Liebfrauenkirche (Duisburg-Bruckhausen)
The Liebfrauenkirche is a church building with a listed tower in Bruckhausen , a Duisburg district in the Meiderich / Beeck district of the independent city of Duisburg in North Rhine-Westphalia .
History and architecture
The predecessor of the Liebfrauenkirche was a 50 m long and 19 m wide emergency church, which was inaugurated on August 11, 1901. It was located on the then Kettler property next to today's Church of Our Lady. Today the Franz-Grave -Halle (formerly Kettlerhaus) is located on this property .
Construction of the Liebfrauenkirche began on September 28, 1913. On December 12, 1915, the new church was consecrated. The designs come from the architect Aloys Böll.
With more than 1000 seats and 1000 standing places, the Liebfrauenkirche was one of the largest churches in the Duisburg area.
The interior of the church was particularly characterized by elaborately designed frescoes and a representation of Mary above the altar. The Mother of God, who is also often called "Our Lady", is the namesake of the Church of Our Lady.
After the severe destruction in the Second World War , the church was rebuilt from 1945 to 1951, but the frescoes were not reconstructed. On November 6, 1964, the church received five new bells with the names Maria (2100 kg), St. John (1200 kg), St. Peter (820 kg), St. Nicholas (550 kg) and St. Guardian Angel (450 kg ).
The population of Bruckhausen fell rapidly in the 1970s and with it the number of Catholic believers. Since a necessary extensive renovation and restoration of the church building proved to be financially unsustainable, the building fabric was significantly reduced. At the beginning of 1988 the nave was demolished, of which only the foundation walls remained. In addition, the listed bell tower was preserved. It houses a community center in the lower area. The original chancel replaced the entire interior of the church and was used for worship by both Catholics and Russian Orthodox Christians .
From May 6, 2006 until it moved to St. Norbert's Church in Duisburg - Obermarxloh on November 10, 2019, the Russian Orthodox parish in Duisburg celebrated services in the Church of Our Lady.
monument
The tower of the Liebfrauenkirche is registered as the only remaining part of the originally listed Liebfrauenkirche under number 115 in the list of architectural monuments in Duisburg-Meiderich / Beeck .
Web links
- The Liebfrauenkirche in Duisburg - Bruckhausen: From the outside like an oyster shell, and inside like a pearl (Tripadvisor)
- August Thyssen provided start-up assistance for Liebfrauen. rp-online from September 27, 2019
- Homepage of the Russian Orthodox parish in Duisburg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Liebfrauenkirche zu Bruckhausen (GEOCACHING)
- ^ Bibliography on Aloys Böll in the ZVAB (Central Directory for Antiquarian Books)
- ^ Homepage of the Russian Orthodox Church Community in Duisburg
Coordinates: 51 ° 29 '23.1 " N , 6 ° 44' 36.2" E