Sacred Heart Church (Aachen)

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Sacred Heart Church, Aachen-Burtscheid
West side of the Herz-Jesu-Kirche
place Aachen - Burtscheid , North Rhine-Westphalia
religion Roman Catholic
diocese Diocese of Aachen
Parish
Surname Catholic parish of St. Gregor von Burtscheid
founding January 1, 2010
(previously Herz-Jesu parish: June 9, 1912)
address Michaelsbergstr. 6
52066 Aachen
Website www.st-gregor-von-burtscheid.de
Church building
Type neo-Romanesque stone basilica
Built 1908–1910 by Josef Kleesattel
location 50 ° 46 '1.7 "  N , 6 ° 6' 32"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 46 '1.7 "  N , 6 ° 6' 32"  O Viktoriaallee 5552066 Aachen

Steeple 38 m
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Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Aachen) (North Rhine-Westphalia)
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The Catholic Herz-Jesu-Kirche ( listen ? / I ), colloquially: Frankenberger Dom or Öcher Sacre Coeur ) was built between 1908 and 1910 as a neo-Romanesque stone basilica based on a design by the architect Josef Kleesattel in the Frankenberg district in the Aachen district of Burtscheid . The mosaic above the altar is the second largest in the diocese of Aachen after the one in Aachen Cathedral . Audio file / audio sample

history

Heart of Jesus Church under construction (1909/1910)
North side of the Sacred Heart Church under construction (1909/1910)
View from the still undeveloped Viktoriaallee to the Heart of Jesus (1911)

With the expansion of the Frankenberger Quarter in the last quarter of the 19th century, the need for a church in the immediate vicinity grew. On April 23, 1899 of the top priest of the parish was at the instigation of St. Michael , Hubert Emanuel Baur, a church building association for the Rector of the Sacred Heart founded. The foundation stone was laid on November 11, 1908 in the presence of Cardinal Anton Fischer from Cologne . In order to be able to complete the construction of the church in spite of unclear financing, Kleesattel planned the construction of the building in three construction phases. The last phase of construction, an extension of the church to the west by two bays and the construction of the west tower, was no longer carried out.

The consecration of the built in the style of the Rhenish Romanesque Rector Church was made on June 5, 1910 also by Cardinal Anton Fischer. The relics of St. Agilolfus , St. Gereon and St. Ursula were set into the altar plate of the high altar . The elevation to the parish was celebrated on June 9, 1912. Wilhelm Diersdorf was the first rector to take office on June 17, 1912.

In the parish of the Heart of Jesus, the Catholic Youth Association, the forerunner of the later DJK Frankenberg Aachen , was founded in 1912 .

During the First World War , most of the bronze bells in Aachen churches were melted down. On April 4, 1917, the smaller church bells from the Heart of Jesus also had to be delivered. They could not be replaced until 1928. On October 6, 1927, Friedrich Fischer, the nephew of Cardinal Anton Fischer, was appointed pastor of the parish Herz Jesu.

During the Second World War , the church was badly damaged and partially destroyed by air raids and artillery fire. During the major attack on Aachen in the night of July 13-14, 1943, the sacristy , the rectory and the rectory were hit by fire bombs and burned out. In the air raid on Burtscheid on April 11, 1944, St. Johann and St. Michael in Burtscheid were destroyed in addition to the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus . During the last days of the war in Aachen , the church was again the target of heavy artillery fire on October 21, 1944. At the end of the war, the dome and parts of the roof of the church collapsed, the sacristy, the apse on the south facade and the Joseph altar were destroyed, and the main tower and the altar mosaic were badly damaged. Provisionally the surviving was Calvary Chapel separated from the destroyed church, so that on 26 November 1944, the first mass was able to be re-held.

Flag of the newly founded Catholic parish “St. Gregor von Burtscheid ”in front of the west facade of the Herz-Jesu-Kirche

First, the roof was provisionally restored in order to protect the organ in particular from the effects of the weather. The windows of the rose window behind the altar were closed with masonry. On January 23, 1949, the provisionally restored Herz-Jesu-Kirche was given its intended purpose again. A comprehensive reconstruction of the structure was largely completed in 1955. During further renovation work in the 1960s, it turned out that large parts of the building were in danger of collapsing, so that extensive construction work became necessary, which was not completed until 1969. At the beginning of the 1970s, the structural expansion of the church was considered, the third construction phase planned by Kleesattel was to be carried out with the construction of two more bays and the west tower. As a result of the reorganization of the parish boundaries by an episcopal decree of October 1, 1971, the parish area of ​​the Sacred Heart of Jesus was significantly reduced, whereupon the building plans were not implemented. In 1977, the west facade was extensively refurbished and covered with tuff and a day chapel was set up. In 1987 the makeshift wooden altar was replaced by a folk altar , which was consecrated on November 11, 1987.

