List of religious buildings in Willich

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

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Anrath

Illustration	Affiliation	Name / designation	Location	Coordinates	construction time	description
	Roman Catholic community	St. John Baptist	Kirchplatz 7, 47877 Willich		1010/1898	→ Main article : St. Johannes Baptist (Anrath) In the last Franconian clearing measure (approx. In the 9th century) the settlement of Anrath (Anrode, Anraide, Anrad, Anrath ) was built around a mansion of the Cologne archbishops at this point ; it is assumed that the mansion (also at this time) a small church owned. Around 1010 the Anrath parish was separated from the Kempen parish of St. Peter and became independent. In 1019 it was incorporated into the Benedictine Abbey Christ Salvator and Maria Genetrix in Deutz , founded in 1002/1003 by the Archbishop of Cologne , Heribert ; this connection lasted until the secularization in 1803. Approx. In the 12th century a church was built in the style of the Cologne Romanesque country churches . Since the church was no longer sufficient for the ever-growing community, it was demolished in January and February 1897 and replaced by a new Gothic building (based on plans by the Düsseldorf architect Josef Kleesattel ); it was consecrated on October 30, 1898.
	Evangelical regional church community	Protestant church	Jakob-Krebs-Strasse 123, 47877 Willich		1910	In the course of the construction of the new prison in Anrath it had become necessary to establish a Protestant pastoral care on site, the first (Protestant) pastor was appointed to his office on October 1, 1904. The first services were held from November 5, 1905 in a private house on Jakob-Krebs-Strasse (formerly Bahnstrasse). As a result, more and more evangelical-believing fellow citizens settled there, around 1907 there is evidence of an evangelical chapel at the end of the village in the direction of Vorst . On March 6, 1910, the foundation stone for the first Protestant church in the city was laid, and the inauguration was celebrated on November 6 of the same year. The former chapel was integrated into the new church as the entrance area. In 1952 the parish became independent, in August 1959 the new youth home and the rectory were completed, and the new organ could be used from December 1986.
	Judaism	Synagogue Anrath	Corner of Viersener Straße / Hindenburgstraße, 47877 Willich		1878	Already before 1800 the Anrath Jews had a house of prayer, in 1853 they formed their own synagogue community. Initially as a branch parish of the Gladbach synagogue district, it later became independent. In 1878 the synagogue in Anrath was consecrated, and in 1927 the Krefeld synagogue community was joined. The synagogue was not devastated in the pogrom night on November 9, 1938 ; it was abandoned and sold to the Anrath community. The building was demolished in 1961, and in 1999 a bronze plaque was erected on Viersener Strasse to commemorate the former Jewish community and its synagogue, which was devastated in 1938.
	Urban mourning hall	Anrath cemetery chapel	Neersener Strasse 67, 47877 Willich

