Dreikönigenkirche (Neuss)

Exterior view of the Dreikönigenkirche

View to the choir and tower

The Church of St. Dreikönige (usually Dreikönigenkirche ) is the parish church of the Roman Catholic parish of the same name in Neuss . It was built from 1909 to 1911.

history

After only the Quirinusmünster parish existed in Neuss until the end of the 19th century , the new parishes and church buildings of St. Josef (Furth) (1888), St. Marien (1902) and St. Dreikönige (1909 to 1911) supported the strong growth the city's bill. Since May 17, 2020, the church has been temporarily closed for construction work and renovations.

architecture

The church is a three-aisled basilica on a cross plan and was built according to plans by the architect Eduard Endler . The high, hood-topped tower stands in the angle between the southern arm of the transept and the choir . The designs are based on the Renaissance . The representative transept facades have curved gables .

Furnishing

Initially, a large part of the furnishings for the church was taken over from the profaned hospital church in Brückstrasse. In 1919 the windows by the artist Jan Thorn Prikker were installed. On June 11, 1922, the church received four new bells. In 1936 a new high altar designed by Dominikus Böhm replaced the altar from the former hospital church. Böhm also designed the moving ceiling vaults.

organ

The organ of the Dreikönigenkirche was made by the organ builder EF Walcker & Cie. (Ludwigsburg) built. The contract for organ building dates back to 1940. However, due to the war, installation was delayed until the post-war period. The instrument was inaugurated in 1951. It has been renovated and expanded several times (most recently in 2002 by Johannes Klais Orgelbau , Bonn) and today has 49 stops on three manuals and a pedal ( slider drawer ). The actions are mechanical - with the exception of the prospect whistles, which are controlled electrically. The current full-time organist is regional cantor Michael Landsky .

I. Main work C – a 3 Drone 16 ′ Principal 8th' Reed flute 8th' octave 4 ′ recorder 4 ′ third 3 1 ⁄ 5  ′ Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Super octave 2 ′ Cornet V 8th' Mixture V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Trumpet 8th' Clairon 4 ′

II. Positive (swellable) C – a 3 Covered 8th' Quintadena 8th' Gamba 8th' Principal 4 ′ Pointed flute 4 ′ octave 2 ′ Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Scharff III 1' Dulcian 16 ′ Krummhorn 8th' shelf 4 ′ Tremulant

III. Swell C – a 3 Covered 16 ′ Flute principal 8th' Wooden flute 8th' Dulciana 8th' Vox coelestis 8th' Ital. Principal 4 ′ flute 4 ′ Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Schwiegel 2 ′ third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Sif flute 1' Ripieno IV bassoon 16 ′ Trumpet 8th' oboe 8th' Tremulant

Pedal C – g 1 Pedestal 32 ′ Principal 16 ′ Sub-bass 16 ′ Octave bass 8th' Coarse 8th' Choral bass 4 ′ Back set IV trombone 16 ′ Trumpet 8th' shawm 4 ′

• Coupling : II / I, III / I, III-II, Sub III / I, Super III / I, I / P, II / P, III / P (all coupling optionally mechanical or electrical).
• Playing aids : 4 × 512 setting combinations , programmable crescendo roller , single tongue storage, register cuffs.

Bells

In 1911 and 1922, the Otto bell foundry from Hemelingen / Bremen supplied four bronze bells each, in 1911 as the first bell for the newly built church and in 1922 as a replacement for the bells that were confiscated and melted down during the First World War. Today the church has a four-part bronze bell ringing with two bells each from Otto (1922, es 'and f') and from Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock (1958: c 'and 1960: g').

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christoph Kleinau: Church renovation in Neuss: Dreikönigen parish gets a "building chapel". Retrieved July 1, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Further information, especially on the history of the organ of the Dreikönigenkirche . www.orgelsite.nl. Accessed April 17, 2018.
3. ^ Gerhard Reinhold: Otto bells. Family and company history of the Otto bell foundry dynasty . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 588, here in particular pp. 443, 518, 522 .
4. ↑ Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen . Nijmegen / NL 2019, p. 556, here in particular pp. 482, 485 , urn : nbn: nl: ui: 22-2066 / 204770 (dissertation at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen).

Web links

Commons : Heilige Dreikönige (Neuss)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Community website . Accessed April 17, 2018.
• Church window of the Dreikönigenkirche . Accessed April 17, 2018.
• Information about the organ . Accessed April 17, 2018.

Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′ 23.4 ″  N , 6 ° 41 ′ 19 ″  E