St. Sebastian (Ketch)
The St. Sebastian Church is a Catholic church in Ketsch in the Rhein-Neckar district in northwest Baden-Württemberg . It was built in 1905 in neo-Romanesque style according to plans by Johannes Schroth .
history
Ketch was first mentioned around 1150. A parish existed in Ketsch since 1249. The place belonged to the land chapter of St. Leon in the diocese of Speyer , with the transition to Baden in the 19th century, there was a change to the newly founded Archdiocese of Freiburg . For centuries, local rule lay with the Speyer Cathedral Chapter . The Reformation did not find its way into Ketsch, which is why the vast majority of the population was Catholic. In 1960 Catholics made up more than 80 percent of the population. The community is today with the Bruhler Guardian Angel parish the pastoral care unit Brühl ketch in the deanery Wiesloch .
In the 15th century, the Ketch Church was destroyed by floods, which is why the pastor went to Brühl. In 1472 a new church is mentioned. The church was damaged both in the Thirty Years War and in the War of the Palatinate Succession . The patronage of St. Martin and St. Sebastian was first mentioned in the 17th century . Since the church was too small, a larger new building was requested several times. The new church was built between 1781 and 1784 and consecrated by the Speyer bishop in 1787. Once again too small, it was demolished in 1904 and replaced by the current structure.
description
The St. Sebastian Church is in the west of Ketsch on the highest point of the district. According to the plans of Johannes Schroth , head of the Archbishop's Building Office in Karlsruhe, a three-aisled column basilica in neo-Romanesque style was built. The plastered building is structured with light sandstone and has rich architectural decorations. The bell tower placed on the eastern flank of the choir is covered with a pyramidal roof . The vestibule leads to three portals. The middle main portal is decorated in the tympanum with reliefs depicting Jesus Christ and the Twelve Apostles with their iconographic attributes . The church has an elaborate historicizing interior. The organ was built in 1971 by Michael Weise . The instrument has 30 stops on two manuals and a pedal .
Tympanum
Triumphal arch
Baptismal font
organ
literature
- Rainer Laun: Rhein-Neckar-Kreis , in: Dagmar Zimdars u. a. (Ed.), Georg Dehio (Gre.): Handbook of German Art Monuments : Baden-Württemberg I. The administrative districts of Stuttgart and Karlsruhe . Munich 1993, ISBN 3-422-03024-7 .
- Hans Huth: The art monuments of the Mannheim district: Without the city of Schwetzingen . Munich 1967.
- State Archive administration Baden-Württemberg in connection with d. Cities and districts Heidelberg u. Mannheim (Hrsg.): The city and the districts of Heidelberg and Mannheim: Official district description , Bd. 3: The city of Mannheim and the communities of the district of Mannheim . Karlsruhe 1970.
- Martin Kares, Michael Kaufmann, Godehard Weithoff: Organ guide Rhein-Neckar-Kreis . Heidelberg 2001, ISBN 3-932102-07-X .
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Coordinates: 49 ° 22 ′ 4.4 ″ N , 8 ° 31 ′ 25.2 ″ E