St. Servatius (Koblenz)

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The parish church of St. Servatius in Koblenz-Güls
inner space
Interior with the organ

The parish church of St. Servatius is a Catholic church in Koblenz . The parish church was built in the Güls district between 1833 and 1840 and replaces the old Servatius Church from the 13th century , which has become too small . It bears the patronage of St. Servatius of Tongeren .

history

After the first Servatius Church in Güls became too small at the beginning of the 19th century, it was decided to build a new one. At first, consideration was given to demolishing the old church and building a new one here. However, due to the narrow space and the high artistic value of the old church, it was decided to build a new one at a different location. The architect Johann Claudius von Lassaulx built a new church in neo-Romanesque style just a few meters from the old church from 1833 to 1840. The building material came from the old Löhrtor, which had previously been demolished in Koblenz and which had to give way for the planning of the Prussian fortress in Koblenz . The foundation stone was laid on April 27, 1833, the consecration was carried out by Wilhelm Günther, Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, on August 31, 1840. The construction costs amounted to 14,856 thalers .

During air raids on Koblenz during World War II , the eastern vaulted section and the organ gallery were damaged and had to be replaced.

Construction and equipment

Outside

The parish church of St. Servatius is a neo - Romanesque three-aisled hall church made of quarry stone with a double tower facade . The exterior of the church building has carefully designed cornices , pilasters , arched windows , medallions , roll beads, small keyhole windows and double pass closures. The east facade is characterized by the two 65 meter high towers with pointed helmets and round sound openings. Because of their striking shape, which can be seen from afar, they are popularly referred to as "Güls toothpicks".

Between the towers there is a step portal with a tympanum above the lintel, which depicts the Mother of God with the child in the middle. On the right of her St. Servatius kills a dragon and on the left two monks present her the model of the church. Above the portal, a rose window illuminates the gallery inside the church. The front facade is closed by a stepped gable with an ascending dwarf gallery with stone sculptures. In the middle, Jesus Christ is shown as king, right and left Saints Peter and Paul . The words "Christ Rex" are placed between the group of stone sculptures and the rose window. The gable is crowned by a cross. To the right of the stepped portal is a war memorial in memory of the victims of the First World War, which depicts a soldier lying on an altar made of basalt lava in front of a cross (19th century). In the north next to the church there is a Lourdes grotto .

Inside

The hall of the church is entered via an anteroom, which is broadly laid out and ends in a semicircle at the choir . The 14 slim round pillars without capitals carry a star vault . There is a free-standing altar in the choir , which is bordered at the rear by a communion grille that carries 14 figures of needy helpers. A larger than life wooden crucifix (16th century), a cup-shaped baptismal font with a brass lid (1699) and a holy water basin (1699) as well as five figures of saints (18th century) were taken from the old Servatius Church. Further figures of saints were added when the church was rebuilt.

The parish has four relics of St. Servatius, a silver sun monstrance (17th century), a silver reliquary cross (17th century), two chalices and two 9 cm and 18 cm glass sarcophagi (around 1500).

Under the south tower is the access to the organ gallery with a figure of St. Servatius. The north tower houses a chapel of grace with a late Gothic Pietà from the 16th century, which used to stand in the great saint's house , and a modern sculpture of the Sacred Heart.

  • Sanctuary

  • Baptismal font

  • Figure of St. Servatius

  • Chapel of Grace with a Pietà

  • War memorial

organ

The organ of St. Servatius was built in 1996 by the organ building company Simon from Borgentreich . The slider chest instrument has 30 stops on two manuals and pedal . The action mechanism is mechanical, the stop action is electric.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Drone 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Reed flute 8th'
4th octave 4 ′
5. recorder 4 ′
6th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th octave 2 ′
8th. Forest flute 2 ′
9. Cornett II-V
10. Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
11. Trumpet 8th'
II Swell C – g 3
12. Flûte harmonique 8th'
13. Hollow flute 8th'
14th Viol 8th'
15th Vox coelestis 8th'
16. Principal 4 ′
17th Transverse flute 4 ′
18th Octavine 2 ′
19th Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
20th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
21st Mixture IV 2 ′
22nd Tromp.harmonique 8th'
23. Hautbois 8th'
Tremulant
Pedals C – f 1
24. Principal bass 16 ′
25th Sub-bass 16 ′
26th Octave bass 8th'
27. Thought bass 8th'
28. Chorale bass 4 ′
29 Back set IV
30th trombone 16 ′

Rectory

The rectory of St. Servatius adjoins the church to the south and forms a unit with it. It was added in 1928 and is a broad, two-story plastered building with a cornice . The attached hip roof has a wide dormer . At the level of the upper floor, a covered corridor with a polygonal bay window connects the building with the church. In the slate-hung bay window is the year 1928, flanked by sandstone reliefs of St. George and the coat of arms of Pope Pius XI.

Parish community

St. Servatius is part of the " Koblenz (Metternich) parish community ", which also includes St. Johannes Beheading and St. Konrad in Metternich and St. Mauritius in Rübenach .

Monument protection

The parish church of St. Servatius is a protected cultural monument under the Monument Protection Act (DSchG) and entered in the list of monuments of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . It is located in Koblenz-Güls on Gulisastraße .

Furthermore, it is a protected cultural asset according to the Hague Convention and marked with the blue and white trademark.

See also

literature

  • Energieversorgung Mittelrhein GmbH (ed.): History of the city of Koblenz. (Overall editing: Ingrid Bátori in conjunction with Dieter Kerber and Hans Josef Schmidt)
    • Volume 1: From the beginning to the end of the electoral era. Theiss, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-8062-0876-X .
    • Volume 2: From the French city to the present. Theiss, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-8062-1036-5 .
  • Fritz Michel : The churches of the city of Koblenz (The church monuments of the city of Koblenz. The art monuments of the Rhine province, 20th volume, 1st department) , Düsseldorf 1937
  • Fritz Michel: The art monuments of the city of Koblenz. The profane monuments and the suburbs , Munich Berlin 1954, (Die Kunstdenkmäler von Rheinland-Pfalz, first volume).
  • Willi Münch: The old Güls parish church , from the series “Heimatschriften” by the Gülser Heimatförderer, February 1980
  • Willi Münch: The new Güls parish church St. Servatius , from the series “Heimatschriften” by the Gülser Heimatförderer, May 1980
  • Wolfgang Schütz: Koblenz heads. People from the city's history - namesake for streets and squares. Verlag für Werbung Blätter GmbH, Ed .: Bernd Weber, Mülheim-Kärlich 2005 (2nd revised and expanded edition), p. 505 f., ISBN 224-0-00345-226-2 .
  • Ulrike Weber (edit.): Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Volume 3.3: City of Koblenz. Districts. Werner, Worms 2013, ISBN 978-3-88462-345-9 .

Web links

Commons : St. Servatius (Koblenz-Güls)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information about the organ on the website of the builder company
  2. ^ Parish community Koblenz (Metternich) in: Diocese of Trier
  3. ↑ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district-free city of Koblenz (PDF; 1.5 MB), Koblenz 2013

Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′ 30.5 ″  N , 7 ° 32 ′ 51.5 ″  E