{"id":8723,"date":"2025-10-13T16:50:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T14:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guidogrohmann.de\/?p=8723"},"modified":"2025-10-16T18:56:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:56:17","slug":"saarbruecker-geschichten-basilika-st-johann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guidogrohmann.de\/en\/saarbruecker-geschichten-basilika-st-johann\/","title":{"rendered":"Die Basilika St. Johann in Saarbr\u00fccken \u2013 Geschichte, Anekdoten &#038; Skurrilit\u00e4ten"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8723\" class=\"elementor elementor-8723\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-825f8f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"825f8f0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-14110d8\" data-id=\"14110d8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-368b132 section-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-heading\" data-id=\"368b132\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-heading section-heading headingstyle-default is-animation-group\"><h3 class=\"entry-title section-title\">Die Basilika St. Johann in Saarbr\u00fccken \u2013 Geschichte, Anekdoten &#038; Skurrilit\u00e4ten<\/h3><div class=\"section-description section-date clearfix\"><div class=\"section-description-inner\">13. October 2025<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ded4986 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ded4986\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca04965\" data-id=\"ca04965\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39da8c7 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39da8c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:300}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Die Basilika St. Johann ist mehr als nur ein barockes Schmuckst\u00fcck Saarbr\u00fcckens.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sie ist ein barockes Juwel, ein Ort Saarbr\u00fccker Geschichten \u2013 vom k\u00f6niglichen Gro\u00dfspender bis zum Scharfrichter unter der Pappel, vom barocken Putz bis zum modernen Bronzeportal. Wer Saarbr\u00fccken besucht, sollte sich einen Moment Zeit nehmen, um einzutreten \u2013 denn wie es \u00fcber dem modernen Bronzeportal hei\u00dft: \u201eBonus intra \u2013 melior exi\u201c (\u201eTritt als Guter ein \u2013 geh als Besserer hinaus\u201c).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d9adbd2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d9adbd2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb2a9e8\" data-id=\"fb2a9e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7c08b5 carousel-dots-yes carousel-arrow-shape-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-slideshow-carousel\" data-id=\"b7c08b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"slideshow-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gridblock-owlcarousel-wrap clearfix\"><div id=\"8723-69d27572c0363\" class=\"owl-carousel owl-slideshow-element owl-carousel-detect owl-carousel-type-slideshow\" data-autoplaytimeout=\"5000\" data-smartspeed=\"1000\" data-id=\"8723-69d27572c0363\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-lazyload=\"false\" data-type=\"slideshow\"><div class=\"gridblock-slideshow-element\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/guidogrohmann.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251011-guido-grohmann-saarbruecken-basilika-st-johann-05.jpg\" alt=\"Basilika St. Johann\" class=\"owl-slide-image\"\/><\/div><div class=\"gridblock-slideshow-element\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/guidogrohmann.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251011-guido-grohmann-saarbruecken-basilika-st-johann-04.jpg\" alt=\"Basilika St. Johann\" class=\"owl-slide-image\"\/><\/div><div class=\"gridblock-slideshow-element\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/guidogrohmann.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251011-guido-grohmann-saarbruecken-basilika-st-johann-01.jpg\" alt=\"Basilika St. Johann\" class=\"owl-slide-image\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2306509 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2306509\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9eb03c5\" data-id=\"9eb03c5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acd63f8 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"acd63f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:300}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Von der Kapelle im Fischerdorf zur barocken Stadtkirche<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Am Standort der heutigen Basilika stand schon sehr fr\u00fch eine dem hl. Johannes dem T\u00e4ufer geweihte Kapelle. Der \u00dcberlieferung nach geht sie bis in merowingische Zeit (7. Jahrhundert) zur\u00fcck; urkundlich greifbar wird sie im 13.\/14. Jahrhundert. Seelsorglich betreut wurde sie lange vom Stift St. Arnual.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dass die Kirche heute ein St\u00fcck abseits vom St. Johanner Markt liegt, hat mit einer mittelalterlichen Marktverlegung zu tun \u2013 der Marktplatz wanderte, die Kapelle blieb.