St. Stephanus (Schmelz)

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The Catholic parish church of St. Stephanus in Schmelz

The St. Stephanus Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Saarland district of Schmelz , Saarlouis . It bears the patronage of St. Stephen .

history

Another view of the church

For today's church building, a church built in 1755 with a church tower from the Romanesque period, which had survived several previous buildings, was demolished in 1959 . The reason for the demolition was the lack of space in the old church due to population growth , which had previously undergone restoration in the years 1945 to 1947 to remove damage caused by the Second World War and a painting.

The church was built between 1959 and 1961, and the architect Toni Laub ( Saarwellingen ) was responsible for its design .

Church building

The church building designed by Toni Laub offers space for 1150 people. There is a large hall , with a long 39-meter ship , the trapezoidal widens from the entrance and then to the chancel narrows down again. The brown, wooden ceiling becomes higher and higher towards the altar, while at the same time the floor lowers towards the front. This creates an opening to the altar. In the interior there are no visible load-bearing elements such as columns or pillars , so that a clear view of the altar is guaranteed from every place in the church.

In the church tower, which is separate from the actual church building, there are three bells and a small war memorial chapel.

Furnishing

View inside the church

The furnishings of the church include the crucifix behind the altar, which, like the figure of St. Stephen on the right side altar, comes from the earlier church. The depiction of the Holy Family on the left is a carving from the 1960s. The altar was made of lime marble.

At eye level, small, square windows line the side walls, which not only serve as a light source, but also represent the stations of the cross . These windows were designed by the glass artist Jakob Schwarzkopf ( Trier ), which were then made by the Binsfeld (Trier) company in 1961. The half-sunken baptistery between the entrance doors and the two tall windows in the chancel are also by Schwarzkopf.

The mural on the outer wall of the entrance facade, which depicts the stoning of the church patron Stephanus, is the work of the painter Nikolaus Josef Schmitt ( Nennig ) and was created in 1962.

organ

View to the organ gallery

The organ of the church was built in 1966 by the company Späth ( Mengen ). The on a loft established sliderchest -instrument has 28 (29) register , divided into 2 manuals and pedal . The action mechanism is mechanical, the stop action is electric. The disposition is as follows:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Pommer 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Reed flute 8th'
4th Willow pipe 8th'
5. octave 4 ′
6th recorder 4 ′
7th Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. Night horn 2 ′
9. Mixture VI
10. Cornett V
11. Trumpet 8th'
II swell positive C – g 3
12. Covered while singing 8th'
13. Quintad 8th'
14th Principal 4 ′
15th Gemshorn 4 ′
16. Forest flute 2 ′
17th Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
18th Schwiegel 1'
19th Scharff IV
20th Dulcian 8th'
tremolo
Pedal C – f 1
21st Principal bass 16 ′
22nd Sub bass 16 ′
Subtle bass (wind reduction No. 22) 16 ′
23. Octave bass 8th'
24. Covered bass 8th'
25th Choral bass 4 ′
26th Back set IV
27. trombone 16 ′
28. Trumpet 8th'
  • Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
  • Playing aids : 2 free combinations, 1 free pedal combination, tutti, general tongue storage, individual tongue storage, register crescendo step

literature

  • Festschrift for the consecration of the Catholic parish church "St. Stephan" Schmelz-Bettingen / Saar. (Schmelz) 1961
  • Andreas and Anne Haan (eds.): 50 years of the New Parish Church of St. Stephan Schmelz-Bettingen. Past - present - future . Marpingen 2011

Web links

Commons : St. Stephen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Traudl Brenner: Free passage for eyes and ears - parish church St. Stephanus . In: Saarbrücker Zeitung , 30./31. January 2010, No. 25, page E 1. Retrieved July 28, 2013
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Parish Church St. Stephanus On: www.pfarierendengemeinschaft-schmelz.de. Retrieved July 28, 2013
  3. ↑ a b c d Information on the parish church St. Stephanus On: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de. Retrieved July 28, 2013
  4. ↑ The organ of the parish church of St. Stephan on: www.organindex.de. Retrieved July 28, 2013

Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '23 "  N , 6 ° 51' 22"  E