St. Adelgundis (Arsbeck)

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St. Adelgundis in Arsbeck
Medieval baptismal font St. Adelgundis Arsbeck

St. Adelgundis is the Roman Catholic branch church of the Arsbeck district of the city of Wegberg in the Heinsberg district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

The church is registered under number 1 in the list of architectural monuments in Wegberg .

history

In the 15th century a church was built in Arsbeck. However, there was already a church in the village earlier. This church was a half-timbered building that was renovated in 1723 and 1771. It was not until 1772 that this small church received a stone bell tower . Around 1794 the structure was demolished except for the bell tower. Since the place no longer had a parish church , the church of the dissolved Dalheim monastery became the new parish church of the Arsbeck parish.

After 1800, a new stone hall church was added to the tower on the site of the old half-timbered church. This place of worship could be designated on December 22nd, 1806 by pastor Martin Melchers from Heinsberg .

At the end of the 19th century, the church became too small for the increased population and the church council considered an expansion. Before 1890, the Geilenkirchen architect Lambert von Fisenne was commissioned to plan the extension. On the north side, the church was extended in 1891 by a three-aisled basilica in the neo-Gothic style with a three-sided closed choir , which meant that the north wall of the old nave had to be removed. On the south side of the old church, the new, four-storey bell tower was built in 1897, also in neo-Gothic form. The old tower was reduced in size at the level of the old nave. Thus the old church forms a kind of transept.

Since January 1, 2013, Arsbeck is no longer an independent parish. The parish was merged with some other former parishes to form the parish of St. Martin Wegberg. Since then, St. Adelgundis has been a branch church of this new large parish.

Furnishing

Some of the neo-Gothic furnishings have been preserved in the interior. These include the pews, as well as the confessionals and two side altars. The popular altar dates from 1975.

In the preserved part of the previous building, today the transept of the church, there is a medieval baptismal font with reliefs and 4 heads, as well as floor tiles with names and coats of arms from the church of the Cistercian abbey Dalheim ("Pollaert", NN (coat of arms), NN 1709, " Von Efferen ”,“ Von Obsinnich ”, NN 1587). In the chancel is a bell from the same monastery from 1666.

The organ is also worth mentioning. It is a work of the Bonn company Johannes Klais Orgelbau from 1911 (Opus 454). However, the organ was rearranged in 1947 by Willi Busch and in 1972 by the Übach-Palenberg organ building company Wilbrand and heavily changed through further modifications, so that only parts of the original 1911 are preserved. Today the instrument has 18 registers distributed over two manuals and pedal.

In the interior there are windows by Ernst Hoff , which he created between 1953 and 1956, and two windows by Josef Höttges from 1943. The choir windows were created by Gustav Fünders in 1951 and the sacristy windows are by Pitt van Treeck .

Bells

The only iron bell in the Heinsberg district is in the bell tower.

No.
 		 Surname
 		 Diameter
(mm)		 Mass
(kg, approx.)		 Percussive
( HT - 1 / 16 )		 Caster
 		 Casting year
 
1 - - - it' Messrs. JF Weule , Bockenem 1949
2 - - - f ′ JF Weule, Bockenem 1949
3 - - - G' JF Weule, Bockenem 1949

Web links

Commons : St. Adelgundis  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Limburg's website
  2. ↑ RP Online Article: Parishes prepare parish merger
  3. ^ Opus list Klais, p. 39.
  4. ↑ Website of the Foundation Research Center for 20th Century Glass Painting
  5. ↑ Description of the YouTube video of the Arsbeck bells

Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 31.1 ″  N , 6 ° 12 ′ 38.4 ″  E