To the Twelve Apostles (Wunsiedel)
The Church of the Twelve Apostles is the parish church of the Roman Catholic parish of the same name in Wunsiedel ( Fichtelgebirge ) , built between 1883 and 1884 . She belongs to the dean's office Kemnath-Wunsiedel in the diocese of Regensburg . Church patrons are the twelve apostles , the patronage feast is on June 29th, the feast of Saints Peter and Paul .
History of the parish
A parish was established in Wunsiedel in the 14th century after the place had been elevated to a town in 1326; a first pastor , Konrad Heckel, was mentioned by name in 1384. Before that, Wunsiedel was looked after by the parish Redwitz (now Marktredwitz ). The castle chapel of Albertus de Wunsidil on Bocksberg, consecrated to St. Martin , was a branch church of Redwitz and was expanded to become the parish church of St. Veit (with St. Martin as a secondary patron). After several fires, a church was rebuilt there several times, most recently in 1731 as today's Protestant town church of St. Veit.
Further churches were built in the 14th century, St. Jodok (popularly: " St. Jobst ", Bibersbacher Straße) as a chapel of a plague and leper home, and around 1340 the pilgrimage church of St. Katharina on the Katharinenberg , later the St. Marien hospital churches ( 1450–1452) and St. Sebastian (1477–1486, today: Mulzhaus, Koppetentorstraße). In 1433 Wunsiedel became the capital of a deanery with 18 parishes.
The Reformation was introduced in Wunsiedel and in the entire Margraviate of Bayreuth-Kulmbach from 1528. In 1533 the churches of St. Sebastian and St. Katharina were closed, as was St. Jodok. St. Veit and the St. Marien Hospital Church became Protestant. Since then there have been no more Catholics in Wunsiedel. The Sebastianskirche was used as a warehouse, later as a riding and brewery and in 1919 it was converted into a residential building. St. Jodok was demolished in 1565, the pilgrimage church of St. Katharina fell into ruin; the tower has been preserved to this day.
In 1771 the first pastoral care center for the Catholic soldiers of the newly established garrison was established in Marktredwitz, from which the local parish emerged in the 19th century. From 1840 onwards , Catholics came to the region again in the course of industrialization , who initially belonged to the parish of Marktschorgast or the Expositur Hof ( Archdiocese of Bamberg ), as apparently the former affiliation to the Diocese of Regensburg had been forgotten. From 1859, Wunsiedel belonged to the parish of Marktredwitz in the diocese of Regensburg, as before. At that time 140 Catholics lived in the exposition in Wunsiedel.
In 1861, for the first time since the Reformation, a Catholic service was celebrated after Bishop Ignatius von Senestrey, at the instigation of the Marktredwitz pastor Froschauer in Wunsiedel, acquired the former patrimonial court house (today's Catholic parsonage) and there on the ground floor a prayer room (the "Expositur-Kapelle") ) with a priestly apartment on the upper floor. The room already received an organ that had been donated by the abdicated Bavarian King Ludwig I. Mayor Landgraf had also strongly endorsed the construction of a Catholic church in Wunsiedel. The first pastor was Expositus Johann Baptist Käß. A one-class Catholic elementary school with an attached Sunday school was opened in the parish garden in 1863 (later a laundry room), and in 1916 it was given a building in Kemnather Strasse, which was later to become the youth home, which is now six-class.
On August 9, 1883, Bishop of Senestrey personally laid the foundation stone for today's parish church, which was consecrated on October 15, 1884. On the occasion of his 25th anniversary as a bishop in 1883, the bishop asked for donations to build a church in Wunsiedel.
For the consecration of the church, Bishop Ignatius of Senestrey, the Regensburg Cathedral Choir and other guests traveled by train from Regensburg the day before. The foreign guests were accommodated in private quarters, organized by a "Housing Committee". In the evening there was a preliminary celebration with common choir prayer of the around 50 clergy present , a festive lighting of the church and a musical serenade in front of the church. The daughter of master builder Retsch presented the church keys to the bishop. The festivities on Kirchweihtag began at seven in the morning. The relics of several saints were brought in solemn procession from the Expositur chapel to the church, carried around the church and walled up in the altar . The celebratory sermon took place around ten o'clock, followed by the pontifical mass . After the Mass, the bishop also donated the sacrament of Confirmation to 45 children. During the afternoon dinner in the Gasthof zum Kronprinzen with 85 guests, District Administrator Hartmann expressed the wish “that religious peace and harmony in Wunsiedel should never be tarnished”. The feast day ended with the solemn Vespers in the afternoon. All services were musically designed by the Regensburg Cathedral Choir.
