St. Bartholomew (Kettig)

St. Bartholomäus, Kettig (2009)

High altar

St. Bartholomäus is the Roman Catholic parish church of the municipality of Kettig in the district of Mayen-Koblenz . It is on the corner of Andernacher and Weißenthurmer Strasse. The patron saint is the apostle Bartholomäus , the second patron saint is Saint Sebastian . The church has been a listed building since 1988.

History and building description

13th to 19th centuries

A parish church in Kettig was first mentioned in a document in 1204; an even earlier origin is suspected. Construction of the nave, choir and tower of the existing building can be assumed to have started around 1470, around 1500 the aisle was added and the original south wall was replaced by pointed arched arcades with octagonal columns. Work on the tower is reported from 1723, probably relating to the baroque mansard dome with the pointed helmet on top. In 1899 the church was extended to the west. In the same year, the sacristy and the staircase to the tower were changed in order to be able to set up the clockwork of the first Kettiger tower clock, which was built by Heinrich Zilliken , Münstermaifeld.

Damage in World War II and restorations

The bombing of Kettig on December 29, 1944 also affected the church; among other things, the stained glass windows were destroyed. Only three windows in the area of the organ gallery from 1892 have survived, a narrow one with an ornament, the other two with depictions of Saint Cecilia and James the Elder. In 1954 the roof was re-covered and in 1957 the interior was renovated. Further renovations followed in 1973/74 and 1987/88 as well as 1996. The renovation in 1996 was necessary after the earthquake in Roermond on April 13, 1992 . In connection with the removal of the wall damage, the church was repainted. In 2009, a comprehensive renovation of the building envelope was necessary. During the work in 1973/74 a fresco was accidentally uncovered in a niche in the aisle showing the three women at the tomb of Jesus: Mary of Magdala , Mary , mother of James , and Salome ( Mk 16.1–6 EU ). The picture probably dates from the early 16th century.

architecture

The church building consists of plastered quarry stone masonry with buttresses on the outer walls. It is a two-aisled building in the Gothic style with a choir offset to the right on the main nave with a five-eighth end . The side or side aisle has a smaller apse . To the north in the corner between the main nave and the choir stands the tower with corner blocks made of basalt lava and tuff . The main nave is 22 meters long and 12 meters wide, the side aisle 12 meters and 4.35 meters, the main choir 8.38 meters long and the side apse 3.60 meters. The tower height is 35 meters. The ceiling of the nave or main nave has been renewed at least once over the years. At first it was probably a flat ceiling before a baroque ceiling was put in place. The choir has a star vault , the side aisle a mesh vault . The consoles of the services are designed with angel half-figures and half-figures of the apostle Peter and three prophets. The keystones of the vaults bear, among other things, the coat of arms of the Elector and Archbishop Johann II of Baden and a house brand that may be attributed to the builder of the church.

The main entrance is on the gable side in the west; there is a side entrance in the third yoke of the aisle.

The exterior of the church is determined on the southwest side by the small gable roofs over the windows of the aisle. The main nave has two-part tracery windows. The four-storey tower is divided by corner and central pilasters as well as pointed arch friezes and a round arch frieze under the upper floor. The center bars of the second and third floors have narrow light slits, sound openings are in the roof hood.

Console figure
Sacrament niche
Ambo
Fresco women at the grave
Tabernacle doors

Furnishing

Bartholomew altar

Altars and pulpit

A high altar was first mentioned in the documents in 1779 and described with the heavy structure and large cross of the "former cross altar". It was demolished in April 1899 and replaced by a winged altar in the neo-Gothic style in October 1899 . The cross of the old altar was preserved and was hung in the nave as a mission cross . The tabernacle doors of the high altar show the Annunciation of the Lord by the Archangel Gabriel . Reliefs in the fixed parts of the reredos show the birth of Jesus on the right and the adoration of the kings on the left . The painting on the left wing depicts the twelve-year-old Jesus in the temple (( Lk 2,41ff EU )), the right wing depicts the risen Jesus with the disciples in Emmaus. The apostles Peter and Matthias as well as St. Agnes and St. Margaretha are painted on the outside of the wings. A crucifixion group stands above under the blast . The altar table is flanked by figures of angels. The altarpiece is the work of the Koblenz sculptor Wilhelm Mayr. The tabernacle doors were replaced for a short time by "modern" ones in 1974 based on a design by Pastor Karl Seul; Seul's successor Günter Weber had the doors that better match the style of the altar reinstalled.

