St. Nikolaus von Flüe is the name of a Catholic church in Wörsdorf, part of Idstein, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Germany. The official name of the church is Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus von Flüe (Catholic parish church Nikolaus of Flüe). When it was dedicated, the name was St. Nikolaus-von-Flüe-Friedenskirche, designating it as a peace church. The Wörsdorf parish belongs to St. Martin Idsteiner Land. The church, the first Catholic church in Wörsdorf, was designed by Johannes Krahn, and consecrated in December 1962.
St. Nikolaus von Flüe
Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus von Flüe Gemeinde St. Martin Idsteiner Land
The back of the church in preparation for Corpus Christi
Wörsdorf had only few Catholic inhabitants until the end of World War II, when many people arrived as refugees who were expelled from Silesia, East Prussia, Sudetenland and Hungary. They were transported by bus to church services in St. Martin, Idstein.[1] Plans to build a local church resulted in a 1959 commission to Johannes Krahn,[1] who built several churches and early skyscrapers such as the Beehive House in Frankfurt am Main. It was first also meant to serve as a Autobahnkirche [de] for the near-by highway.[2] That purpose had to be given up when a planned exit was not approved.[2] Construction began in 1961,[1] and the church was consecrated on 8 December 1962. It was dedicated to Nicholas of Flüe, and named Friedenskirche ("Peace Church").[1][3]
The building is listed as a cultural monument for historic and artistic reasons ("Kulturdenkmal aus geschichtlichen und künstlerischen Gründen").[2] The parish was merged on 1 January 2017 to St. Martin Idsteiner Land, part of the Diocese of Limburg.[4]
Architectureedit
Altar area
The church is reminiscent of an early Romanesquebasilica, with a floorplan of an elongated square. The walls are in rubble masonry, with vertical glass bands. The roof is a thin concave curved concrete shell. Krahn designed the altar made of shell limestone. A bronze cross above the altar was created by Hans Mettel [de] from Frankfurt. The first organ came from the demolished Magdalenenkirche in Idstein, but it was replaced by a new organ in 1970.[2] The church is one of a series of buildings designed by Krahn in the 1950s and 1960s that are characterised by simple but effective spatial geometry, and by heavy walls and ceilings structured by glass elements.[2]
Referencesedit
^ abcd"Geschichte St. Nikolaus von Flüe". Diocese of Limburg (in German). 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^ abcde"Katholische Pfarrkirche Nikolaus-von-Flüe-Friedenskirche". denkmalpflege-hessen.de (in German). 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
^Dubinyi, Gerhard (26 September 2017). "Die katholische Pfarrgemeinde Wörsdorf/Hünstetten feiert den 600. Geburtstag ihres Namenspatrons Nikolaus-von-Flüe". Wiesbadener Kurier (in German). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^"Kirche darf nicht um sich selbst kreisen / Sechs Gemeinden bilden Pfarrei St. Martin Idsteiner Land". Diocese of Limburg (in German). 5 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
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