Wunsiedel has been an independent parish since 1900 with 752 Catholics at the time; first pastor was Georg Hiegl. Numerous associations emerged: the Catholic men's association (1902, later: KAB ), in 1909 a youth association for male youth, in 1912 the journeyman's association (later: Kolping Family ), in 1913 a girls 'youth association and a workers' association (later: Marthakreis), finally 1918 the mothers' association (later: women's association ). In 1909 the Catholic club house was built on Ludwigstrasse for these activities.
Wunsiedel became the mother parish for Marktleuthen (1909 prayer room, 1913 branch office, 1929 parish) and Weißenstadt (1912 prayer hall, 1936 church building, 1951 branch office, 1975 parish). In Bad Alexandersbad , services were held in the Kurhaus from 1839 to around 1863, from 1933 in a private house and from 1946 in a hall of the Kurhaus, until 1963 at the St. Michael's nursing home, until the St. Elisabeth Church was built; the exposition of Wunsiedel has remained.
After the end of the Second World War , the number of Catholics doubled to around 4,000 due to the influx of expellees and refugees. In 1970 the parish of Wunsiedel had 5,200 Catholics, today it is around 3,900. The current pastor is Günter Vogl. In addition to the Twelve Apostles Church, places of worship are the chapel in Holenbrunn, which was designated in 1956, St. Elisabeth in Bad Alexandersbad and Tröstau, where a new St. Mary's Church was built in 1950 for the approximately 400 expellees living there.
| List of pastors of Wunsiedel after the Reformation | |
|---|---|
| Expositi | |
| 1861-1862 | Johann Baptist Käß († November 26, 1865 in Regensburg) |
| 1862-1869 | August Igl († October 3, 1902 inhabenbach) |
| 1869-1874 | Johann Baptist Dobler († August 17, 1895 in Kemnath) |
| 1874-1879 | Alois Zeitler († December 19, 1906 in Regensburg) |
| 1879-1885 | Josef Beer († December 3, 1915 in Neuhaus near Windischeschenbach) |
| 1885-1892 | Franz Xaver Maierhöfer († August 6, 1912 as cathedral chapter in Regensburg) |
| 1892-1894 | Johann Baptist Kammermeier († March 28, 1934 in Beratzhausen) |
| 1894-1900 | Josef Schmucker († April 21, 1902 in Niederviehbach) |
| Parish priest | |
| 1900-1910 | Georg Hiegl († July 31, 1940 in Cham) |
| 1910-1941 | Johann Baptist Stuber, Dean, Bishop. Spiritual councilor († July 20, 1948 as dean of the monastery in Regensburg) |
| 1941-1951 | Konrad Müller, prelate, apostolic protonotary |
| 1952-1963 | Georg Güntner, Dean, Bishop. Spiritual Council († January 20, 1984 in Regensburg) |
| 1963- | Josef Starkinger, prelate, bishop. Spiritual Council, Regional Dean |
| NN | |
| since | Günter Vogl |
architecture
The parish church of the Twelve Apostles was built by master mason Retsch in neo-Gothic style according to plans by the Regensburg cathedral vicar Georg Dengler . The sharp, high tower is just to the east in the choir feeder attached to the choir. Inside it is a four-bay hall church with ribbed vaults and tracery windows , in the north facade with a rose window . The special feature of the retracted choir is that it closes with four polygonal sides, i.e. has no window in the central axis. Either side of the nave open in each Jochen lower side chapels by pointed arches will enter and awaken from the outside the impression of aisles.
The walls of the church were originally painted by the church painter Max Schmalzl , a Redemptorist born in Falkenstein (Upper Palatinate) , in the Nazarene style with motifs from the Acts of the Apostles . The altar consisted of two granite blocks from the Luisenburg . In 1946 pastor Müller subjected the church to a thorough redesign. The wooden altar structure and the wall paintings disappeared, the church was whitewashed and received new pictures of the Stations of the Cross and a depiction of Christophorus by Karl Platzeck on the walls . A newly built gallery on the north side accommodated the organ . In 1947 the church received a new four-part bell , and in 1958 a new heater.
