St. Amandus (Girbelsrath)
St. Amandus is the Roman Catholic branch church in the Merzenich district of Girbelsrath in the Düren district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).
The building is entered under No. 1 in the list of architectural monuments in Merzenich .
history
Until February 12, 1849 Girbelsrath was a branch of the parish St. Laurentius in Merzenich. On this day Girbelsrath was raised to an independent parish and the church to the parish church . On January 1, 2016, the parish was dissolved and incorporated into the Merzenich parish as a branch. Since then the church has been a branch church of this parish.
The church was built in 1883/84 according to the plans of the Cologne architect August Carl Lange in the neo-Romanesque style. A previous church is attested to as early as 1553. In 1986 the organ , which has seven registers, was restored by the Weimbs company.
Furnishing
Most of the church furnishings such as benches, high altar , stations of the cross and ceiling lights come from the time the church was built. The windows are a work by the Düren artist Hermann Gottfried from 1955.
Bells
There are three bells hanging in the bell chamber, one of which has been shut down:
|
No. |
Surname |
Diameter (mm) |
Mass (kg, approx.) |
Percussive ( HT - 1 / 16 ) |
Caster |
Casting year |
Remarks |
| 1 | Holy cross | 798 | 300 | cis '' -2 | Johann Wael, Cologne | 1450 | - |
| 2 | Anna | 715 | 250 | d '' +1 | Gregor van Trier, Aachen | 1510 | - |
| 3 | Maria | 562 | 125 | f '' | Karl Engebert & Peter Heinrich Fuchs, Cologne | 1751 | Bell shut down |
Pastors and Rectors
| since | Surname | Pastor etc. | to |
|---|---|---|---|
| ? | Johannes Salentin's fingers | Rector | ? |
| ? | Engelbert Blatzheim | Rector | ? |
| ? | Johann Heimbach | Rector | 1849 |
| 1849 | Wilhelm Kloth | Pastor | 1865 |
| 1865 | Johann Ludewig | Pastor | 1887 |
| 1887 | Johann Christoph Eduard Schwalbach | Pastor | 1891 |
| 1892 | Bartholomäus Joseph Hermanns | Pastor | 1906 |
| 1906 | Carl August Alois Heubes | Pastor | 1912 |
| 1912 | Peter Joseph Pinnekamp | Pastor | 1931 |
| 1931 | Wilhelm Fabry | Pastor | 1963 |
| 1966 | Johannes Schulte-Fischedick | Pastor | 1969 |
| 1969 | Peter Sieberichs | Pastor | 1983 |
| 1983 | Norbert Bolz | Pastor | 1989 |
| 1989 | Heinz Dieter Hamachers | Pastor | 2015 (dissolution of the parish) |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.limburg-bernd.de/Dueren/DenkMer/Nr.%201.htm
- ↑ Letter from Aachen Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff to the parishes of the Merzenich and Niederzier parishes dated May 28, 2015
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.glasmalerei-ev.net/pages/b2347/b2347.shtml
- ↑ Norbert Jachtmann: Bell music in the Düren region
- ↑ Hubert Böhr: 7000 years Merzenich. From the Stone Age to the year 2000, Aachen 2014, p. 196f.
Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 47.2 " N , 6 ° 33 ′ 14.7" E