St. Peter and Paul (Ahrbergen)

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St. Peter and Paul Ahrbergen

St. Peter and Paul is a Roman Catholic church in the village of Ahrbergen in the municipality of Giesen in the Hildesheim district of Lower Saxony . Today it belongs to the parish of St. Vitus with its seat in Giesen in the deanery Borsum - Sarstedt of the diocese Hildesheim .

history

Ahrbergen is documented during the reign of Bishop Hezilos (1054-1074). The first precisely dated message about the settlement of Ahrbergen comes from a document from Bishop Bernhard I , who on October 13, 1147 confirmed ownership and privileges in the place to the Bartholomäusstift in Hildesheim . This lending document is followed by documents from the bishops, which document the exchange, purchase and sale of property in Ahrbergen to the Marienrode monastery in 1274 and to the Michaelis monastery . The Bartholomäusstift, which had its ownership in Ahrbergen confirmed by Pope Innocent IV in 1247, took advantage of this barter and purchase trade in the late Middle Ages . In the deed of mortgage from 1147 a Cuno de Arbergum is mentioned, who is later mentioned in episcopal documents as a witness until 1190. The witness was a member of an old Saxon aristocratic family , a Hildesheim branch , which named itself after its possession von Ahrbergen, later also von Deppenau and von Hotteln . In connection with the von Ahrbergen family , the castle with the old parish church , which existed there for around 200 years , was located on a small hill north of today's village.

The residents of the Innerste lowlands sought protection in the parish church during floods and later after their decay . The parish church on Burgplatz outside the village belonged to the main and baptismal church of St. Lamberti in Hildesheim's Neustadt . The patronage of St. Peter and Paul as well as the documentary mention of the pastor in 1208 and the Gothic architecture of the tower point to its origin in the 12th century. The patronage rights over St. Peter and Paul of St. Lamberti belonged to the bishop. In 1695, with the consent of the archdeacon , he transferred this to the Sülte monastery.

Unlike the neighboring community of Sarstedt , Ahrbergen remained in the tax forest office under the government of the bishop after the Hildesheim collegiate feud . After Elisabeth von Calenberg introduced the Reformation in Sarstedt in 1542 , the rift between the villages of Sarstedt and Ahrbergen practically became the denominational boundary. The Protestant town was able to exert its influence on the Catholic parish especially during the reign of Bishop Friedrich von Holstein, who was sympathetic to the Reformation . Because as early as 1551 a Protestant preacher had been appointed in Ahrbergen, which was followed by five Lutheran pastors by 1582. In 1583 Adam Christoph Bock came to Ahrbergen as a pastor. In the visitation protocol of 1609 he emphasized that he had re- Catholicized Ahrbergen despite resistance .

From 1716 to 1838 the parish belonged to the Forester Circle , then to the Förste Dean's Office . In 1745, during the reign of Prince Bishop Clemens August , the dilapidated parish church of St. Peter and Paul was demolished. The church building after 1745, using the tower from the 12th century and the Gothic choir from the 14th century, was promoted by General Franz Ignatz von und zu Weichs . Since the newly built parish church was outside and it could not be heated in winter, the Marienkapelle was built in the town center in 1872 . The May Laws of the Kulturkampf led to the vacancy of the pastor's office in Ahrbergen . The pastoral care from 1875 to 1884 was taken care of by the Catholic priest from Ruthe . Only after the legal regulations were relaxed by the Prussian state was Bishop Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerck able to send an assistant chaplain to Ahrbergen from 1884.

The area around the village was shaped by potash mining at the beginning of the 20th century . In 1913 the Fürstenhall shaft was put into operation. The population of the monastery village earned their livelihood by growing grain and sugar beet by extracting potash. In the early 1930s, Pastor Gerhard Schrader helped the owners of the surrounding lands to obtain potash mining rights. This structural change in the economy and the associated population growth demanded social commitment from the Catholic parish. A retirement home with a social station and later kindergarten was founded under Pastor Heinrich Vollmer .

45 Polish farm workers belonged to the parish. From 1936 the Reich Labor Service was active in Ahrbergen and the Munitionsfabrik (MUNA) started work there. Numerous forced laborers were used in the plant, but they were prevented from practicing their religion by the Nazi authorities.

Due to the flow of refugees after 1945, denominational relationships changed and the number of Catholics rose. In 1950, 1115 Catholics received pastoral care. The Marienkapelle was used for church services in Ahrbergen until 1968. Since the church was dilapidated, its size no longer corresponded to the scope, and the Peter and Paul Church outside the village could not be heated, the new parish church of St. Mary, mother of the church , was built from 1966 to 1968 .

St. Peter and Paul remained on the former Burgplatz and has since been used as a cemetery church because of the surrounding cemetery.

On November 1st, 2014 the parish of St. Vitus was established with its seat in Giesen. In this context, the parish of St. Maria in Ahrbergen was abolished and, together with its subsidiary church of St. Peter and Paul, was assigned to the newly established parish. St. Peter and Paul has been a branch church of St. Vitus since then.

architecture

Quarry stone building with a Gothic church tower from the 12th and a Gothic choir from the 14th century as well as a baroque altar from the previous building.

literature

  • Friedrich Eymelt: 900 years of Ahrbergen. Community of Giesen 1980
  • Willi Stoffers: Diocese of Hildesheim today. Pp. 14–15, ISBN 3-87065-418-X , Bonifatiuswerk, Hildesheim 1987

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat Hildesheim (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Hildesheim, Part 1 - Region Hildesheim , p. 225, self-published, Hildesheim 1992
  2. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat Hildesheim (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Hildesheim, Part 1 - Region Hildesheim , pp. 225–226, self-published, Hildesheim 1992
  3. ↑ Hermann Engfer: The church visitation of 1608-1609 in the diocese of Hildesheim , in the Diocese of past and present , Hildesheim 1964-1965
  4. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat Hildesheim (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Hildesheim, Part 1 - Region Hildesheim , pp. 226–227, self-published, Hildesheim 1992
  5. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat Hildesheim (Ed.): Kirchlicher Anzeiger. No. 8/2014, pp. 215-218.

Coordinates: 52 ° 13 '12.4 "  N , 9 ° 52' 6.8"  E