Holy Cross (Süggerath)
The Heilig Kreuz church is located in the Süggerath district in the city of Geilenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is a listed building as an architectural monument.
location
The three-aisled church is the center of the place. The three-axle rectory is in close proximity to the church. The parish hall was then built. Between church and street, the war memorial commemorates the fallen and missing soldiers of the two world wars.
history
The nave of the church, built around 1500, was dilapidated around the middle of the 19th century. After several suggestions, the architect Ferdinand Robert Cremer from Aachen planned a new church in 1869. The church was completed in 1877 while retaining the old chancel. It was inaugurated on May 27, 1893. The damage from the war years 1944/45 was repaired in 1947.
architecture
The church is a three-nave brick - pseudo basilica in three rib-vaulted Jochen , with triumphal arch , choir bay and five-sided choir . On the left is a sacristy from the time the choir was built, and on the right is a sacristy from the 19th century. The three-story, front-built tower has an eight-sided helmet .
Furnishing
- The organ with 12 registers and electric action from 1948 and 1951 was built by Kamp from Aachen .
- In the church tower there are two bells from 1477 and 1478.
- Inside the church is an Antwerp reredos from the 16th century. (Flemish carved altar with wing paintings.)
- Stained glazing
- Baptismal font from Blaustein with brass cap from 1790
literature
- Third edition 1994: Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen ISBN 3-87448-172-7
- Volume Eight 1904: The Art Monuments of the Rhine Province by Paul Clemen
- Home calendar Selfkantkreis 1958: The proportions of the Süggerath Altar by Th.Schäfer, page 54
- Home calendar of the Selfkantkreis 1955: From the church bells in the Immendorf-Würm office , by Heinrich Joppen, page 83
- Home calendar of the Selfkantkreis 1961: The year 1559/60 in the Würmer parish , by H. Tischelbecker, page 53
Web links
- Late medieval wooden sculptures in the Church of the Holy Cross (Süggerath)
- Monument entry of the Church of the Holy Cross (Süggerath)
- St. Cross Süggerath in the Gdg St. Bonifatius Geilenkirchen
- Homepage about the Antwerp carved altar
- Bells of the Church of the Holy Cross (Süggerath)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geilenkirchen Monument List No. 38 , entry: May 4, 1983
- ↑ Geilenkirchen-Süggerath, Catholic Church Hl. Kreuz on the website of the Research Center for Glass Painting of the 20th Century
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 34.8 ″ N , 6 ° 8 ′ 58 ″ E
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