Hospital chapel Herz Jesu (Geilenkirchen)
The Roman Catholic hospital chapel Herz Jesu is located in the city of Geilenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia . It stands as a monument under monument protection .
location
The chapel Herz Jesu belongs to the St. Elisabeth Hospital Geilenkirchen on Martin-Heyden-Straße and is part of the historic building.
history
In 1872 the Roman Catholic religious order of Christian women founded a care station in Geilenkirchen. The buildings were constructed, in addition to the outpatient care even beds were set up. The general practitioners in the region treated their patients in this house . The chapel was built with the care station. In 1902 the house was expanded to 125 beds. During the First World War the house was used as a hospital . After the war, the order established the nursing school . The chapel was an important place with Christian values for religious , patients and hospital staff at that time . During the Second World War , the hospital and with it the chapel were almost completely destroyed. After the war the house and the chapel were rebuilt. To this day, the order takes care of the care and maintenance of the chapel.
architecture
The chapel is a neo-Gothic chapel with a ribbed vault. Behind the triumphal arch the choir yoke and five-sided choir. The chapel and choir have pointed arch windows . A sacristy is attached to the choir . The roofing is gradually laid out in gable roofs with tile roofing . A roof turret with a bell adorns the building.
Furnishing
- An electronic organ is available
- There is a bell in the roof turret
- Confessional, reading desk, altar and altar cross
- Stained glazing
gallery
Christmas crib
Entrance bridge
Choir view
Historic Buildings
Courtyard view
inside view
Altar cross
confessional
literature
- Episcopal General Vicariate Aachen (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen, B. Kühlen Verlag, Mönchengladbach, 3rd edition 1994, ISBN 3-87448-172-7
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geilenkirchen Monument List No. 63 (Entry: January 17, 1985)
- ↑ St. Elisabeth: 10,000 inpatients for the first time. (AZ of January 5, 2012)
- ^ Hospital chapel Herz Jesu on the website of the Foundation Research Center for Glass Painting of the 20th Century
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 56 ″ N , 6 ° 7 ′ 56 ″ E
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