St. Calixtus Basilica

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St. Calixtus Basilica (2018)
Nave (1971)
Choir window

The St. Calixtus Basilica ( Dutch Sint-Calixtusbasiliek ) is a Roman Catholic church in Groenlo in the Netherlands . The parish church belonging to the Archdiocese of Utrecht is consecrated to Saint Calixt I and has been a Basilica minor since 2014 and has been protected as a Rijksmonument since 1976 .

history

After 1406 Groenlo belonged to the diocese of Münster. The bishop of Münster had several churches built, including today's Oude Calixtuskerk in Groenlo . The parish of this church was very similar to today's parish of Oost Gelre . During the Eighty Years' War the prevailing creed changed, from 1674 the Calixtus church fell permanently to the Reformed. After the local Catholics were taken care of by the German side, the community was separated from the diocese of Münster in 1823. After various emergency and barn churches, a Water State Church was built for the Groenlo Catholics in 1842 as part of the religious equalization with state support . At the beginning of the twentieth century it became dilapidated.

basilica

A growing community was able to complete the nieuwe Calixtus kerk on July 16, 1908 . The church was built between 1906 and 1908 as a cross basilica by the architects Jos Cuypers and Jan Stuyt, who designed many Catholic buildings, mostly in the neo-Gothic brick style of the Lower Rhine . On July 25, 1908, the church was consecrated and taken into use. The building of the church building cost 128,000 guilders at that time. The altar of the church with altar cabinets was built in stages from 1909 to 1911 because of the high cost. The church continued to be equipped until the end of the 1930s. The nave is characterized by profiled brick columns, deep arches and star vaults . The high church tower is adorned with niches and has a roof that is designed as an octagonal needle point. In the choir there are five glass paintings by Otto Maria Maximiliaan Mengelberg from 1910.

In February 1943, the two church bells from the foundry Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock were requisitioned by the German occupiers and melted down. On the day Groenlo was liberated, March 31, 1945, the church tower was pierced by shell fire from English troops who believed that Germans were hiding. In 1947 three new bells were installed again.

In 2014 Pope Francis elevated the church to a minor basilica . The Archbishop of Utrecht, Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk , celebrated the proclamation on January 11, 2015.

The organ was built in 1926 by the organ builder Sybrand PH Adema. The cone store instrument has 36 stops on two manual works and a pedal . The actions are electro-pneumatic.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Principaal 16 '
2. Bourdon 16 '
3. Prestant 08th'
4th Salicionaal 08th'
5. Holpijp 08th'
6th Fluit Harmoniek 08th'
7th Violon 08th'
8th. Octaaf 04 '
9. Fluit Gedekt 04 '
10. Octaaf 02 '
11. Cornet V (treble)
12. Mixture II-VI
13. Trumpet 08th'
14th Clear 04 '
II Recit expressif C – g 3
15th Vioolprestant 08th'
16. Viola di gamba 08th'
17th Vox Coelestis 08th'
18th Bourdon 08th'
19th Quintatoon 08th'
20th Aeoline 08th'
21st violin 04 '
22nd Fluit Harmoniek 04 '
23. Piccolo 02 '
24. Vox Humana 08th'
25th Vioolmixtuur II-IV
26th Bassoon 16 '
27. Trumpet Harmoniek 08th'
28. Bassoon hobo 08th'
29 Clarinet 08th'
tremolo
Pedal C – f 1
30th Subbas 16 '
31. Contrebas 16 '
32. Open Bas 08th'
33. cello 08th'
34. Open fluit 04 '
35. Bazuin 16 '
36. Trombones 08th'
  • Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P, various super and sub-octave couplings

Web links

Commons : St. Calixtus Basilica  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ St. Calixtusbasiliek on gcatholic.org
  2. ↑ a b St. Calixtus on monument register
  3. ↑ De Gelderlander (2015): Calixtuskerk in Groenlo nu Echt een basiliek (Dutch)
  4. ↑ Information about the organ (Dutch)

Coordinates: 52 ° 2 ′ 26.5 ″  N , 6 ° 36 ′ 54 ″  E