St. George's Basilica (Almelo)
The Basilica of St. George is a Roman Catholic church in Almelo in the Netherlands . The parish church belonging to the Archdiocese of Utrecht is dedicated to St. George and bears the title of a minor basilica and is protected as a Rijksmonument .
Building history
In place of a previous church from 1787, the new building began in 1901 in the neo-Gothic style , the building was consecrated in 1902 and completed with the church tower in 1903. According to a design by the architect Wolter te Riele (1867–1937), for whom this was his first independent work, the three-aisled cross basilica was made of red brick . The church has a total length of 54.85 meters, the clear widths are 8.75 meters in the central nave, 18.25 meters in the main nave and 28.85 meters in the transept. The vault height reaches 16.5 meters, the tower rises 73 meters high.
Inside the church, the original wall paintings were removed in the 1950s and the walls and pillars were given white plaster.
Furnishing
The original main altar, the St. Mary's altar on the left and the triumphal cross come from the workshop of Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg , the Joseph's altar on the right from J&H Brom. The painted stations of the cross were created by FH Bachg, two paintings with Antonius of Padua and St. Georg by Gustaf van Kalken hang on the tower side.
The stained glass windows in the choir were made in the Atelier F. Nicholas en Zonen . The large leaded glazing above the entrance was made by Jos ten Horn in 1928.
The mechanical tower clock from 1926 is located on the octagonal floor under the tower spire and has four dials. The carillon was the first in Twente in 1927 .
The church has a main organ from 1959 with 32 registers , an organ in the transept from 1979 with 11 registers and a chest organ with 6 registers.
status
The church was registered on July 29, 1997 under the number 507692 in the register of the Dutch Rijksmonumente and thus protected as a monument .
On November 3, 2009 it was announced that the St. George Church of Pope Benedict XVI. is raised to the Basilica minor. Archbishop Willem Jacobus Eijk announced the corresponding proclamation on December 13, 2009 during a Eucharistic celebration in the church.
The church, together with the Josefskirche, forms the parish of St. Joris and is looked after by a pastoral community together with the Marcellinus parish .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Basiliek van de H. Georgius on gcatholic.org
- ↑ St. George on monument register
Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ′ 35.9 " N , 6 ° 39 ′ 53.7" E