An extensive renovation of the church and the organ was completed in 2006, a reconstruction of the partly damaged mosaics is currently pending.

Merging of the Burtscheid parishes

From 1912 to 2009 the Herz-Jesu-Kirche had an independent parish. For economic and pastoral reasons, the Bishop of Aachen, Heinrich Mussinghoff , decided on August 28, 2009 to merge the five Burtscheid parishes of St. Michael, Herz Jesu, St. Gregorius , St. Aposteln and St. Johann Baptist with effect from January 1st 2010 to a complete parish “St. Gregor von Burtscheid ”. The name of the parish goes back to Gregory of Calabria , the first abbot of the imperial abbey of Burtscheid . The sacristy of the church was converted into the parish office of St. Gregory for financial reasons. The new sacristy was housed in the Chapel of the Cross , and the nearby rectory could then be used for another purpose.

Building history

Building ground

During the development of the Frankenberger Quarter, numerous sections of the land had to be leveled in order to enable closed residential development. In the area of ​​today's Herz-Jesu-Kirche there was a rocky outcrop made of Upper Devonian Condroz sandstones and slate . In order to compensate for the unfavorable topography of the construction site, a 5 meter high retaining wall was required. The Frankenberg corporation , which was responsible for the development of the district, contributed to the financing of the cost of the retaining wall in the amount of 30,000 marks , also donated a plot of land for the construction of the rectory and sold the parish inexpensive land for church facilities to avoid the unfavorable location to compensate for the building site of the church.

Church building

Church tower construction
North facade
inner space

The Herz-Jesu-Kirche is one of the few sacred buildings that were built in the Neo-Romanesque style in the Archdiocese of Cologne at the beginning of the 20th century . The neo-Gothic architectural style was common here until 1913 . The difficulties in building finance can also be seen in the architecture. While the north side facade facing Viktoriaallee is elaborately designed, the opposite side was designed rather soberly and without decorative elements. During the planning phase of the church, the floor plan was rotated by 90 ° and the building , which was originally facing south, was easted , so that the main altar with the Byzantine mosaics is now oriented towards the rising sun. Originally it was planned to set up the altar in an apse facing the south - in the direction of Erzbergallee, the organ stage was to be placed on the north side - facing Viktoriaallee. First donations, etc. a. Considerable donations from the owners of the Hilden and Reuver share spinning mill , which were made during the construction phase, enabled the east-facing choir to be built. The west tower planned by Josef Kleesattel and the west yokes were never built, so that the floor plan looks asymmetrical today. Due to the morphologically elevated position of the building site, the richly detailed north facade of the church today forms the architecturally dominant end of Viktoriaallee.

The current tower of the church has a height of 38 m and thus towers over the church dome by more than 17.50 m. The keystone of the brick dome was added on June 25, 1909. The two flanking towers, in which the church bells are housed, are kept a little lower with a height of 30 m. During the Second World War, the church was badly damaged and partially destroyed by bombs and artillery shelling, especially in the last days of the war, as soldiers of the Wehrmacht wanted to prevent the advancing US Army from taking Aachen from the tower gallery. In particular, the south wall with an apse , in which the high altar was originally to be erected, was badly damaged in the bombing of April 11, 1944, so that the apse had to be demolished. It housed the crib until it was destroyed and was not rebuilt.

The sacristy was hit by bombs several times during World War II. On the night of July 14, 1943, it burned down after a bomb attack and was initially restored with the baroque furnishings of the former St. Leonard Chapel. During the heavy bombing raid on Burtscheid on April 11, 1944, the temporarily restored sacristy was completely destroyed by an explosive device. In order to keep the church going in the partially destroyed church, a temporary sacristy was set up behind the main altar. After the war, the sacristy was rebuilt in the 1950s. There is also a smaller lecture cross here , which was created by the professors of the Aachen Werkkunstschule Wilhelm Giesbert and Hein Minkenberg .

