St. Barbara and St. Laurentius Parish Church (Bodenwöhr)

Parish Church of St. Barbara and St. LaurentiusThe imposing building of the Catholic parish church rises in a prominent place next to the town hall and not far from the Hammerweiher pond. The three-aisled basilica with a rounded choir, the western flank tower with its sweeping onion dome and the forecourt form the urban center, towards which the main streets run in a star shape. The church in strictly Romanesque form was built from sandstone from the neighboring town of Erzhäuser. A magnificent rose window adorns the west wall above the main entrance, the clerestory above the side aisles is pierced by six round arches on both sides. On the south side of the nave, the rotunda of the baptistery can be seen in the rear part and the extension for the sacristy in the chancel.
The plans came from the architect Hans Becker, one of the leading church architects of the post-war period. The solemn consecration of the parish church of St. Barbara and St. Laurentius took place in the Holy Year 1950.
The 44 m long and 18 m wide interior is covered by a flat wooden ceiling. A wide staircase leads up to the dominating high altar, which is illuminated by indirect daylight. For the middle, the Regensburg sculptor Hans Muth created a group of three out of wooden sculptures: the crucified Jesus Christ, flanked in an unusual way by the two parish patrons, St. Barbara and St. Laurentius. The wall painting "Adoration of the Holy Trinity", a work of the Landshut painter Hugo Högner, forms the upper end of the choir wall.
The tabernacle carved in the shape of vine tendrils is crowned by a wooden pelican, the symbol of Christ's sacrificial death. Life-size statues of saints by the sculptor Günter Mauermann from Weiden adorn the longitudinal walls of the nave. The statues of the saints were donated by various people up until 1957. The side altars are dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and St. dedicated to Joseph. The Stations of the Cross pictures on both sides are from the painter Erwin Schöppl from Regensburg.Source: Excerpts from church guides St. Barbara and St. Laurentius

Bodenwöhr is a relatively young parish. It was only separated from the parent parish of St. Bartholomew in Neuenschwand in 1922. On August 8, 1923, Alois Wild was ordained the first pastor of Bodenwöhr. The mountain chapel, which had been expanded in 1875, initially served as the parish church. However, it was too small and in poor structural condition for the growing industrial center of Bodenwöhr. Only after the currency reform in 1948 did the efforts of Pastor Isidor Haustein realize the long-held desire for a new church. The plans were provided by the Regensburg government architect Hans Beckers. The blessing took place in the Holy Year of 1950.
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The Church of the Resurrection in Bodenwöhr was inaugurated on Easter Monday 1930 and is the mother church for the parish of Nittenau.