The Heilbrunn believers had to do without their parish church for two years. The first mass was celebrated in St. Kilian on Sunday after the renovation.
Bad Heilbrunn – “What a nice entry” – with these joyful words, Pastor Father Clemens Schlimann initiated the festive service in the St. Kilian parish church in the Bad Heilbrunn parish church on Sunday. It was an extraordinary festival day for the Heilbrunn parish: After two years of renovation -related closure, it was celebrated for the first time in St. Kilian Messe. Pastor Schliermann had previously carried out the palm consecration outside of the Mariian column – surrounded by a crowd of believers and a formation of the local music band.
Festive music with Martin Focke from Benediktbeuern on the organ and Andreas Heiß from Iffeldorf on the trumpet accompanied the move into the church. In addition, the song sung together recognized “a house full of glory looks far across all land”, from Ew’gem Stein built the occasion of the day “. The move into the church reminded of the move of Jesus in Jerusalem, the former Heilbrunn pastor Father Karl Bopp in his sermon made the connection from current events to biblical history. “We are moving into our Jerusalem today.”
The church was closed almost for the day for exactly two years. Ultimately, the inner restoration, which was intended for the first plans, had ultimately decided to complete a complete restoration. The services subsequently took place in the parish hall. “As beautiful as the measuring celebrations were there – the church is a special place for it.” All the more now, since the interior is a sign of God’s beauty in a new old shine and light.
“The church is a place where you can meet God. Sometimes the encounter builds you, sometimes it bothers us in our gear.” God went a risky way to death so that the world would and would remain a house for people even in times of crisis. As a sonorous framework of the fair, the church choir under the direction of Anneliese Wegele with the excellent soprano soloist Christine Rohsmann from Dürnhausen and the instrumental soloists performed parts of the demanding “Missa Brevis a Tre Voci” by Michael Haydn.
Praise for committed cooperation
For the secular part of the day, the festival afterwards met in the Kursaal, where Pastor Schlimann welcomed a number of guests of honor, including representatives of the craft businesses involved in the renovation of the church. Schliermann’s thanks to all those responsible and involved also closed architect Dr. Hanns Michael Küpper. It was not always easy to coordinate the structural processes and requirements, but a constructive cooperation arose through committed cooperation.
(Incidentally, everything from the region is now also available in our regular Bad Tölz newsletter.)
Mayor Thomas Gründl was proud of the “end product of your work”. With the renovation of the Baroque Church, a first step in terms of renewal of the town center was taken, he hoped that the municipal plans in this regard could also be ticked off by 2027. As a plunge gift, Gründl presented a jug on which the historical coat of arms of the church is shown, to Schliermann. For district administrator Josef Niedermaier, with a view to the crisis of the church, the question arose for which the effort of a church renovation was still good. His answer: “Today we need the churches more than ever. Churches are places of silence, stop and strength.” His appeal to the Heilbrunner therefore: “Use your church.” (Rosi Bauer)
