Sacred Heart of Jesus (Aphoven)

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Sacred Heart of Jesus

Aphoven Church Herz Jesu.jpg

Denomination : Roman Catholic
Consecration date : June 29, 1931
Parish : Aphoven
Address: 52525 Heinsberg,

At Blankenberg

Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 47 ″  N , 6 ° 4 ′ 20 ″  E The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is located in the Aphoven districtin the town of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

The church stands in the center of the village of Aphoven am Blankenberg.

history

After the founding of a chapel association in 1899, the local pastor of Heinsberg applied for a building permit to build a new church in 1901 . The plans came from the architect Corby from Heinsberg. The first service was celebrated in 1904 . The solemn consecration of the church took place on June 29, 1931 . During the war , the church tower was blown up and the church was damaged. In 1952 the church was expanded by a yoke in the west according to plans by Wilhelm Andermahr from Wassenberg and a new tower was built on the south-west corner . In 1961 the church received a new sacristy on the north side of the choir, in 1969 the chancel was rearranged.

architecture

The building is a brick cruciform church with four bays in the nave . Behind the crossing of the transept is the choir bay and the choir, which is closed on three sides. The four-story tower has a pointed, eight-sided helmet .

Furnishing

gallery

literature

  • Episcopal General Vicariate Aachen (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen, B. Kühlen Verlag, Mönchengladbach, 3rd edition 1994, ISBN 3-87448-172-7
  • Volume Eight 1906: The Art Monuments of the Rhine Province by Paul Clemen

Web links

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

Press reports

Individual evidence

  1. More information under: Bells in the Heinsberg region by Norbert Jachtmann on page 165 ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2013 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 / www.glockenbuecherbaac.de
  2. Heinsberg-Aphoven, Catholic Church of St. Josef. on the website of the 20th Century Glass Painting Foundation Foundation