Mater Dolorosa (Dusseldorf)

Mater Dolorosa Church

The Catholic parish church Mater Dolorosa or Mother in Sorrows in Düsseldorf-Flehe has two completely different architectural styles due to the history of its origins.

history

Flehe was initially a rectorate of the parish of Bilk from 1906 , only became an independent parish in 1911. A church building association had existed since 1889.

The foundation stone for the Fleher Church was laid in July 1905. The church was to be built with three aisles in neo-Gothic style according to plans by Caspar Clemens Pickel . The church is made of red brick . In 1943 the church was severely damaged by the bombing.

The reconstruction took place from 1949 to 1951. In the transept only a flat wooden ceiling was now used. In 1960 an architectural competition was held to complete the church. This was won by Emil Steffann .

A three-aisled nave in the early Romanesque style , inspired by early Christian basilicas, has now been added to the neo-Gothic transept . The windows are small, simple arched windows . The red brick construction was retained. The consecration took place in 1964.

organ

The organ was built in 1968 by the organ builder Romanus Seifert & Sohn (Kevelaer). The slider chests -instrument has 22 registers on two manuals and pedal . The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric.

I Hauptwerk C – g ³
1.	Quintad	16 ′
2.	Principal	8th'
3.	Wooden dacked	8th'
4th	Octave	4 ′
5.	Tubular crossbeam	4 ′
6th	Super octave	2 ′
7th	Sesquialter III
8th.	Mixture IV-VI	1 ¹ ⁄ ₃  ′
9.	Trumpet	8th'

II breast swellings C – g ³
10.	Reed flute	8th'
11.	Salicet	8th'
12.	Wooden principal	4 ′
13.	Swiss pipe	2 ′
14th	Quintan II
15th	Scharff IV	² ⁄ ₃ ′
16.	Hautbois	8th'
	Tremulant

Pedal C – f ¹
17th	Sub bass	16 ′
18th	Principal bass	8th'
19th	Covered bass	8th'
20th	Choral bass	4 ′
21st	Color mix IV	2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
22nd	Bassoon bass	16 ′

Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P

Elevation
Layout

literature

Manfred Becker-Huberti (Ed.): Düsseldorf churches. The Catholic churches in the city dean of Düsseldorf. JP Bachem Verlag , Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-7616-2219-3 , pp. 101/102.
Architects and Engineers Association of Düsseldorf (ed.): Düsseldorf and its buildings. L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1904, pp. 108, 110 [Fig. 120. and Fig. 121 Church of supplication]

Individual evidence

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Web links

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51.190934 6.772556Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′ 27.4 " N , 6 ° 46 ′ 21.2" E

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