Hubertus Chapel (Düsseldorf-Angermund)

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Hubertus Chapel in Düsseldorf-Angermund
Coat of arms above the portal of the Hubertus Chapel
Hubertus Chapel at night

The Hubertuskapelle is a baroque chapel in Düsseldorf-Angermund with the patronage of St. Hubertus , the patron saint of hunters. The chapel is located in the area of ​​the parish of St. Remigius Wittlaer , dean's office in Düsseldorf-Nord, and used to be used by hunters in particular for services and thanksgiving. Today it is the only surviving example of the castle chapels in front of medieval or baroque knights' seats that were often found in the Düsseldorf city area.

history

As early as 1436 and also at the beginning of the 17th century, a chapel at this point, i.e. H. at the end of an avenue leading from the gateway to the knight's seat in Groß-Winkelhausen . According to studies by the University of Bonn, the bell in the roof turret dates from 1560. However, today's chapel building was not built until the second half of the 18th century. According to analyzes by the Cologne University of Applied Sciences, the roof structure dates from 1789.

In the 18th century, the Corpus Christi procession of the parish of St. Remigius Wittlaer moved here. In the first half of the 20th century, a large procession with the participation of school children and earlier also the equestrian corps of the Wittlaer Rifle Brotherhood went to the chapel on the day before Ascension Day. These processions were stopped in 1967 because the chapel was in poor condition at the time. After a renovation, every year since 1984 on the Friday before Palm Sunday (last Sunday of Lent, i.e. the Sunday before Easter), a penance walk leads to the Hubertus Chapel, where the final blessing is given.

The chapel was initially owned by the Lords of Winkelhausen , then by inheritance from Count Hatzfeld , who gave the chapel to the city of Düsseldorf in 1981. The chapel has been a listed building since December 6, 1984.

building

The chapel is a comparatively simple, rectangular brick building with a curved west gable, a vaulted apse and a roof turret . The corners of the chapel are highlighted by flat pilaster strips. Above the portal is the alliance coat of arms of the Winkelhausen and Waldbott von Bassenheim families with a date of 1730. Each of the two long sides is provided with two arched windows. There used to be a picture of Saint Hubertus above the altar; Deer antlers and deer crowns hung on the walls.

According to documents from 1906/07, Count Hatzfeld had the chapel renovated. It was decorated with oil paintings of the 12 apostles and liturgical implements. Two windows at the side of the entrance were also walled up with hard-fire bricks and cement mortar. Remains of bluestone steps with a baroque profile and findings on the windows indicate earlier prayer windows with iron bars without glazing and wooden panels. The windows probably allowed a view into the chapel when the chapel door was closed. The apse was painted light blue with gold stars. In addition, floor tiles made of stoneware were laid. A round window, which was also walled up at the time, is located above the entrance door, which is no longer original. To commemorate the restoration of the chapel at that time, the following Latin text was placed in the chapel: In piam memoriam per illustris gentis comitum a Winkelhausen Medio saeculo XVIII extinctae hoc secellum AD MDCCCCVI restaurandum curavit Alfredus Primus princepts from Hatzfeldt Wildenburg proabnepos Winkele Isabitissaeima ultinctae. (In the pious memory of the famous family of Counts von Winkelhausen, which died out in the middle of the 18th century, Prince Alfred I von Hatzfeld-Wildenburg, the great-grandson of Isabella, the last Countess von Winkelhausen, took care of the restoration of this chapel in 1906.)

The penultimate restoration took place in 1981/82, but was limited to the most necessary work. The roof structure was repaired, ramshackle oak beams were replaced by fir wood beams, the roof construction in the choir area including the wooden cladding was renewed and the masonry was freed of plaster and paint residues. The two windows next to the entrance door, which were walled up in the meantime, were provided with small iron bars and shatterproof Plexiglas. After the reconstruction of the bell camp, the bell rescued by residents during the war was hung up again. It can be operated by means of a rope.

Since the expansion of federal highway 8 in 2013, the chapel has been located approx. 100 meters west of this federal highway. After the chapel was threatened with decay again because moisture penetrated through the roof and the outer walls, a new renovation was prepared from 2013. A corresponding sponsorship association was founded in September 2013. The renovation work began in February 2016 with the award of the contract and was successfully completed in the outdoor area in December 2016. After initial cost estimates of 155,000 euros in 2014, the actual costs finally came to 404,000 euros. The corresponding financial resources were made available by the district council 5 of the city of Düsseldorf.

literature

  • Dietmar Ahlemann: Hubertus Chapel. In: Bürgererverein Duisburg-Huckingen eV (Hrsg.): Historical hiking trail in Angerland - Huckingen and the surrounding area. Completely revised new edition, Gladbeck 2012, pp. 42–43 ( PDF, 7.3 MB ).
  • Andreas Auler: A forgotten gem - the Hubertus Chapel in Winkelhausen. Förderverein Hubertuskapelle eV starts its work , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch Wittlaer 2015, Ratingen 2015, pp. 37–38.
  • Bruno Bauer: An architectural jewel in a rural setting. Citizenship saved the Hubertus Chapel in Winkelhausen from decay - the support group has done its job. In: Heimat-Jahrbuch Wittlaer. 2005, Volume 26, Ratingen 2005, pp. 18-22.
  • Bruno Bauer: A manor chapel with a long history - The Hubertus chapel near Großwinkelhausen has been used for church celebrations for over 500 years. In: Heimat-Jahrbuch Wittlaer 2018. Volume 39, Ratingen 2017, pp. 29–37.
  • Richard Baumann: The manor Großwinkelhausen and the St. Hubertus chapel in Wittlaer , in: Die Quecke, Ratinger and Angerländer Heimatblätter, No. 84 (December 2014), Lintorf 2014, pp. 183–194.
  • An ornament of the Lower Rhine - The Hubertus chapel in the north of Wittlaer was repaired , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch Wittlaer 1983, Ratingen 1983, pp. 17-18.
  • W. Fehlemann: History of the Hubertus Chapel in Düsseldorf-Wittlaer , in: Yearbook of the Rheinische Denkmalpflege. 1985, ISBN 3-7927-0825-6 .
  • Siegfried Hoymann, Bruno Bauer: The Winkelhauser Chapel should be saved , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch Wittlaer 2014, Ratingen 2014, pp. 26-29.
  • Siegfried Hoymann: The Hubertus chapel shines again in bright white - renovation measures largely completed - The interior design follows , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch Wittlaer 2017, Ratingen 2016, pp. 11-17.
  • Küffner-Spohr among others: Hubertuskapelle. In: From Altar to Ciborium. St. Remigius Wittlaer - Church from A to Z. Supplement to the Wittlaer home yearbook. Volume 4, Ratingen 2004, pp. 43–45.
  • Heinz Schmitz: Angermund country and people - On the history of the office and the mayor's office of Angermund. Volume 1, Düsseldorf 1979, p. 206.
  • Edmund Spohr: A gem in a rural setting - after the restoration of the Hubertus chapel Winkelhausen. In: Heimat-Jahrbuch Wittlaer 1984 , Ratingen 1984, p. 21 f.

Web links

Commons : Hubertuskapelle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hoymann (2016), p. 16.
  2. ↑ Hoymann (2016), p. 16.
  3. ↑ See entry in the monument list of the city of Düsseldorf under web links.
  4. ↑ Heinrich Sövegjarto: Restoration Hubertuskapelle. In: Nordbote. No. 6, vol. 29, April 8, 2016, p. 2. ( PDF , 11.7 MB)
  5. ↑ Hoymann (2016), p. 12 ff.

Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 53.2 ″  N , 6 ° 45 ′ 12 ″  E