Gezelinkapelle (Leverkusen-Alkenrath)
The Gezelinkapelle is a chapel in the Leverkusen district of Alkenrath , which is consecrated to the blessed Gezelinus von Schlebusch . The current building was erected in 1868. It is closely linked to the history of the Gezelin cult and belongs to the parish of St. Andreas in the parish association “Leverkusen - Around the Gezelin Spring”.
history
15th century to 18th century
The exact date of construction of the chapel is uncertain. A first, non-documented tradition mentions it as early as the 15th century, where it is said to have been built by pilgrims donations from the Cologne Franciscans . A first-time construction by the owners of the Morsbroich house in 1515 as part of a foundation for weekly masses is also possible.
The chapel played an important role as a feature of the Gezelin cult, which was reinforced in the course of the 16th and 17th centuries. Heinrich Friedrich Freiherr von Reuschenberg zu Setterich resided at Morsbroich Castle from 1662 to 1671 for the Teutonic Order , which had a formative effect on the entire region . In an order visit protocol from September 15, 1668, it is handed down: “ … another new capel, according to the Landcomtur built in the year 59 in honorary style. Giselini [...] through the weary opper the Capel will be entertained with all sorts of necessities ”. From this it can be concluded, on the one hand, that the chapel existed with certainty in 1659, although the order search protocol does not give us any information about whether Reuschenberg actually had the chapel rebuilt. Assumption of the fact that Reuschenberg had the chapel restored, gives the report of the pastor Johann Johann Franz Platt zu Schlebuschrath from 1664: “ ... that recently the chapel of St. Gyselin [...] had been restored by the generosity of the Provincial of the Teutonic Order Heinrich von Reuschenberg. “The tradition of the chapel from the 15th century is not found in the files of the Teutonic Order, but there is a“ holy house made of wood and clay ”. The Archbishop's General Vicariate also speaks of a “renovation” in 1704, before which the chapel was an unsightly building several centuries old. Another order search protocol from 1715 says: " which chapel (s) is now also repaired and better equipped with parament " The exact time of construction is just as unclear as that of the restoration by Reuschenber; an existence of the chapel before and a renovation around 1660 can be regarded as certain.
This chapel, which was built or restored by Reuschenberg, probably had two windows with a coat of arms of Heinrich von Reuschenberg. One of the two bore the inscription “ Philipp Wilhelm, Pfaltzgraff by Rhein, in Bavaria, zue Jülich, Cleve and Berg / Hertzog, Graff zu Veldentz, Sponheim, der Marck, Ravensberg and Moerß, Herr zu Ravenstein . Anno 1659 ”, from which a derivation of the Counts von Berg or members of his family as further benefactors besides Reuschenberg can be derived.
19th century
Around 1810 the Gezelinus cult was relocated to the parish church in Schlebusch, because the religious cult was impaired during riots around the Gezelin octave. There were also plans by Vincent Jacob von Zuccalmaglio to demolish the chapel because of these riots. However, the plans were rejected because of popular resistance. At the same time it is documented that many Gezelin worshipers still viewed the chapel as an opportunity to pay homage to the Gezelinus von Schlebusch, for example a judge from the Miselohe office had a certain amount for the preservation of the Gezelin chapel in his will.
The chapel in this form was demolished again in 1864. Pastor Blüttgenbach zu Schlebusch reported to Lord Mayor Rossi in 1863: “ The chapel is temporarily unusable. She lost her fortune during the French period. “On February 9, 1863, the danger of collapse was so high that the chapel was closed. The quick reaction shows the importance for the community and the popularity with the people, as the pilgrims started collecting donations for a reconstruction in the same year, which was very successful. On behalf of the Schaafhausen family, who had resided on Morsbroich from 1817 to 1848, a large amount of 100 thalers was donated. This, together with the pilgrims' donations, was enough to renovate the chapel by 1868 so that it could be assigned on August 2nd. The pastor at the time Wilhelm Jansen carried out the benediction. On July 12, 1894, the chapel passed to the parish of St. Andreas. The following pastors' association added an exterior renovation to the renovation work from the 18th century in 1911.
In February 2007 the outside of the chapel was restored. The roof structure had to be partially renewed.
Furnishing
The baroque altar that can still be seen in the chapel today goes back to the Teutonic Order Lord Jobst Moritz Freiherr von Droste zu Senden around 1730. It contains a wooden Gezelinus figure depicting him as a shepherd. Droste also published the first little pilgrimage booklet in 1729, which was renewed in 2007 by the parish council of St. Andreas and St. Thomas More.
In the 18th century, on the one hand, the Gezelinus figure made of wood was created, which represents Gezelinus as a Cistercian monk, which is now in the parish church of St. Andrew, and on the other hand, the altar cross. In addition, there is a folk art wooden cross in the Gezelinkapelle depicting the ordeal . The holy water font, which bears a dedication from 1807, can be dated precisely.
A composite baroque communion bench, altar steps, a suppedaneum , an antependium and five oak benches are more difficult to date because some of these objects were taken over, temporarily stored and cut to size from the parish church in Schlebuschrath , which was demolished in 1828 .
Bell jar
The oldest piece of equipment is a bell from 1597. It has a Gothic decorative comb above the inscription, is 34 centimeters high and 38 centimeters in diameter, weighs around 35 kilograms and is made of bronze . The nominal is a cis' '' -4, Abklingverlauf of the bell is described as "unsettled". The inscription reads " KERSTGEN + VON + ONCKEL + GAVSZ + MICH / ANNO + DOMINI + 1597 ", from which it follows that Kerstgen von Onckel not only cast bells for the parish church of St. Andreas zu Schlebusch (at that time still in Schlebuschrath), but also for the Gezelinkapelle.
|
No. |
Surname |
Casting year |
Caster |
Diameter (mm) |
Mass (kg) |
Percussive ( HT - 1 / 16 ) |
| 1 | ? | 1597 | Kersken from Onckel | 374 | 35 | cis 3 -4 |
literature
- Peter Opladen: Heimatbuch Leverkusen-Schlebusch II. The history of the parish St. Andreas and the parish rectorate St. Albertus Magnus zu Leverkusen-Schlebusch. Catholic parish office Leverkusen-Schlebusch, 1952.
- Wilhelm Kaltenbach: St. Andreas and Gezelinkapelle in Leverkusen-Schlebusch . Rheinische Kunststätten, ed. Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz, Issue 191, ISBN 3-88094-183-1 .
- Norbert Hölzer: From Schliebeschrod to Schlebusch, 100 years of St. Andreas . Parish Office Leverkusen-Schlebusch, 1991.
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Opladen, 1952, p. 79 f.
- ↑ Lt. Hölzer 1991, p. 24 quoted from Kaltenbach: Local history essays in the church newspaper for the Archdiocese of Cologne 1955, private collection
- ↑ a b Hölzer 1991, p. 24
- ↑ Kaltenbach 1976, p. 6
- ↑ See Opladen 1952, p. 80
- ↑ See both Kaltenbach 1976, p. 6 and Opladen 1952, p. 82
- ↑ Opladen 1952, p. 81
- ↑ Information on the bell cf. Leverkusen bell book, p. 107f. ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 585 kB)
- ↑ Kaltenbach names "Kerstgen von Onckel" and "Christian von Unkel", the Leverkusen bell book on p. 159 "Kerstgen (Christian) von Unckel" from Cöln with the main creative years 1595 to 1625
Web links
- Depictions of the Gezelinkapelle on old postcards
- Information from the Catholic community of St. Andreas, Leverkusen-Schlebusch
Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 24 ″ N , 7 ° 2 ′ 6 ″ E