St. Antonius (Alstaden)
The St. Antonius Church is a Roman Catholic church in the village of Alstaden an der Ruhr, a district of Oberhausen . Since April 22, 2007, the church consecrated to St. Anthony of Padua has been one of four churches in the Herz Jesu Oberhausen parish and the main church in the Alstaden parish. It is known for its church windows, which were designed by the artist Hildegard Bienen from 1979 onwards.
location
The Antoniuskirche is located in a secluded square, surrounded by other buildings in the community, on Bebelstrasse, Alstaden's main street, right in the center of the village. Your address is Antoniusplatz 2.
history
Alstaden became Protestant during the Reformation with the entire Broich rule . For a long time the castle church of the Lords of Styrum was the only Catholic church in the area. Since 1763 the village belonged to the rebuilt parish of St. Marien, whose church was still at Styrum Castle. Initially the Catholic population was low: in 1809 there were 12 Catholics, their number increased to 874 by 1864. Since 1821, all villages south of the Emscher belonged to the Archdiocese of Cologne .
For the grown communities in Alstaden, Styrum and Dümpten 1864 was erected in Unterstyrum a makeshift church . The parish of this church was raised to its own parish as St. Joseph Styrum in 1889 . Alstaden, which at that time had a fairly large Catholic population and had a Catholic primary school with the Antonius School since 1875 , had to fight for its own church for a long time. The St. Marien Miners' Association was founded on May 7, 1882 and tried to set up a parish in Alstaden.
But it was not until 1896 that construction began on today's Antonius Church, which was completed and inaugurated in 1897. The design came from the Oberhausen architect Franz Börgershausen. The church was built on a plot of land that the vicariate general had preferred and which the farmer Albert Müller gave to the community. The Franziskushaus parsonage was built in 1898 and is now a Caritas residence. In addition, the first bell was consecrated that year.
With the introduction of the rector Andreas Jacquorie, St. Antonius initially achieved the status of its own parish rectorate . On November 1, 1903, St. Antonius was raised to an independent parish; Joseph Hammels , later auxiliary bishop in Cologne, became the first pastor. He opened the St. Antonius Kindergarten and had large parts of the neo-Romanesque building ensemble built on Antoniusplatz, which still exists today. In addition to the already built Franziskushaus and the Antonius Church itself, the ensemble also includes the building of the St. Antonius Library, which was established in 1903, the current building of the Italian community in the diocese of Essen and today's parish hall. This was originally built as the residence of the sisters of the Johannesbund and named by them for unknown reasons after St. Bernard of Clairvaux Bernardushaus . In 1905 two more bells were consecrated in the church.
In 1926 an extension of the church was planned because it had become too small for the larger congregation and the bell tower could no longer be seen due to the new buildings around Antoniusplatz. The Hagen architect Georg Spelling drew plans for a high church tower. However, they were given up again because of the estimated cost of 75,000 Reichsmarks .
The church suffered great devastation in the Second World War: on April 27, 1943, St. Antonius was hit by an incendiary bomb and, like seven other churches in Oberhausen, was badly damaged, the interior was burned out and large parts of the west facade were destroyed.
After the war, the interior of St. Antonius was rebuilt in 1947. The restored parish church was rededicated in 1950. In 1957 the church received an organ again, but the broken windows were only replaced with simple glass. Pastor Reiner Sulliga designed new windows with the artist Hildegard Bienen, which were used piece by piece until the 2000s.
In 1958 the parish of St. Antonius, like the entire dean's office of Alt-Oberhausen, became part of the newly founded Ruhr Diocese of Essen . In 1968–1970, the church of St. Hildegard was built in the south of Alstad in the Ruhrpark under Pastor Franz Düsterhus. Originally it was planned to set up a parish of their own and later their own parish of St. Hildegard, but these plans were not carried out and St. Hildegard became a branch church of the Alstaden parish.
In the course of the restructuring of the parishes in the diocese of Essen since 2007, St. Antonius was merged with the parish of St. Peter in the north of Alstadens to form the large parish of St. Antonius, which is now part of the parish Herz Jesu Oberhausen . St. Hildegard was classified as “another church”, profaned on August 12, 2007 and demolished a year later. St. Peter is now a branch church of the parish of St. Antonius, but is to be closed within the next few years.
