St. Stephan (Illingen)

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The parish church of St. Stephan in Illingen
Another view of the church
View inside the church
View into the chancel
East wall with baptistery
View to the gallery

The Church of St. Stephan is a Roman Catholic parish church in Illingen in the Saarland , Neunkirchen district . Saint Stephen is the patron of the church . Until 1803 the church also had Saint Clement as its second patron. In the list of monuments of the Saarland the church building is a single monument listed.

history

The church was first mentioned in a document in 893. Two reliefs from Roman times in the basement of the church tower indicate a sacred use as a Roman-pagan place of worship. In the 13th century, a Gothic church with a tower was built, which was subsequently rebuilt several times. New windows were installed in the 15th century and the southern window was given a new look at the beginning of the 16th century .

Until the middle of the 16th century, the parish of Illingen belonged to the Neumünster monastery, after which it was under the collage of the Lords of Kerpen . Extensive structural changes were made to the church under the von Kerpen family in the 18th century. The first church tower clock was installed in 1706 , but it was renewed in 1716. In 1717 the church building was given a new gable , the execution of which was carried out by stone sculptor Ulrich Hanns ( Saarbrücken ). In the years 1789 to 1791 the current nave was finally built in the late baroque style, according to plans by the architect Peter Reheis ( Blieskastel ). Master Jodocus Martin ( Oberkirchen ) was responsible for the construction . The ship was added to the side of the medieval tower. In the course of the construction work, the tower also received its current characteristic onion dome .

In 1820 the south pore was built inside the church . The first restoration of the new church building took place in 1837, which was followed by a restoration of the tower in 1842. In 1844 the gallery was rebuilt in the shape of a horseshoe and pulled up to the sacristy . This was changed again in 1855/56 and the gallery was given its current form. In 1870 new windows were installed in the choir . The tower cross was renewed in 1883.

After the Second World War , construction work began again on the church. In 1949 the house of God received new windows that harmonized better with the style of the church. In 1952 a glockenspiel was purchased which was cast by the Causard brothers ( Colmar ) and assembled by the Didelot company ( Saarburg / Lorraine ). In 1953 the roof was given copper plates instead of slate . A baptistery was set up in the basement of the tower in 1962 . In 1968/69 the interior was restored by the Mrziglod ( Tholey ) company . The construction company Müller (Illingen) made a concrete layer for the floor, on which Marberies Focant (Esch / Alsace ) laid slabs . The church underwent extensive restoration from 1988 to 1991 under the direction of the architects Zewen und Ulrich (Illingen). Stepless access was built on the west side. In 1989/91 the choir windows were restored by the company Binsfeld ( Trier ). In 1992 the organ front was redesigned in Baroque style. In 2001/02 the church forecourt was rebuilt, with small porphyry paving being laid in segmental arches.

The exterior of the church

There is a Roman tombstone at the southeast corner of the tower. From the previous buildings of today's church, a small piece of a window frame that remained from a Romanesque church has been preserved when the Gothic church was built in the 13th century. From the Gothic church, pointed arched windows have been preserved on the south and east walls of the tower. Next to the main portal is a crucifixion group created in 1798 by the sculptor and plasterer Matthias Weyser (Blieskastel) , which was restored in 1978. The weathercock on the tower was made by Ferdinand Fourmann (Illingen) in 1883.

The interior of the church

Inside the church, the baroque high altar from the 17th century is particularly noteworthy. After a checkered history, he returned to the parish church of St. Stephan in 1952, after having stood in several churches since 1900. It was restored in 1952 by Gebr. Mettler ( Morbach ). Another restoration took place in 1968/69. Above the high altar is a larger-than-life, high-baroque sculpture of the resurrected , which was previously located in the Marienstatt monastery ( Westerwald ) and which came to Illingen through the mediation of the church painter and restorer Walter Dick ( Wasenbach near Nassau ). Walter Dick took the figure in a festive baroque style and provided it with a gilded halo. The front altar, an old Kolping altar, was reworked by Hermann Greweling ( St. Wendel ) in 1968-69 and was given its current version.

