St. Anna (Ratingen-Lintorf)

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Parish Church of St. Anna

The Catholic parish church of St. Anna in Ratingen-Lintorf is a three-aisled, neo-Romanesque columned basilica . It is the main church of the parish of St. Anna, founded in 2009, to which other subsidiary churches belong. The community is part of the dean's office Ratingen in the district dean's office Mettmann in the Archdiocese of Cologne . The current church dates from 1878 and has been a listed building since 1985 . However, the history of its predecessor goes back to the 11th century.

The previous building in the Middle Ages and early modern times

In the 11th / 12th In the 17th century a Romanesque church was built in Lintorf; the dependent community belonged to the Ratinger parish ( St. Peter and Paul ). It was not until the 15th century that Lintorf became an independent parish. Over time, the old church building not only became too small for the parish, which had grown to 1,000 souls, but also increasingly, externally and internally, towards inexorable decline. Devastation and looting by soldiers from various armies also contributed to this; for example, it was looted and devastated by Pappenheim's mercenaries in 1632.

The church building from 1878

Pastor Bernhard Schmitz, who worked as pastor and pastor in the community from 1875 to 1902 , was aware that the old church could no longer be renovated. However, his predecessor, Johann Heinrich Schönscheidt, had already drawn up an initial plan to build a new church and laid the foundation for its financing through donations from the owners of the Beekerhof, the Barons von Elverfeld, Johann and Konrad Perpéet and Heinrich Holtschneider. This sum with its interest, together with the collections of Pastor Schönscheidt and a generous legacy from the pastor, formed the basis of the building fund.

At the turn of the year 1876/1877 the medieval church was demolished due to its dilapidation . According to the current state of knowledge, there are no photographs. A wooden emergency church had already been built in 1875.

The new building, which began in May 1877, was based on a neo-Romanesque architectural language with stylistic elements from the Nazarenes . The design came from the Cologne architect August Carl Lange (1834–1884), who had already designed or converted numerous sacred and secular buildings in the neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque style in the region, such as the "Marienburg" in Monheim am Rhein, St. Agnes in Angermund, St. Josef in Solingen - Höhscheid (1872–1881), St. Mary's Conception also in Solingen-Höhscheid (1872–1884) or the Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Elberfeld (1884–1886). Other of his buildings were the parish churches of St. Martin in Euskirchen, St. Stephanus in Hitdorf and St. Stephanus in Cologne-Lindenthal.

On July 28, 1878 - the feast of St. Anne - the benediction of the church was celebrated, on this occasion a commemorative publication was presented. The contemporary witness and later school teacher Johann Hamacher reported on this in detail. The benediction of the Lintorf Church happened during the most violent Kulturkampf , when Archbishop Paulus Melchers of Cologne was in exile in the Netherlands. This explains why the consecration could only be carried out on August 14, 1893 by Auxiliary Bishop Anton Fischer . In 1901 the church was painted in the Nazarene style by the artist Heinrich Nüttgens (1866–1951) .

The "Alte Wedenhof" (1831) served as the rectory until it was demolished in 1972 and replaced by a new building on Ritterskamp. The sexton's house was built in 1953, the craftsman's home next to it (“Kettler House”, named after Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler ) in 1959. Between 1960 and 2003 the community had a stately community center, the “Anna House” on Krummenweger Strasse. A planned new construction of a parish center has not yet been implemented. During the time when Wilhelm Veiders was pastor (1935-1969), the church was frequently visited by Archbishop Joseph Frings of Cologne , who was a personal friend of Veiders and who in 1946 appointed him dean of the Ratingen deanery.

Furnishing

The furnishings of St. Anne's Church include a bell cast in 1484, an oak pietà from the 15th century and a " Madonna with grapes" from the beginning of the 16th century, which still come from the old church, a Rhenish-late Gothic Madonna with crown and scepter as well as a baroque St. Anna with the young Maria. Two medieval bells were melted down in 1944. Today's third church organ dates from 1983. The first organ from 1886 with 16  registers was replaced in 1937 by a new organ with 22 registers. In 1947 the choir of the church received new windows based on designs by Wilhelm Derix , and in 1948 and 1949 the nave was also provided with new windows by Joseph Strater (Krefeld). In 1950 the church received two new bells and in 1954 a new high altar. A new bronze baptismal font was also designed by the Cologne artist Egina Weinert .

In 1985 strangers threw stones into two windows depicting the passion of Saints Sebastian and Stephan. On August 31, 2004, the church received a church tower clock for the first time.

Renovation and restoration of the painting in 1979/1980

In the course of a long-term renovation, not only the foundations were drained in 1979/1980 , the grouting was renewed and parts of the roof structure were replaced. During the preliminary investigations for the renovation, the old painting, which had been created by Heinrich Nüttgens in 1901, was rediscovered and restored.

