And once again updating these wonderful older posts on my memorable trips to Germany. In my road warrior trip, yes in Germany too, I rode and rode stopping for these unusual off the beaten path monuments for the thrill. I like to update for you and me the Church Saint Lawrence of Saarburg !! Hope you enjoy the post as I.
Saarburg , a nice picturesque town by the Sarre river with quant city center. The church has an interesting history and architecture.
The Church of St. Lawrence (St Laurentius) is a parish church dedicated to St. Lawrence in Saarburg. It replaced the Chapel of the Holy Cross, built here in the 13C. In the same place since 1368 was the Chapel of the Holy Cross, which belonged to the Mother Church of St. Lambertus near Saarburg. This steady enlargement led to the fact that the Church of St Lawrence was re-consecrated as a church in 1658 by the Trier auxiliary bishop, and was given the patronage of Saint Lawrence. The next two hundred years led to such severe structural damage that repair was no longer possible. The town of Saarburg decided to demolish and build a new Church in the same place.
The new St. Lawrence Church was built between 1854 and 1856 in the neo-Gothic style. The double-helmet double tower was integrated into the new Church. In June 1855, the Archbishop of Trier ordained the new church. During a bombing in WWII in 1944, the nearby Saar Bridge felled and destroyed the Church at around 50 percent. The aisle, the choir, the tower group as well as parts of the perimeter wall remained. The reconstruction again of a new church took place between 1946 and 1949 in a simplified form. In 1962, the Church St Lawrence received an additional fourth bell. Also in the 1960s, the interior was refurnished with modern elements. The neo-Gothic Church of St Lawrence, which draws on 13C styles, is a monumental slate fragment structure. The closed massive figure with a slate roof with roof gauss was given to the Church on the occasion of the reconstruction in 1947.
The new Church of St Lawrence is run as a three-aisled hall church with a three-sided closing choir and a portal front. The Church portal in the tympanum above the main pillar portal, the crucifixion of Jesus is sculptively depicted and at the portal post there is a mother God sculpture. The tower, which is stemming from sandstone stone stones and quaked on the corners, is the oldest part of the church. It was doubled to a façade tower in 1563 and raised in 1854 by a fourth floor in the style of early Gothic. The tower was also given the incisive twin pyramid helmet. A Baroque portal dating back to 1780 is embedded in the extension of the tower.
Inside you can see the octagonal Renaissance baptism, which dates back to 1575 and was restored in 1983, as well as two of the former four epitaphs in the eastern chapel room. Other features include four Rococo-style figures representing Saints Anna, Andrew, Franz Xavier and John of Nepomuk, which form a side altar in the eastern aisle. The figures flank an oil painting of the Cross from 1706. The stained glass windows, donated by the Prussian King Frederick William IV in 1855 are preserved in the choir from the construction period of the neo-Gothic church. The Choir, the aisle and the entrance porch above the cross rib vault on bundle pillars still present themselves in the original first-construction state. In the previous Church stood a used organ, acquired in 1739, which was replaced after almost forty years in 1777 by a two-manual instrument .The new organ built in 2004, with high shape reflecting the Gothic tradition of the Church of St Lawrence, the blue cloth behind the pipes the Saar.
The city of Saarburg on heritage in German: https://www.saarburg.de/sehenswert
The Saar Obermoselle tourist office on the Church St Laurentius of Saarburg in German: https://www.saar-obermosel.de/fr/event/is/Pfarrkirche-St-Laurentius_Saarburg
There you folks, go for a nice ride into Saarburg, easy from my base south of Trier and a lovely city center in addition to the interesting Church of Saint Lawrence of Saarburg !! Again, hope you enjoy the post as I.
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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