The choir paneling was made by master carpenter Josef Schönenberger from 1968 to 1969 . The choir windows were restored in 1989-92 by the Binsfeld company (Trier). On the west wall at the junction of the chancel to the nave there is a baroque pulpit from the Dominican monastery in Trier , prepared may 1,762th A baroque communion bench separates the chancel and nave . To the left and right of the chancel there are two baroque side altars , u. a. a Marienaltar, from the middle of the 18th century, for the painter Carl Clasen ( Düsseldorf School of Painting ) made pictures in 1866.

In the middle of the west wall of the nave there is a large early Gothic, high medieval crucifix , which is probably the oldest in the Saarland. An epitaph from Heinrich von Kerpen from 1557, which was taken over from the previous building, is walled into the west wall . On the side walls there are two baroque confessionals from the middle of the 18th century, with a curved floor plan, rich cornice and picture top, depicting Mary Magdalene and Peter . Originally there was a Renaissance confessional on the window niche of the Marien Altar, which has been on the back wall of the lower gallery since 1992 because it had to give way to a warrior plaque.

In the basement of the tower was the choir of the first east-facing church, where the members of the von Kerpen aristocratic family were buried until 1732. Today there is a baptistery, which was set up in 1962 for the architect and glass painter György Lehoczky ( Saarbrücken ) designed two gothic pointed arch windows in 1964, which were made by Albert Will ( Eppelborn ). The windows in the east wall showing Jesus' baptism in the Jordan, that on the south side of Jesus shows himself as Taufspender with the inscription: ". Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved" in the chapel in front of the east window is a baptismal font from the end of 19th century, which was previously positioned in the chancel. The remains of Gothic frescoes , which show a tree with figurative scenery (perhaps a representation of paradise ), were preserved by the state curator Martin Klewitz and left visible. The wrought-iron grating that separates the baptistery from the rest of the church was made in 1964 by master blacksmith Willi Schild ( Münchwies ). In the right arc field of the grid is the coat of arms of those of Kerpen, on the left the coat of arms of the diocese of Trier (red cross in white field). Above the pointed arch with the lattice is a trinity group from a half-destroyed castle church in southern Germany, which was created around 1680 and was previously in the baptistery.

The church's furnishings are a high baroque Maria , which was restored by Hermann Greweling. Furthermore, a figure of St. Elisabeth of Thuringia from 1430, which was bought by Pastor Fortuin from France, and a wooden late Gothic figure of St. Catherine of Siena from Burgundy , which came to the church through the mediation of Hermann Greweling. It was restored by the church painter Walter Dick (Wasenbach / Nassau). In addition, two Baroque Angel, from the region of Baden-Baden , one Cecilia - relief that the 1991 parapet was installed in the gallery and was previously in the baptistery after it had to move there after his new organ, eight hand-carved baroque chandeliers , the H . Ritter ( Michelstadt ) 1968-69 renewed, a silver-gold-plated valuable 63.5 cm high monstrance from 1810, which is set with rare precious stones that come from pieces of jewelry from private donors, as well as a neo-Gothic chalice in fine, perfect handwork , adorned with precious stones, made around 1860, and another neo-Gothic chalice from 1873, which was a gift from the late dean Hansen to the parish church of Illingen. 1955–56 the Trier sculptor's workshop made several figures for the church: One of St. Anthony of Padua on the right column under the gallery, one of St. Joseph on the right gallery, one of St. Barbara on the gallery on the left , and one of St. Maria Goretti , on the left column under the gallery.

In the church there are two reliquaries , a cross reliquary from the 18th century, which is a work of inlaid wood with small crystal crosses containing cross particles, which knight Johann Ferdinand von Kerpen gave to the Illingen mountain chapel in 1731 as a gift and which has been in the custody of the Illingen parish church since 1794. There is also a high-baroque, silver-embossed 34 cm high Stephanus reliquary from 1731.

