Mission Cross Nörvenich
The mission cross Nörvenich is on the east side of the parish church St. Medardus in Nörvenich , Düren district in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The first ascertainable mission for the parish of Nörvenich was carried out in 1770. In his notes from 1770 to 1789, Reiner Badenheuer, Müller from Nörvenich , wrote:
“In 1770 the Fathers Missionaries were here at Nörvenich on the 28th of June, the 29th ditto is the First Sermon to Peter Pauli, that was then on the ftry day, and they stayed here until the 25th of July, there they are gone, after that they are after Keltz Come that Missions Creutz on the church yard. I did Reinero Badenhewer and Peter Lux, and I also crossed it out, the fathers were named Peter müllenweg, pater schumacher and pater Beuten. "
The miller Reiner Badenheuer was 31 years old at the time, he is said to have been a very skilled craftsman, especially in dealing with wood. Peter Lux was only 16 years old. His father's name was also Peter, and both were joiners. It is no longer possible to determine who made the cross among them.
After the completion of such mission weeks, a cross was set up as described above by Reiner Badenheuer. After that, penitential processions went there for a long time or people gathered for penitential services .
It can no longer be said whether the structure at the church was designed as early as 1770 as it can be seen today and as it is still remembered by the older residents. The cross stands under the protective roof that is still in place. It had a wood-carved body of Christ and the also wood-carved late Gothic figures of Maria and John, which stood on consoles , the lower end of which was formed by angel heads . The two figures were Rhenish carvings from around 1470/80. When and how these works of art came to Nörvenich and were put together for this impressive crucifixion group can no longer be determined.
The statues, which are over 500 years old, have been lost for 35 years. In 2016 the parish replaced the corpus and the two figures with replicas .
On the cross and on the tiles below are the following inscriptions :
JESVS
NAZARENVS
REX
JVDAEORVM
Mission Save Your Soul 1852
(on the cross bar)
fIDeLIs est
et IvstVs
Vt nobIs
reMIttat
peCCata nos
tra jois 1.C 1
CRVX
S.MISSIONIS
1770 THE 25 uly
SICNARI
FRANCISCI
XAVERI
OPN
Translation of the Latin text:
Faithful he is
and just
giving us
the sins
subsides
The chronogram contains the year 1770: MDCCLVVVIIIII
The tiles at the bottom left of the cross bear the years of the missions and the names of the fathers :
- 1852 P. Strasser, P, Smelling, P. Nelsen CM
- 1905 P. Theodorus, P. Bonaventura, P. Nicolaus OMC
- 1921 PPOBL Jansen, Paffendorf
- 1931 P. Schulz, P. Eichmann, P. Hüttel OMI
- 1950 P. Mende, P. Dresen, P. Amshoff CSSR
Pastor Franz Mathias Tillmann was buried in front of the cross . FM Tillmann, born February 14, 1772 in Düren, consecrated September 6, 1795, chaplain in Nörvenich May 30, 1795, pastor in Nörvenich 1804, country dean 1845 until death, † January 17, 1857. FM Tillmann succeeded his brother Johan Wilhelm Tillmann, who was pastor in Nörvenich from September 30, 1790 until his death on November 3, 1804.
The inscription on the grave slab:
Here lies
Rev.
Mr.
F. Mathias Tillmann
Pastor in Nörvenich
Dean of the Düren Deanery
Knight of the Red Eagle Order IVth Class
Born in Düren in 1772
Ordained a priest in 1795 he was
vicar for 10 years and pastor for 52 years in Nörvenich
Where he was on January 17, 1857 fell
asleep godly in the Lord
swell
- Karl Heinz Türk : The mission cross at the Nörvenich parish church , published by the Nörvenich community in 2007.
Individual evidence
- ^ Opinion from the Düren museum director Heinrich Appel from 1959
Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 21.7 " N , 6 ° 38 ′ 40.8" E