St. Pius (Aschaffenburg)
St. Pius is a Catholic parish church built in 1967 in the southeast of the city of Aschaffenburg .
history
The building site on Bessenbacher Weg was acquired in 1958. On September 8, 1964, at the insistence of Pastor Anton Haselbrunner, the new parish was founded by relinquishing territory to the Sacred Heart Parish in the southeast and consecrated to Pope Pius X, who had been canonized ten years earlier .
A parish center for a modern part of town with a kindergarten, nurses' house, parsonage, sacristy, church and parish hall was to be built according to plans by cathedral builder Hans Skull from the episcopal building authority in Würzburg. The first construction phase comprised a kindergarten, nurses' house / caretaker's apartment and rectory as well as the sacristy with the heating system. Erich Roth was in charge of construction, and ARGE Dressler / Hörnig / Aulbach, Aschaffenburg, was responsible for construction. The consecration took place on February 14, 1967 by Cathedral Chapter Prelate Johannes Kötzner.
church
The church and parish hall were to be built in the second construction phase. However, further funding caused problems. At the suggestion of the Aschaffenburg city planner Max Guther , the proportions were changed by rotating the church by 180 ° without destroying the overall effect. The foundation stone was laid on March 5, 1967. Under the direction of Erich Roth and the Adam Hörnig & Söhne company, a church building in the shape of a cross was built with a nave of 15.50 × 23 m and a transept of 24 × 12 m in size. The main nave forms the longitudinal beam and the altar stands at the intersection of the cross. The wall height of 12.50 m ends with a 1.50 m high light band. St. Pius is a reinforced concrete post construction with a wooden ceiling, lined with hollow bricks. The side aisles are fully glazed on one side. The left aisle "Joy and Music" beginning with the baptismal font ends on the back wall with the organ and podium, the right aisle "Annunciation and Gospel" beginning with the ambo ends on the back wall with the cross and the four evangelists. The tabernacle is located in the choir niche with side 1 m × 4.50 m indirect light.
The artistic design was done by the Aschaffenburg artist Siegfried Rischar . With the lead-glazed rear panel, he was guided by the idea that the visitor to the house of God comes from the world of distress and inner temptation. This idea should become visible in the tangle of colors and shapes. The altar wall is a plaster relief with Secco painting, in which Rischar symbolizes the event of salvation. A mural was created across the width of the front, revolving around the Lord's Passion, his resurrection and redemption. Instead of an illustration, it offers the viewer signs, symbols that condense towards the center. The cross and the crown of thorns become visible.
The altar island is raised by two steps. The tabernacle and tabernacle column, which resembles a broken cross trunk, are made of stainless steel. Altar table, baptismal font, ambo, priest's seat and apostle chandelier, created by Hans Huschka from Laudenbach , fit into the furnishings of this modern church.
A 17 × 13 m parish hall is attached to the church building and can accommodate up to 150 visitors. The Ernst Aulbach company built the 26 meter high church tower in reinforced concrete with three storeys and a bell cage.
On September 23, 1967, Bishop Josef Stangl consecrated the church and placed it under the patronage of Pope Pius X.
The baptistery was originally located in the entrance area on the left. After the redesign in 1981, it took up the mortal shell of the first pastor Franz Roth. In it the deceased parishioners are also remembered. The cross (Christ figure) is a work by the Aschaffenburg artist A. Ress / Munich, including a bronze commemorative plaque for Pastor Roth.
On the right side are the confessional chapel and the Marienkapelle for reflection and silent prayer. Here is a baroque Madonna from the 18th century. Opposite the Madonna, an enamel picture shows St. Jude Thaddäus, created by Br. Adelmar Dölger, Münsterschwarzach.
In 1977 two bronze figures were attached, church patron St. Pius X and St. Josef, created by the Aschaffenburg artist Hermann Kröckel, cast in the Grundhöfer art foundry, Laufach / Niedernberg. Kröckel also created a new, gold-plated tabernacle.
In 1994/95 a Way of the Cross was created, painted by Siegfried Rischar. This Way of the Cross is based on texts that Pope John Paul II prayed on Good Friday 1994 in the Colosseum in Rome . Each station is based on an event described by the evangelists in the New Testament; legendary situations are not shown. Rischar painted the pictures in a mixture of synthetic resin and oil on wooden panels, the halo of Jesus is gold leaf.
organ
The organ by the organ builder Gerhard Stumpf from Neustadt im Odenwald , which was built and assembled in 1971/72, stands on the front wall in the left aisle . The consecration concert on June 9, 1972 was played by the Würzburg cathedral organist Paul Damjakob . The slider chests -instrument "with purely French-style" has 33 registers on three manuals and pedal . The console stands free in front of the organ. The action mechanism is mechanical, the stop action is electric.
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- Coupling: II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
- Playing aids: 6 programmable registrations, Organo-pleno as a button
The prospectus designed by Stumpf is divided into three compartments made of rectangular boxes, the height of which decreases from left to right. The middle box contains the swell , in front of which the self-supporting breastwork is attached. The horizontally mounted goblets of the Spanish trumpet can be seen in the base strip under the prospectus pipes. The cladding with fine wood panels corresponds to the ceiling design of the sloping roof construction.
Bells
Four bells have been ringing in the free-standing church tower since Christmas 1970, and they were cast in the Schilling bell foundry in Heidelberg .
- Bell 1: Faith (E), 1250 kg with the inscription "I proclaim faith"
- Bell 2: Hope (f sharp), with the inscription "I trust in the Lord"
- Bell 3: love (g sharp), with the inscription "I urge you to love"
- Bell 4: Aveglocke (h), 800 kg, with the inscription "Ave Maria".
Parish of St. Pius X.
On May 12th, 2008, the parishes of the Herz Jesu and St. Pius X. parishes in Aschaffenburg were formed into the parish community “Zum Guten Hirten”, whereby the parishes remained legally in existence. The parish community belongs to the deanery of Aschaffenburg-Stadt in the diocese of Würzburg .
List of pastors since the parish was founded
- 1967–1981 Franz Roth, BGR, born January 18, 1912 in Sommerau (Eschau) , ordained a priest in 1937, † January 6, 1981 in Aschaffenburg
- 1981–1988 Walter Holzheimer, Monsignore, * in Schmalwasser
- 1988–1997 Georg Göring, Monsignore, born August 1, 1928 in Karlstadt, ordained a priest on July 19, 1953, † August 9, 2005 in Aschaffenburg
- 1997–2008 Albert Leutbecher
- 2008-2017 Matthias Rosenberger
Individual evidence
- ↑ Festschrift s. u.
- ↑ Aschaffenburger Volksblatt No. 219 of September 23, 1967
- ↑ Main-Echo No. 219 of 23./24. September 1967
- ↑ Chronicle picture in the church
- ↑ Main-Echo No. 164 of July 20 / July 1977
- ↑ Main-Echo No. 172 of July 28, 1995
- ^ Hermann Fischer: Organs of the Bavarian Lower Main region. History and Art Association eV, Aschaffenburg 2004, ISBN 3-87965-099-3 .
- ↑ Main-Echo No. 265 of November 17, 1970
- ↑ Establishment of the parish community Zum Guten Hirten in Aschaffenburg ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 78 kB), in: Würzburger Diözesanblatt, No. 10, 2008, p. 154.
literature
- Catholic rectory of St. Pius Aschaffenburg (ed.): St. Pius Aschaffenburg. Festschrift for the consecration of the church and the parish center of St. Pius in Aschaffenburg on September 23, 1967
Web links
Coordinates: 49 ° 58 ′ 15.5 ″ N , 9 ° 9 ′ 52.5 ″ E