Wendelinus Chapel (Wachtküppel)
| Wendelinus Chapel (Wachtküppel) | |
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| place | Sticks |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| diocese | Fulda |
| Patronage | Wendelinus |
| Construction year | 1945 as a barrack chapel, 1964 new building |
| Construction type | Hall church |
| function | Branch church |
The Wendelinuskapelle am Wachtküppel is a Roman Catholic branch church of the parish church of the Assumption of Mary , Gersfeld am Wachtküppel in the eastern Hessian district of Fulda , which belongs to the diocese of Fulda . The church building is in Gersfeld- Maiersbach at "Wachtküppel 107".
The branch church is under the patronage of St. Wendelin (festival on October 20) and is consecrated to him. It belongs to the parish of the Assumption of Mary in Gersfeld and is assigned to the pastoral association of St. Wendelinus Hohe Rhön in the Rhön deanery . The nave , located under a gable roof , is a hall church with a bell tower and an attached weekday chapel or sacrament chapel and sacristy .
history
A first chapel was a private chapel from that in the 12 July 1906 Frankfurt -born Kaplan Hermann Mott of July 25, 1943 in the Cathedral at Fulda for priests had been consecrated, set. His first chaplaincy was in the parish of Mariae Namen, Hanau. Then the late-calling priest fell ill. He sought healing and care from his relatives in Maiersbach am Wachtküppel . With the permission of Pope Pius XII. A house chapel was set up in the house on Wachtküppel. In 1944 he celebrated the first service there. The services were also attended more and more by neighboring believers and, after 1945, by displaced believers, so that the house chapel became too small. In the search for a larger church service room, one came across the barracks of the former Reich Labor Service in Abtsroda, which were vacant immediately after the Second World War . This was dismantled and rebuilt as a barrack chapel (with a bell tower and bell above the front entrance) on the Wachtküppel. On October 20, 1946, under Bishop Johann Baptist Dietz , the vicar general commissioned by him gave the church consecration .
In 1959 new building plans began for the barrack chapel, which had become too small and dilapidated, and had been approved by the then Auxiliary Bishop Adolf Bolte . Construction work on the chapel planned by the Fulda architect Rudolf Schick began in autumn 1961. The topping-out ceremony was celebrated on December 13, 1963. The church consecration was carried out on behalf of the new bishop Adolf Bolte by cathedral capitular Prof. Dr. Ludwig Pralle in 1964.
architecture
The chapel has a shield-shaped floor plan with a copper-covered gable roof and a pent roof over the weekday chapel on the side , the main entrance and the sacristy . The weather side is clad with wooden shingles on both sides of the vertical, building-high light strip . The nave is illuminated by three vertical ribbed concrete windows. The altar wall is dominated by a large bronze cross with a body and angels floating on both sides with the attributes of the crown of thorns and the chalice at the level of the crossbar. A large braided natural crown of thorns hovers between the end of the body above the altar .
Exterior altar
In 1971, a memorial stone made of red sandstone for chaplain Hermann Mott (1906–1968) was erected in front of the chapel and was created by the sculptor Johannes Kirsch (Petersberg). It can also be used as a free tariff.
Wayside shrine
On the side of the entrance to the chapel is a wayside shrine made of a Nieschenstein column with a bronze sculpture by Agnes Mann Poppenhausen (Wasserkuppe) -Güntersberg. The motif comes from the Gospel of Luke ( Luke 24 : 13–35 EU ).
organ
The chapel has an organ from the Hey brothers , Urspringen , from 1966, which was expanded in 1971 from the original seven to twelve registers .
Weekday and sacrament chapel
The weekday chapel houses a sandstone altar with a bronze tabernacle and a crowning cross. Modern wooden sculptures of St. Wendelinus and a protective mantle Madonna as well as a pietà on the side assist as figurative furnishings . In the tower of the chapel there is a wooden sculpture of St. Joseph.
Bells
The bell tower attached to the nave in the east contains a ringing of three church bells behind sound windows . In 1971, donations made it possible to cast three bells at the Schilling company in Heidelberg . They sound in the tones "h-", "cis" and "c" and are named "Christ, King of Kings" (475 kg), "Ave Maria" (324 kg) and "Patron St. Wendelin, please for us "(185 kg). The consecration of bells took place on April 25, 1971.
literature
- Marcel Stumpf: Church leader: Chapel of St. Wendelinus Wachtküppel. Catholic Parish of the Assumption of Mary, Gersfeld.
Web links
- Homepage of the parish + church guide
- Catholic Church Gersfeld
- Pastolverbund St. Wendelinus Hohe Rhön
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dean's offices, pastoral associations, parishes. Diocese of Fulda , accessed on January 30, 2018 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 11.1 ″ N , 9 ° 53 ′ 19.7 ″ E