Stephanus Church (Böckweiler)
The Stephanuskirche is the Protestant parish church of Böckweiler , a district of Blieskastel ( Saarpfalz district ) in Saarland . She is a former priory of Benedictine - Abbey Hornbach . In the list of monuments of the Saarland the church building is a single monument listed.
history
After severe war damage in 1939/40, extensive excavations were carried out in 1940–1942, which made it possible to reconstruct the building history of the church, including the remains of Roman buildings. The Roman findings are interpreted as parts of a large Roman villa with outbuildings. The foundations of a Carolingian three-aisled basilica with three parallel apses to the east of today's church came to light, of which the middle one was far extended. These findings are now marked by stone setting. Immediately to the south, foundations of what was probably a monastery complex could be found.
The Romanesque Stephanus Church is mentioned for the first time in a document from Abbot Luidolf dated November 30th 1149 as the priory church of the Benedictine monastery Hornbach. It is the only church of its kind in the region.
In its place there was a pagan sanctuary, perhaps a spring sanctuary because of the spring in the neighborhood. The origin of today's church goes back to a Carolingian basilica with an associated monastery. The exact chronological classification is difficult because of the few finds and excavation results. It was a very simple system with strict rules without a transept or tower. In the middle of the 11th century, the facility had become dilapidated.
The Carolingian church was replaced in the 11th century by a pre-Romanesque, simple and clearly structured new building, located in the area of today's nave western parts rose as a basilica with very narrow aisles. The rectangular choir for the monks joined in the east. This church was extended to the west in the second half of the 12th century, although the west building cannot be safely reconstructed. The expansion of the church probably took place at the same time as the construction of a priory consecrated to Saints Cantius, Cantianus and Cantianilla in Böckweiler by the Hornbach monastery in 1149. During this time the choir tower with the three-conch choir was built , today the only surviving medieval components of the Stephanuskirche. The tower rises on four strong pillars, on which the three conches lean like clovers on three sides.
With the introduction of the Reformation in the Duchy of Zweibrücken, Böckweiler became Protestant around 1535.
The Thirty Years' War caused severe damage to the church, which took centuries to repair. In the second half of the 18th century, the church was reduced to a hall with an anteroom and the choir tower. After the damage in the Second World War, the church was restored in 1949/50. Its old shape was retained up to the buttresses on the west side. The nave was lengthened to the west to create a vestibule, sacristy and gallery.
organ
The organ of the church was built in 1965 by the company Gebr. Oberlinger Orgelbau ( Windesheim ). The instrument, with mechanical slide drawers and built-in play cabinet , has 8 registers distributed over a manual and pedal . The organ is set up on a gallery .
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Awards
The Foundation for the Preservation of Church Monuments in Germany ( Stiftung KiBa ) voted the Stephanuskirche 2020 “Church of the Year”.
literature
- Georg Dehio : Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland , edited by Hans Caspary, Wolfgang Götz and Ekkart Klinge, 1984.
- Isolde Köhler-Schommer: St. Stephen's Church in Blieskastel-Böckweiler . In: Rheinische Kunststätten Saarland . No. 356 . Neuss 1990, ISBN 3-88094-664-7 .
- Church guide: The millennial church in Böckweiler .
Web links
- Look inside
- Institute for Current Art in Saarland: Article on the Stephanuskirche. Retrieved December 21, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list Saarpfalz-Kreis (PDF; 1.2 MB), accessed on October 4, 2012
- ^ Alfred Kolling: Archaeological studies on the Roman settlement of Böckweiler, Homburg - Saar district. In: Contributions to Saarland archeology and art history. Report of the State Preservation of Monuments in Saarland. No. 8, 1961, pp. 80-104.
- ↑ Organ of the Stephanuskirche (prot.) ( Memento of the original from March 4, 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. Info page of the Orgeln im Saarland website , accessed on October 4, 2012
- ↑ stiftung-kiba.de: St. Stephanus Böckweiler is the "Church of the Year 2020" , accessed on June 14, 2020 [1]
Coordinates: 49 ° 10 ′ 54.3 ″ N , 7 ° 17 ′ 30 ″ E