St. Rabanus Maurus (Mainz)
St. Rabanus Maurus is a Catholic church consecrated to the Archbishop of Mainz Rabanus Maurus in the Mainz district of Hartenberg . Together with the parish of St. Johannes Evangelist in Münchfeld, it is one of two places of worship in the Don Bosco parish .
history
Due to the fortress situation , the new development area of the Hartenberg did not come into being until the 1960s, when the Oblates of the Immaculate Virgin Mary were looking for a place for the new branch of their provincial house here. As a result, the diocese of Mainz acquired the property to build a monastery and a church, and the order was to take over the religious services. The bishop of Mainz Hermann Volk established the Catholic parish curate of St. Rabanus Maurus with effect from January 1, 1963. The architect and diocesan architect Karl Josef Dicke from Giessen drew up the plans for the church. On August 23, 1964, Vicar General Ludwig Haenlein laid the foundation stone for St. Rabanus Maurus. Shortly before Pentecost 1965, the modern church was inaugurated by Bishop Hermann Volk.
Construction and equipment
The church was completed after only a year of construction. It consists of a simply designed large hall building without aisles , which is connected to the sacristy at the rear . The interior was redesigned during renovation work between 1973 and 1976. The sanctuary was moved closer to the nave in order to involve the congregation more in the service. At the same time the altar , tabernacle and ambo were redesigned. In front of the main entrance to the church, a portico surrounds a large lawn. A larger than life bronze figure of the eponym is attached to the right of the main entrance on the outer facade.
The church windows were designed by the artist Alois Plum . In the picture program, the large rear wall window takes on the themes of Pentecost and the Spiritual Mission. On both sides of the altar, the announcement through the word, seeds falling on the field, the four evangelists Mark , Matthew , Luke and John as well as grapes, ears of corn, the chalice, the bread and the wine of the Lord's Supper are shown in several windows . The lantern was fitted with stained glazing at a later date, as were the smaller windows below. Here, the Pentecost hymn Veni creator spiritus , which is attributed to the church patron Rabanus Maurus, is recorded as a pictorial program . The Stations of the Cross was installed by the artist-siblings Dehnen from Höhr-Grenzhausen in 1981.
organ
The Hofbauer organ was built in 1965 as an organ kit ("Varia organ"). The instrument has mechanical slider drawers and has 13 registers , which are distributed over two manuals and pedal. The organ has the following disposition :
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Organ in Mainz, St. Rabanus Maurus , accessed on February 8, 2014.
Coordinates: 50 ° 0 ′ 22 ″ N , 8 ° 14 ′ 34 ″ E