Neersen

Illustration	Affiliation	Name / designation	Location	Coordinates	construction time	description
	Roman Catholic community	St. Mary's Conception	Hauptstrasse 34, 47877 Willich		1655/1960	The foundation of the parish of Neersen goes back to the year 1798, before that was done by the parish of Anrath . Up until a church was built, services could be attended in the Neersen castle chapel . According to the document of March 25, 1652, Arian von Virmond donated the first church in Neersen; construction began in 1655. It was a simple building with a flat wooden ceiling, and the construction of a monastery was probably also considered. The church was dedicated to the Virgin Mary , the Evangelist John , Saint Joseph , the Holy Father Francis , Saint Anthony of Padua , Saint Mary Magdalene and the Holy Virgin Barbara and Irmgardis . In order to secure the service of the church, Minorites of the Cologne province were asked to take over the church and the monastery. In 1798 the monastery was closed and the parish established. The monastery buildings were transferred to the community and served as administrative buildings. In 1960 the dilapidated monastery buildings and the main nave of the church were demolished and replaced by a new building. The inauguration by Bishop Johannes Pohlschneider took place on September 10, 1962, and further renovations took place between 2011 and 2012.
	Roman Catholic Chapel	Little Jerusalem Chapel	Vinhovenplatz 12, 47877 Willich, Germany		1660	→ Main article : Little Jerusalem Chapel On the outskirts of the Neersen district , a chapel was built in 1660 , which goes back to the clergyman Gerhard Vynhoven . The chapel contains precise replicas of the Nativity Grotto in Bethlehem and the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem , the name chosen was Beth-Jerusalem . In the vernacular , however, the chapel was quickly called Little Jerusalem . Today the chapel belongs to the Neersen parish of St. Mary's Conception , it is mainly used as a pilgrimage site and for weddings . Furthermore, it forms the center of a shooting festival every year .
	Roman Catholic Chapel	Neersen Castle Chapel	Hauptstrasse 6, 47877 Willich			Until their own church was built , the residents of Neersen could only take part in services in the castle chapel. This was probably demolished around 1800, only the foundations have been preserved.
	Roman Catholic Chapel	Chapel of St. Konrad	Grenzweg 76, 47877 Willich		1935	→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Willich # Chapel St. Konrad Neersen In 1935 a chapel in honor of St. Konrad von Parzham was built in the Neersen district (directly on the Niers ) . The ceiling design consists of three anchor beams with sayings (Hans Tack), an organ from the workshop Pels & Van Leeuwen ( Alkmaar ), stations of the cross by the sculptor Kikartz, Wittlar and window groups by Peter Hecker . The community is looked after by the Viersen community of St. Remigius .
	Evangelical regional church community	Friedenskirche	Bengdbruchstrasse 1, 47877 Willich, Germany		1965	With grants from the Gustav-Adolf-Werk and aid from the church district, a plot of land for the construction of a Protestant church was bought in 1964. One year later, the foundation stone for the building including the community center was laid and completed in the same year. In the mid-1980s the church was named “Friedenskirche”, before that it was simply “Ev. Neersen Church ”.
	Urban mourning hall	Neersen cemetery chapel	Kirchhofstrasse, 47877 Willich

Inclined path

Illustration	Affiliation	Name / designation	Location	Coordinates	construction time	description
	Roman Catholic community	St. Hubertus	Hubertusstrasse 5, 47877 Willich, Germany		1458/1598/1853 to 1855	→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Willich # St. Hubertus Schiefbahn There is evidence of a chapel at this location as early as 1400, it was dedicated to St. Hubertus . Initially belonging to the parish of Anrath , the parish of Schiefbahn became independent in 1548. As the chapel quickly became too small, it was expanded to become a parish church in 1598. In 1853 the church, which had become too small again, was torn down and rebuilt in its current form (according to the plans of Vincenz Statz ). The first high mass could be celebrated on November 4, 1855.
	Roman Catholic Congregation / Roman Catholic Chapel	St. Bernhard monastery church with "house chapel" and "Maria Schnee" chapel	Albert-Oetker-Strasse 98-102, 47877 Willich		1946/1961	→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Willich # Klosterkirche St. Bernhard Schiefbahn The heart of St. Bernhard is the villa of the Krefeld silk manufacturer Albert Oetker ( mechanical silk weaving and cloth factory Deuss & Oetker ), which was built here at the turn of the century (as a summer residence next to the factory). In the Third Reich (around 1936) the NSDAP bought the site and built a Gau school there. After the end of the war (on October 15, 1946) the mission school of the Huenfeld Oblates was opened here (initially as a boarding school ). The associated church (according to the plans of Josef Bieling and as an integral part of the overall complex) was built in 1961, it also contained two chapels: "House Chapel" and "Maria Schnee" chapel. The "house chapel" is currently used as a library, services continue to take place in "Maria Schnee".
	Evangelical regional church community	Hope Church	Wallgraben 29, 47877 Willich, Germany		1956/1994	In 1956, the then Protestant parish of Willich-Schiefbahn built a “makeshift” in connection with a youth home on Wallgraben. It was not until the mid-1980s that the chapel was given the name “Hoffnungskirche”. In 1994 it was replaced by a new building, a community center was built at the same time and the inauguration took place in April 1995.
	Judaism	Schiefbahn synagogue	Tömp, 47877 Willich		1890	The Schiefbahn Jews first gathered in a prayer house on Hochstrasse, where there was also a training room. In 1836 the Jewish community bought a plot of land on Tömp, and in 1890 the synagogue was consecrated here. On the morning of November 10, 1938 , the building was set on fire by SA men and completely destroyed. In memory of the former Jewish community and its devastated synagogue, a bronze memorial plaque was placed on the Tömp.
	Urban mourning hall	Schiefbahn cemetery chapel	Bruchstrasse, 47877 Willich

