St. Jude Thaddäus (Straeten)

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St. Jude Thaddeus

Straeten Chapel Waldhufenstrasse 192a.jpg

Denomination : Roman Catholic
Consecration year : Year of construction 1925
Parish : Straeten
Address: 52525 Heinsberg,

Waldhufenstr. 192a

Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 29 ″  N , 6 ° 6 ′ 11 ″  E The St. Judas Thaddäus chapel is located in the Straeten district ofthe city of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

The chapel is at Waldhufenstrasse 192a. The building is slightly forward of the row of houses.

history

The construction of the chapel in 1925 goes back to a land and monetary donation from the Hutmacher family to the parish . The chapel is dedicated to St. Jude Thaddäus and bears the same name. In addition to prayer in the case of death in the neighborhood , the chapel also serves as a blessing station during the annual Corpus Christi procession . The altar in the chapel is a gift from the parish of Uetterath .

architecture

The church building is a small, rectangular brick building with an ogival entrance and a double-winged entrance door. The gable wall is crowned with three battlements , with the middle battlement bearing a chapel cross. There are two arched windows in the side wall . Inside the chapel is plastered and painted white. The floor is tiled and the ceiling is supported by a barrel vault .

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

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