Holy Cross Church (Limperich)
The Holy Cross Church is a Roman Catholic church in Limperich , a district in the Bonn district of Beuel . It stands including the former rectory and Kreuzherren monastery as monument under monument protection .
After separating from the mother parish of St. Gallus , Limperich became an independent parish on December 21, 1960. From 1962 an emergency church was initially available for worship. In 1966, the new construction of the large parish church (popularly "Limperich Cathedral") began, which was consecrated in April 1968. It is also the school church for the Kardinal-Frings-Gymnasium and was a monastery church for the Order of the Crosses until 2005 . The parish belongs to the parish association "Between Rhine and Ennert". The church is open for church services: Tuesdays 7:55 a.m. and 8:45 a.m., Wednesdays 9:00 a.m., Thursdays 7:00 p.m. (only on the first Thursday of the month) and Sundays 9:30 a.m.
Construction and equipment
The construction of the church (and the associated monastery) began on June 1, 1966 , according to plans by the Munich architect Alexander von Branca , and the shell was completed on November 1, 1967 . Since the work on the entire complex of the parish center, church and the Kreuzherrenkloster St. Odilia took about ten years, the church was not consecrated until September 17, 1977. The church building was erected in the shape of a cross - in accordance with the patronage. In the middle, at the intersection of the cross arms, is the altar, the ends of the cross arms are closed by semicircular conches. The pews are grouped around the altar on three sides. The church offers 450 seats and just as many standing places.
The northern conche houses a baroque statue of the Virgin Mary. The church has a flat roof, as are the low sacristy extensions. Under the choir is the three-aisled crypt, which is used for the weekly school masses as well as for specially designed church services during Advent and Lent. Brick and concrete were predominantly used as building materials (inside and outside). Due to its enormous size (interior space more than 9,000 m³) and its simple interior design, the church exudes dignity and grandeur. The building ensemble includes (built in the same architectural style) the rectory, the rectory, the monastery of the Order of the Cross (inhabited until July 2005) and the church tower.
The choir room with choir stalls and tabernacle are located in the eastern conche .
organ
The western conche (originally the baptistery) houses the organ built in England in 1907 by James Jepson Binns , which was completely restored and expanded in 2007 by Orgelbau Schulte and consecrated by Auxiliary Bishop Koch on February 9, 2007. It has 35 sounding registers distributed over three manuals and pedals. The disposition is as follows:
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The registers no. 8, 24, 34 and 35 have been added. No. 28 is an added, historical Binns register. Since 2013, the organ has also had a high-pressure tuba, which can be switched separately to all works in 16 ', 8' and 4 'positions (excerpts).
Bells
The tower houses four bronze bells from the Mabilon bell foundry , which are part of the so-called Griesbacher ideal quartet. Attention was paid to coordination with the neighboring bell of the Evangelical Church (b 1 −des 2 −es 2 −f 2 ).
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No. |
Surname |
Casting year |
Foundry, casting location |
Diameter (mm) |
Mass (kg) |
Percussive ( HT - 1 / 16 ) |
inscription |
| 1 | Holy cross | 1967 | Mabilon bell foundry, Saarburg | 1,350 | 1,440 | it 1 −5 | PER CRUCEM AD LUCEM |
| 2 | Maria | 1967 | Mabilon bell foundry, Saarburg | 1.104 | 825 | ges 1 −5 | SANCTA MARIA INTERCEDE PRO NOBIS |
| 3 | Odilia | 1967 | Mabilon bell foundry, Saarburg | 982 | 590 | as 1 −5 | SANCTA ODILIA ORA PRO NOBIS |
| 4th | Adelheid | 1967 | Mabilon bell foundry, Saarburg | 826 | 340 | ces 2 −5 | SANCTA ADELHEIDIS PROTEGE NOS |
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of monuments of the city of Bonn (as of March 15, 2019), p. 35, number A 3931
- ↑ a b Peter Jurgilewitsch, Wolfgang Puetz-Liebenow: The history of the organ in Bonn and the Rhine-Sieg-Kreis
- ↑ Detailed information on the organ
- ^ Gerhard Hoffs: Bells of the Catholic Churches in Bonn . PDF file. Pp. 169-172.
literature
- Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer et al. (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, North Rhine-Westphalia I, Rhineland. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03093-X , p. 188 f.
- Wilfried Hansmann , Christian Jacob: Holy Cross in Bonn-Limperich. (= Rheinische Kunststätten , issue 547.) Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-86526-092-5 .
- Peter Jurgilewitsch, Wolfgang Pütz-Liebenow: The history of the organ in Bonn and in the Rhein-Sieg district . Bouvier Verlag, Bonn 1990, ISBN 3-416-80606-9 , p. 194-195 .
- Landschaftsverband Rheinland (Ed.), Jürgen Zänker, Ursel Zänker: Building in Bonn area 49-69. Attempt to take stock. (= Art and Antiquity on the Rhine, Guide to the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn , No. 21.) Rheinland-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1969, p. 188.
Web links
- Holy Cross Church on the Unserfinkenberg page ( Memento from September 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- Catholic parish community Bonn - Between the Rhine and Ennert
- Presentation of the organ by the organist Fraser Gartshore; with audio sample
Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 41.6 ″ N , 7 ° 7 ′ 59 ″ E