St. Raphael (Parsau)

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Sankt Raphael is the Catholic church in Parsau , a municipality in the eastern district of Gifhorn in Lower Saxony . The church, named after the Archangel Raphael , is located at Bahnhofstrasse 18 and belongs to the parish of St. Michael , based in the Wolfsburg district of Vorsfelde , and thus to the Wolfsburg-Helmstedt dean's office of the Hildesheim diocese .

history

In the 16th century, with the introduction of the Reformation , Parsau became Evangelical-Lutheran. The first church in Parsau was built in 1561, before that the residents of Parsau had to walk the long way to the St. Petrus Church in Vorsfelde.

In 1945/46 Catholic refugees and displaced persons settled in Parsau and the surrounding areas, Catholic services were initially held in the Protestant churches of Parsau and Tülau-Fahrenhorst.

1959 began the planning of a Catholic church. At first it was planned to build the church on a former courtyard property in the center of Brome, but this was not implemented. The church was built by the parish of St. Michael in Vorsfelde by the architect Hans-Heinz Hübscher from Wolfsburg . On July 22nd, 1962, the foundation stone was laid by Dean Antonius Holling, and on June 1st, 1963 the church was consecrated by Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen . In 1965 the church got its Way of the Cross , and in 1967 the bells followed .

From 1976 to 1984 the church was cared for by the parish Immaculate Conception of Mary in Velpke. In 1985 the exterior was renovated and the heating system replaced, and in 1988 the interior was renovated. Claus Kilian redesigned the altar , tabernacle , crucifix and ambo . On June 12, 1988, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the parish fair, the new altar, in which the relics of St. Justin are inserted, was consecrated by Auxiliary Bishop Heinrich Pachowiak . The organ was consecrated on May 7, 1995 , before an electronic organ was used.

Since November 1, 2006, the church has belonged to the Wolfsburg-Helmstedt deanery, which at that time was formed from the Wolfsburg deanery and the Helmstedt part of the Helmstedt-Wolfenbüttel deanery. Due to the shortage of priests, there have been no weekly Sunday services in the church since August 2018, but only one Sunday service per month, held as the evening mass . In the other weeks there is an evening mass on Fridays.

Architecture and equipment

inside view

The church is about 63 meters above sea level and is entered through the entrance tower, which has three bells. Its interior offers over 80 seats, and in 1988 it was given its current appearance. On the wall behind the altar is the tabernacle designed by Claus Kilian and the Wolfsburg master goldsmith Raimund Lange (1928–2006) , with a crucifix above it. A replica of the Ravensburger Schutzmantelmadonna has been located on the side of the chancel since 1988 . To the left and right of the nave, accessible from the inside of the church, there is a baptistery and a Lady Chapel, in which sacrificial candles can be placed. A confessional is set into the back wall . An iconic image of the Archangel Raphael can be found in the adjoining parish hall.

organ

organ

The organ was built in 1995 by Emil Hammer Orgelbau . The abrasive loading -instrument with mechanical key action has 4 registers on a manual and pedal .

Manual C – f 3
Dumped 8th'
Principal 4 ′
flute 2 ′
Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Pedals C – f 1
attached

Bells

The church has three bronze bells from the renowned Otto bell foundry from Bremen-Hemelingen, which were cast in 1967. On October 15, 1967, the bells were consecrated by Dean Antonius Holling. The bells have the strike tone series es, e, f. The bells have a diameter of 770 mm, 647 mm and 577 mm and together weigh approx. 550 kg.

Catchment area

The catchment area of ​​the church includes the villages of Ahnebeck , Altendorf , Benitz , Bergfeld , Brome , Croya , Kaiserwinkel , Parsau, Tülau - Fahrenhorst , Voitze , Wiswedel and Zicherie , all of which are part of the Brome municipality .

See also

literature

  • Filialgemeinde St. Raphael (Ed.): 50 Years St. Raphael, 1963 - 2013, Parsau. Parsau 2013.
  • Festschrift 50 years of St. Michael Vorsfelde, 1952 to 2002. Wolfsburg 2002, p. 16.
  • KirchenZeitung No. 25/2013 of June 23, 2013, Hildesheim 2013, p. 13

Web links

Commons : Saint Raphael church (Parsau)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Dietrich Bödeker: The land of Brome and the upper Vorsfelder Werder. Braunschweig 1985, ISBN 3-87884-028-4 , p. 494
  2. ↑ Sunday greeting from the parish of Vorsfelde on August 12, 2018
  3. ^ Ernst Pauer: Church history and church art. In: Historical-regional excursion map of Lower Saxony, sheet Wolfsburg. Erhard Kühlhorn, Hildesheim 1977, ISBN 3-7848-3626-7 , explanatory booklet p. 123.
  4. ^ Gerhard Reinhold: Otto bells. Family and company history of the Otto bell foundry dynasty . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 588, here in particular p. 562 .
  5. ↑ Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen . Nijmegen / NL 2019, p. 556, here in particular 515 , urn : nbn: nl: ui: 22-2066 / 204770 (PhD thesis at Radboud University Nijmegen).

Coordinates: 52 ° 32 '5.2 "  N , 10 ° 53' 7.6"  E