Immaculate Conception of Mary (Höllstein)

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Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception of Mary in stones

The parish church of the Immaculate Conception of Mary in the Höllstein district of the Steinen community was built in the 1860s. It emerged with the increasing number of Catholics, but remained the only Roman Catholic church in the parish of Steinen and its suburbs.

history

Until the middle of the 19th century, Catholics had to attend church services in Zell im Wiesental or Lörrach . In 1840 they were given permission to temporarily hold their Sunday services in the Evangelical Church in Höllstein . In 1848 the Evangelical Church in Eichen was also used, which was then declared a branch church . Increasing disputes led the Höllsteiner community to endeavor to build its own church. Plans were drawn up as early as 1858, which the Freiburg architect Ludwig Engesser realized between 1865 and 1866. Theology professor Alban Stolz played a key role in driving the new building . On December 8, 1866, the benediction took place.

In the years that followed, furnishings were gradually added, such as the pulpit in 1870 and the three altars in 1873. The church was renovated in 1890, 1914 and 1938. When it was raised to an independent parish in 1902, the villages of Steinen, Maulburg , Hägelberg, Hüsingen, Weitenau, Schlächtenhaus and Endenburg also belonged to Höllstein . In the years 1961 to 1962 an extensive renovation was carried out in which the interior was redesigned in accordance with the ideas of the Second Vatican Council .

description

Church building

Aerial view of the church

The parish church of the Immaculate Conception of Mary is not far from the B 317 in the Höllstein district. The church consists of a single-nave, rectangular hall building, on the long side of which there are five round-arched, high windows. The nave is covered with a gable roof. On the west facade, where the arched main portal is also located, the roof is designed as a stepped gable. There is an additional side portal on the north side of the nave. A square roof turret rises above the western end of the roof and continues above it in an octagonal shape and ends with a slender pyramid roof and a cross at its top. In the lowest cubic part of the roof turret there are dials of the tower clock on each side. In the octagonal part there are high, round arched sound arcades .

Interior and equipment

inner space

The interior is drawn in with a flat roof. Contrary to the usual way, the worship room is aligned across the nave: the altar is on the south side of the nave; the individual seats for the worshipers are placed in a segment of a circle around the altar. On the east wall is the choir, which is separated from the nave by a triumphal arch . On the north wall is the console of the organ set up on the gallery .

Bells and organ

Bell tower

The first bell in the church was made in 1868 by Carl Rosenlächer . Two of the three bells had to be handed in in 1917 as a result of the First World War . The remaining bell is now in the church, but is no longer used. In 1921 the bells were replaced and bells had to be released again because of the Second World War . Today's three-part chime in the Tedeum motif is composed as follows:

Surname Chime Casting year foundry
Marienbell H' 1964 FW Schilling , Heidelberg
St.Josef's Bell d ″ 1964 FW Schilling, Heidelberg
St. Alban's Bell e ″ 1964 FW Schilling, Heidelberg

The first organ was bought as a used instrument in Wehr in 1871 and used until 1904. The new one from Friedrich Wilhelm Schwarz's workshop works with a cone chest and a pneumatic game and stop mechanism and has two manuals , a pedal and 16 stops .

literature

Web links

Commons : Immaculate Conception Mariä (Höllstein)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ EF Bühler: Steinen - Chronicle of a Village , 1892, pp. 199-203
  2. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 369 (07.2)
  3. ^ Helm: Churches and chapels in the Markgräflerland , p. 369

Coordinates: 47 ° 38 ′ 28.2 "  N , 7 ° 44 ′ 56.7"  E