St. Ambrosius (Ostbevern)
The St. Ambrosius Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Ostbevern in the Warendorf district , North Rhine-Westphalia . The church and parish belong to the Warendorf deanery in the diocese of Münster . The church is located in the center of Ostbevern on the corner of Hauptstrasse and Bahnhofstrasse opposite the former "Saxenrast". The church is dedicated to St. Ambrose of Milan .
Building description and history
The oldest part of the church is the base of the tower. Two naves are attached to the tower, a late Gothic one to the east and a modern one to the west.
Under Bishop Hermann II von Katzenelnbogen , the previous wooden parish church was supplemented by a stone tower in 1194. This early building has been preserved as the lower part of the tower with its Romanesque portal. In 1279 the parish of Ostbevern is mentioned in a document. In 1509 the small wooden nave was replaced by a Gothic hall church with three bays and a three-sided choir . The front yoke of the nave was shorter than the two western ones. A rectangular chapel room was added to the north side of the nave, which later served as the sacristy. There was a sign above the entrance to the church: "Anno 1509 hoc opus consummatum"
From 1885 to 1889 under Pastor Köhler, in order to gain more space, the choir and an eastern yoke were demolished and a large transept with a small choir room in neo -Gothic style was added. The old fortified tower, 16 meters high, was raised with a bell cage and a tower spire of 46 meters to form a church tower of over 62 meters.
After the Second World War , the parish had grown significantly due to immigration. On September 14, 1959, there was a public meeting in the Sendker inn. Two plans were discussed: a large new church west of the tower, or a tent-shaped extension of the old church. It was almost unanimously decided to build a new building to the west in the form of a modern hall church on the steeple. On October 9, 1960, the foundation stone on the south corner of the church was set into the end wall of the old church and given the stone: SOLI DEO GLORIA. Inside was a parchment with the following text:
“In the year of salvation 1960, on Sunday, October 9th, the foundation stone for this church was laid in Telgte by the reverend Probst Clemens Bringemeiner. This happened in the 2nd year of the pontificate of our glorious reigning Holy Father John XXIII., When Bishop Dr. Michael Keller ruled the diocese of Münster when Federal President Heinrich Lübke and Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer directed the fortunes of the Federal Republic of Germany and Prime Minister Franz Meyers directed the fortunes of North Rhine-Westphalia, when in Ostbevern pastor and dean Heinrich Greshoff, vicar Franz Lambrecht and pastor Heinrich Wegmann struggled for the salvation of souls, while the political management and administration were in the hands of mayor Heinrich Kock, mayor Albrecht Heitkötter and the official director Johannes Köhnsen.
Since the current church is no longer sufficient for the growing community, the parishioners, with great unanimity and willingness to make sacrifices, decided to build this large new church, which, according to the plans of the Munster architects Kösters and Balke, will mainly be built and furnished by local craftsmen. May Almighty God pray to the intercession of his saints, especially the Most Holy Virgin and Mother of God, Mary and St. Bishop and Doctor of the Church Ambrose, the Ostbevern venerated as his heavenly patron, bless the work that has begun, bring it to completion without accident and pour out divine grace in abundance on all who pray and sacrifice in this holy place! "
On September 2, 1962 church and high altar were Auxiliary Bishop Heinrich Baaken consecrated . Then the extension from 1885 was canceled and a new gable wall with a large mission cross was built. The interior of this small church was completely redesigned in the 1980s.
organ
The organ was built in 1965 by the organ builder Friedrich Fleiter (Münster) with 37 registers on three manuals and a pedal . In 2003 an open principal bass 16 ′ was added to the pedal.
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Coupling : I / II, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
- Playing aids: two pedal combinations, hand registers, two free combinations, triggers, register crescendo, individual stops
photos
The church around 1885
From the organ gallery
In the sacristy
Tower portal
Little church
Little church
Little church
Church in the 1950s
Church interior in the 1950s
literature
- Vicar Gr. Vorspohl in connection with the parish of St. Ambrosius Ostbevern (ed.): Wayside crosses and wayside shrines in the parish of St. Ambrosius Ostbevern. Krimphoff, Füchtorf 1978, ISBN 3-921787-03-9 (authors: Josef Gr. Vorspohl, Reinhard Drees, Norbert Reher).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Hölker: Architectural and art monuments of Westphalia. On behalf of the Provincial Association edited by Wilhelm Rave Provincial Conservator 42nd Volume: District Warendorf. Aschendorfsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Münster 1936, p. 304.
- ^ Heinrich Greshoff: St. Ambrosius Ostbevern. Wiesbaden 1967 p. 5.
- ^ Heinrich Greshoff: St. Ambrosius Ostbevern. Wiesbaden 1967 pp. 5-7.
- ^ Organ in Ostbevern , accessed on February 12, 2020.
Coordinates: 52 ° 2 ′ 10.5 ″ N , 7 ° 50 ′ 21.4 ″ E