St. Barbara (Breinig)

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Parish Church of St. Barbara

St. Barbara is a Catholic parish church in Stolberg . It is located in the Breinig district . The church, built in the early neo- Gothic style in the 19th century , belongs to the diocese of Aachen in the deanery Stolberg-Süd and is named after Saint Barbara .

Predecessor church

There are no representations of the previous church from 1731. It is known that it had a nave 13 meters long and 6.5 meters wide. The church was located in front of the tower of the current building and protruded into the street area.

The nave was oriented in the west-east direction that is often used in Catholic churches. There was a sacristy on the north side of the choir .

An appraisal in 1819 stated that the church was in urgent need of repairs. In addition, due to the increased population of Breinig, the church threatened to become too small. Extension proposals were made several times, but they were not implemented because no suitable property was available.

An appraisal in 1846 found that it was no longer possible to enlarge it. The nave had meanwhile become dilapidated.

New building of St. Barbara

State building inspector Johann Peter Cremer developed plans for a new church. It had previously been decided to build the new church on the place of the old, as no other suitable building site was available. St. Barbara was finally built on the side of the street, with the building facing north, unlike the previous one.

The submitted plan was subject to numerous revisions and requests for changes. Among other things, wider aisles and a wider tower were required. However, this could not be realized. Finally, the desired two entrances in the tower and additional windows in the choir area were implemented .

On August 11, 1852, the contract for construction was placed, and on August 28, 1852, approval was given for the foundation stone to be blessed. In 1853 the construction of the outer walls began. In 1854 construction came to a standstill, because no craftsmen could be found who could wall the massive stone vaults provided in the plan . It didn't take long for the choir vaults to collapse. The construction could only be completed with massive help from Cremer. On December 4, 1855, the community was able to use the church for the first time.

The cost of building the church was 15,000 thalers , almost all of which were raised by the community.

The furnishings of the new church came almost entirely from the old church building. Only the high altar and the communion benches were rebuilt. In 1858 a new organ was installed by Wilhelm Korfmacher from Linnich, and in 1866 two new confessionals followed. In 1888/1889 St. Barbara received new colored windows made by glassmaker Hubert Clemens Winkholt.

In 1977 and 1978 the church was restored. As part of this measure, the western sacristy was set up as a sacrament chapel. The tabernacle and the stele in this chapel are by Sepp Hürten , who designed the sacrament chapel together with Hermann Frey, the pastor at the time. In addition to its high artistic quality, it is also significant because St. Barbara is one of the few churches in the Aachen diocese to consistently implement the recommendations of the Second Vatican Council to relocate the tabernacle from the sanctuary to its own sacrament chapel. Ludwig Schaffrath designed the windows of the sacrament chapel ; the angels in the chapel, added later, are by Andreas Felger . During the restoration of the church, parts of the old high altar and the communion bench were integrated into the new chancel and the sacrament chapel. The new altar and the cross of the crucifixion group were also created by Sepp Hürten.

organ

In 1981 a complete renovation of the organ by the workshop Alfred leader , Wilhelmshaven . The last restoration work took place in 1990–1992, when St. Barbara received neo-Gothic windows in the choir. In 2008 the parish informed that the 19th century Korfmacher organ was infected by woodworm and urgently needs to be restored. Therefore, a maintenance renovation was carried out in 2009. The instrument has 27  registers on two manuals and a pedal . The game actions are mechanical.

I main work C – f 3
1. Drone 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Hollow pipe 8th'
4th Viola da gamba 8th'
5. octave 4 ′
6th flute 4 ′
7th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. octave 2 ′
9. Mixture IV
10. Cornett IV 4 '
11a. Trumpet bass 8th'
11b. Trumpet treble 8th'
II substation C – f 3
12. Covered (floatingly tuned) 8th'
13. Transverse flute 8th'
14th Salicional 8th'
15th Principal 4 ′
16. flute 4 ′
17th Salicet 4 ′
18th Super flute 2 ′
19th Mixture II
20th Basson-Hautbois 8th'
21st Euphon 8th'
Pedal C – f 1
22nd Violon 16 ′
23. Sub bass 16 ′
24. Principal bass 8th'
25th Choral bass 4 ′
26th trombone 16 ′
27. Trumpet 8th'

Church treasure

The church treasury of St. Barbara has numerous treasures from different centuries.

16th Century

Two Renaissance candlesticks date from this century . Its simple form made of bronze looks unobtrusive and simple.

The painting “Child Murder of Bethlehem” is done with oil on wood. The back is handwritten with the name Palma il Veccio , an Italian painter of the 16th century. Presumably he did not create it himself, but it is the work of a student. The painting was donated to the parish in 1993.

The Pietà "Christ in misery" made of linden wood probably comes from the Main area.

17th century

A gold-plated, silver chalice dates from 1660. It bears the year in the engraving . The name of the engraver is unknown.

A chasuble from 1662 bears the Jesuit coat of arms IHS in the border cross with three nails in the halo. The year is housed in the cross rod.

18th century

A gold-plated silver ciborium adorns the engraving “Jacobus Braun scabinus viduus ortus ex Breinig virgini Barbarae suae et agonizantibus patronae dedit”.

A sun monstrance from 1763 shows ears of wheat and grapes in the base. An inscription reads "Breynig IH 1763".

The text "Calicem salutaris accipiam" was engraved in a chalice by an unknown artist from Aachen, also from the 18th century .

In addition, numerous crosses, figures and objects from the 18th century are among the church treasures.

19th century

One of the church treasures from the 19th century is an undersilvered ciborium with a brass base and node. This is gold-plated and serves as a host bowl.

Two wooden figures depicting Saint Peter and Saint Paul probably date from the beginning of the 19th century.

The parish patron saint “Saint Barbara” probably comes from the last years of the 18th or first years of the 19th century. Presumably the figure was created in Belgium. The case is made in the baroque style .

Another sun monstrance also dates from the beginning of the 19th century. The relic monstrance of St. Stephen was made of pewter.

The parish church also has a number of figures, vestments and sacred vessels from the 19th century.

literature

  • Eifel- und Heimatverein Breinig: Art objects in the parish church of St. Barbara in Stolberg-Breinig In: Breiniger Heimatblätter. Volume 4, Stolberg 1996

Web links

Commons : St. Barbara (Breinig)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the historical organ

Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 48.3 ″  N , 6 ° 13 ′ 15 ″  E