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Illustration	Affiliation	Name / designation	Location	Coordinates	construction time	description
	Roman Catholic community	St. Catherine	Kreuzstrasse 12, 47877 Willich		1000 (approx.) / 1146/1899 to 1901	→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Willich # St. Katharina Willich After the population of the Lower Rhine had already become Christian in the 5th century, it was not until the beginning of the 11th century that the Willich parish could become independent (the parish patron was St. Pankratius ). Around the 16th century, St. Catherine of Alexandria , who is now the sole parish patron, was added as the second patron saint . In the course of time, three churches have stood at the site of today's church: Approx. Around the year 1000 (very likely) a small hall church, in 1146 a Romanesque church building, which was demolished in the summer of 1898 and replaced by a new Gothic building (based on plans by the architect Josef Kleesattel ) between 1899 and 1901.
	Roman Catholic community	St. Mary's Rosary	Krefelder Strasse / Hoxhöfe, 47877 Willich		1939/2016	I.a. Due to the establishment of a workers' settlement for the Krefeld Edelstahlwerke , the population in Willich increased in the 19th century, so from 1907 two schools were built on Willich Heide. As a result, the Catholics were able to use the chapel of the Rhenish Provincial Welfare Institution Fichtenhain . Since Fichtenhain was added to Krefeld in the municipal reform in 1929, the services now took place in a classroom of the school, and in 1937 the farmer Karl Larbalette provided a barn as a makeshift church. On January 25, 1937, a chapel building association was founded, and on March 19, 1939 the groundbreaking ceremony for a new church was laid. The solemn inauguration by the auxiliary bishop Friedrich Hünermann took place on October 29, 1939, the church was named “St. Mary of the Rosary ”. The parish became independent on August 7, 1952, and in 2011 the parish of St. Katharina (to which Mariä Rosenkranz has belonged since 2010) decided to give up the branch church on Willicher Heide. On May 31, 2015, the church was de-dedicated and the entire property was sold to the city of Willich. On December 14, 2016, the parish was able to build a path chapel as a place of remembrance not far from the former church. Parts of the former church have been integrated into the chapel; the bell tower next to it has a bell from the abandoned church.
	Evangelical regional church community	Church of the Resurrection	Krusestrasse 20, 47877 Willich		1931/1962	In 1931 a small wooden chapel was built opposite the Protestant school in Willich (with the help of the former Becker steelworks ). Since the community grew more and more due to the influx of refugees after the Second World War , a new building was necessary, but this could only be completed in 1962. The foundation stone was laid on November 12, 1962, and the inauguration of the church was celebrated on March 18, 1962.
	New Apostolic Church	New Apostolic Church Willich	Franz-Liszt-Strasse 9-11, 47877 Willich		1961
	Islam	Milli Görüs IGMG	Bahnstrasse 110, 47877 Willich
	Urban mourning hall	Willich cemetery chapel	Hülsdonkstrasse, 47877 Willich		1959 to 1961	→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Willich # Willich cemetery chapel As a replacement for the old chapel , a chapel with a morgue and free-standing bell tower was built here between 1959 and 1961 according to the plans of Peter Kuhlen. Worth mentioning is the adjoining cemetery cafe “Room of Encounter”, an open and non-binding offer of the Catholic Church for encounters.
	Urban mourning hall	Former Willich cemetery chapel	Hülsdonkstrasse, 47877 Willich		1909	→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Willich Willich cemetery chapel In 1909, the then mayor Rieffert built a chapel in the classical style on the Willich cemetery . As a replacement, a new building complex was built in the immediate vicinity from 1959 to 1961 ; the old building was not demolished and is used by the Sankt Matthias Brotherhood of Willich, among others.