The side altars - both the Marian altar in the apse of the side aisle and the Bartholomew altar on the left in the main nave - correspond in style to the high altar. They also date from 1899.

In the middle of the Marian altar there is a Madonna with the baby Jesus. On the left, in a relief, there is the second depiction of the Annunciation, the image of the angel Gabriel with Mary. The angel tells her that she will give birth to the Son of God ( Lk 1.26–38 EU ). The right relief shows the meeting of the pregnant Mary with her cousin Elisabeth, who is also expecting a child ( Lk 1.39–40 EU ), John the Baptist . The baptismal font from the 18th century stands in front of the Marien Altar; it is made of marble and about 1.10 meters high.

The Bartholomew altar, made of wood like the other altars or their attachments, is richly decorated with finials and crabs . In the middle altar niche is a statue of St. Bartholomew, in the niche on the left St. Sebastian and on the right St. Anthony of Padua. Bartholomew was one of the twelve apostles. In the figure, which comes from the earlier Bartholomew altar (late 17th century?), He is shown with the flaming knife , which indicates the nature of his martyrdom. The depiction of Saint Sebastian with armor and cloak is unusual, but the attributes of the martyr's palm and arrow identify him. Anthony of Padua in the habit of the Franciscans carries the baby Jesus on his right arm and in his left hand he holds a lily as a sign of purity. These two statues used to stand on the Sebastianus Altar, which was removed in 1892, a small altar most recently on one of the columns between the main nave and aisle, which is said to have become rotten.

On the left in the choir room, on the wall to the tower, the sacrament niche with an old iron grating has been preserved, above it a keel arch with a tracery and pinnacles on the sides . It is believed that the sacrament niche dates from around 1300, when there was no altar with a tabernacle in the church. The eternal light to the right of the sacrament niche is from 1892.

Since August 1974 there has been a celebration or popular altar in the choir in front of the high altar . It is made of tuff and basalt, decorated with parts of the wooden communion bench.

The pulpit , created in 1901 by Wilhelm Mayr from Koblenz, was removed in 1973. It hung on the left or north wall of the nave. The pulpit was made into an ambo and placed in the choir. Just like the pulpit, the communion bench was removed from 1891.

Sculptures and windows

In the choir room there are four carved wooden Baroque figures from the early 18th century on consoles on the walls: St. Adelgund, St. Maria Magdalena, St. Aloisius and St. Nikolaus. The figures are about 80 centimeters high; In 1974 they were given a new color. The mission cross, the 1.80 meter high former altar cross, has changed its place several times in the course of history. Since 1973, after the pulpit was removed, it has been hanging on the north side, i.e. on the left in the nave between the pictures of the Way of the Cross . These pictures are painted on copper and set in Gothic oak frames. They were delivered in 1903 by the Kunstanstalt Franz Reyle, Düsseldorf.

The windows in the main aisle and in the aisle are - except for the works by the painter Rudolf Schillings from 1953, which were not destroyed during the war - made by Binsfeld in Trier. The first window in the main nave has an ornamental design. The following two show Elisabeth of Thuringia and Catherine of Alexandria as well as Peter and Paul , the fourth shows again the ornamental design, which also forms the background of the figurative representations.

The same ornament is repeated in the aisle, first in the first narrow window, followed by pictures of Christophorus , Queen Mary and another ornamental window. The predominant colors are blue and red. Nevertheless, they harmonize with the old windows, which differ in style and color. Stephan Quappe Steffen designed the choir windows. They contain no figurative representations, are essentially gray and in the tracery they are ornamentally orange and yellow. They were installed in 1995.

organ

Organ loft with Gerhardt - Organ (1899)

Gaming table

Probably the first organ was installed around 1770; In 1774 the Ludimagister (schoolmaster) received 3 guilders for the organ, which in 1768 had not yet been planned. In 1791 the organ was specifically mentioned. A repair contract was signed in 1842 with an organ builder Weil from Neuwied.

