St. Antonius Abt (Ahrhütte)

St. Antonius Abt (Ahrhütte), exterior view from the southwest

St. Antonius Abt is a Roman Catholic branch church in the Blankenheim district of Ahrhütte in the Euskirchen district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The church is dedicated to Anthony the Great and belongs to the parish of St. Johann Baptist , Dollendorf .

location

The church is located on federal road 258 on the edge of Ahrhütte.

history

Since when there has been a church in Ahrhütte is unknown. In any case, a chapel in Ahrhütte is mentioned in the parishes during the French period around 1800. This chapel originally belonged to the Lommersdorf parish , but was then assigned to the Dollendorf parish in 1803. At that time, the ownership of the chapel was unclear; there was a dispute about whether the chapel was owned by the parish or by the Aremberg ironworks. There was never an agreement, nobody felt responsible for the Ahrhütte chapel, so that the building fell into disrepair. In 1866 it finally had to be demolished. Thus Ahrhütte no longer had its own house of worship.

It was not until after the First World War that the citizens took an initiative to build a new church. In 1923 the Ahrhütte Chapel Building Association was founded and in the same year construction began on today's church. The plans for this were drawn up by the district architect Carl Schmanck . Due to the difficult economic situation, the new church was not completed until 1930 and January 17, 1930 benediziert be. The high altar that was set up in the choir room originally came from the chapel on the Vellerhof. This altar dates from the 17th century.

The Kapellenbauverein commissioned two bells, which were consecrated on October 21, 1928 and fixed in the bell tower on October 22, 1928. The smaller bell (240 kg) is dedicated to Our Lady, the larger (380 kg) to Saint Anthony. On the Marienglocke the inscription: SUCCESS THE BETGLOCK TO YOUR EAR, LIFT YOUR HEART TO GOD EMPOR and on the Antoniusglocke was the inscription: ANTONIUS HEIßE ICH, I PRIZE GOD'S GLORY, I CALL THE LIVING; I WEEP THE DEAD, I BREAK THE LIGHTNING attached.

On May 6, 1942, the larger bell was confiscated and melted down by men of the Reich Labor Service. On May 1, 1950, a bell was installed in the tower, which the chapel community rented from the parish of Blankenheim for an annual amount of DM 12. This bell dates from 1515 and bears the coat of arms of the Counts of Blankenheim. In 1964 this Sankt Anna bell was bought for 2000 DM.

In 1938, the sacristy behind the choir was built according to plans by architect Willy Rommé from Aachen . In 1976, 1977, 1980 and 1986 several restoration and maintenance work took place on the church.

Building description

St. Antonius Abt is a three-axis hall church made of quarry stone in the form of reform architecture with a retracted and just closed choir in the east and a three-storey bell tower with a four-sided dome in the west. The interior is spanned by a flat plastered ceiling. The choir and nave are separated from each other by a round triumphal arch.

Furnishing

The interior is dominated by a large wooden cross on the eastern wall of the choir. It was carved in 1942 by a prisoner of war from Poland and consecrated on May 3, 1942 by Father Benedikt Reetz, abbot of Seckau Abbey, from Ripsdorf.

Before that there was a wooden altar from the 17th century until 1964 . This was exchanged for a people's altar. Its altarpiece with the depiction of the Last Supper came from the old St. Antonius Chapel, which had to be demolished in 1866 due to dilapidation.

The organ is a work by Weimbs Orgelbau in 1979. The instrument has 5 registers distributed over a manual and pedal. The action is mechanical.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Christian Renger: Bonn churches and chapels. History and Art of Catholic Houses of God and Parishes . In: Annals of the Historical Association for the Lower Rhine . tape 195 , jg, January 1, 1992, ISSN  2194-3818 , doi : 10.7788 / annalen-1992-jg47 .
2. ↑ Kirwel, Jochen: Ahrhütte history of an Eifelortes . Ahrhütte 2011, p. 103 .
3. ↑ Kirwel, Jochen: Ahrhütte history of an Eifelortes . Ahrhütte 2011, p. 106 .
4. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 514.
5. ↑ Kirwel, Jochen: Ahrhütte - history of an Eifelortes. Ahrhütte 2011, p. 105 .
6. ↑ Kirwel, Jochen: Ahrhütte - history of an Eifelortes . Ahrhütte 2011, p. 101 .
7. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 514.

Coordinates: 50 ° 23 ′ 24.5 ″  N , 6 ° 44 ′ 3.2 ″  E