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mit der Nassauer Reformation (16. Jh.) wurde St. Johann lutherisch; dennoch wuchs sp\u00e4ter \u2013 auch durch die franz\u00f6sische Politik der \u201eR\u00e9unions\u201c \u2013 wieder eine katholische Gemeinde.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Denkw\u00fcrdig ist der Besuch Ludwigs XIV. am 6. Juli 1683: Der K\u00f6nig nahm mit gro\u00dfem Hofstaat an einem Festgottesdienst in der provisorischen Notkirche teil. Kurz darauf erreichten die Franzosen, dass die St.-Johanner Kapelle den Katholiken \u00fcberlassen wurde.<\/p><h2>Der gro\u00dfe Neubau: Stengel, Spenden \u2013 und viel Barock<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Im 18. Jahrhundert war die alte Kapelle zu klein geworden. Der Pr\u00e4monstratenser Jean Baptiste Namour trieb den Neubau voran; planen und bauen lie\u00df man niemand Geringeren als Friedrich Joachim Stengel, den pr\u00e4genden barocken Stadtbaumeister Saarbr\u00fcckens (auch bekannt f\u00fcr Ludwigskirche, Schloss und weitere Bauten).<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Die neue Pfarrkirche entstand 1754\u20131758 als klar gegliederter Saalbau mit integriertem Altarraum und turmbetonter Westfassade \u2013 Stengel-Architektur in Reinkultur.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finanziert wurde das Projekt durch eine beeindruckende europ\u00e4ische Kollekte, die eindrucksvoll zeigt, wie \u201eglobal\u201c Kirchenbau schon im 18. Jahrhundert war:<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">K\u00f6nig Ludwig XV. spendete 20.000 Franken; auf Betreiben von Papst Benedikt XIV. wurde in Rom gesammelt, die Kongregation de propaganda fide gab 5.000 Franken; deutsche Kurf\u00fcrsten, St\u00e4dte und Orden (die Wadgasser Pr\u00e4monstratenser) steuerten weitere Summen bei, und F\u00fcrst Wilhelm Heinrich lieferte Bauholz aus seinen Privatwaldungen.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Die Basilika St. Johann ist somit ein sch\u00f6nes St\u00fcck transnationaler Baupolitik \u2013 lange bevor das Wort \u201eCrowdfunding\u201c erfunden war.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Die feierliche Weihe der neuen Kirche erfolgte am 8. Januar 1758.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b630c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b630c8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3dc238\" data-id=\"a3dc238\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f7a5f8 carousel-dots-yes carousel-arrow-shape-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-slideshow-carousel\" data-id=\"3f7a5f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"slideshow-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gridblock-owlcarousel-wrap clearfix\"><div id=\"8723-69d27572c2493\" class=\"owl-carousel owl-slideshow-element owl-carousel-detect owl-carousel-type-flatcarousel\" data-autoplaytimeout=\"5000\" data-smartspeed=\"1000\" data-id=\"8723-69d27572c2493\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-lazyload=\"false\" data-type=\"flatcarousel\"><div class=\"gridblock-slideshow-element\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/guidogrohmann.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010-guido-grohmann-saarbruecken-basilika-st-johann-03.jpg\" alt=\"Basilika St. Johann\" class=\"owl-slide-image\"\/><\/div><div class=\"gridblock-slideshow-element\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/guidogrohmann.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010-guido-grohmann-saarbruecken-basilika-st-johann-08.jpg\" alt=\"Basilika St. Johann\" class=\"owl-slide-image\"\/><\/div><div class=\"gridblock-slideshow-element\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/guidogrohmann.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010-guido-grohmann-saarbruecken-basilika-st-johann-05.jpg\" alt=\"Basilika St. Johann\" class=\"owl-slide-image\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-877e3c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"877e3c6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-110143e\" data-id=\"110143e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ed06bc elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ed06bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:300}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>St\u00fcrme der Zeit: Revolution, Restaurierungen, Rebarockisierung<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Die Franz\u00f6sische Revolution setzte der barocken Ausstattung stark zu. Die \u201eBefreier\u201c pl\u00fcnderten unter anderem gro\u00dfe Teile des h\u00f6lzernen Inneneinrichtung (nicht nur in der Kirche, sondern in der ganzen Stadt) und verarbeiteten es zu Brennholz. Nach dieser Zeitbrauchte die Saarbr\u00fccker Bev\u00f6lkerung lange, um sich von diesen Pl\u00fcnderungen zu erholen. Vieles und so auch die Die Basilika St. Johann wurden im 19. Jahrhundert aus Geldmangel nur teilweise wiederhergestellt.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eine umfassende Innen-Restaurierung mit bewusster Rebarockisierung erfolgteerst wieder im 20. Jahrhundert nach dem 2. Weltkrieg von 1972\u20131975: Man legte 18 alte Farbschichten frei und fasste den Raum wieder in Wei\u00df und Meeresgr\u00fcn, wie es urspr\u00fcnglich intendiert war.