St. Wendelin (Geschwend)

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St. Wendelin in Todtnau-Geschwend

St. Wendelin is a Catholic branch church in the Geschwend district of Todtnau . It was created at the beginning of the 20th century in the neo-Romanesque style. The church belongs to the pastoral care unit Oberes Wiesental of the deanery Wiesental .

history

prehistory

The village Geschwend initially belonged to the parish of Tegernau and since 1164 of the newly founded parish in Schönau in the Black Forest . At the time of the Thirty Years' War , a church was built, which was dedicated to St. Wendelin . According to a report by the Upper Bailiwick Office in Schönau, however, the chapel was hardly used for church services at the beginning of the 19th century. Only the bells were rung at times of prayer or when there was danger. Services were held again around 1825; In 1896 the chapel fell victim to a fire.

Today's church

After Geschwend broke away from the parish of Schönau on May 11, 1901 and formed the new Geschwend-Präg parish, the desire arose for its own church. This was rebuilt not far from the location of the old chapel by the Archbishop's Building Authority Freiburg and consecrated on October 1, 1907 by Archbishop Thomas Nörber . In 1965 and 1966, the interior of the church was fundamentally redesigned. Among other things, a new altar was added to the choir and the windows were given ornamental glazing.

description

Church building

The St. Wendelin Church in Geschwend is in the center of the village and can be seen from afar in the side valley of the meadow through the height of the church tower . The building consists of a gable roof covered rectangular hall building with a retracted and lower choir compared to the nave on the east side and a four-storey bell tower grown from the central axis in the west. The nave has five high, round-arched closing windows and a side entrance on each of its long sides. The bell tower has triple-coupled, round-arched sound arcades on each side on the third floor , above which is the clock face of the tower clock. The tower is crowned by a four-sided, slightly bent pyramid and a weathercock at the top. The main entrance is on the west facade; the nave is entered from there via the tower hall.

Equipment and interior

Interior seen from the gallery

The interior of the nave is drawn in with a flat wooden ceiling. A staircase leads from the tower hall to the organ gallery. A round arched portal leads from the hall to the nave, which is connected to the choir via a likewise round arched triumphal arch . The high altar was created by the artist Stuffleser from St. Ullrich in South Tyrol. Figures of the patron saint Gallus, the patron saint of the municipality of Präg, and Wendelin, the patron saint of Geschwend, are placed to the side.

Bells and organ

The three-part bronze bell is composed as follows:

Surname Chime liturgical function Casting year foundry
Marienbell g sharp ′ Transformation bell 1952 FW Schilling, Heidelberg
St. Wendelin H' Death knell 1952 FW Schilling, Heidelberg
St. Gallus cis ′ ′ Baptismal bell 1952 FW Schilling, Heidelberg

The organ on the gallery above the entrance area was inaugurated on October 12, 1930. The instrument was built by the Späth organ building workshop , works with a cone chute , pneumatic performance and stop action and has a total of 14 stops in addition to two manuals and a pedal .

literature

Web links

Commons : St. Wendelin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Churches and chapels in the pastoral care unit in Schönau ( Memento of the original from December 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.seelsorgeeinheit-schoenau.de
  2. ↑ a b H. Vocke (Ed.): Die Chronik des Kreises Lörrach , 1966, p. 106
  3. ^ E. Böhler: History of Schönau in the Black Forest , 1960, p. 343
  4. ^ E. Schneider: About the abolition of the so-called side churches and chapels located in the meadow circle during the Enlightenment . In: Das Markgräflerland , 1957, issue 1, pp. 42, 48
  5. ^ Stromeyer: The Catholic higher church authorities, parishes, beneficiaries and educational institutions in the Grand Duchy of Baden , 1825, pp. 154, 260
  6. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 394 (11.1)
  7. ↑ a b Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 394 (11.2)

Coordinates: 47 ° 48 ′ 15.8 "  N , 7 ° 56 ′ 27.3"  E