With 7,420 members, the parish of St. Antonius Alstaden is one of the largest in the entire diocese. In 2018 there were 76 baptisms here - more than in any other parish - and also a far above average number of first communion children and weddings.
architecture
St. Antonius is often referred to as the smallest parish church in Oberhausen without any evidence. From the outside it appears as a rather modest building and is rather secluded on Antoniusplatz, surrounded by other buildings of the community.
It is a three-aisled neo - Romanesque basilica made of red brick masonry. The almost geostete church is in the clerestory of arched windows on the west side by arched friezes and inside by round-arched arcades dominated. The choir is designed as a five-eighth closing. In the southwest rises a relatively low, four-storey church tower with blind niches , round arch frieze and pyramid roof . On the southern side of the choir, the sacristy is built right next to the church, which is directly adjacent to the rooms of the Boy Scouts St. Antonius.
In the north, the St. Antonius kindergarten is built right next to the choir; it in turn forms a building complex with the Bernardushaus, the parish hall.
There are only church entrances from the outside on the west side. On their four door handles there are sculptures of Bible passages: at the left (i.e. more northern) side entrance the parable of the camel in the eye of a needle (which is why this door is often called the camel gate and the entire ship is called the camel ship ), at the right (i.e. more southern) side entrance the parable of Sower (name of the door: Sower's Gate ) and at the main entrance on the left the parable of the Good Samaritan and on the right the story of the washing of the feet .
Furnishing
The Antoniuskirche is an example of an old, but still contemporary looking church. This is due to the modern church furnishings and the art glazing of the windows.
altar
The altar is made of bronze and was designed by Hildegard Bienen. The substructure shows a vineyard, motifs from the Bible can be seen on the sides . In the altar there are relics of the holy martyr Quirinus as well as of martyrs from the society of St. Gereon and from the society of St. Ursula , which were taken from the old altar of the church. Cardinal Hengsbach inaugurated the altar in 1982.
Side altars
On the right side altar there is a mosaic of the Madonna in the protective cloak by Johannes Geulen , on the left side altar there is another mosaic by Geulen showing St. Joseph of Nazareth . A special feature of this mosaic are the smoking chimneys in the background, which refer to the industry in the Ruhr area, whose patron saint is Josef.
statue
In the choir there is a statue of St. Anthony made of teak , which was designed by the Gerolstein artist Alfred Tombers .
organ
The first organ was used in the construction of the church and was replaced by a new organ in 1929. This was destroyed in 1943. On June 23, 1957, the third, still preserved organ was inaugurated, which was built by Orgelbau Romanus Seifert & Son in Kevelaer and expanded in 1975.
Bells
The first bells of the church had to be handed in to the First World War in 1917, as the 347 kg of bronze they contained were needed for the armaments industry. Since then, only one emergency bell has rang in St. Antonius.
Today there are four bells hanging in the tower, which were manufactured in 1958 by the Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock foundry and consecrated on June 8th. Their names are St. Anthony , St. Barbara , St. Joseph and Queen of Heaven . The bell was coordinated with that of the neighboring Evangelical Church in Alstaden so as not to get into disharmony.
Technical data of the bells:
|
Surname |
Date / year of casting |
Inscription On all bells there is an image of the patron |
Ø (mm) |
Mass (kg, approx.) |
Strike tone ( HT - 1 ⁄ 16 ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antony | 1958 | THE BELL RELIGIOUS GREETING / PRIZE ST. ANTONIUS. THEY SOUND TO GOD'S GLORY / IN THIS SANCTUARY. | 950 | 480 | g sharp 1 +3 |
| Barbara | 1958 | I AM ST.BARBARA, I PROTECT THE MINER, AND I ADMONIZE EVERYONE: PREPARE YOURSELF TO DEATH | 832 | 330 | ais 1 +3 |
| Joseph | 1958 | ST. TO HONOR JOSEF, MY BELL RINGS, SAVES THE COMMUNITY FROM EMERGENCY AND Suffering. | 783 | 280 | h 1 +3 |
| Queen of Heaven | 1958 | EVERY DAY SING AND SAY PRAISE OF THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN : | 690 | 190 | c sharp 2 +3 |
window
The Antoniuskirche is known nationwide for the art glazing of its church windows, which were designed from 1979 by the artist Hildegard Bienen in collaboration with the pastor Reiner Sulliga. They replaced simple colorless glazing that had been used instead of the one destroyed in an air raid in 1943. For years, the parish collected donations so that whenever there was enough money, another of the planned windows could be installed and installed.
