St. Antonius (Düsseldorf-Hassels)

St. Anthony Church

The Catholic Church of St. Antonius in Düsseldorf-Hassels is one of the few church buildings that were completed during the Nazi regime. Particularly noteworthy are the church windows completed in 1944, one of which shows a Star of David .

history

The first chapel at the site of today's Antonius Church was in existence in the 1660s, and an emergency church since 1918. The construction of today's Antoniuskirche by the architect Hermann Schagen began in 1927. The originally planned portal tower was not implemented, instead a roof turret acts as a bell carrier.

The external appearance follows a clear geometry, as is typical of the 1920s. The round window above the portal also reflects the spirit of the 1920s.

The interior alludes to baroque furnishings. The roof is arched, the windows have a curved top, the ceiling arch surrounds them with round bays. On the side of the windows, columns are indicated, arches under the windows allude to what appears to be aisles and make the windows appear as cliff windows, even though it is a single-nave hall church.

Particularly noteworthy are the church windows completed by Wilhelm Schmitz-Steinkrüger in 1944 , which were only installed after the end of the war. They clearly refer to the Christian tradition including an Old Testament Jewish symbolism, which was very unusual under the conditions of Nazi rule. One window in particular contains the saying: “O King of Nations, you longing of the heathen, you cornerstone who unites all peoples, come bring salvation to the man you formed from earth”.

organ

The organ was built in 1990 by the organ builder Weibms (Hellenthal) and expanded in 2007. The slider chests -instrument has 27 registers on three manuals and pedal . The game actions are mechanical, the pedal actions and the stop actions are electric.

II Hauptwerk C – g 3 Drone 16 ′ Principal 8th' Metal covered 8th' Octave 4 ′ Reed flute 4 ′ Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Super octave 2 ′ third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Trumpet 8th' Tremulant

III Swell C – g 3 Hollow flute 8th' Salicional 8th' Beat 8th' Octave flute 4 ′ Octavin 2 ′ Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Sharp IV 1' Basson 16 ′ Hautbois 8th' Clairon 4 ′ Tremulant

Pedals C – f 3 Sub bass 16 ′ Octave bass 8th' Pommer 8th' Choral bass 4 ′ Night horn 2 ′ trombone 16 ′ Trumpet 8th'

• Coupling : II / II (sub and super octave coupling), III / III (sub and super octave coupling), II / P (also as super octave coupling), III / P (also as super octave coupling),

literature

• Manfred Becker-Huberti (Ed.): Düsseldorf churches. The Catholic churches in the city dean of Düsseldorf. JP Bachem Verlag , Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-7616-2219-3 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information on the organ ( Memento of the original from August 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the organ builder 

Web links

Commons : St. Antonius  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation

Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 48.1 ″  N , 6 ° 52 ′ 31.9 ″  E