St. Pius X. and St. Barbara (Salzgitter)

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The Church of St. Pius X. and St. Barbara , often just called St. Pius X. , was the Catholic Church in Flachstöckheim , a district of Salzgitter in Lower Saxony . Most recently, the church belonged to the parish of St. Marien , based in Salzgitter-Bad , in the Goslar-Salzgitter deanery of the Hildesheim diocese . The church was named after the holy Pope Pius X and Barbara of Nicomedia and was located at Bergmannstrasse 45. Today, St. Marien is the closest Catholic church in the Salzgitter-Bad district, about six kilometers away.

history

With the establishment of the Reichswerke Hermann Göring and the expansion of iron ore mining, a large number of workers were brought to Salzgitter from 1937 onwards. As a result, the proportion of Catholic residents also grew, and from the summer of 1938 the first Catholic services were held in an inn in Flachstöckheim. The parish church of St. Marien in Salzgitter-Bad was responsible, to which the parish vicarie Salzgitter-Flachstöckheim, established on July 21, 1946, was assigned. In addition to Flachstöckheim, this also included the surrounding villages of Barum , Beinum , Cramme , Groß Flöthe , Lobmachtersen and Ohlendorf . The services were initially held in one of the estate's shops, and later also in the Protestant church in Flachstöckheim. At the end of 1950, as early as 1630 Catholics belonged to the Flachstöckheim Vicarie.

On February 18, 1958, on Bergmannstrasse, on the outskirts of Lobmachtersen, the construction of a church and a parsonage began with the groundbreaking ceremony. On April 27 of the same year the foundation stone was laid by Pastor Groß, Dean in Salzgitter-Bad. On April 26, 1959, followed the consecration of the church by Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen , after the church (Kuratiegemeinde) Salzgitter Flachstöckheim was established on April 1, 1959th From November 1, 2006, the church belonged to the parish of St. Marien . From July 1, 2007, the church belonged to the then newly established deanery Goslar – Salzgitter, previously it belonged to the deanery Salzgitter.

On December 12th, 2008 the church was profaned by Vicar General Werner Schreer , at that time there were still 635 Catholics in the catchment area of ​​the church. In October 2009 the church building and the rectory were demolished. The 3,600 m² property was divided into three smaller plots and offered for sale by the Hildesheim diocese. The construction of three single-family houses is planned. Construction of the first single-family home began in autumn 2014.

Architecture and equipment

The towerless solid structure was built according to plans by Josef Fehlig and was around 107 meters above sea level . In the center of the back wall of the sanctuary was the tabernacle , above it, as a symbol of the Eucharist , the image of a pelican ripping open its chest to feed its young with blood. The artist Wilhelm Keudel (1913–1972) from Salzgitter designed this picture, as well as the windows, which were manufactured by the Garms company from Hildesheim . Before the church was demolished, the small, colorful windows were detached from the wall, repainted and sold to parishioners. The protective cloak Madonna to the right of the chancel was also designed by Keudel. The organ , the altar and other parts of the interior were brought to Poland after the profanation .

See also

literature

  • Press information from the Catholic parish of St. Marien from December 4, 2008
  • Maria Kapp MA: Art inventory of the Kuratiekirche St. Pius X. in Salzgitter-Flachstöckheim. Goslar 2006.
  • Willi Stoffers: Diocese of Hildesheim today. Hildesheim 1987, ISBN 3-87065-418-X , pp. 62/63
  • St. Pius X. and St. Barbara in Salzgitter-Flachstöckheim. A church is closed. In: Parish letter from the parish of St. Marien, Salzgitter. Edition 2/2008.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://wiki-bistumsgeschichte.de/wiki/index.php5?title=Spezial%3ASuche&search=Flachst%C3%B6ckheim&go=Seite
  2. ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Kirchlicher Anzeiger. No. 6/2007, Hildesheim 2007, pp. 142-143

Coordinates: 52 ° 5 ′ 20.9 ″  N , 10 ° 26 ′ 13.1 ″  E