St. Pankratius (Dossenheim)
The Catholic Church of St. Pankratius in Dossenheim , a municipality in the Rhein-Neckar district in northwest Baden-Württemberg , was built between 1923 and 1926 according to plans by Hans Strobl in the neo-baroque style.
history
A church in Dossenheim was first mentioned in the Lorsch Codex in 794 . In 1556, Elector Ottheinrich introduced the Reformation in the Electoral Palatinate . According to the principle of “ cuius regio, eius religio ”, Dossenheim with the church consecrated to St. Pankratius was first Lutheran and then reformed . However, for a long time there was a dispute between Kurmainz and the Electoral Palatinate over sovereignty over Dossenheim. In 1650 the dispute in the Bergstrasse recess was settled, after which the place remained with the Electoral Palatinate but the Catholics were now allowed to use the church. They celebrated their services in the choir, the Reformed in the nave.
Because of the growing number of Catholics, the Dossenheim church had become too small and in 1836 the community asked the Heidelberg Oberamt for help. But it was not until 1894 that a new church building association was founded. After lengthy negotiations, the Protestant community was ready to end the Simultaneum and pay the Catholics 35,000 marks. A plot of land was acquired in 1913, but construction did not begin because of the First World War . Construction finally began in 1923 and was headed by Hans Strobl, head of the archbishop's building authority in Heidelberg. After three years, the new St. Pankratius Church was given a name on June 27, 1926 , and in 1930 it was consecrated . The completion of the furnishing lasted until 1946. In 1999 the church was restored. The parish of St. Pancras belongs since 2003 with the Assumption in Schriesheim and St. Michael in Altenbach for Seelsorgeeinheit Schriesheim-Dossenheim in the deanery Heidelberg-Weinheim in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Freiburg .
description
The St. Pankratius Church is a three-aisled basilica . The neo-baroque building is structured with pilaster strips . The retracted choir adjoins the nave in the east . The tower is placed on the left flank of the choir and has a double Welsh hood . A statue of the patron St. Pancras, created in 1941, stands in a figural niche above the main portal.
The altars and the pulpit were made by the sculptor Fridolin Rupp from Schwetzingen. The side altars from 1926 are dedicated to Joseph and Mary. The magnificent high altar was erected in 1944/46. In the center the crucifixion of Jesus is depicted, in the gable Pankratius can be seen. On the sides of the high altar are statues of the apostles Peter and Paul. The pulpit was erected in 1929. The decoration was completed with the three ceiling paintings by Stefan Gerstner from Mörsch. They show baptism, martyrdom and glorification of the patron Pankratius. The organ was built in 1965 by Michael Weise . The instrument has 35 registers on three manuals and a pedal .
literature
- Clemens Jöckle : Parish Church of the Assumption in Schriesheim . Regensburg 2005. ISBN 3-7954-6524-9 .
- Rainer Laun: Rhein-Neckar-Kreis , in: Dagmar Zimdars u. a. (Ed.): Handbook of German Art Monuments : Baden-Württemberg I. The administrative districts of Stuttgart and Karlsruhe . Munich 1993, ISBN 3-422-03024-7 .
- State Archive administration Baden-Württemberg in connection with d. Cities and districts Heidelberg u. Mannheim (Hrsg.): The city and the districts of Heidelberg and Mannheim: Official district description , Bd. 2: The city of Heidelberg and the communities of the district of Heidelberg . Karlsruhe 1968.
- Martin Kares, Michael Kaufmann, Godehard Weithoff: Organ guide Rhein-Neckar-Kreis . Heidelberg 2001, ISBN 3-932102-07-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Minst, Karl Josef [trans.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 2), Certificate 412, December 27, 794 - Reg. 2493. In: Heidelberger historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 129 , accessed on February 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Archbishop's Building Office Heidelberg ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 26 ′ 56.7 " N , 8 ° 40 ′ 30.7" E