Maria Rosenkranz, Frankfurt

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Maria Rosenkranz
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Maria Rosenkranz
50°08′28″N8°43′18″E / 50.1412°N 8.7216°E / 50.1412; 8.7216 Coordinates: 50°08′28″N8°43′18″E / 50.1412°N 8.7216°E / 50.1412; 8.7216
Location Frankfurt-Seckbach, Hesse
Country Germany
Denomination Catholic
Website www.mariarosenkranz.de
History
Status Parish church
Dedication Maria Rosenkranz
Consecrated 1953 (1953)
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)
Administration
Diocese Limburg
Province Cologne

Maria Rosenkranz (Mary Rosary) is a Catholic church in Frankfurt-Seckbach, part of Frankfurt am Main. It was completed in 1953. On 1 January 2015 the parish became a Kirchort (church location), part of the parish St. Josef Frankfurt am Main. [1] The parish church of the Seckbach congregation is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg.

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After World War II, the Catholic population of Seckbach grew, and a new church was planned to meet the need. It was designed by the Frankfurt architects Heinrich Horvatin  [ de ] and Carl Rummel. [2] The ground-breaking was on 16 December 1951. The consecration was on 27 September 1953 by Weihbischof Walther Kampe  [ de ]. It became part of the "Pfarrei neuen Typs" (new type parish) St. Josef in Bornheim on 1 Januar 2015, [3] along with Heilig-Kreuz in Bornheim, Heilig Geist in Riederwald and Herz Jesu in Frankfurt-Fechenheim.

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Charakteristic structure

The organ installed in 1953 was built by Kemper Orgelbau  [ de ], originally for the salon of Bertha, Countess von Sierstorpff. [4] It was replaced by a new organ in 1977.

On 1 January 2015, four parishes were combined to St. Josef, with locations (Kirchort) St. Josef  [ de ], Maria Rosenkranz, Heilig Geist and Herz Jesu. [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kath. Pfarrei St. Josef Frankfurt am Main – Herzlich willkommen". Homepage der Pfarrgemeinde (in German). Katholische Pfarrei St. Josef Frankfurt am Main. 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
  2. ↑ Einladung zu einem geführten Rundgang in der Maria-Rosenkranz-Kirche im Januar 2012
  3. ↑ "Aau dem Weg zu einer neuen Pfarrei / Pastoraler Raum Frankfurt-Ost". Homepage der Pfarrgemeinde (in German). Katholische Kirchengemeinde Zum Heiligen Geist Frankfurt-Riederwald. 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
  4. ↑ Franz Bösken: Quellen und Forschungen zur Orgelgeschichte des Mittelrheins. Bd. 2: Das Gebiet des ehemaligen Regierungsbezirks Wiesbaden. Teil 1 (A–K) p. 329. Schott-Verlag, Mainz 1975, ISBN   3-7957-1307-2.
  5. ↑ "Auf dem Weg zu einer neuen Pfarrei – Pastoraler Raum Frankfurt-Ost". Homepage der Pfarrgemeinde (in German). Katholische Kirchengemeinde Zum Heiligen Geist Frankfurt-Riederwald. 2013. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  6. ↑ Katholische Pfarrei St. Josef Frankfurt am Main, ed. (2015), Durchblick – Wegweiser durch die Kath. Pfarrei St. Josef Frankfurt am Main (in German), Frankfurt am Main
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