St. Pius (Saarbrücken)

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St. Pius church tower Wackenberg St. Arnual Saarbrücken.jpg

Church of St. Pius is a Roman Catholic parish church of the Trier diocese in Saarbrücken . It is located in the Sankt Arnual district on the Wackenberg and bears the patronage of Pope Pius X, venerated as a saint .

history

The idea of ​​a church on the Wackenberg arose with the development of the residential area in the 1920s, but could not be realized for a long time. In 1961 the foundation stone of the church was finally laid and the consecration took place in December 1963. Today the church belongs to the parish community of St. Jakob, which includes all parishes south of the Saar .

Building description

St. Pius was designed by the Saarbrücken architects Albert Dietz & Bernhard Grothe . The pillar-less cuboid church space has no windows on its front sides. The side walls are folded into niches that are separated from each other by large colored ribbon windows. At the northeast corner of the property is the slender church tower made of exposed concrete, which can be seen from afar, while the sacristy and a weekday chapel adjoin to the south. There is a narrow inner courtyard between the chapel and the church.

The altar wall is decorated exclusively with a cross and two tapestries depicting Pope Saints Pius X and Don Bosco. There is a spacious organ gallery on the west side.

organ

The church has a serial instrument from the Walcker company , which is known under the model name "E8" and was built in 1964. The positive has 11 stops on two manuals and a pedal .

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Dumped 8th'
2. Principal 4 ′
3. Sesquialter II
4th Mixture II-III
II Positive C-g 3
5. Gemshorn 8th'
6th Reed flute 4 ′
7th Principal 2 ′
8th. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Pedal C – f 1
9. Sub-bass 16 ′
10. Chorale bass 4 ′
11. Trumpet 16 ′
Annotation:
  1. ↑ From b 0

Web links

Commons : St. Pius (Saarbrücken)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Detailed chronicle and description of the church
  2. ↑ Description of the church building based on the photos.
  3. ↑ Description of the Walcker series positive "E8"
  4. ^ Description of the Walcker organ .

Coordinates: 49 ° 12 '54.1 "  N , 7 ° 0' 58.9"  E