St. Agatha (Dorsten)

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Tower of St. Agatha
Interior view of St. Agatha

The Catholic parish church of St. Agatha is a listed church building in Dorsten , a town in the Recklinghausen district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

History and architecture

The building was erected in 1952 in place of the old, destroyed Gothic hall church.

The first church in Dorsten was founded in the 11th century by the Xanten monastery, which until 1721 also had the right to occupy the pastoral position. Initially, the church (ngemeinde) belonged to the Archdiocese of Cologne, and only from 1821 to the Diocese of Münster.

In the place of today's church there was already a church from the 13th century, which was initially built in the shape of a cross, and later expanded into a Gothic hall church with several extensions. The patron saint was initially John the Baptist, and only later St. Agatha. At the end of the 15th century, the Magdalen Chapel was added to the church. In 1719 the church tower was severely damaged in a town fire; the historic bells were destroyed in the fire. They were replaced by three new, baroque bells in 1732. On March 22, 1945, the church was completely destroyed in a bomb drop; the works of art and valuables, which had already been securely housed in the tower in 1943, were destroyed, as was the parish archive.

In 1946 an emergency church was inaugurated in the 500 square meter machine hall of the Fürst Leopold colliery. Planning for the construction of a new church had already begun in 1945, and the Cologne architect Otto Bongartz had presented the first drafts for a church with a mighty west tower and two side towers in the east. It was supposed to be larger than the destroyed medieval church, which had proven to be too small even before the war. The foundation stone was laid on September 24, 1951, and the new church was consecrated on July 7, 1952.

Furnishing

  • Three epitaphs from the beginning of the 17th century
  • In the baptistery in the tower of the church there is a cylindrical, late Romanesque font from the 13th century. It was probably created by stonemasons from Münster's cathedral building and is made of Baumberger sandstone. The baptismal font is adorned with two ornamental tiles: vine tendrils with vines emerge from the mouths of panther and lion faces. On both friezes there are demon masks and human faces in pointed hats; These are representations of Jews who were obliged to wear cone bags since the fourth Lateran Council. The baptismal font testifies to the marginalization and demonization of Jews that was already widespread at the time. The baptismal font was destroyed in the bombing raid on Dorsten in March 1945; the 80 individual parts were put back together later.
  • Vespers made of wood, from the second half of the 16th century
  • Holy bishop made of linden wood with old setting from the 18th century
  • Silver, gilded monstrance with some figures and an architectural structure
  • Next to the stairs to the sacristy is a sculpture of St. Agatha from 1949. It is one of the earliest works by the artist Tisa von der Schulenburg , who lived as Sister Paula in the Ursuline convent in Dorsten.

organ

Prospectus of the Breil organ St. Agatha

The organ was built in 1982 by the organ building company Franz Breil (Dorsten). The instrument has 51 registers (3728 organ pipes ), four manual works and pedal , etc. a. three Spanish trumpets . The swell is equipped with two swell steps, each for the lower and the upper part of the work.

I Rückpositiv C – a 3
1. Dumped 08th'
2. Praestant 04 ′
3. Coupling flute 04 ′
4th Forest flute 02 ′
5. Fifth 01 1 ⁄ 3  ′
6th Sesquialter II 0 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Scharff IV 01'
8th. bassoon 16 ′
9. Cromorne 08th'
Tremulant
II main work C – a 3
10. Reed flute 16 ′
11. Principal 08th'
12. Capstan whistle 08th'
13. octave 04 ′
14th Flute0 04 ′
15th Fifth 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
16. octave 02 ′
17th Cornett V 08th'
18th Mixture V 01 1 ⁄ 3  ′
19th Zimbel III 01 ⁄ 2 ′
20th Trumpet 16 ′
21st Trumpet 08th'
III Swell C – a 3
22nd Dulciana 16 ′
23. Principal 08th'
24. Bourdon 08th'
25th Viole de Gambe 08th'
26th Unda maris 08th'
27. Principal Italy 04 ′
28. Flûte traversière 04 ′
29 Nazard 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
30th Flageolet 02 ′
31. Tierce 01 3 ⁄ 5  ′
32. Larigot 01 1 ⁄ 3  ′
33. Sifflet 01'
34. Fittings V. 02 '
35. Basson 16 ′
36. Trompette harmonique0 08th'
37. oboe 08th'
Tremulant
IV Trumpeteria C – a 3
38. Trompeta magna0 16 ′
39. Trompeta real 08th'
40. Clarin brilliant 04 ′


Pedal C – g 1
41. Principal bass 16 ′
42. Sub bass 16 ′
43. Octave bass 08th'
44. Gemshorn bass 08th'
45. Choral bass 04 ′
46. Night horn 02 ′
47. Rauschpfeife V 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
48. Bombard 32 ′
49. trombone 16 ′
50. Trumpet bass00 08th'
51. Clairon 04 '
  • Coupling : I / II, III / I, III / II, IV / I, IV / II, IV / III, I / P, II / P, III / P, IV / P
  • Playing aids: 3,000 typesetting combinations. Sequencer. Tongue holder.

Peal

There are 5 bells hanging in the tower of St. Agatha. Two bells were cast in 1963, three bells are baroque sounding bodies from 1732. They were transported to Lünen to be melted down at the end of the Second World War and could be retrieved in 1946. These three bells are the only completely preserved baroque bell in Westphalia.

literature

  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments , North Rhine-Westphalia . Volume 2, Westphalia, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1969
  • Elke Dißelbeck-Tewes: The memory book of the parish St. Agatha Dorsten , in: Vestische Zeitschrift Vol. 90/91, 1992, pp. 91-113.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ On the history of the church
  2. ↑ On the furnishings of the church
  3. ^ Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments, North Rhine-Westphalia . Volume 2, Westfalen, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1969, pages 124 and 126
  4. ↑ Information on the organ
  5. ↑ Information about the bells

Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′ 38 "  N , 6 ° 57 ′ 56"  E