St. Laurentius (Ahrweiler)

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St. Laurentius in Ahrweiler
inner space
Communion bench
Wall with frescoes and two stations of the cross

The Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius in Ahrweiler in northern Rhineland-Palatinate is the oldest hall church in the Rhineland .

history

Ahrweiler once belonged to the Prüm Abbey . This, under Abbot Gottfried von Prüm, had the church built in the 13th century (laying of the foundation stone in 1269) and sent Benedictine monks from Prüm to Ahrweiler as pastors. After the secularization and dissolution of the Prüm Abbey by Napoleon , the pastors were no longer appointed by the Prüm abbot, but by the bishop. The parish has belonged to the Trier diocese since 1824 .

Architecture and equipment

Exterior

The Gothic church has three aisles and is divided by buttresses. The masonry consists of plastered quarry stone. The central nave does not protrude beyond the aisles, so that the classification as a basilica or hall church is not clearly successful. The nave consists of four bays. The built-in octagonal tower made of tuff cuboid and trachyte has three storeys from the roof approach and is completed by a gable wreath and pointed helmet. The latter is the work of the Trier cathedral builder Wilhelm Schmitz . Between 1899 and 1912 he significantly renovated and redesigned the Ahrweiler Laurentiuskirche. The nave is four bays long, each bay on each side has a hipped roof. This is followed by an inclined side choir.

Interior

The side choirs and the main choir are bounded by five sides of an octagon. The galleries are three bays long and dim the light in the aisles. Strong round pillars support the ribbed vault. The interior is 44.20 m long and 20.80 m wide. The top of the ribbed vault is 14.40 m.

The furnishings include a late Gothic baptismal font, the crescent moon Madonna in the Marienkapelle, a monstrance that was created around 1400, and a Gothic sacrament shrine from 1481. The choir is completed by a wrought iron communion bench from the 18th century, the Way of the Cross was only acquired in 1906.

The frescoes from the 15th century, discovered in 1903 during restorations, leave the strongest impression. B. Biblical scenes (baptism of Jesus and the Last Judgment), saints, a Corpus Christi processions from 1918, and the consecration of the church show.

organ

View of the organ

The history of the organs goes back to the 16th century. Today's organ was built in 1991 by the organ building company Fischer + Krämer (Endingen). It replaced an instrument that had been built in 1956 by the organ building company Johannes Klais (Bonn), partly with pipe material from the predecessor organ by Stahlhut (1903). In today's organ, some stops have been reused. The baroque case dates from the 16th century. The slider chest instrument has 47 registers, including 24 new registers, on three manuals and a pedal. The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric. In 2004 the instrument was expanded to include the solo movement with three high pressure registers, which was placed on the side gallery.

I main work C – a 3
Bourdon 16 ′ S.
Principal 8th'
Cane-covered 8th'
Gemshorn 8th' K
Octave 4 ′
Dui flute 4 ′
Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Octave 2 ′
Mixture IV-V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ K
Cymbel III 2 ⁄ 3 ′ K
Trumpet 8th'
Tremulant
II Oberwerk C – a 3
Lovely covered 8th' K
Quintatön 8th' K
Praestant 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ K
Octave 2 ′ K
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ K
Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ K
Sifflet 1'
Mixture III 1'
Dulcian 16 ′ K
Krummhorn 8th' K
Tremulant
III Swell C – a 3
Flûte harmonique 8th' S.
Bourdon 8th' S.
Viol 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Voix céleste 8th' S.
Flûte octaviante 4 ′ S.
Octavine 2 ′
Cornet III-V 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Fittings IV 2 ′
Basson 16 ′
Trompette harmonique 8th'
Hautbois 8th' S.
Chalumeau 4 ′
Pedal C–
Principal 16 ′ S.
Sub-bass 16 ′ S.
Fifth bass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Octave bass 8th' S.
Gemshorn bass 8th'
Chorale bass 4 ′ K
Back set IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Bombard 32 ′
trombone 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
  • Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P (also as super octave coupling)
  • Remarks:
S = register from 1903 (steel hat)
K = register from 1956 (Klais)

Bells

The ringing consists of nine bells , the smallest of which hang in the roof turret over the crossing and the rest in the main tower. When the original bells melted during the fire in 1689, Johannes Bourlet from Jülich cast four bells in 1694. Two smaller bells were added in the baroque period. In order to restore the original stock, the Eifeler bell foundry Mark from Brockscheid cast three bells in 2000 , which were donated by the St. Sebastianus Schützengesellschaft (Sebastianusglocke) , the church choir (Cäcilienglocke) and an Ahrweiler family (Seligenglocke) . The ringing order dictates the dinging . It corresponds to the once widespread in the Rhineland Beiern . On special occasions, such as Christmas mass , Corpus Christi and Easter time, people ring.

No. Surname Casting year Foundry, casting location Diameter
(mm) 		Mass
(kg) 		Chime
1 Sebastianus 2003 Eifeler bell foundry Mark, Brockscheid 1480 2000 c sharp 1 - 8
2 Great Laurence 1694 Johannes Bourlet, Jülich 1320 1400 e 1 - 3
3 Joseph 1694 Johannes Bourlet, Jülich 1190 1100 f sharp 1 - 6
4th Mother of God 1694 Johannes Bourlet, Jülich 1100 850 f sharp 1 - 1
5 Cecilia 2003 Eifeler bell foundry Mark, Brockscheid 930 510 a 1 - 4
6th Blessed ones 2003 Eifeler bell foundry Mark, Brockscheid 700 260 c sharp 2 - 4
7th Little Laurentius 1731 Johann Heinrich Dinkelmeyer, Cologne 630 190 e 2 -10
8th Severin and Johannes 1751 Engelbert Fuchs, Cologne 570 120 f sharp 2 -13
9 Ave Maria, storm or hurry bells 1694 Johannes Bourlet, Jülich 500 g sharp 2

Parish of St. Laurentius

The parish of St. Laurentius belongs with the seven other parishes of the city of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler ( Bad Neuenahr: St. Marien and St. Willibrord ; Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler: St. Pius ; Ramersbach St. Barbara; Heimersheim : St. Mauritius; Heppingen : St. Martin; Kirchdaun / Gimmigen : St. Lambertus) since September 1, 2011 to the parish community Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. Together with four other parish communities (Adenau, Altenahr, Schuld and Grafschaft) they form the deanery Ahr-Eifel in the diocese of Trier . The parish maintains two day-care centers in the management of the Kita GmbH Koblenz.

The Walporzheim branch with the St. Josef Chapel belongs to the community . In addition to the two churches, the parish has rooms in the parsonage (Marktplatz 13), the tithe barn and the parsonage with a public library.

See also

literature

  • Jörg Schmitz: Life and work of the architect Wilhelm Peter Schmitz (1864-1944). Cathedral builder, monument conservator, art writer and Lorraine conservator. A Rhenish architect of late historicism. Aachen, Cologne, Trier, Metz; = Diss. University of Trier 2003, Volume 2: Catalog raisonné, Tönning 2005, pp. 1–22, ISBN 3-89959-383-9 (with corresponding draft and plan material)
  • Jürgen Maur u. A .: Parish church St. Laurentius, 7th edition, publisher: Catholic parish St. Laurentius Ahrweiler, Warlich Druck GmbH, Meckenheim

Web links

Commons : St. Laurentius  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the organ

Coordinates: 50 ° 32 '32.4 "  N , 7 ° 5' 39.1"  E