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Der Deckenspiegel zeigt den Pelikan als Allegorie der liebenden Hingabe; am Chorbogen erinnern Wappenkartuschen an Papst Paul VI. und Bischof Bernhard Stein.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anekdote am Rande:<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1974 stie\u00df man bei Baumf\u00e4llarbeiten im Pfarrbereich auf den Grabstein des St. Johanner Scharfrichters Johann Nikolaus Rehm \u2013 begraben au\u00dferhalb des inneren Friedhofs, wie es damals f\u00fcr \u201eunehrliche\u201c Berufe \u00fcblich war. Sein Richtschwert wird heute im Saarlandmuseum aufbewahrt.<\/p><h2>Basilica minor seit 1975<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Im Jahr der Wiederer\u00f6ffnung 1975 erhob Papst Paul VI. St. Johann zur Basilica minor \u2013 ein Ehrentitel f\u00fcr besonders bedeutende Kirchen. Damit ist sie offiziell Teil der kleinen, ausgew\u00e4hlten Riege p\u00e4pstlicher Basiliken in Deutschland. Kirchenrechtlich geh\u00f6rt sie weiterhin zum Bistum Trier \u2013 die eigentliche Kathedrale des Bistums steht also dort.<\/p><h2>Bronze, Januskopf &amp; \u201eBonus intra \u2013 melior exi\u201c: Das Portal von Ernst Alt<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wer heute die Basilika betritt, passiert ein kunstvolles Bronzeportal des Saarbr\u00fccker K\u00fcnstlers Ernst Alt (1974\u20131986), das es im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes in sich hat:<\/p><ul><li>Linker T\u00fcrfl\u00fcgel: Szenen aus dem Leben des T\u00e4ufers<\/li><li>Rechter T\u00fcrfl\u00fcgel: Szenen aus dem Leben Jesu<\/li><li>Handl\u00e4ufe: Die vier Lebensalter in Bronze<\/li><li>T\u00fcrgriff innen: Ein Januskopf mit der Inschrift: \u201eBonus intra \u2013 melior exi\u201c (\u201eTritt als Guter ein \u2013 geh als Besserer hinaus\u201c)<\/li><li>Das Tympanon dar\u00fcber zitiert in Stein Stengels barocke Bildsprache \u2013 eine eindrucksvolle Verbindung von Tradition und moderner Sakralkunst.<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Der Januskopf am Portal fordert Besucher mit Augenzwinkern zur Selbstpr\u00fcfung auf \u2013 ein barocker \u201ePers\u00f6nlichkeits-Coach\u201c in Bronze.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa0535f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fa0535f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d84116\" data-id=\"9d84116\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6e6962 elementor-widget elementor-widget-thumbnails-grid\" 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data-src=\"https:\/\/guidogrohmann.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010-guido-grohmann-saarbruecken-basilika-st-johann-09-770x550.jpg\" alt=\"Basilika St. Johann\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-04af144 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"04af144\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b87b4b\" data-id=\"7b87b4b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c9a2f8 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c9a2f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:300}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Klangpracht: Die Orgeln der Basilika<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besonders bemerkenswert ist die Orgelanlage: Sie besteht aus drei eigenst\u00e4ndigen Werken \u2013 einer gro\u00dfen Hauptorgel auf der Empore sowie zwei Chororgeln \u2013, die einzeln oder gemeinsam spielbar sind.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Damit besitzt St. Johann ein au\u00dfergew\u00f6hnlich flexibles, liturgisch wie konzertant vielseitiges Klangzentrum. Die Akustik der Basilika ist \u00fcberregional bekannt und wird regelm\u00e4\u00dfig f\u00fcr Konzerte genutzt.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p><h2>Weitere Kostbarkeiten im Inneren<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Die Kanzel (1764), eine Stiftung des Wadgasser Abtes Michael Stein, gilt als bester Teil der goldverzierten Ausstattung: Vier Evangelisten und Christus als Lehrer bev\u00f6lkern den Kanzelkorb; \u00fcber ihnen schlingen sich Voluten und eine Taube als Symbol der Inspiration.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Im Seitenschiff erinnert eine Armseelenkapelle an die Gefallenen des Ersten Weltkriegs; das Altargem\u00e4lde (1920) ist eine eindr\u00fcckliche Eucharistie-Theologie in Bildern.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p><h2>Architektur im Stadtbild<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Die Basilika an der Katholisch-Kirch-Stra\u00dfe bildet mit ihrem markanten Westturm und der streng gegliederten Fassade einen barocken Gegenspieler zur evangelischen Ludwigskirche \u2013 typisch f\u00fcr die konfessionell doppelt gepr\u00e4gte Stadtlandschaft des 18. Jahrhunderts.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Der Bau zeigt Stengels Handschrift in Proportion, Rhythmus und Lichtf\u00fchrung \u2013 und ist bis heute ein Lehrst\u00fcck saarl\u00e4ndischen Sp\u00e4tbarocks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-95cf9c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"95cf9c5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-29b3f4f\" data-id=\"29b3f4f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3cb893 elementor-widget 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