List of sacred buildings in Schwalmtal

The list of sacred buildings in Schwalmtal lists current and former sacred buildings in the North Rhine-Westphalian community of Schwalmtal . In addition, meeting houses and rooms (etc.) of religious communities from Schwalmtal as well as mourning halls in cemeteries are listed here, which are not sacred buildings in the narrower sense.

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Illustration	District	Affiliation	Name / designation	Location	Coordinates	construction time	description
	Waldniel	Roman Catholic community	St. Michael (Schwalmtaldom)	Markt 15, 41366 Schwalmtal		1255/1878 to 1883	The first parish in Waldniel was probably founded at the end of the 7th or beginning of the 8th century. The first written mention of the parish comes from the year 1255, there was probably a simple (wooden) assembly building here. The first known church building can be dated to the middle of the 14th century, but in the middle of the 19th century it was in a desolate state. The foundation stone for a new 3-aisled neo-Gothic brick basilica (according to the plans of the architect Heinrich Wiethase ) was laid on 09/29/1878, the inauguration took place on 05/01/1883. A year later the church got its four-part bell, (again) a year later the church tower (a four-storey square west tower in front of it, which merges into the polygon; it is decorated with brick pilaster strips) got a clock. The interior was restored in 1953, and between 1957 and 1958 the reliquary , the baptismal font , the altar table , the ambo and sediles (all works by the Cologne artist Egino Weinert ) were intrigued into the interior. In the 1950s, the three choirs received new stained glass from Walter Benner , and from 1975 to 1984, fundamental exterior and interior restoration was carried out, with the old paintings being returned to the church. From 2004 the spire was resurfaced, and the sacred works of art were also freed from the “ravages of time”.
	Dilkrath	Roman Catholic community	St. Gertrude	Boisheimer Str. 52, 41366 Schwalmtal		1460/1902 to 1904	→ Main article : St. Gertrudis (Dilkrath) The three-aisled pseudo - basilica was built in 1460 with a three- story west tower in front of it . This is where the entrance portal and tracery window are located . Inside, cross vaults rest on round pillars. From 1902 to 1904 it was expanded in a neo-Gothic style to include a projecting transept and a staggered choir , based on designs by C. Rüdell and R. Odenthal . The old building was to protect the bricks plastered and colored in brick red with bright joints line taken . The brick remained visible in the new building. The glass paintings in the old building were made in 1880, those in the new building in 1904.
	Amern	Roman Catholic community	St. Anton	Polmansstrasse 4, 41366 Schwalmtal		1491/1898	The cath. Parish church St. Anton was built in 1491. This is a 3-aisled brick pseudo-basilica with a 5/8 choir closure and double tower facade and ribbed vault. The church was expanded in 1898 according to plans by the architect Lambert von Fisenne; the double tower facade was put in front. In the courtyard of the church there are grave crosses from the 18th century made of sandstone.
	Amern	Roman Catholic community	St. George	At St. Georg 5, 41366 Schwalmtal		1883 to 1886 / around 1900	→ Main article : St. Georg (Amern) The three-aisled, neo-Gothic brick hall was built from 1883 to 1886 based on designs by August Rincklake and Caspar Clemens Pickel in place of a previous church. The church stands dominantly over the old village. The extensions on the side aisles look like a chapel, the five-sided choir is accompanied by flank towers. The preserved Gothic west tower was raised by one storey with a slate pyramid between corner turrets and encased around 1900. The exterior is enlivened by a variety of roof shapes. Ribbed vaults on round pillars were drawn into the centralizing tendency of the interior . The painting was done at the beginning of the 20th century.
	Lüttelforst	Roman Catholic community	St. Jacob the Elder	Lüttelforst 112, 41366 Schwalmtal		1802	→ Main article : St. Jakobus (Lüttelforst) The parish was founded in 1255 by Pastor Wilhelm (pastor in St. Anton Amern ). In 1258 the parish received baptism and burial rights. The Altar of Our Lady was erected in 1684 . In 1802 the chapel, the first church building whose appearance is unknown today, was demolished. The new church was built in the same year from a foundation by Anna Katharina Mühlenberg - the sacristy was added in 1880. Restorations took place in 1966 and 1987.