Todays situation

Since May 31, 1985 the church building has been on the list of monuments of the city of Ratingen under the identification number A 43 . In 1997 the community was united with St. Johannes von Ars in the north of Lintorf. The newly merged Parish of St. Anna in Ratingen has existed since 2009, and the St. Anna Church in Lintorf serves as the main church. The parish also includes the branch churches of St. Bartholomäus in Ratingen-Hösel , St. Christophorus in Ratingen-Breitscheid and St. Johannes von Ars. The pastoral care team includes Pastor Benedikt Zervosen, Chaplain Charles Moukala and Pastor and district youth pastor Daniel Schilling. (Stand 2013)

List of pastors since 1700

The first Lintorf pastors are mentioned in a document around 1500. However, a consistent listing is not possible due to the gaps in delivery. From 1703 onwards:

  • Heinrich Velden (1703–1708)
  • Hermann Lentzen (1708–1710)
  • Johannes Mohr (1711-1716)
  • Christianus Aspach (1716-1724)
  • Gerhardus Notbeck (1724-1740)
  • Johannes Balve (1740)
  • Bruno Becker (1740–1743)
  • Engelbert Loevenich (1743–1759)
  • Andreas Esch (1759–1763)
  • Henricus Axer (1763–1767)
  • Beesen (1768–1777)
  • Wahlers (1777–1787)
  • Caspar Carbuch (1787-1830)
  • Aloys Theodor Kaiser (1830–1833)
  • Theodor Kallenberg (1834–1837)
  • Johann Heinrich Schönscheidt (1838‐1874)
  • Bernard Schmitz (1875–1902)
  • Heinrich Zitzen (1902–1913)
  • Johannes Meyer (1913–1921)
  • Josef Füngeling (1921–1935)
  • Wilhelm Veiders (1935–1969)
  • Franz Mezen (1969–1996)
  • Chris Aarts (1996 / 1997-2006)
  • Benedikt Zervosen (since 2006)

Web links

literature

  • Theo Volmert: St. Anna Lintorf. In: Hans Ferres (Ed.): The Deanery Ratingen. (= History of the parishes of the Archdiocese of Cologne , 2nd episode, volume 2.) Hösel 1954, pp. 115–177.
  • Richard Baumann: St. Anna Lintorf. in: Richard Baumann (Ed.): Das Dekanat Ratingen, Volume 2: 1945-1997. Church on the way into the 21st century. Ratingen 1997, p. 230.
  • Manfred Windscheid: The renovation of the parish church St. Anna in Lintorf. In: Die Quecke , Volume 50 (1980), pp. 17-20.
  • Wolfgang Kannengießer: Dean Wilhelm Veiders. In: Die Quecke , Volume 69 (1999), pp. 53-56.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Theo Volmert: The old St. Anna Church. How the new church came about. In: Die Quecke , Volume 48 (1978), pp. 12-21.
  2. ^ AJ Zorn: The architect August Carl Lange (1834-1884). Dissertation, RWTH Aachen, 1980.
  3. ↑ Bernhard Schmitz: Festschrift on the Benediction of today's St. Anna Church on July 28, 1878. Facsimile edition of the original booklet from 1878, supplemented by some essays on the history of the St. Anna parish from earlier editions of Quecke , Ratingen 1998.
  4. ^ Theo Volmert: St. Anna Lintorf. In: Hans Ferres (Ed.): The Deanery Ratingen. (= History of the parishes of the Archdiocese of Cologne , 2nd episode, volume 2.) Hösel 1954, p. 168.
  5. ↑ Manfred Buer: 100 years ago the St. Anna Church was solemnly consecrated. In: Die Quecke , Volume 63 (1993), p. 41 f.
  6. ^ Kannengießer: Veiders, pp. 53–56.
  7. ↑ http://www.lintorf-die-quecke.de/fileadmin/user_upload/pdfs/DL-Turmuhr.pdf
  8. ^ Richard Baumann: Heinrich Nüttgens painted the St. Anna Church. In: Die Quecke , Volume 50 (1980), pp. 20 f.
  9. ^ Manfred Windscheid: The renovation of the parish church St. Anna in Lintorf. In: Die Quecke , Volume 50 (1980), pp. 17-20.
  10. ^ Theo Volmert: St. Anna Lintorf. In: Hans Ferres (Ed.): The Deanery Ratingen. (= History of the parishes of the archdiocese of Cologne , 2nd episode, volume 2.) Hösel 1954, p. 138.

Coordinates: 51 ° 19 ′ 55.2 ″  N , 6 ° 49 ′ 52.7 ″  E