J. Quack ( Kleinblittersdorf ) was responsible for the painting of the church in 1968/69.

organ

The organ of the church was built by the organ building company Führer ( Wilhelmshaven ) and inaugurated on November 18, 1973. The slider chests -instrument has 27 registers , spread over two manuals and pedal . The organ works consist of a main work , pedal work and Rückpositiv . The action mechanism is mechanical, the stop action is electrical. The organ front was redesigned in 1992 in Baroque style. The disposition is as follows:

I Schwell-Rückpositiv C – g 3
1. Dumped 8th'
2. Principal 4 ′
3. Reed flute 4 ′
4th Forest flute 2 ′
5. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
6th Seventh 1 1 ⁄ 7  ′
7th Scharff IV
8th. Dulcian 16 ′
9. Rohrschalmey 8th'
Tremulant
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
10. Pommer 16 ′
11. Principal 8th'
12. Coupling flute 8th'
13. Salicional 8th'
14th octave 4 ′
15th Pointed flute 4 ′
16. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
17th octave 2 ′
18th Mixture V-VI 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
19th Trumpet 8th'
Pedal C – f 1
20th Sub-bass 16 ′
21st Principal bass 8th'
22nd Hollow flute 8th'
23. octave 4 ′
24. Rauschpfeife IV 2 ′
25th trombone 16 ′
26th Trumpet 8th'

Bells

The Otto bell foundry from Hemelingen / Bremen had already cast bells for St. Stephans in 1921 and 1922. In 1954, the Saarlouiser bell foundry in Saarlouis-Fraulautern, which was founded by Karl (III) Otto from the Otto bell foundry in Bremen-Hemelingen and Aloys Riewer from Saarland in 1953, cast four bronze bells for St. Stephanus with the chimes: d '- e '- a' - c ''. The bells have the following diameters: 1367 mm, 1217 mm, 912 mm, 767 mm and weigh approximately: 1600 kg, 1200 kg, 500 kg, 300 kg.

literature

  • Dörr, Josef: The renovation work on the parish church of St. Stephan from 1988–1991 on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of today's baroque building . In: Kath. Pfarramt St. Stephan Illingen (Hrsg.): Festschrift: 200 years of baroque church "St. Stephan" . Illingen, S. 119-131 .
  • Kiehn, Horst Dieter: Building history of the parish church St. Stephan zu Illingen / Saar 1717-1970 . In: Kath. Pfarramt St. Stephan Illingen (Hrsg.): Festschrift: 200 years of baroque church "St. Stephan" Illingen . S. 86-118 .
  • György Lehoczky working group (ed.): György Lehoczky, 1901-1979 . St. Johann GmbH, Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken 2010, ISBN 978-3-938070-49-9 , p. 176 ( galerie-st-johann.de [accessed on September 7, 2012]).

Web links

Commons : St. Stephan (Illingen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Information on the parish church of St. Stephan at: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on September 7, 2012
  2. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list district Neunkirchen (PDF; 1.3 MB), accessed on September 7, 2012
  3. ^ Parish church St. Stephan on: www.rosenkreis.de, accessed on September 7, 2012
  4. ↑ Württembergische Oberamtsbeschreibung / Explanations of words At: de.wikisource.org, accessed on September 8, 2012
  5. ↑ Kunstlexikon Saar ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2016 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. , accessed April 8, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / m.kunstlexikonsaar.de
  6. ↑ Festschrift for the consecration of the organ, St. Stephan parish church, Illingen: Sunday, November 18, 1973 at: books.google.de, accessed on September 8, 2012
  7. ↑ a b c Organ of the parish church of St. Stephan On: www.organindex.de, accessed on December 26, 2012
  8. ↑ The Catholic parish church of St. Stephan in Illingen ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Podcast (audio) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ardmediathek.de
  9. ^ Gerhard Reinhold: Otto Glocken - family and company history of the bell foundry dynasty Otto . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 588, here in particular pp. 87, 110, 407, 521, 566, 570 .
  10. ↑ 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 105, 209, 380, 484, 517, 519 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 22 ′ 41.3 "  N , 7 ° 3 ′ 4"  E