St. Peter and Paul (Weidenberg)

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Parish Church of St. Peter & Paul
Parish Church of St. Peter & Paul

The parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Weidenberg is the ecclesiastical center for the Old Catholics in Upper Franconia and the northern Upper Palatinate .

history

With the influx of expellees , old Catholic Christians also came to the Upper Franconia area. They came mainly from the Sudetenland and previously belonged to the Warnsdorf diocese . Among them were many glassmakers from the Jizera Mountains who, after the Second World War , founded the glass industry mainly in Fichtelberg and Weidenberg . The first Old Catholic services were held in the region since 1948. The Protestant Christ Church in Fichtelberg granted hospitality rights . Until the building of its own church, the former rifle house also served as a makeshift facility for church services and other community events. On November 1, 1954, a parish vicariate of the parish of Nuremberg was set up for Upper Franconia, based in Weidenberg. The foundation as an independent parish took place on January 29, 1955, while on April 3 of the same year the foundation of the parish of Upper Franconia, consisting of the parishes of Weidenberg and Fichtelberg as well as the diaspora communities of Bayreuth , Coburg , Hof , Münchberg and Warmensteinach , on the old Catholic community day in Bayreuth was decided. As early as 1958, the entire church board had designated the construction of a church as an urgent task and began planning the building in the spring of 1959. The plan production and construction management was entrusted to the architect Robert Hübner, Mittlernhammer. In August 1959 the first Anglican youth group came to Weidenberg from England. The joint service was celebrated in the Kilchert shooting range. Under the impression of the poor rooms, on the initiative of the youth leader at the time, Jack Witten, the Church of England donated the amount of 1000 pounds sterling for the construction of the new church. Further donations and grants from the USA , Switzerland , the Bavarian State, the Catholic Diocese of Old Catholics in Germany, the Federal Ministry for All-German Issues and the State Synod, together with the contributions and donations of the parishioners, made a considerable amount. The market Weidenberg put under then Mayor George Hagen an undeveloped plot of land in leasehold available. The American soldiers stationed in Bindlach excavated the building site free of charge with their machines and later also donated the pews. The foundation stone of the church was laid on October 15, 1961 . Erwin Posselt from Warmensteinach donated the baptismal font , the altar and tabernacle from the Swedish Church , chandeliers and interior lighting from the Gablonzer Industrie from Weidenberg and Fichtelberg, the tower cross from the English youth group, which up to this point had been to Weidenberg twice. The inauguration of the church in honor of the apostles Peter and Paul was carried out as part of a pontifical office on September 16, 1962 by Bishop Johann Josef Demmel . He was assisted by the priest Professor Dr. Werner Küppers from Bonn and Pastor Fuchs from Nuremberg. On June 28, 1970, the bells donated by the Protestant church neighbor Hans Schröder were consecrated by Bishop Josef Brinkhues . The inscription on the first bell reads “Peace be upon you”, that of the second bell: “Called to freedom”. In 1978 the chancel was redesigned and in 1999 an Edenhofer organ was installed. The new construction and extension of the community center was completed in 2002. The last painting of the church and redesign of the interior of the church took place in 2008. In September 2009 the complete exterior renovation of the parish church was completed. The tower clocks and the control system for the bells and tower clocks were also renewed.

organ

Organ in the parish church of St. Peter & Paul

The new organ was built in 1920 by the Ludwig Edenhofer company , Deggendorf . The company was founded in Regen in 1852 by the organ builder 's father of the same name . The son Ludwig Edenhofer continued to run the company until he sold it in 1921. By then he should have delivered around 150 organs. One of his last, Opus 146, was the new organ in Weidenberg. The next Edenhofer organ is not far away in Kirchenpingarten .

Edenhofer had built the organ for the Roman Catholic branch church Allersdorf of the Kollnburg community in the Bavarian Forest, where it was in service until 1998. Its sound was so impaired by wear and soiling that the parish decided to purchase a larger and better-preserved used organ. So the Edenhofer organ was dismantled and could be acquired by the Old Catholic Weidenberg parish after organ builder Christian Schrembs from Regensburg had drawn attention to it. He set it up in the church, and parishioners had carried out the transport under his guidance.

Ludwig Edenhofer gave the organ the following arrangement :

I Manual C – f 3
Covered 8 ′
Gamba 8 ′
Salicional 8 ′
Principal 4 ′
Pedal C – d 1
Sub bass 16 ′

Remarks

  1. ↑ 36 covered wood, 18 covered tin, 12 open tin.
  2. ↑ 22 zinc open, 44 tin open.
  3. ↑ 12 wood open, 12 zinc open, 42 tin open.
  4. ↑ 32 zinc open in the prospectus, 34 tin open inside.
  5. ↑ 27 Covered wood.

In 2008 a restoration and expansion of the organ began.

Bells

Bell "peace"

The consecration of the two bells took place on June 28, 1970 by Bishop Josef Brinkhues.

The material of the bells is copper-tin-bronze (78/22/1%).

  • Bell PEACE

Sound: cis "240 kg 75 cm Ø

Inscription: " Peace be with you (Lk 24,36) For the glory of God donated by Mr. Hans Schröder Weidenberg AD 1970"

Bell "freedom"
  • Bell FREEDOM

Clay: e "150 kg 63 cm Ø

Inscription: " Called to freedom (Gal 5:13) For the glory of God donated by Mr. Hans Schröder Weidenberg AD 1970"

  • Bell foundry FW Schilling, Heidelberg
  • The bell bronze was supplied by Hüttenwerk Ulm, GmbH
  • The electrical bell systems come from Herford Elektrizitäts-Werke, Herford
  • The belfry came from Bayreuth Tower Clocks, Karl Dittmar, Bayreuth
  • The Weidenberg sawmill Ernst Gebert provided the necessary beams and other construction timber.

literature

  • Chronicle of the municipality of Upper Franconia
  • Festschrift for the reconstruction of the community center in 2002
  • Booklet for the consecration of bells (archive of the old Catholic community Weidenberg)

See also

Web links

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

Coordinates: 49 ° 56 ′ 28 "  N , 11 ° 43 ′ 4.2"  E