Geusen angel
As Geusenengel or Beggars-Daniel are trumpeting angel in the diaspora of the former Duchy Jülich in the Lower Rhine designated. Trumpet angels serve as a weather vane on the ridge turrets and towers of Protestant churches in this area. The often hidden small churches were also used as places of worship by the Geusen who had fled the Netherlands and joined the Protestants who seemed to be hidden away. Their name then passed on to the Jülich Protestants. The Geusendaniel was probably a fad at the time when these churches were allowed to mount a bell ridge turret or church tower on or on their churches and prayer houses for the first time. Especially after the Second World War , the Geusen angel became a symbol of the Protestant Christians on the Lower Rhine. Examples can be found in Goch , in Geldern (Heilig-Geist-Kirche) or in the Marktkirche Kettwig .
Web links
- Homepage of the Evangelical Community of Geldern.
- Homepage of the church district Kleve.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Geusendaniel at the church in Kirchherten ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
literature
- Michael Walter / Andreas Jaschinski , Angel Music - Devil Music (2), Music in the past and present