St. Petrus Canisius (Friedrichshafen)

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St. Petrus Canisius

The Catholic Church of St. Petrus Canisius is on Katharinenstrasse in the city of Friedrichshafen . With 4,800 Catholics (as of 2018), the parish is the largest in Friedrichshafen.

history

In the pre-war period, the population growth in the north of Friedrichshafen made it necessary to build a new parish center. Therefore, an area was separated from St. Nikolaus as a chaplain and from 1927 to 1928 a new church was built north of the railway line based on a design by Hugo Schlösser and Wilhelm Friedrich Laur . The church was opened on November 24, 1928 by Bishop Joannes Baptista Sproll St. Consecrated to Petrus Canisius .

In 1938 the church was elevated to an independent parish church. While the rectory fell victim to a bomb attack in World War II on April 28, 1944, along with almost the entire old town, the church was only slightly damaged.

Between 1968 and 1974 the organ, exterior facade and interior were renovated. The main altar at the end of the choir was replaced by a central altar in accordance with the guidelines of the Second Vatican Council and the walls in the interior were painted white.

In 1997 the interior was renovated again, which takes on the original color scheme of yellow and blue. The outdoor area was renovated from 2000 to 2002.

The church received a new altar and a new ambo in September 2017. Susanne Wagner designed these and realized them in Nils Dietrich's workshops.

Church building

The structure is an east-facing three-aisled basilica in the expressionist style. The 58 m long main nave with short and narrow windows clearly dominates the low side aisles with cubic extensions. The main nave is structured with eye-catching pointed arches, the effect of which was enhanced by August Blepp through a colored design. The choir room with two levels and a straight wall is relatively short. The 46 m high tower is on the south side. The nave and tower are clad with bricks . The west facade is designed with high arcades above the three entrances made of shell limestone. Above the central entrance is a relief of St. Petrus Canisius, above is a monumental crucifixion group. In the right transept under the tower there is a side chapel, the left transept contains the sacristy .

Furnishing

inside view

A figure of Christ by Toni Schneider-Manzell is attached to the east wall above the altar . In the choir there are two relief altars of Maria Immaculata and the Apostle Andreas , made by Friedrich Thuma . The main altar and the ambo were made according to a design by Susanne Wagner. The so-called Löwental Holy Heaven , a large painting from the former Löwental monastery , can be seen in the first pointed arch of the central nave . The side chapel, which serves as a baptistery, has an elaborately designed stained glass window by Emil Glückler .

Organs

Woehl organ

Main organ

After the late romantic predecessor organ from the Späth company from 1934 became very susceptible to repairs due to material fatigue and previous war damage, Gerald Woehl built an organ with three manuals and pedal , 57  stops with a combined action and modern prospect design using some stops of the previous instrument in 1997 . To complement the location, this organ was built in a symphonic style, stylistically different from the mother parish. The disposition is:

I Manual C – a 3
1. Principal 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Reed flute 8th'
4th Flûte Harmonique 8th'
5. Viol 8th'
6th Octave 4 ′
7th Flûte Douce 4 ′
8th. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
9. Octave 2 ′
10. Large Mixture V
11. Cornett II-V
12. Trumpet 16 ′
13. Trumpet 8th'
14th Clarine 4 ′
II Manual
swellable C – a 3
15th Dumped 16 ′
16. Principal 8th'
17th Double flute 8th'
18th Salicional 8th'
19th Unda Maris 8th'
20th Dumped 8th'
21st Octave 4 ′
22nd Hollow flute 4 ′
23. Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
24. Flageolet 2 ′
25th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
26th Flautino 1'
27. English horn 8th'
28. Progressio III-V
29 Trumpet 8th'
30th clarinet 8th'
31. Tuba (horizontal) 8th'
Tremulant (weak)
III Manual
swellable C – a 3
32. Quintad 16 ′
33. Bourdon 8th'
34. Dolce 8th'
35. Flauto Traverso 8th'
36. Viola da gamba 8th'
37. Voix Celeste 8th'
38. flute 4 ′
39. viola 4 ′
40. Piccolo 2 ′
41. Harmonia Aetheria III-V
42. Bombard 16 ′
43. Trumpet Harmonique 8th'
44. oboe 8th'
45. Vox Humana 8th'
46. Clairon Harmonique 4 ′
Pedal
partly swellable C – f 1
47. Pedestal 32 ′
48. Principal 16 ′
38. Sub bass 16 ′
50. Violon 16 ′
51. Dumped 16 ′
52. Octave bass 8th'
53. Salicional 8th'
54. Dumped 8th'
55. Octave 4 ′
56. trombone 16 ′
57. Bass trumpet 8th'
58. Tenor trumpet 8th'
59. Clarine 4 ′

Choir organ

A neo-baroque choir organ with two manuals and 15 stops was manufactured by the Reiser company in 1969 for smaller forms of worship and for a desired stylistic variety .

Bells

In 1928 the bell was inaugurated. During the Second World War, all but one of the bells were withdrawn. The bells were added in the 1950s and completed again in 1988 with the largest bell a 0 . The bell has the chimes a 0 , c 1 , d 1 , f 1 .

Web links

Commons : St. Petrus Canisius (Friedrichshafen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Church leaders of the Church of St. Petrus Canisius, accessed on September 21, 2017
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g History of the Church of St. Petrus Canisius, accessed on September 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ Information about the organ on orgbase.nl, accessed on September 23, 2017

Coordinates: 47 ° 39 '17.4 "  N , 9 ° 28' 43.8"  E