The original window glazing in the choir, which was created by the Düsseldorf artist Theodor Winter, was completely destroyed during the war and was later replaced by modern glazing.

The church pews and confessionals in neo-Romanesque style are partly still in their original condition. The richly decorated confessionals are attributed to the Aachen sculptor Dunstheimer. The choir stalls with the balustrade were modeled on the furnishings of the churches of San Clemente in Rome and San Marco in Venice .

Chapels

The original entrance room of the church was redesigned as a war memorial chapel after 1918 . An inscription in the ceiling “Wandering on a bloody path, you fighters of the homeland disappear. Those who went to Golgotha ​​give you home and peace, ” explains the conversion. Between 1921 and 1925 the chapel was decorated by Bernhard Gauer with a depiction of the Way of the Cross of Jesus Christ. Due to the severe destruction of the church building, this Stations of the Cross was used by the parish as an emergency church in the first post-war years, in which the Marien Altar was temporarily erected.

In 1977 the day chapel was set up in connection with the renovation of the west facade. The figure of Christ by Lambert Piedboeuf was placed in the day chapel on June 17, 1977. It was created in 1926 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the priesthood of the first pastor, Wilhelm Dierdorf, and inaugurated by the Tyrolean bishop Sigismund Waitz . The figure was badly damaged in a bombing raid in April 1944, but was largely restored after the war. The blasted hands of the Christ statue were not replaced, but a note was attached: “God has no other hands than yours!”, Similar to the Ludgeri cross in Münster .

Furnishing

Altars

Main altar of the Herz-Jesu-Kirche, 1933
The folk altar with festive floral decorations

The high altar was made by the Pohl and Esser company based on a design by Josef Kleesattel . The symbols of the four evangelists - eagle, human, lion and bull - adorn the capitals of the pilasters .

The base of the Marien Altar was also designed in 1911 by Josef Kleesattel and made by the Pohl and Esser company . The Mother of God seated on a gold-decorated marble throne with the baby Jesus on her lap is a work by Lambert Piedboeuf, who also created the figure of Christ for the church . Originally both figures were surrounded by a halo . The actual plan to line the altar niche with a mosaic was not implemented.

The Altar of Perpetual Help , which was erected in 1928, is located on the southwest dome pillar . The performing artist is unknown, but the design is attributed to Josef Kleesattel. The icon of Our Lady of the Church of San Matteo di Via Merulana in Rome is depicted in an expressionist , carved wooden frame.

Opposite the Altar of Perpetual Help is the Antonius Altar with a relief image of St. Anthony of Padua . The artist and the year in which the altar was erected is currently unknown.

The youngest consecrated altar, the people's altar , was created by the Düren sculptor Herbert Halfmann at the suggestion of Pastor Peter Wiesner and consecrated on November 11, 1987 by the Aachen bishop Klaus Hemmerle . Four bronze relief plates with motifs from the New Testament are attached to the sides behind a filigree latticework . On the relief facing the community, the crucifixion of Jesus is shown, during which the Roman centurion Longinus pierced the heart of Jesus with a lance . The relief plate on the left shows a scene from the wedding at Cana , on the right the story of the wheat grain is depicted. On the relief facing the choir area, a scene from the feeding of the five thousand is thematized.

The Joseph altar , which used to be in an apse near the door to the sacristy, was designed by Joseph Buchkremer in 1934 and designed by the Aachen artist Josef Mataré. The altarpiece showed Saint Joseph as the center of the family. The altar was destroyed in the bombing raid on Burtscheid on April 11, 1944.

tabernacle

In 1933 the host shrine from August Witte's workshop (2) was replaced by a tabernacle from Fritz Schwerdt's workshop , the front of which is decorated with small enamels in red and blue tones. In the same year Wilhelm Giesbert from the Aachen School of Applied Arts supplemented the altar to the left and right of the tabernacle with a widened structure made of Duran metal , which ended with three enamel figures by Anton Wendling at each end (see historical photograph of the main altar of the Sacred Heart Church from 1933). On the roof of the tabernacle there was a dome with an inscription written in Latin, “When I am lifted up, I will draw everything to myself” . Except for the fully preserved tabernacle, the entire altar structure has been lost since the Second World War.

