St. Peter and Paul (Oberkochen)
 St. Peter and Paul from the north |
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| Basic data | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| place | Oberkochen , Germany |
| diocese | Rottenburg-Stuttgart |
| Patronage | St. Peter and Paul |
| Building history | |
| architect | Beisbarth & Früh |
| construction time | 1899-1900 |
| Building description | |
| inauguration | October 25, 1900 |
| Architectural style | Neo-romance |
| Construction type | basilica |
| 48 ° 47 '3.7 " N , 10 ° 6' 23.9" E | |
St. Peter and Paul is the Roman Catholic parish church of Oberkochen . The three - aisled neo - Romanesque basilica , consecrated in 1900, stands on the foundations of a Romanesque predecessor church that was built at the beginning of the 13th century and dedicated to the apostle Peter . The dual patronage of St. Peter and Paul can only be proven from 1741 . The church belongs to the pastoral care unit Vorderes Härtsfeld / Oberes Kochertal of the deanery Ostalb in the diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart .
history
By the 8th century at the latest, there was a Christian community in Oberkochen, which belonged to the Unterkochen parish that existed before 764 .
Predecessor church
A Romanesque church was built by the beginning of the 13th century at the latest, from which the square lower floors of today's church tower come. This church was consecrated to the Apostle Peter and was a branch church of the Unterochen Church of Our Lady.
From the 14th century onwards, Oberkochen was divided into rulers: the larger part belonged to the Ellwangen monastery , the smaller part to the Königsbronn monastery . During the Reformation , the Königsbronn part of the place with Württemberg became Protestant , while the Ellwang part remained Catholic . As a result, the division of the village repeatedly led to legal problems and disputes, which were resolved in the so-called Aalen Protocol in 1749 , a contract between Ellwangen and Württemberg.
A separate parish of St. Peter is documented from 1345. At that time, Kuno von Gundelfingen, abbot of the Ellwangen monastery, acquired the church , which had already been subject to a fee at Ellwangen . He gave the pastor of Oberkochen twelve Malter grain from the tithe as benefice, for which the community in turn had to pay 72 pounds in transfer. The names of the pastors have been handed down from 1658 without any gaps.
The church was rebuilt and expanded in the Gothic style in the 15th century . In 1663 the dilapidated Gothic choir was demolished and rebuilt in the early Baroque style. The tower was later fitted with a baroque dome and the baroque style was completed at the beginning of the 18th century.
The dual patronage of St. Peter and Paul can only be proven from 1741 .
The cemetery was originally located next to the church. In 1851 it was moved from the residential area to today's Bahnhofstrasse for health reasons.
Neo-Romanesque new building
After the church had become dilapidated and too small at the end of the 19th century, it was demolished and on September 11, 1899 the foundation stone for today's church was laid according to the plans of the Stuttgart architects Beisbarth & Früh . The new church was consecrated by the Rottenburg bishop Paul Wilhelm von Keppler on October 25, 1900 . While the choir of the old church was oriented to the east, the longitudinal axis of the much larger new building was turned to the southeast for reasons of space.
The tower of the old church in the west was integrated into the new building and now stands at a 45-degree angle to the west facade of today's church, which at first glance is incomprehensible. It was raised by one floor and provided with a pointed hood in place of the baroque hood. With its Romanesque base, this tower is by far the oldest building in Oberkochen.
The construction costs amounted to 130,000 Reichsmarks , for which one had to rely on donations to a considerable extent. It is true that the Kingdom of Württemberg was the legal successor to the Ellwang prince provost, which was repealed in 1803, and was thus responsible for the construction costs of the Oberkochen church after a judgment of the Royal Administrative Court on May 12, 1896. However, this claim was subject to the statute of limitations. The artistic design of the church interior and the electrification dragged on for another ten years.
In World War I and World War II , the bells were confiscated and melted down. They were replaced by new ones in 1919 and 1949. With the organ, which was renewed in 1951, the window rose on the west wall was adjusted. In 1957, the interior of the church was restored in a way that was subsequently controversial and perceived as iconoclastic and the paintings and colored windows were removed. From 1977 to 1981 there was another renovation.
Furnishing
Numerous high-quality works of art date from the Gothic and Baroque periods:
- Three late Gothic figures on the back of the left aisle: St. Ulrich , St. Sebastian and St. Rochus
- Late Gothic Mount of Olives on the back of the right aisle with Christ and sleeping apostles, above a baroque figure of the dungeon savior
- Late Gothic crucifix above the choir, between the choir windows two late Gothic figures of the two church patrons Peter (left) and Paul (right)
- Two baroque, richly moved figures on the left wall of the choir
- Early baroque Pietà in the rear left transept
- Baroque picture depicting St. Nepomuk in the front right transept above a newer figure of Joseph
The stations of the cross on the outer walls of the side aisles were made by Moriz Schlachter and were created at the beginning of the 20th century as part of the interior design of the new church building.
On the retaining wall on Kapellenweg there are three stone epitaphs , the oldest and most magnificent from the mayor Jacob Gold, who died in 1759 . Another six epitaphs are also outside the church to the west on a wall, three younger ones made of cast iron , the oldest from 1749.
photos
View from the southwest, in front of the church the Edith-Stein-Haus
View through the central nave into the choir with a late Gothic crucifix
View from the choir through the nave to the organ
Late Gothic figures of saints in the back left aisle: Ulrich, Sebastian, Rochus
Late Gothic Mount of Olives in the rear right aisle
Late Gothic figure of Peter in the choir
Early baroque Pietà in the left transept
Baroque image of St. Nepomuk in the right transept
Epitaphs on the retaining wall in Kapellenweg
Epitaphs on a wall west of the church
Web links
- Catholic parish church St. Peter and Paul on the website of the pastoral care unit Vorderes Härtsfeld / Oberes Kochertal.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rudolf Heitele: history of the Catholic parish of St. Peter and Paul in Oberkochen. In: City of Oberkochen, Mayor Harald Gentsch (Ed.): Oberkochen - history, landscape, everyday life. Oberkochen 1986, pp. 40-61, here: p. 41.
- ↑ a b c Heitele p. 43.
- ↑ a b Rudolf Heitele: 650 years of the Catholic parish of St. Peter and Paul . on heimatverein-oberkochen.de.
- ↑ Christhard Schrenk : 400 years 1583–1983 Evangelical parish of Oberkochen . South d. Newspaper service, Aalen 1983 (Ed .: Protestant parish Oberkochen).
- ↑ Catholic pastors in Oberkochen on se-haertsfeld-kochertal.de.
- ↑ Heitele p. 45.
- ↑ Heitele p. 49.
- ^ Albert Bahmann: Town hall and municipal facilities . In: City of Oberkochen, Mayor Harald Gentsch (Ed.): Oberkochen - history, landscape, everyday life . Oberkochen 1986, pp. 419-435, here: p. 431.
- ↑ Heitele pp. 53-55.
- ↑ a b c Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul on se-haertsfeld-kochertal.de.
- ↑ Heitele p. 59.
- ↑ Konrad A. Theiss: Art and Art Monuments in the Ostalbkreis , Aalen 2000, p. 260.
- ↑ Heitele p. 55.