Mother House Church of the Ev. Diakonate in Herrenberg
The church (Hildrizhauser Straße 29) shows the creation of the 'glass windows' created by Andreas Felger 1997. It is a sense of meditative flair offered to the members of the sisterhood, the guests of the conference-and meetingcenter
as well as to the members of the ev. parish east.
Andreas Felger created 6 glass windows with the subject: 'on the way with Jesus Christ'.
Symbols and stories of Jesus are shown with impressive colours.
The diakonate sisterhood offers public guided tours on regular terms as well as private tours for groups. Fur further information please contact the reception of the conference- and meetingcenter: phone: 0 70 32 / 206 213
The Choral Window in St. Josef
Jesus Christ in the glory of the new Jerusalem. The biggest glass window
in St. Josef in the South of Germany.
Whenever it is spoken about a church in the region of Herrenberg you think about the 'foundation church' in the Gaeu with its symbol the onion tower. But also less famous churches in the region have got sacral treasures. This is the case in the St. Josef Church. The international famous painter and creater of art paintings, Mr. Albert Birkle, created a monumental churchwindow. Also in America Mr. Birkle is well known for his creations in glass windows.
A guided tour through St. Josefs Church can be booked at the cath. Parish: phone: 0 70 32 / 9426-0
St. Antonius Church, Kuppingen
St Antonius Church Kuppingen
The crossroad and the baptistry of Prof. Albert Birkle in the catholic St. Antonius Church Herrenberg-Kuppingen.
St. Antonius Church Kuppingen
St Antonius Church Kuppingen
The crossroad and the baptistry of Prof. Albert Birkle in the catholic St. Antonius Church Herrenberg-Kuppingen.
In the year 1958 the St. Antonius Church in Kuppingen was built by the architect Martin Schilling and his son, both from Rottenburg/Neckar. The laying of the foundation stone was in the year 1957.
Already in the year 1933 Martin Schilling and his partner architect Hans Lüdkemaier constructed the St. Josef Church in Herrenberg. Therefore it was obvious to order Prof. Albert Birkle with the artworks of the crossroad and the baptistry. Prof. Albert Birkle, who already produced a particular artwork with his first work 'The Lord in the glory of the empyreal Jerusalem' was not an unknown person to the architect. In the meantime Albert Birkle became international famous as an important windowpane painter and designer of church space interior. In the year 1958 he produced the churchwindow of St. Antonius in the glass painting company 'Derix' in Rottweil.
He created some masterpieces with great theological expressiveness with the crossroad and its 14 glasswindows in the size of 0,70 x 0,90 meters each and the baptistry in the size of 2,70 x 2,00 meters.
More artworks in the church:
Later on, as a resurrection window was not existent, a mosaicked altar was construced in the apse, showing coeval witnesses of beliefs, such as Mother Teresa from Calcutta, Bishop Georg Moser and Dome Helder Camaro, a work of the artist Otto Habel, Leinfelden, implemented by the stonesculptor Paul Dittus, Affstätt.
Contact for visitation:
Kath. Pfarramt St. Antonius Kuppingen (catholic rectory)
Zwerchweg 9, 71083 Herrenberg
Priest Reiner Debert phone: 0 70 32 / 3 13 44
Secretary E.Reder phone: 0 70 32 / 3 19 82
The St. Antonius Church is located in the district Kuppingen. Near parking space available. Guide: Horst F. Sehorsch
