St. Rufus (Niedaltdorf)

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The Catholic parish church of St. Rufus in Niedaltdorf

The Church of St. Rufus is a Roman Catholic parish church in Niedaltdorf , a district of the Saarland community of Rehlingen-Siersburg , Saarlouis district . The church patron is St. Rufus of Capua. In the area of ​​the old archbishopric of Trier , Mainz and Cologne , the parish of St. Rufus is the only one with this patronage. In the list of monuments of the Saarland, the church is a single monument listed.

history

The church was built between 1871 and 1873 according to plans by the architect Carl Friedrich Müller and replaced an older church from 1751. The architect Joseph Mendgen ( Trier ) was responsible for the construction. From 1945 to 1956 the church was subjected to a restoration , whereby the Gothic church windows were restored. In 1949 the interior of the church was painted and the church roof was covered with slate . In 1953 the tower helmet was restored with new sluicing. In 1961 the masonry of the tower was restored. During restoration work under the direction of the architect Walfried Plegnière ( Merzig ) from 1971 to 1973, the choir was rebuilt. The church tower was restored in 1995 and 2000/01.

Architecture and equipment

View inside the church
Lourdes grotto inside the church

The church building was built as a hall church with a transept and west tower facade in the neo-Gothic style. The nave is divided into three bays . The transept adjoins the nave, followed by a five-sided choir with a polygonal end, so that the floor plan is shaped like a Latin cross . The ceilings of the naves are formed by ribbed vaults. In the vaulted areas there are paintings with floral motifs.

The church is equipped with a Lourdes grotto , built in 1890 , which was the first on German soil at the time. The pastor Rausch made the plans for this. Red-brown volcanic rock from the Mühlberg crater near Andernach was used as building material for the 8 m high, 6 m wide and 4 m deep grotto . The inauguration took place on Whit Monday 1890.
There is also a replica of the Turin shroud in the church . It was photographically transferred onto a sheet in Turin in 1972.
On both sides of the nave there is a Way of the Cross from 1862, which was created by the Austrian painter and graphic artist Joseph Ritter von Führich. These are oil paintings based on original sketches that were restored in 1973.
The interior decoration, which dates from the 19th century, was also partly collected from other churches ( Primstal , St. Avold , Metz Cathedral ).

Church painter Anton Orken was responsible for the complete interior painting of the nave in 1928 . Glass artist Prof. Renard ( Paris ) designed the church windows, which were made from 1950 to 1956 by the Ott company (Strasbourg). The windows represent stations from the life of Jesus and are also provided with corresponding texts. Some smaller sacred objects, which were created in 1973, come
from the painter and sculptor Ernst Alt ( Saarbrücken ).

organ

View from the chancel to the organ gallery

The organ of the church was built in 1901 as opus 2 by Mamert Hock ( Saarlouis ). The instrument is set up on a gallery and has 14 registers , divided into 2 manuals and pedal . It is the oldest surviving organ from the Hock company. In the organ builder's original disposition draft, a Vox Coelestis 8 'from c ° was provided in the II. Manual and a principal bass 8' in the pedal. Instead of the vox coelestis in the second manual, the reed flute 8 ' was built into the first manual after consultation with the Episcopal Vicariate in Trier. In addition, a violoncello was built into the pedal instead of the 8 'principal bass.
The organ brochure corresponds to a sample brochure from the organ building supplier Aug. Laukhuff ( Weikersheim ). The metal pipes also come from Laukhuff , which can be proven by the pipe stamping.

The organ was completely restored in two stages in 2007 and 2008 by the organ building company Hardt ( Weilmünster ). The instrument was inaugurated again on April 27, 2008 during an organ ceremony.

I Manual C-g 3
1. Drone 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Flûte harmonique 8th'
4th Gamba 8th'
5. Salicional 8th'
6th Reed flute 8th'
7th Octave 4 ′
8th. Mixture III 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
II Manual C-g 3
9. Violin principal 8th'
10. Aeoline 8th'
11. Lovely Gedackt 8th'
12. Transverse flute 4 ′
Pedal C – f 1
13. Sub bass 16 ′
14th violoncello 8th'
  • Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P, II / I 4 ′, II / I 16 ′

literature

  • Rudolf Saam, contribution to the building history of neo-Gothic churches on the Saar. On the life and work of the builder Carl Friedrich Müller. Saarbrücker Hefte, Heft 48, pp. 17–51, Saarbrücken 1978
  • Catholic Parish Office St. Rufus (Ed.): St. Rufus Church in Niedaltdorf . Self-published, Niedaltdorf 1973, p. 86 .

Web links

Commons : St. Rufus (Niedaltdorf)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b St. Rufus in Niedaltdorf ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. From: www.rehlingen-siersburg.de, accessed on December 26, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rehlingen-siersburg.de
  2. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland / List of sub-monuments in the Saarlouis district. (PDF; 1,265 kB) State Monument Authority Saarland, October 13, 2017 .;
  3. ↑ a b c Information on the parish church of St. Konrad at: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on December 26, 2012
  4. ↑ a b c d e Church leader St. Rufus (2008)
  5. ↑ Niedaltdorf Catholic Church St. Rufus On: www.www.hardt-orgelbau.de, accessed on December 26, 2012

Coordinates: 49 ° 20 ′ 29.3 "  N , 6 ° 35 ′ 32.4"  E