Nörvenich Castle Chapel
The Nörvenich Castle Chapel is a Roman Catholic sacred space from the 18th century in Nörvenich Castle in Nörvenich , Düren district . The chapel is dedicated to the Virgin Mary . Until 1803 it belonged to the parish of Hochkirchen and thus to the parish of St. Viktor .
Location in the main building
The elongated sacral room is located in the main building and can be reached via the main entrance on the left. It has a tall window to the northwest. On the long sides there is a passage to the larger rooms of the monument, which are used for museum exhibitions. The left passage has been closed with chipboard for years, wallpapered and painted with off-the-shelf white paint.
Ceiling painting from 1729
According to art historians, the most valuable preserved piece from the construction period is the ceiling painting by the baroque painter Johann Chrysanth Bollenrath , which survived centuries with two world wars. The artist from Aachen had painted the oil painting in this room and signed and dated it by hand on site in 1729.
The ceiling painting shows the Assumption of the Virgin Mary . In addition to Mary, the Trinity , angels making music and an allegory of faith , a kneeling nobleman and his wife with two children can be seen as the founding family . The owners at that time were the von Gymnich family, who renovated the medieval castle. The name Burg, given by the owner at the time, was chosen to illustrate the difference to Gymnich Castle, the ancestral seat of the noble family in the nearby neighboring town of today's Nörvenich community .
Dimensions
The elongated chapel room is 265 cm wide and 610 cm long. The height of the vaulted ceiling is 480 cm. The outer window to the castle park is in a 140 cm thick brick wall and has a size of 300 × 160 cm. The floor area of the room is 16.2 m². The inventory, including the rest of a baroque altar, was brought to Gymnich Castle in 1902 .
Re-use as a sacred space
The chapel is, according to the domain management of the counterparties located in the Castle Museum of European Art used for temporary exhibitions "Religious art". A new design as a sacred space has begun. In the meantime, several sacred objects have been procured to furnish the historic chapel by the Bodenstein family, whose ancestors included the Counts of Pottenstein Castle . Elisabeth von Thuringia also lived there from 1227 to 1228 , after she was banished from the royal court as a widow with three children.
New exhibits such as a bronze statue by the artist Yrsa von Leistner and a specially designed statuette Elisabeth with a flower basket by Karolin Donst are reminiscent of Saint Elisabeth, who is known for the legend of the “rose miracle” . The sacred art for temporary exhibitions also includes a relief "Madonna with Child", a Salvador Dalí cross, a relief from Pope Benedict XVI. The blessed “Cross of Jerusalem”, a cycle of images “The Way of the Cross of Christ” created for the chapel by the nun Maria Geroldine Dörpinghaus as well as historical vestments.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karl Heinz Türk , Nörvenicher Families, Houses and Courtyards, Nörvenich 2006
- ^ Paul Clemen , Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kreis Düren . 1910, Volume 9, Dept. 1, p. 282
Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 31.2 " N , 6 ° 38 ′ 44.3" E