	Waldniel	Roman Catholic community	St. Mary of the Assumption	Waldnieler Heide 12, 41366 Schwalmtal		1976	After the first efforts to build an own church in the former parish of Kirspel-Waldniel failed at the beginning of the 19th century, an independent pastoral rector's district was set up on 01.01.1947 under the name Mariae Himmelfahrt, but it did not have its own church. On October 1st, 1958, the pastoral care district was parished out, and the St. Josefsheim's asylum church could be leased. As the renovation costs of the institutional church increased more and more, the lease was terminated in 1985. A purchase of the institutional church was already rejected on July 14th, 1975, on February 24th, 1976 the building permit for the new church (according to the plans of the architect Josef Pillen) was applied for from the district of Viersen. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on August 20, 1976 and the foundation stone was laid on November 28, 1976. The inauguration took place on June 18th, 1978, the bell tower (again according to the plans of the architect Josef Pillen) could be built from the end of 1989.
	Waldniel	Roman Catholic community	St. Josefsheims for disabled children (asylum chapel)	Eschenrath, 41366 Schwalmtal		1909 to 1913	→ Main article : Sanatorium and Nursing Home Süchteln-Johannistal - Waldniel Department The facility was built by the Franciscan Order from 1909 to 1913 and operated as a home and workplace by the Franciscans von Waldbreitbach for up to 600 men mentally and physically handicapped until 1937. It included a church, administration wing, school, apartment blocks, numerous workshops and a self-catering farm. The institution chapel is decorated with wall paintings by Josef Wahl . After an inglorious history in the Third Reich (see main article on the sanatorium and nursing home in Süchteln-Johannistal - Waldniel department ), the area was used in different ways. The site has been privately owned since 2006, and the owner only allows visitors to enter the site and buildings for a fee.
	Waldniel	Roman Catholic community	Dominicans of Bethany	Ungerather Strasse 1–15, 41366 Schwalmtal		1952	In 1952 the order of the Dominican Sisters of Bethanien bought the "Clee House" in Waldniel to build a children's village there. Regular services are held in the monastery and children's village chapel.
	Amern	Evangelical regional church community	Protestant parish Amern	Kockskamp 24, 41366 Schwalmtal		1967	The new Protestant church in Amern was solemnly consecrated at the Reformation Festival in 1967. It was built according to the plans of the Wuppertal architect Friedrich Goedeking with a simple concrete look. In 1998 the church was enlarged by an extension, and between 2007 and 2009 the interior was redesigned (including a mosaic, a new table, an Easter candlestick and the pulpit by Ludwig Schaffrath ).
	Waldniel	Evangelical regional church community	Evangelical parish Waldniel	Lange Strasse 48–50, 41366 Schwalmtal		1667	The church, which was built in 1667, is a simple hall structure made of grouted brick with a flat ceiling, hipped roof and turret. On the left side there is a single-storey extension with a gate and the date in the Keilstein. The furnishings of the church include a baroque pulpit, wooden gallery and pews from the mid-19th century. The church was restored in 1952.
	Waldniel	Judaism	Waldniel synagogue	Pumpenstrasse 90, 41366 Schwalmtal		1809	The roots of the Jewish community in Waldniel go back to the beginning of the 18th century, in 1809 a synagogue was built on the Pumpenstrasse. Since there was no longer a minyan , no more services were held in Waldniel from 1920. A memorial has been located on the site of the former synagogue since 1986.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Numbers, data and facts on the Schwalmtaldom in st-matthias-schwalmtal.de
2. ^ Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer (arr.): Handbook of German art monuments , North Rhine-Westphalia, Volume I: Rhineland. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03093-X . Page 138
3. ↑ Partial tender , Anzeiger zum Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , December 23, 1882, p. 2., accessed on December 14, 2012
4. ↑ The long way to the construction of the Church of St. Mariae Himmelfahrt, Waldnieler Heide by Frank Campen (PDF)
5. ↑ Schwalmtal-Waldniel in bethanien-op.org
6. ↑ monastery and children's village chapel in st-matthias-schwalmtal.de
7. ↑ Our Evangelical Church in Amern - a documentation by Pastor Dr. Harald Ulland in kgm-waldniel.de (PDF)
8. ^ Jewish communities Mönchengladbach in jewische-gemeinden.de
9. ↑ Festschrift 2011 , United Brotherhoods Waldniel eV, p. 43

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