St. Pius (Bielefeld)
The Church of St. Pius was a Roman Catholic church in the Bielefeld district of Gadderbaum , North Rhine-Westphalia . Structurally, the parish is a vicarie of St. Jodokus in the pastoral association Bielefeld-Mitte of the Dean's Office Bielefeld-Lippe in the Archdiocese of Paderborn . The parish catchment area also includes the Gilead and Bethel hospitals .
architecture
The church was built in 1957-58 in the northwest of the municipality of Gadderbaum. The church name refers to Pope Pius X. His coat of arms was placed above the entrance. It was a characteristic example of new trends in church building in the region, which took up liturgical and architectural suggestions from the Rhineland in addition to the Westphalian and Westphalian traditions. This new movement took off slowly and in very different buildings. The triangular church of St. Pius, designed by Bielefeld architect Willy Kirchner , was considered to be “the first typical example of a new form” in church construction at that time. The building erected by building officer Willy Kirchner stood on a trapezoidal floor plan; it was the first church in the archbishopric to have no visible sloping roof surfaces. The church is de- dedicated and is currently being demolished. Organ, bells and other works of art have been recovered and are either sold or stored. The church is to make way for an extension of the Pius Home. In the future, church services will take place in the Marienkapelle of the St. Pius home.
Furnishing
- Church portal and various relief panels by Erich Leiss
- Bronze sculpture St. Johannes for the baptismal font by Wilhelm Heiner, 1959
Bells
The three cast steel bells of the church were cast in 1958 by the Bochum Association for Cast Steel Manufacture (BVG) .
| Surname | Annette | Christiane | Stefanie-Maria |
| Diameter (mm) | 1180 | 980 | 870 |
| Weight (approx kg) | 660 | 354 | 241 |
| Chime | f sharp '-1 | a '-1 | h '-3 |
See also
literature
- Heinrich Otten: Church building in the Archdiocese of Paderborn 1930 to 1975 . Bonifatius Verlag, Paderborn 2009, ISBN 978-3-89710-403-7
Web links
Coordinates: 52 ° 0 ′ 39.3 " N , 8 ° 30 ′ 32" E
Individual evidence
- ^ Hugo Schnell : Church building in the 20th century in Germany. Schnell and Steiner publishing house, Munich / Zurich 1973, p. 125.
- ↑ Felix Boche: The Church of St. Pius is being torn down. Retrieved July 1, 2017 .
- ^ Website of the Leiss company , accessed on March 10, 2015
- ↑ Gudrun Pamme-Vogelsang: Everything sound and vibration. Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld 2002, p. 20 f.
- ↑ Harald Propach: The bells of Bielefeld. Voice of the Church. Cultural asset and work of art. Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2008, ISSN 1619-9022 , p. 200 f.