Another renovation took place in 1962–1965. The windows in the chancel were renewed, the new windows by Theo Kittsteiner (Munich) depict the church patron, the twelve apostles. The pulpit and three of the four side altars have been removed from the church. After several partial renovations and the addition of a sacristy (1998), the last interior renovation took place in 2004. Underfloor heating was installed, the choir was lowered by one step and covered with Solnhofen slabs . Only the picture of Christophorus remained on the walls. The side chapels were given new functions; the two confessionals were replaced by confessional rooms.
Furnishing
Sculptures
As early as 1884, Bishop Ignatius von Senestrey gave the church a wooden relief depicting the Entombment of Christ , made around 1500 in the Upper Palatinate . It was placed on the front of the altar as an antependium in 2004 . A large crucifix from the crucifixion group of the original high altar has also been hanging in the entrance arch of the choir room since 2004 . The corresponding figures of Mary and the disciple Johannes found their place on pedestals on the right and left front sides of the nave.
The altar is determined by a combination of a modern wooden sculpture by the Weiden artist Günter Mauermann with the title The Risen Christ , framed by a two-part wooden relief The twelve apostles with their instruments of torture , which was also part of the original equipment of the church and comes from a late Gothic winged altar in Upper Palatinate (around 1520) should. The successful installation is reminiscent of a triptych .
A valuable work of art is a late Gothic statue of the Madonna and Child in the style of a maestà , which was probably made in Regensburg around 1420, a gift from the Bishop of Senestrey. It has stood in one of the western side chapels, the Marienkapelle, since 2004.
Tabernacle, baptismal font, stations of the cross
The Tabernacle , also in a western chapels, is like the altar plastic work of Günter Wall man. The tabernacle container is framed by a representation of the burning bush , an Old Testament sign of God's presence. The octagonal baptismal font was given a pump so that the baptismal donation can take place with running water. Next to the baptismal font, the holy oils for baptism and anointing of the sick are kept in a stele .
In the niches on the opposite east side, the stations of the Cross are shown vividly on four flat wooden panels . This memorable work of art is also by Günter Mauermann.
organ
In 2011 the church received a new organ , built by Orgelbau Kögler in St. Florian .
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Parish institutions
- In 1904 the Josefsheim, a children's home run by Mallersdorfer sisters , was founded. Today it is run as a curative educational institution for child and youth welfare under the name of St. Josef Wunsiedel Child and Youth Welfare Center.
- The St. Franziskus day care center was founded in 1952 as the St. Franziskus kindergarten in the Franziskusheim and was rebuilt in its current building in 1976 at Markgrafenstraße 21.
- On October 16, 1983, the St. Wolfgang parish hall was consecrated next to the church.
literature
- Georg Güntner: The Catholic parish of Wunsiedel. Ed .: Catholic Parish Office Wunsiedel, Beer Druck, Wunsiedel o. J. (New edition 1976; first edition: 1956, 2nd edition 1961)
- Josef Starkinger: 100 years of the Catholic parish church of the twelve apostles in Wunsiedel 1884 - 1984. Beer Druck, Wunsiedel o. J. (1984).
- Kath. Pfarramt Wunsiedel (Ed.): Church leader of the parish church "To the Twelve Apostles" in the festival town of Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains. 1st edition, Wunsiedel 2006
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Georg Güntner: The Catholic parish of Wunsiedel. Ed .: Catholic parish office Wunsiedel, Wunsiedel o. J. (1976), p. 11 f.
- ^ A b Georg Güntner: The Catholic parish of Wunsiedel. Ed .: Catholic Parish Office Wunsiedel, Wunsiedel o. J. (1976), p. 14.
- ^ "Program for the inauguration of the new Catholic Church in Wunsiedel on October 15, 1884" and report in the daily newspaper for Eunsiedel and the surrounding area. printed in: Josef Starkinger: 100 years of the Catholic parish church to the twelve apostles in Wunsiedel 1884–1984. Wunsiedel 1984, pp. 7-11.
- ^ Georg Güntner: The Catholic parish of Wunsiedel. Ed .: Catholic Parish Office Wunsiedel, Wunsiedel o. J. (1976), p. 23 f.
- ↑ Josef Starkinger: 100 years of the Catholic parish church to the twelve apostles in Wunsiedel 1884 - 1984. Wunsiedel 1984, p. 15.
- ↑ Homepage of the institution
- ^ Website of the St. Franziskus day care center
Coordinates: 50 ° 2 ′ 8.1 ″ N , 12 ° 0 ′ 2.6 ″ E