Medardus Church (Bendorf)

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Medarduskirche in Bendorf, left Protestant, right Catholic part
View from 1790
Apse and tower of the Romanesque church
View of the Catholic parish church
organ

The Protestant Medardus Church and the Reichardsmünster , which has been expanded to form the Catholic Church of St. Medard , form a listed building complex in Bendorf in the Mayen-Koblenz district .

Evangelical Medarduskirche

Today's Protestant church was built in 1204. The building was badly damaged during World War II . The reconstruction between 1954 and 1956 was only partially carried out.

The three-aisled Romanesque pillar basilica with a square choir , two double bays and a semicircular apse has a facade structured by arched windows and pilaster strips . The upper storey was raised in the 18th century. The side aisles and the choir square are vaulted, and five niches are left under the windows in the apse.

In 1907, wall paintings from the time the church was built were exposed, which have been well preserved under the whitewash. The figurative paintings in the apse and on the triumphal arch were created around 50 years later.

The tower of the church and the bells serve both parishes.

Reichardsmünster and Catholic parish church

The Reichardsmünster is based on the south wall of the Medarduskirche . It was built around 1230 in the style of the knightly double chapels . After the Reformation, it served the local Catholic community and was included as a choir in an extension as early as 1790 . This was demolished in 1864 and made space for a south-facing neo - Romanesque church . By installing a mezzanine floor, the Reichardsmünster has now been set up as an organ gallery and entrance hall. Installed between the Medarduskirche and the new church adjoining at right angles, only the front sides remained visible. The interior is rectangular and surrounded by walkways, galleries and ancillary rooms. With the exception of the walkways, which are equipped with barrel vaults , all rooms have ribbed vaults .

organ

The Catholic Church has owned an organ made by Johannes Klais / Bonn since 1930 . After an expansion in 2008 by the builder company, it has 44 registers distributed over three manuals and pedal, as well as a free-standing console with an electric game and register action. The organ has the following disposition:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Quintadena 8th'
2. Principal 8th'
3. Open flute 8th'
4th Night horn covered 4 ′
5. octave 4 ′
6th Flute 4 ′
7th Pointed fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. Gemshorn 2 ′
9. Progressio II-III 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
10. Mixture IV 2 ′
11. Dulcian 16 ′
12. Trumpet 8th'
13. Head trumpet 4 ′
II Swell C – g 3
14th Silent 16 ′
15th Harp principal 8th'
16. Viola da gamba 8th'
17th Salicional 8th'
18th Vox coelestis 8th'
19th Reed flute 8th'
20th Violin Principal 4 ′
21st Flute 4 ′
22nd Schweitzerpfeife 4 ′
23. Nachtorn 2 ′
24. Sesquialter II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
25th Cymbel III-IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
26th Krummhorn 8th'
27. oboe 8th'
Tremulant
III Solo C – g 3
28. Double flute 8th'
29 Aeoline 8th'
30th Hollow flute 8th'
31. Cornett III 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
32. bassoon 16 ′
33. tuba 8th'
34. Clairon 4 ′
Tremulant
Pedal C – g 1
35. Principal bass 16 ′
36. Sub bass 16 ′
37. Echo bass 16 ′
38. Quintbass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
39. Octavbass 8th'
40. Flute bass 8th'
41. Gedacktpommer 4 ′
42. Rauschpfeife IV 4 ′
43. trombone 16 ′
44. Trumpet 8th'
  • Pairing :
    • Normal coupling: II / I, III / I, III / I, I / P, II / P, III / P
    • Sub-octave coupling: II / I, II / II, III / III
    • Super octave coupling: I / I, II / I, II / II, II / P
  • Playing aids :

literature

Web links

Commons : St. Medardus (Bendorf)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reclams Kunstführer, Deutschland III, 1975, ISBN 3-15-008401-6 , p. 58
  2. ↑ Reclams Kunstführer, Deutschland III, 1975, ISBN 3-15-008401-6 , p. 59

Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 18.6 ″  N , 7 ° 34 ′ 41.4 ″  E