Alt St. Katharina (Cologne-Niehl)

Old St. Catherine

Alt St. Katharina (also: Niehler Dömchen ) is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne-Niehl in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is faces east directly on the banks of the Rhine beyond the Niehler dam.

history

Niehl was first mentioned in 927 in an archbishop's donation to the Cologne Ursulastift , in 1080 in another to the Kunibertsstift . In 1236, in the possession of the Kunibertstift, a chapel belonging to the monastery was named as a branch of the monastery . 1260 the main altar of the chapel was by the Auxiliary Bishop Henry I of Montfort of Hl. Katharina consecrated. It was the parish church for the area from Nippes to Niehl.

Alt St. Katharina was built in the 12th century as a three-aisled Romanesque basilica with a west tower. In the middle of the 13th century, the Gothic choir was renovated and the south aisle was demolished. The central nave was vaulted around 1400. In 1894 the north aisle was reconstructed on the old foundations. Since the church became too small for the population, St. Katharina was rebuilt in 1892 and larger as a parish church a little further south and in the middle of Niehl. It is connected to the old church via Sebastianstraße.

Furnishing

Some old works of art come from earlier times: the pulpit with the image of St. Catherine and the year 1622 and a crowned Madonna from the 16th century. A sculpture of the Last Supper even dates from around 1420.

Although the church was no longer a parish church, it has received newer fittings. The two bells date from 1977.

The organ was built in 1982 by the organ builder Gerd Weyland (Opladen). The slider chest instrument has 6 registers on a manual. At h ⁰ / c ^{0 the} registers are divided into bass and treble sides. There is a tremulant for the treble side. The pedal (C – f ¹ ) is always attached. The playing and stop action is mechanical.

Manual work - Bass C – g ³

1.

Covered / reed flute

8th'

2.

Principal / Dolkan

4 ′

3.

Fifth / sesquial II

2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′

(Continuation)

4th

Principal

2 ′

5.

Cymbal II-III

1'

6th

Krummhornshelf

8th'

Pedal C – f ¹ (attached)

use

Parish Church of St. Catherine

The church is open on Friday late afternoon for a mass and on Wednesday morning for a school service in the neighboring primary school. More frequent opening is to be achieved with volunteers.

literature

Manfred Becker-Huberti , Günther A. Menne (ed.): Cologne churches. The churches of the Catholic and Protestant communities in Cologne . JP Bachem Verlag, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-7616-1731-3 .
Paul Clemen (greeting), Ludwig Arntz (arrangement): The art monuments of the Rhine Province , Volume 7, Section III: The art monuments of the city of Cologne . Schwann, Düsseldorf 1980, ISBN 3-590-32106-7 (reprint of the Düsseldorf edition 1934).

Individual evidence

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