St. Peter (Oldenburg)

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St. Peter

St. Peter in Oldenburg

Basic data
Denomination Roman Catholic
place Oldenburg (Oldenburg) , Germany
diocese Diocese of Münster
Patronage St. Peter
Building history
architect Franz Xaver Lütz
Building description
inauguration June 25, 1885
Function and title

Parish church

Coordinates 53 ° 8 '35.6 "  N , 8 ° 12' 34.1"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 8 '35.6 "  N , 8 ° 12' 34.1"  E

St. Peter is a Roman Catholic church in downtown Oldenburg . It was completed in 1876 according to plans by the Osnabrück architect Franz Xaver Lütz .

architecture

The church, which can accommodate 500 people, is a neo-Gothic , east-facing , three-nave hall church with a short transept and a polygonal choir . It is clad in red brick on the outside . The transverse roofs and gables of the aisle yokes are striking . The massive four-storey tower with buttresses , balconies and gables forms the west end with the portal. The tower originally had a height of 75 m.

Peterskirche survived the Second World War largely undamaged. On November 13, 1972, the spire crashed onto the nave as a result of the Quimburga hurricane . The new octagonal pointed helmet put on in November 1973 was about 14 m shorter for cost reasons.

The interior gives the impression of a stylish high Gothic hall. The gray of the walls is broken up by a pale red and blue color scheme of services and capitals . The partly original and partly younger stained glass windows bathe the room in warm light.

The structural environment of the church has been changing since November 2012. Older buildings gave way to the new building of the Forum St. Peter. In 2019, further renovations and redesigns of the exterior and interior were tackled.

organ

View of the organ gallery

The organ , built in 1937 by Anton Feith from the Eggert organ building company in Paderborn, was replaced by the organ builder Siegfried Sauer from Höxter after the hurricane of 1972 . The organ now has 42 stops on three manuals and a pedal.

Bell chamber

Of the four bronze bells cast in 1882, only the small St. Joseph's bell (0.70 m in diameter) survived the two world wars. The three other bronze bells date from the 1950s. The big bell from 1957 (diameter 1.24 m) is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the other two from 1951 (diameter unknown) and 1957 (0.98 m) to the church patron Peter and St. Antony. All bells were cast by Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock . The ringing is matched to the tones e, f sharp, g sharp and b.

history

The Duchy of Oldenburg , which had been Lutheran since the Reformation , was allocated large parts of the Catholic former Lower Monastery of Münster through the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803 . In 1807, with the support of Duke Peter I , a small Catholic church was built in the state capital and placed under the patronage of the Apostle Peter .

In 1852 the diaspora community received parish status . Until the founding of the parishes in Nordenham and Varel in 1924/1925, their area covered the entire north of Oldenburg. The first church in the last third of the 19th century no longer met the needs and was replaced by today's representative building.

After the war, more parishes followed . In 2008, four Oldenburg municipalities were merged to form St. Willehad municipality. St. Peter was given the profile of a city ​​church with numerous spiritual, pastoral and cultural offers ( Forum St. Peter ).

photos

  • Aerial view of St. Peter

  • St. Peter from the east

  • Inside to the west, organ

  • Inside to the east


  • Passover window (Exodus 12)

  • Window
    Christ on the Mount of Olives

literature

  • Willi Baumann, Peter Sieve: The Catholic Church in the Oldenburger Land. Plaggenborg Verlag, Vechta 1995, ISBN 3-929358-99-9 .
  • Bernhard Rolfs: 125 years of the parish church of St. Peter. Oldenburg 2001.

Web links

Commons : St. Peter  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Catholic Church in the Oldenburger Land, page 569
  2. ↑ Nordwest-Zeitung Oldenburg on August 8, 1973.
  3. ↑ Nordwest-Zeitung Oldenburg on November 7, 2012.
  4. ↑ Nordwest-Zeitung: St. Peter In Oldenburg: First the tower, then the nave. Retrieved June 13, 2020 .
  5. ^ Bernhard Rolfs: 125 years of the parish church of St. Peter. Oldenburg 2001.
  6. ↑ Adolf Rauchheld : Oldenburg bell history. In: Oldenburger Jahrbuch , Volume 29 (1925), page 174.
  7. ^ The Catholic Church in the Oldenburger Land , page 569.
  8. ^ Church and Life, Münster Germany: City pastoral care in Oldenburg gets a new pastor. Retrieved June 13, 2020 (German).