transm.) 8th'

literature

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

Web links

Commons : St. Nikolaus von Flüe (Niedergailbach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Information on the parish church of St. Nikolaus von Flüe on: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on July 10, 2012
  2. ^ A b Bronze plaque in the Brother Klaus Church in Niedergailbach
  3. ↑ St. Nikolaus von der Flüe, Niedergailbach ( Memento from January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) On: cms.bistum-speyer.de, accessed on July 10, 2012
  4. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list Saarpfalz-Kreis (PDF; 1.2 MB), accessed on July 10, 2012
  5. ↑ Organ of the Church of St. Nikolaus von der Flüe (Catholic) ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Information page of the Orgeln im Saarland website , accessed on July 10, 2012

Coordinates: 49 ° 8 ′ 1.9 ″  N , 7 ° 12 ′ 21.9 ″  E