St. Willibrord (Bachem)

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The parish church of St. Willibrord in Bachem
View inside the church
View to the organ gallery

St. Willibrord is the Catholic parish church consecrated to St. Willibrord in Bachem in Saarland , a district of the municipality of Losheim am See in the Merzig-Wadern district . In the list of monuments of the Saarland the church building is a single monument listed.

history

The predecessor of today's church was a Willibrords chapel , which was demolished in 1922 after an emergency church had been established in 1919 .

After three prior plans were discarded, took place in 1923, the foundation stone was laid , designed by the architect Dombaumeister Julius Wirtz ( Trier ). The consecration took place on September 13, 1924. Due to the construction of the church, Bachem was declared a chapel community before the place was raised to an independent parish in 1944 . Shortly before the end of World War II , a grenade hit the church roof , causing the vaults below to collapse. During the reconstruction, the high pyramid roof was replaced by a lower one.

In 1951, the bell tower was built next to the church according to plans by architects Anton Latz and Toni Laub ( Saarwellingen ). There have been three new bells in the tower since 1953 .

In 2012 the church was renovated .

Furnishing

In the sanctuary is located since 1935 a large cross that of two wooden relief images to other of the birth and the resurrection of Jesus flanked. A figure of St. Willibrord stands on a console on the right front wall of the interior. The church also has a bronze Way of the Cross and stained glass windows depicting saints .

organ

The organ of the church was built in 1966 by the company Romanus Seifert & Sohn ( Kevelaer ). The instrument, which is set up on a gallery , has 25 (26) registers , divided between two manuals and a pedal . For the wind supply of the manuals provide sliderchest with lying in the wind box Balanciers for which the pedal cone chests . The game and stop action is electro-pneumatic. The pitch is 440 Hz. The disposition is as follows:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Quintadena 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Reed flute 8th'
4th octave 4 ′
5. Flute 4 ′
6th Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Forest flute 2 ′
8th. Mixture IV-V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
9. Spanish trumpet 8th'
II Swell C – g 3
10. Wooden dacked 8th'
11. Pointed Gamba 8th'
12. Principal 4 ′
13. Coupling flute 4 ′
14th octave 2 ′
15th Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
16. Sesquialter II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
17th Scharff IV 2 ⁄ 3 ′
18th Dulcian 16 ′
19th Rohrschalmay 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
20th Sub-bass 16 ′
Quintadena 16 ′ (from No. 1)
21st Octave bass 8th'
22nd Thought bass 8th'
23. Choral bass 4 ′
24. Rauschpfeife III 2 ′
25th bassoon 16 ′
  • Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
  • Playing aids : 2 free combinations, 1 free pedal combination, individual tongue storage, Organo Pleno, mobile gaming table

literature

  • Marschall, Kristine: Sacred buildings of classicism and historicism in Saarland . Institute for Regional Studies in Saarland, Saarbrücken 2002, ISBN 978-3-923877-40-9 , p. 666 .
  • Alois Thomas and Ulrich Craemer : New buildings in the Diocese of Trier. Construction monographs. Episode 17. Ed. By the department “Construction and Art” of the Episcopal Vicariate General Trier. Stuttgart 1961

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list of the Merzig-Wadern district (PDF; 320 kB), accessed on June 11, 2013
  2. ↑ Information on the parish church of St. Willibrord at: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on June 11, 2013
  3. ↑ a b c Ruth Wagner: An imposing church in a new look . In: Saarbrücker Zeitung , page E1, 20./21. April 2013.
  4. ^ Organ of the parish church of St. Willibrord Bachem on: www.organindex.de, accessed on June 11, 2013

Coordinates: 49 ° 28 ′ 45.8 "  N , 6 ° 42 ′ 19.2"  E