Choral mosaic

Earthquake damage in the mosaic (white spot and crack in the area of ​​the right garland)

The choir mosaic, which after the mosaic in Aachen Cathedral is one of the largest mosaics in the diocese, was completed in 1914 by the Düsseldorf mosaicist Bernhard Gauer . Due to the damage to the church in World War II, parts of the mosaic were also destroyed or badly damaged. The upper part of the mosaic depicts the Most Holy Trinity in front of the Jerusalem Temple , supplemented by the inscription Dabo vobis cor novum (“I will give you a new heart”). The lower part of the mosaic refers to scenes from the creation story ("I have chosen and sanctified this place that my heart may dwell there every day") . During an earthquake on July 22, 2002 with a magnitude of 4.8, parts of the mosaic came loose and fell into the chancel. At the same time, a long crack formed within the mosaic.

Further interior decoration

The furnishings of the church that have been preserved in their original state include the eagle lectern and the eternal light , which was made by the jeweler Josef Zaun, who is well known in Aachen. The Eternal Light is given by four archangels and by the inscription “Behold, he slumbers and does not sleep, he who guards Israel. Psalm 120 " decorated. The current baptismal font was installed in the church after the Second World War, as the first baptismal font was destroyed during the war. The processional or lecture cross is most likely a work by the Cologne goldsmith Egino Weinert , to whom the custody is ascribed.

organ

Organ apse of the Herz-Jesu-Kirche

The solemn consecration of today's organ took place on November 19, 1939. It replaced a used organ that the sisters bought from the poor child Jesus . The organ was built by Eduard Pelzer, the owner of the well-known Aachen organ building firm Georg Stahlhuth & Co mbH . Like most of his employees, Pelzer was killed on April 11, 1944 in the devastating bomb attack on Burtscheid.

The organ of the Heart of Jesus has three manuals , 34 sounding registers , 55 rows of pipes and a total of 2660 pipes, as well as a cylinder. Despite the severe damage to the church in World War II, the organ survived the war almost unscathed.

Pedals C – f 1
1. Principal bass 16 ′
2. Sub-bass 16 ′
3. Covered bass 16 ′
4th octave 08th'
5. Viol bass 08th'
6th Chorale bass 04 ′
7th Backset V – VII
8th. trombone 16 ′
9. Singing Cornett 02 ′
I Hauptwerk C – g 3
10. Quintad 16 ′
11. Principal 08th'
12. Flute 08th'
13. Octave 04 ′
14th Night horn 02 ′
15th Rauschpfeife II 02 ′ + 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
16. Mixture V
17th Trumpet 08th'
Tremulant
II Rückpositiv C – g 3
18th Covered 8th'
19th Praestant 4 ′
20th Reed flute 4 ′
21st Principal 2 ′
22nd third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
23. Beaked flute 1'
24. Sharp IV
25th Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
III Swell C – g 3
26th Principal 08th'
27. Cane-covered 08th'
28. Salicional 08th'
29 Principal 04 ′
30th recorder 04 ′
31. Sif flute 01 1 ⁄ 3  ′
32. Mixture V
33. Zimbel III
34. Dulcian 16 ′
35. Hopper shelf 08th'
Tremulant
  • Coupling: II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P (also as super octave coupling)
  • Playing aids: Two free combinations, one free pedal combination, storage for the reed stops.

Bells

Four bronze bells hang in the flank towers of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus .

In 1910 and 1913, the bell founder Karl (I) Otto from the Otto bell foundry in Hemelingen near Bremen ) cast four bells. Three of these bells were dismantled and melted down on April 4, 1917 as part of the raw material collection as part of the metal donation of the German people . Only the largest bell of the peal has survived to this day, cast in 1910; it hangs in the western flank tower and bears the inscription: "The honor of the heart of Jesus shall increase my reputation" .

In 1928 Ernst Karl (II) Otto poured two bells, but they were confiscated in 1942 and also melted down. It was not until 1959 that Karl (III) Otto cast three new bronze bells and installed them in a new bell cage in the southern flank tower. The smallest bell has a striking mechanism for striking the hour and ringing the angelus .

