St. Paul (Constance)
The Catholic parish church of St. Paul , also called Paulskirche , in the German city of Konstanz was built in the 10th century and profaned in 1834 . Today there is a cabaret in the building.
Parish
The parish church of St. Paul was built by Bishop Konrad von Konstanz (934–975). The church was then outside the city fortifications and later between Hussenstrasse - which was previously named Paulsgasse after the parish church - and the city wall built in the 15th century. St. Paul was the parish church of the Fronhof and Egelshofen . After the city expansion in 1252, the parish included the area between Obermarkt and Stadelhofen.
The parish was subordinate to the cathedral provost , who in 1719 pointed out the poor structural condition of the church. In 1813 the St. Paul's Church was closed and the parish was transferred to the church of the Augustinian monastery (now the Trinity Church ). The vacant building served as the first church of the Protestant parish of Konstanz from 1816 to 1820.
Structural appearance
On the Merian engraving from 1643, the Paulskirche is shown as a three-aisled building with a raised central nave and a tower on the north side. (see fig.) A floor plan from 1783 shows a three-aisled pillar basilica with five octagonal pillars each and an elongated east choir , in front of whose front side the tower is drawn on the south corner. On the north side of the choir, in the extension of the aisle, there is a chapel and the sacristy positioned across it. The rectory was built to the south of the nave. Further south on the inside of the city wall stood the St. Paul's Tower, the city's dungeon . Jerome of Prague was imprisoned in him during the Council of Constance until his conviction.
The church had five altars . The high altar contained a painting by FL Herrmann depicting the apostles Peter and Paul as martyrs. It is not known where the holy grave , executed in 1676/77 by the master joiner Hans Georg Nonnenmacher and painter Johann Andreas Asper, stood.
From 1734 to 1736 a renovation took place, with a stucco ceiling installed, larger windows inserted and two new entrances created, one on the south side to the cemetery and the other on the west side against the city wall.
Profanation
The St. Pauls Church was profaned and sold to two private individuals in 1834 by the domain administration of the Grand Ducal Baden . An apartment was built in the eastern part, while the western part of the nave was initially used as a hay store. In 1839 this part was deepened and converted into a brewery. The church later served as a warehouse. After the First World War, a shop window was installed on the north side facing Pfauengasse.
Since 1990 the art and culture center K9 is located in the listed former Paulskirche. The old building was extensively renovated and the baroque stucco ceiling was exposed.
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- Paul Motz: The former parish church of St. Paul in Constance. (PDF; 3.9 MB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Erich Trösch: Kreuzlingen (community). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- ^ Friederike Fiehler: The K9 in Konstanz. On the SWR1 website , November 20, 2019
Coordinates: 47 ° 39 ′ 35.6 " N , 9 ° 10 ′ 17.8" E