Sacred Heart Church (Rheydt)

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The Catholic parish church of the Sacred Heart Church is in the district of Rheydt in Mönchengladbach ( Nordrhein-Westfalen ), Pongser road 59th

The building was built in 1914/17. It was entered under no. P 003 on June 15, 1989 in the monuments list of the city of Mönchengladbach .

location

The church building is located to the east of the intersection of Pongser Strasse and Preyerstrasse. The Pongser Strasse connects the districts of Morr and Pongs to the city center of Rheydt via Dahlener Strasse. With its distinctive tower, the church is a dominant building that characterizes the street and cityscape.

architecture

The Herz-Jesu-Kirche was built in the years 1914-17 in neo-Romanesque forms. The building is structured horizontally by arched friezes and cornices . The tower is five stories high and tapers. At the nave aisles on both sides with pitch roofs grown. The sacristy is added between the south-facing transept and the choir .

As an important and high-quality example of Rhenish church building for the history of architecture and art, the property including the boundary wall is absolutely worth preserving for urban, local and art historical reasons.

literature

Web links

Commons : Herz Jesu (Pongs)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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Individual evidence

  1. Monuments list of the city of Mönchengladbach ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / pb.moenchengladbach.de

Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 0.1 ″  N , 6 ° 25 ′ 14.5 ″  E