literature

• Bernd-Dieter Röhrscheid, Udo Holzenthal: The history of the Jews in Willich - Jewish life in the communities Anrath, Neersen, Schiefbahn and Alt-Willich from 1700 until today . Heimat- und Geschichtsfreunde Willich eV, Willich 2016, ISBN 978-3-00-053281-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "St. Johannes Baptist" in gdg-willich.de
2. ↑ "St. Johannes Baptist" in kirchbauverein-anrath.de
3. ^ "The history of Anrath" in buergerverein-anrath.de
4. ^ "St. Johannes" in limburg-bernd.de
5. ^ "Evangelical Church" in limburg-bernd.de
6. ↑ "1910: Inauguration of the Protestant Church" in buergerverein-anrath.de
7. ↑ "Experience History - Evangelical Church Anrath" in willicherleben.de
8. ↑ "Jews from Anrath - what happened to them?" in buergerverein-anrath.de
9. ↑ "Jüdische Gemeinde Anrath" in jewische-gemeinden.de
10. ↑ "Stories of Jewish Families: We Shouldn't Be Silent" in wz.de
11. ↑ Bernd-Dieter Röhrscheid, Udo Holzenthal: The history of the Jews in Willich - Jewish life in the communities of Anrath, Neersen, Schiefbahn and Alt-Willich from 1700 to today ., P. 17, Heimat- und Geschichtsfreunde Willich eV, Willich 2016, ISBN 978-3-00-053281-8 .
12. ^ "St. Mary's Conception" in gdg-willich.de
13. ↑ "The municipality of St. Konrad" in st-remigius.de
14. ↑ "Chapel St. Konrad" in sakrale-bauten.de
15. ↑ "St. Konrad Chapel shines in new splendor" in rheinischer-spiegel.de
16. ↑ "New organ for the chapel on Grenzweg" in wz.de
17. ^ "Chapel St. Konrad" in limburg-bernd.de
18. ^ "Friedenskirche Neersen" in emmaus-willich.de
19. ↑ "St. Hubertus Schiefbahn" in gdg-willich.de
20. ↑ "St. Hubertus Schiefbahn" in limburg-bernd.de
21. ↑ "Schiefbahn yesterday and today" in st-hubertus-schiefbahn.de
22. ^ "St. Bernhard Monastery Church" in stadt-willich.de
23. ↑ "Former St. Bernhard monastery church" in limburg-bernd.de
24. ↑ "Experience history: St. Bernhard" in willicherleben.de, page 8 (PDF)
25. ↑ "Hoffnungskirche" in emmaus-willich.de
26. ↑ Bernd-Dieter Röhrscheid, Udo Holzenthal: The history of the Jews in Willich - Jewish life in the communities Anrath, Neersen, Schiefbahn and Alt-Willich from 1700 to today ., P. 99, Heimat- und Geschichtsfreunde Willich eV, Willich 2016, ISBN 978-3-00-053281-8 .
27. ↑ "St. Katharina" in limburg-bernd.de
28. ↑ "St. Katharina" in gdg-willich.de
29. ↑ "A chapel as if from one piece" in wz.de
30. ^ "Farewell to St. Maria Rosenkranz" in rp-online.de
31. ↑ "Chapel reminds of St. Maria Rosenkranz" in rp-online.de
32. ↑ "St. Maria Rosenkranz closes at the end of June" in wz.de
33. ↑ "St. Mariä Rosenkranz 1937 - 2017", parish of St. Katharina Willich, archive of the parish
34. ↑ "Church of the Resurrection" in emmaus-willich.de
35. ↑ "The year is 1962 (March 18)" in stadt-willich.de
36. ↑ "Church of Resurrection" in glasmalerei-ev.de
37. ↑ "Willich Community" in nak-zentralarchiv.de
38. ↑ "About us" in mgwillich.de
39. ↑ "Friedhofscafe" Room of Encounter "in friedhofscafe.de
40. ^ "Chapel with mortuary in Willich" in limburg-bernd.de

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