St Francis Xavier Church, Dresden
The Catholic Church of St. Francis Xavier (also Catholic parish church in Dresden -Neustadt ) was a building in Dresden- Neustadt, which suffered severe fire damage in World War II and was demolished afterwards.
Architectural history, location
The church was built in 1852-1853 after a design by the architect Heinrich Hermann Bothen (1814-1878) and under the direction of architect Ludwig Theodor Choulant ( 1827-1900 ). Bishop Ludwig Forwerk dedicated the building on December 8, 1855.
The required land for the building was located immediately south of Albert Square in the New Town area of the former fortifications on the former Black Thor as unused space. Today this place is called Jorge Gomondai Square and is located in the acute angle between the main street and Albert street. The royal state government had provided without charge to the surface for the construction of the church. The construction costs are estimated at 150,000 marks.
The land remained undeveloped after the destruction of the Church.
Architecture, equipment
The church was through its two towers together with the Dreikönigskirche a dominant effect on the surrounding cityscape from. Your façade is ajar to the Lombard Romanesque and embossed version. The interior of the nave has been determined by early Christian and Sicilian Norman form and Ornamentgebung. The entire structure was 35 meters long and 38 meters wide (front to the main road ).
The single-nave church had grown to both sides of premises, which served the parish administration and gemindeeigenen school. These additions produced a concise cubage of the building. Two tall and square towers at the east gable summarized the choir niche one on both sides. The main entrance was on the opposite, the main road facing West side. The two columns at the portal were made of Meissen granite, capital and base consisted of white Parian marble. The field above the front door filled a tympanum carved with an image of the Mother of God and their Christ child. The creator of this painting was the Dresden painter and Academy Professor Ludwig Kriebel ( 1823-1890 ). At the top of the portal gable was a Christ figure by the sculptor Ernst Hähnel.
The interior wall and ceiling surfaces showed an extensive ornamental and figurative painting. Rich wore jewelry the pulpit and the parapets of the choir organ and the oratorios. The pulpit flanked four figures of the Evangelists. The sounding board above the pulpit was the figure of the Apostle Paul. These figures were made as copies of older sculptures of Peter Vischer the Elder.
The altar of white and dark green stone stood on the upper six levels presbytery. On both sides of the altar, the rooms of the sacristy (left) and the Baptistery were (right). The special features of the sanctuary was one of the rich murals on the ceiling and the walls. They were drafts of the Dresden painter and academy professor Julius Schnorr von Carol Field. At execution, the Malschüler Zumpe, Sachsse and Kirchbach were involved. Other works are by Karl Gottlob Schoenherr ( 1824-1906 ).
Community
After the destruction of their church on the main road, 13-14. February 1945 moved into the parish of St. Francis Xavier in May of the same year as the new home of the Catholic part of the garrison church of St. Martin in the Albert City.