Loreto Chapel (Düsseldorf-Bilk)

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Original temple facade of the Loreto Chapel, illustration from the end of the 17th century

The Loreto Chapel was a church building in the style of the Tuscan Renaissance in today's Düsseldorf district of Unterbilk .

The structure at the intersection of Bilker Allee and Lorettostraße was built in 1685 and demolished in 1894.

history

The Loreto Chapel was expanded to include the vestibule (1740) before it was demolished in 1894

Maria Anna Josepha , the first wife of Duke Johann Wilhelm II of Jülich and Berg , had a small chapel built in Bilk to worship the Madonna of Loreto ( Loreto Chapel) in 1682 . It is closely related to the counter-Reformation work of the Jesuits promoted by the Neo-Burg ruling house Bergs . They had built the St. Andrew's Church , their monastery and a college on Mühlenstraße in Düsseldorf . In 1685, the sacred building that served them as the destination of a local Loreto pilgrimage was completed. Johann Wilhelm's second wife, Anna Maria Luisa de 'Medici , financially supported an enlarged new chapel in 1698. Johann Wilhelm's brother and successor Karl III. In 1740 Philipp arranged for another expansion, with the sacred building receiving a new facade and vestibule. In 1812 the chapel replaced the old Bilker Martinskirche as a parish church. It was canceled in favor of the new construction of the parish church of St. Martin (1894-1896).

description

The Loreto Chapel was a massive building in the style of the Tuscan Renaissance , originally based on the simple basic shape of the Greek temple . The main facade, arranged with four pairs of pilasters , was divided into three window axes; A tympanum adorned with garlands and coats of arms rose above the surrounding architrave . In the middle of the 18th century, the main facade was redesigned with a vestibule with rounded corners and a smaller gable facade in baroque shapes. The roof has also been redesigned. The sacred space was divided into three equal width, vaulted ships divided. The vaults were supported by heavy pillars. A massive, onion-crowned crossing tower rose above the crossing .

  • Donor picture, lower right the first Loreto chapel from 1685

  • The Loreto Chapel expanded to include the vestibule (1740), drawing

  • The enlarged chapel from 1740, inside

literature

  • Architects and Engineers Association of Düsseldorf (ed.): Düsseldorf and its buildings. L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1904, p. 101.
  • Karl Bernd Heppe: The Düsseldorf cityscape I. 1585–1806. Düsseldorf 1983, (picture booklets of the Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf No. 4) p. 24.

Web links

Commons : Loretokapelle (Düsseldorf-Bilk)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 41.9 "  N , 6 ° 45 ′ 49.1"  E