Jakobuskirche (Ruhrort)

Preserved tower of St. James' Church (2014)

The Jakobuskirche was the Protestant church of the formerly independent city of Ruhrort , which today belongs to Duisburg . It was built in the 1840s as one of only 14 Protestant churches in the Rhineland . Until the war it was an elaborately designed gallery church, after war damage it was rebuilt as a hall church .

history

The sacred building goes back to the medieval church in the old town of Ruhrort, which became Protestant in the course of the Reformation and was around a hundred meters away from today's Jakobus Church. This gradually became too small, so that a new church was built in 1842. During World War II it burned, including the interior down to remnants of its outer walls and the tower shaft out, and the spire of the tower was lost. From 1955 to 1956, the reconstruction took place in the form of a hall church and the tower received only a flat tent roof . At the end of 1983 the services were relocated to the parish hall for the first time, and the St. James' Church has not been used for services since 1984. On March 15, 1985, the church was entered as a monument under number 42 in the list of monuments of the city of Duisburg ( district Homberg / Ruhrort / Baerl ). In September 1990 the decision was taken to tear down the dilapidated nave. This plan was implemented until 1991. In the course of renovation work around this time, the preserved and listed classicist tower was regained its pointed helmet. In May 2013, the Jakobuskirche and the neighboring parish hall became part of the themed route 26 - sacred buildings on the route of industrial culture .

Description and equipment

The original building was built as a gallery church with three-sided galleries . The pillars that led to the ceiling were connected by arcades .

The apse of the hall church, illuminated by three arched windows, was located in the east of the nave. The altar, which was moved to the parish hall due to the demolition, also stood here. Five further arched windows were let into the long sides of the ship. The eaves decorations have been reconstructed and returned to their pre-war state. The central hall was kept architecturally simple in the style of the 1950s. The elaborate gallery construction was not restored, but a smaller gallery with wooden parapets was installed on the west side.

Parish hall

The former Protestant parish hall was built in 1902–1903

The prayer room at Dr.-Hammacher-Straße 4–6 was built between 1902 and 1903 according to plans by the architect Karl Siebold under the supervision of Fritz Niebel in the neo-Romanesque style. It combines various architectural elements, including several arched twin and triple windows, cornices and arched friezes as well as carved doors, stone reliefs and the church-like gable front. The listed building was initially used by the Dutch Calvinist community . The Protestant parish of Ruhrort has held its services here since the end of 1983. In 2007 it had to sell it due to financial considerations, since 2008 it has been owned by the Haniel company , which uses it for art exhibitions, among other things.

The smaller hall inside was still used by the strongly shrunk Calvinist community until it was sold. The larger hall of the former parish hall is designed for church services and holds around 400 people. The new community center is now in the Dr.-Hammacher-Straße 10 building, which is about 100 meters southeast of the old house.

Web links

Commons : St. Jakobus (Duisburg-Ruhrort)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry of this monument (number: 42) in the list of monuments of the city of Duisburg  ( access )
• Description of this sight on the route of industrial culturehttp: //vorlage.rik.test/~26~12604

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Monument protection . In: Decisions in Church Matters since 1946 - 1984 . 22nd volume. De Gruyter Law , Berlin 1990, ISBN 978-3-11-012372-2 , p. 218-230 .
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Monument 42: Tower of the Jakobuskirche, Ruhrort. In: List of monuments of the city of Duisburg . Lower Monument Authority, Duisburg, 1985, p. 1 , accessed on April 9, 2013 . 
3. ^ ^{A b} Duisburg: City and Harbor - Fabrikstrasse. Industrial Heritage Route , accessed April 9, 2013 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Thomas Parent: Am Hellweg: Duisburg . In: The Ruhr area. "From the golden middle ages to industrial culture" . 2nd Edition. DuMont , Cologne 2000, ISBN 978-3-7701-3159-4 , p. 93 .
5. ^ ^{A b} Dietrich Hackenberg: Calvinist Dutch flock to Duisburg. Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe , accessed on May 8, 2013 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b c} sacred buildings - St. Jakobus / parish hall, DU-Ruhrort (ev.). Route of Industrial Culture , accessed on May 8, 2013 . 
7. ^ Social Walk - Former Evangelical Parish Hall. (No longer available online.) Franz Haniel & Cie. , formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 8, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
8. ^ Protestant parish hall (parish rooms ). (No longer available online.) Ruhrort Citizens' Association, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved May 8, 2013 . 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.  

Coordinates: 51 ° 27 '9.6 "  N , 6 ° 44' 2.9"  E