Two images of saints can be seen above the side entrances, on the left St. Hildegard von Bingen , patroness of the former subsidiary church of St. Antonius, on the right St. Anthony of Padua, patroness of the church itself; Above the main entrance there is a depiction of Christ as judge of the world, surrounded by the symbols of the four evangelists.
In the side aisles there are five ornaments with the motifs "Tree with Birds", "Candle", "Ears", "Fire", "Rain", "Vessels", "Noah's Ark", "Fish" and "Bushes" as well a free composition, while there are five free compositions in the choir room with the casual theme of "ears of corn".
The Marienkapelle to the right of the main entrance is adorned by a rosette with motifs of the Bible passages Annunciation to Mary , Mary with Elisabeth , Birth of Jesus , Presentation of the Lord and The twelve-year-old Jesus in the temple , on the staircase to the organ you can see an image of Saint Cecilia of Rome , the patroness of church music. In the upper storey there are twelve 3.2 m² free compositions under the title The Twelve Gates of Jerusalem .
The “trademark” of the church, which is also described as the most impressive by most church visitors, is the peony rosette (actual name: Spirit sending ), which is located directly above the organ and bathes the church in reddish light at evening hours. It was designed by Hildegard Bienen, but for lack of money it was only installed long after her death - as the last window - in the Antonius Church.
Priest of the church
| Effective time | title | Surname | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1897-1903 | Rector | Andreas Jacquorie | later pastor to Herz Jesu (1903–1911), died in Lannesdorf near Bad Godesberg , city of Bonn |
| 1903-1912 | Pastor | Joseph Mutton | later auxiliary bishop in Cologne |
| 1912-1919 | Pastor | Wilhelm Vinnbruck | |
| 1919-1953 | Pastor | Spiritual councilor Ludwig Causemann | |
| 1953-1965 | Pastor | Heinrich Denne | |
| 1965-1979 | Pastor | Franz Düsterhus | |
| 1979-2006 | Pastor | Pure Sulliga | |
| since 2007 | pastor | Marko Bralic | previously pastor of St. Peter |
gallery
The cross in front of the sacristy (formerly the cross of the Hildegard Church)
The Bernardushaus and the extension of the kindergarten (in the foreground a faulty sign)
Web links
- Antoniuskirche on the website Kirchentour Oberhausen
- Antoniuskirche on the website of the 20th Century Research Center for Stained Glass Foundation
- Homepage of the parish of St. Antonius
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Library St. Antonius: First there was school, then there was church. Retrieved April 16, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g Kirchentour Oberhausen: History of the Antonius Church. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 12, 2015 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Gerd-Georg Janssen: On the history of Alstadens and its Catholic parish . In: City of Oberhausen (ed.): Adventure Industrial City 1874–1999. Contributions to the history of the city. Verlag Laufen, Oberhausen 2001, p. 308.
- ^ Marianne Vier, Rudi Pilat: Alstaden. 1000 year old district on the Ruhr . Published by Bürgerring Oberhausen-Alstaden 1950. Self-published, Oberhausen 1998, p. 133.
- ^ The West: Contemporary witness from Oberhausen remembers the aerial warfare. Retrieved April 12, 2015 .
- ↑ WAZ - When God has to move out: melancholy in the parish of St. Peter. Retrieved October 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Annual survey 2018 Diocese of Essen. Retrieved February 7, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d Church tour Oberhausen: The Antonius Church. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 12, 2015 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Marianne Vier, Rudi Pilat: Alstaden. 1000 year old district on the Ruhr . Published by Bürgerring Oberhausen-Alstaden 1950. Self-published, Oberhausen 1998, p. 134.
- ^ Gerhard Hoffs: Bells in the dean's office in Oberhausen. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 12, 2015 ; Retrieved April 14, 2015 . 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.
- ^ Foundation Research Center for Stained Glass in the 20th Century: The Antonius Church. Retrieved April 12, 2015 .
- ^ Library of St. Antonius: Priest of the Antonius Church. Retrieved April 12, 2015 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 45 ″ N , 6 ° 50 ′ 8 ″ E