St. Aegidius Church (Wiedenbrück)
 St. Aegidius - view from Long Street |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| place | Wiedenbrück , Germany |
| diocese | Archdiocese of Paderborn |
| Patronage | St. Aegidius |
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| 51 ° 50 '6 " N , 8 ° 18' 39" E | |
The St. Aegidius Church is the Catholic parish church in the historic district of Wiedenbrück in the twin town of Rheda-Wiedenbrück . It belongs to the deanery Rietberg-Wiedenbrück in the Archdiocese of Paderborn .
The church has been a religious center of the Upper Emsland for over 1000 years . Affiliated to it is the Marienkirche St. Ursula (popularly also "Franciscan Church"). Patron is in the 8th century in France living holy Giles .
history
The original church was probably founded as a small mission church around 785 at a crossing over the Ems . From here the entire upper Emsland was evangelized. Wiedenbrück was one of the five original parishes of the Osnabrück diocese . The churches in Rheda , Langenberg , Neuenkirchen , Gütersloh , St. Vit and Friedrichsdorf were founded as daughter churches of Wiedenbrück . All of these churches are located in what is now the Gütersloh district .
During the renovation in 1970, excavation work revealed several previous buildings of the current church.
- 9th century: three-aisled basilica with an eastern transept
- 11./12. Century: similar replacement of the previous church
- 13th century: two phases of construction. The latter replaced the transept and choir.
- 1502: New construction of the nave as a three-aisled hall with four bays.
- 1618–1648: During the Thirty Years' War, Wiedenbrück is besieged and shot at. The church is also damaged. Repair around 1651.
- 1848–1851: The pointed helmeted tower is demolished due to dilapidation and replaced by the current 56 m high tower with a baroque dome .
- 1942: The four bronze bells confiscated by the Reich government in 1940 must be removed on February 14th and made available to the German armaments industry.
- 1946: On June 16, three newly cast bronze bells are inaugurated. The missing fourth bell will be installed later.
- 1970: Extensive renovation
- 2003: Membership in the Reckenberg Pastoral Association in the Archdiocese of Paderborn
- 2006: extensive interior renovation, partly sharply criticized because of the modern redesign of the west wall and organ stage using large steel and wood panels; sometimes very praised because of the depiction of the current generation in a contemporary form without historicizing ingratiation
- 2007: new organ (completion May 2007)
architecture
- On the outside, the three-storey tower characterizes the church. The lower floors are Romanesque, but the upper floors are Gothic.
- The nave is a hall with three square bays in each of the three naves.
It has the square floor plan typical of Westphalian interior design ( Westphalian Square ). This is followed by a transept , which barely protrudes laterally over the nave. The choir has a single nave. The rib vault of the church is supported by large octagonal pillars.
- Large windows with late Gothic tracery crowns together with the side gables give the church a harmonious appearance.
- The main portal to the market is on the south side in the middle Langhausjoch.
- Outside, to the right of the main portal, is the Vesper picture chapel.
Furnishing
- Sacrament house with a rich structure, one of the best of its kind in Westphalia . Probably created by Berndt Bunekemann ( Münster ) in 1504 .
- Late Gothic Radiant Madonna
- Marien Altar (1642)
- Sandstone pulpit (1617), decorated with the life-size figure of Moses and relief images from the Old and New Testament . Presumably by the sculptor Adam Stenelt .
- Rosary window from 1878
- Way of the Cross (1900/1901) by the painter Anton Waller with background motifs of the city of Wiedenbrück.
- Vesper picture chapel (1871) on the south side of the nave. Erected by the sculptor Franz Goldkuhle according to plans by Güldenpfennig.
- Wooden cross covered with tin plates (1648) to commemorate the war needs ( Thirty Years War )
- So-called pestrilles can be found at various points on the outer church masonry . At the time of the plague, desperate people are said to have scratched dust from the walls in order to consume it as sacred protection against the deadly disease.
organ
The organ was built in 1913 by the Speith-Orgelbau company (Rietberg) in a neo-Gothic case . It replaced an instrument from 1865, built by Albinus Bott (Warendorf). In 1955 the instrument was changed according to the sound ideal of the organ movement, in 1972 the building company expanded it by 13 registers to now 40 registers on three manuals and pedal . In 2007 the instrument was technically rebuilt by the Speith company. The pipe material was largely taken over, the changes from 1955 returned. Today the instrument has 52 stops on four manuals and a pedal. the action actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric.
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- Secondary register: Glockenspiel, Zimbelstern, Sparrow, Cuckoo
literature
- Bettina Schmidt-Czaia : The collegiate monastery St. Aegidii et Caroli Magni zu Wiedenbrück, 1250–1650 (Osnabrück historical sources and research, volume 33). Osnabrück: Association for History and Regional Studies Osnabrück, 1994. ISBN 978-3-9800335-9-6 .
- Uwe Lobbedey: St. Aegidius zu Wiedenbrück ( Westfälische Kunststätten , issue 49). Westfälischer Heimatbund, Münster 1988.
- Ulrich Schäfer: The parish church of St. Aegidius Wiedenbrück (DKV art guide No. 658) ISBN 978-3-422-02204-1