Bell jar Caster Casting year Weight  construction Nominal comment
1 Karl (I) Otto 1910 750 kg Medium weight rib f sharp 1
2 Karl (III) Otto 1959 475 kg Medium weight rib a 1
3 Karl (III) Otto 1959 350 kg Medium weight rib h 1 first bell 1917 (from 1913), second bell (from 1928) melted down in 1942.
4th Karl (III) Otto 1959 200 kg Medium weight rib d 2 with striking mechanism for the hour and the ringing of the angel.

Bells have been coordinated with one another since the late Gothic period and, especially after 1945, are arranged in recurring motifs . The combination and coordination of all four church bells determines the ringing disposition for the Sacred Heart Church “Cibavit eos, Introitus in festo Corporis Christi” based on the Gregorian chant . In addition, the Te Deum can be intoned with the bells I to III and the Gloria motif with the bells II to IV .

Motif formation: minor third , major second

(Strikes here: f sharp 1 - a 1 - b 1 )

Te Deum
Motif formation: major second, minor third

(Strikes here: b 1 - c sharp 2 - e 2 )

Gloria

Art treasures in the Herz-Jesu-Kirche

Church treasures of the Herz-Jesu-Kirche, exhibited in 2012

The parish Herz Jesu has some valuable art treasures, of which the monstrance from the 18th century is one of the most valuable. Originally it was owned by the Merkstein parish church, was acquired personally by the Aachen provost Kaufmann and donated to the parish Herz Jesu. The approximately 60 cm high monstrance made of partially gold-plated silver is kept in the Rococo style. The expositorium decorated with precious stones is set with winged gold-plated angel heads. On the frame of the ungilded monstrance there are figurative gilded representations of a saint, the Mother of God and a bishop. The monstrance is crowned by God the Father under a semicircular canopy .

The Marienkrone was made in 1893 by the Aachen goldsmith Bernhard Witte and was supposed to serve as the crowning of a flagpole. The gem-studded crown is dedicated to the Marian Congregation of Young Merchants in Aachen.

The chasuble in honor of Cardinal Fischer (fisherman's robe) made of brocade fabric with interwoven gold was made in 1917 by the Paulus company in Aachen. Badly damaged in World War II, it was restored and is now worn on special occasions. The dedication “In memory of the consecration of the Church of the Heart of Jesus Aachen Antonius Cardinal Fischer” is affixed to the chasuble. The robe is decorated with portraits of St. Ursula, St. Gereon and St. Agilolfus, whose relics are in the main altar.

Rectory and chaplaincy

Rectory and chaplaincy of the Sacred Heart Church

The rectory, located at Viktoriaallee 45, was also built in the neo-Romanesque style by Josef Kleesattel around 1910 in the immediate vicinity of the church. The two-storey building with a stone facade adapts to the style of the church. The left part of the building was moved forward like a risalit .

During a bombing raid in 1943, the rectory and the rectory with the parish archives located there were completely destroyed by fire bombs. The rectory was rebuilt after the war. The chaplaincy standing next to the rectory at Viktoriaallee 47 to 49 was also built by Josef Kleesattel from 1914 to 1915 in neo-Romanesque style. The two-storey building with a stone facade is characterized by a three-storey central projection. The two buildings are the only neo-Romanesque residential buildings in the Frankenberg district.

Pastor

The pastors since the establishment of the Herz Jesu parish have been or are:

  • Wilhelm Dierdorf (1912–1927), † April 3, 1939
  • Friedrich Fischer (1927–1955), † August 25, 1957
  • Karl Liermann (1956–1973), † January 17, 1973
  • Peter Wiesner (1973–1997)
  • Msgr . Heribert August (1998–2012)
  • Frank Hendriks "in solidum" with Thomas Faltyn (since the end of 2012)

See also

Wikisource: Te Deum  - Sources and full texts

literature

  • Hans Bongard: Church and parish Herz-Jesu zu Aachen 1908–1948. Achilles, Aachen 1948.
  • Bernd Küpper: The Sacred Heart Church in Aachen-Burtscheid. Aachen 2002, ISBN 3-936342-03-2 .
  • Heinz Laschet, Heinz Malangré: Come on, be it convenient or inconvenient! Reports and thoughts on the anniversaries of our Pastor Heribert August. 25 years of Saint Michael, 10 years of the Heart of Jesus. Aachen 2008.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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