St. Stephanus (Paderborn)
St. Stephanus is a Catholic church in the Catholic parish of St. Bonifatius in Paderborn , North Rhine-Westphalia . Structurally, the church belongs to the Paderborn North-East Pastoral Association in the Paderborn deanery in the archbishopric of the same name . The building defines the townscape.
history
The community of St. Stephanus was established in the 1960s in the east of the city of Paderborn . The young community, which arose in a new residential area with many late repatriates, was looked after by the mother parish of Busdorf .
After an architectural competition in August 1973, the church was built according to a design by Joachim Tebel . A design by Hans Haas won a prize, but was never implemented. In 1974 a rectory was built. The church was built by Archbishop on March 16, 1975 Johannes Joachim Degenhardt consecrated . Philipp Schniedertüns was appointed parish vicar.
In 1980 it was raised to an independent parish; Vicar Schniedertüns was appointed pastor. The foundation stone of the church tower was laid on May 8, 2003. In September of the same year, it was completed according to plans by the architect Reinhard Schwakenberg. The construction costs amounted to 230,000 euros.
After the death of Pastor Schniedertüns in May 2004, the parish with St. Bonifatius and St. Heinrich belongs to the Paderborn North-East Pastoral Association.
On January 1, 2013, the independent parish of St. Stephanus was dissolved and the neighboring parish of St. Boniface joined.
architecture
The church is located in the east of Paderborn in a residential area on the Berliner Ring. It rises on a rectangular floor plan to which the later built parish center connects. Two pent roofs running in opposite directions cover the low building made of light-colored walls. A light band surrounds the church, the sides of the roofs are covered with artificial slate.
The church tower on a rectangular floor plan is 21 meters high. From the outside, the seven floors can be seen in the whitewashed concrete structure. The long, rectangular sound openings extend over the top three floors and are clad with wood. There is a cross on the tower and a weathercock on it . Four bells from 350 kg to 1,350 kg and a total weight of 2.8 tons hang in the tower.
From the inside, the roof surfaces are boarded up with wood. Two sliding walls make it possible to subdivide the room further. The sanctuary is raised by two steps. There two window strips emphasize the tabernacle .
Furnishing
Wilhelm Buschulte designed the church windows, executed by Peters stained glass . The liturgical furnishings of the chancel were made by sculptor Josef Rikus . The altar cross and the tabernacle front are by Heribert Cassau.
literature
- Bruno Kresing (Ed.): Church building in the Archdiocese of Paderborn 1974–2000 . Paderborn 2000, p. 24-25 .
- Heinrich Otten: Church building in the Archdiocese of Paderborn 1930–1975 . Bonifatius Verlag, Paderborn 2009, ISBN 978-3-89710-403-7 , p. 357-358 .
Web links
- Website of the St. Stephanus parish on the joint website of the Paderborn North-East Pastoral Association
- Deanery Paderborn: PV Paderborn Nord-Ost
Individual evidence
- ^ Church official gazette of the Archdiocese of Paderborn 12-2012. (PDF; 324 kB) Accessed March 24, 2013 .
- ↑ Schwakenberg Architects: St. Stephanus Paderborn bell tower. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 7, 2004 ; Retrieved October 4, 2012 . 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.
Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 29.8 " N , 8 ° 46 ′ 40.2" E