St. Peter (Zweibrücken)

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St. Peter

The Catholic parish church of St. Peter in Zweibrücken-Ixheim

Basic data
Denomination Roman Catholic
place Ixheim, Germany
diocese Diocese of Speyer
Patronage Simon Peter
Building history
architect Albert Bosslet
construction time 1930-1933
Building description
Architectural style expressionism
Construction type three-aisled sandstone block construction
Coordinates 49 ° 13 '58.4 "  N , 7 ° 21' 59.1"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 13 '58.4 "  N , 7 ° 21' 59.1"  E
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The Church of St. Peter is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Zweibrücken district of Ixheim . The church building dedicated to St. Peter is listed in the register of cultural monuments of the independent city of Zweibrücken.

The parish

In addition to the Catholics from Ixheim, the parish of St. Peter also includes those from the two districts of Rimschweiler and Mittelbach-Hengstbach . There are around 2000 parishioners.

The church building

The church building in Ixheimer Kirchbergstrasse was built between 1930 and 1933 according to plans by the architect Albert Boßlet ( Würzburg ) in the Expressionist style. It is a three-aisled sandstone block building . A rectory also belongs to the entire church .

Due to damage caused by the ingress of water, the tower of the church was restored in 2010 . Rotten beams were replaced, damaged sandstones replaced, joints repaired and the edge channels renewed. The tower cross was also renewed. On the tower roof, the artificial slates were replaced by real slates . After completion of the restoration work, the cost of which amounted to 125,000 euros, the Nature Conservation Union built a nesting box for kestrels and owls . There is also space for bats in the tower .

Web links

Commons : St. Peter (Zweibrücken-Ixheim)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district-free city of Zweibrücken. Mainz 2020, p. 3 (PDF; 4.3 MB).
  2. ↑ a b Fritz Schäfer: Cross towers above St. Peter again ( memento from March 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Pfälzischer Merkur , July 28, 2010.