Christian Gerhardt from Boppard replaced the instrument in 1899; on April 18, 1900 the new organ was inaugurated. After further modifications, it has 19 registers , which are divided between two manuals and a pedal ; the disposition after renovation in recent times is as follows:

I Manual C – f ³
Drone	16 ′
Principal	8th'
Hollow flute	8th'
Gamba	8th'
Octave	4 ′
flute	4 ′
Octave	2 ′
Sif flute	1 ¹ ⁄ ₃  ′
Mixture IV
Trumpet	8th'

II Manual C – f ³
Violin principal	8th'
Dumped	8th'
Willow pipe	8th'
Gemshorn	4 ′
Principal	2 ′

Pedal C–
Sub bass	16 ′
Principal	16 ′
Open bass	8th'
Dacked bass	8th'

Pairing : I Super, II / I, I / P, II / P
Playing aids : Fixed combinations, setting system , crescendo roller

Bells

The first bell in Kettig is proven in 1729, cast by Engelbert Crimel, Petrus Crimel from Mayen. On August 22nd, 1867 Pastor Herbert-Joseph Bayerath consecrated what it is called a new bell. It is not known whether it replaced or supplemented the old one. In the chronicle of 1904 it is said that the smallest bell “had been unusable for 20 years” and the third also cracked. In 1905 the Otto bell foundry delivered two new ones. The first bell, dedicated to the church patron Bartholomäus, with a strike tone d weighed 32.3 quintals, the second with strike tone a 9.70 quintals. Since then, the ringing consisted of four bells with the tones d – e – f sharp – a.

In 1916/17, three bells had to be handed in for war purposes . Only the e-bell from 1729 was allowed to remain in the tower as an "extinguishing bell". The organ's pewter prospect pipes were also delivered to the “War Society” in 1917. “Despite the difficult economic situation,” the church book says, “the consecration of the two new bells took place on December 11, 1921.” In 1926, the Mabilon bell foundry from Saarburg delivered a des bell to complete the peal, striking tone dis. The consecration of the bells was on January 24, 1926.

During the Second World War , three bells were drawn in again - probably in the second half of 1944. This time only the old bell from 1729 was spared. The first new bell was supplied by the Aug. Mark & Sohn bell foundry from Brockscheid in the Eifel in 1948 . Three more bells came from the Bochumer Verein in 1952 , the heaviest with a weight of 1775 kg, striking tone c sharp, the next 656 kg, striking tone f sharp, and the smallest 362 kg, striking tone a. These bells are made of steel, the older ones made of bronze. From then on, the ringing consisted of five bells and an electrical bell system. The sound was perceived as not harmonious and therefore the bell from 1948 was replaced by a new one in 1964. The replaced bell was taken over by the civil parish as a cemetery bell.

Web links

Commons : St. Bartholomäus (Kettig) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Kettiger Church: A special cultural asset. In: Rhein-Zeitung of September 29, 1988.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Hans Erich Kubach, Fritz Michel, Hermann Schnitzler: The art monuments of the district of Koblenz. Pädagogischer Verlag Schwann, Düsseldorf 1981, ISBN 3-590-32142-3 , pp. 197-202.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Gerhard Elingshäuser: The history of Kettig in the course of time. Edited by Gerhard Elingshäuser, Kettig 2000.
↑ ^a ^b Research Center for Glass Painting of the 20th Century e. V. (with photos of the windows) Retrieved June 18, 2021.
^ Architects Hessel . Cultural and monument preservation project. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Gerhard Elingshäuser: 800 years of the parish of Kettig 1204–2004 . Edited by the Catholic Church Community of St. Bartholomäus Kettig, Kettig 2004.
^ Franz Bösken , Hermann Fischer , Matthias Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (= contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 40 ). tape 4 : Koblenz and Trier administrative districts, Altenkirchen and Neuwied districts . Schott, Mainz 2005, ISBN 978-3-7957-1342-3 , pp. 474 .

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[1] Kettiger Church: A special cultural asset. In: Rhein-Zeitung of September 29, 1988.

[Kunstdenkmäler-2] Hans Erich Kubach, Fritz Michel, Hermann Schnitzler: The art monuments of the district of Koblenz. Pädagogischer Verlag Schwann, Düsseldorf 1981, ISBN 3-590-32142-3 , pp. 197-202.

[Elingshäuser-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Gerhard Elingshäuser: The history of Kettig in the course of time. Edited by Gerhard Elingshäuser, Kettig 2000.

[Glasmalerei-4] Research Center for Glass Painting of the 20th Century e. V. (with photos of the windows) Retrieved June 18, 2021.

[5] Architects Hessel . Cultural and monument preservation project. Retrieved June 18, 2021.

[800_Jahre-6] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Gerhard Elingshäuser: 800 years of the parish of Kettig 1204–2004 . Edited by the Catholic Church Community of St. Bartholomäus Kettig, Kettig 2004.

[7] Franz Bösken , Hermann Fischer , Matthias Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (= contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 40 ). tape 4 : Koblenz and Trier administrative districts, Altenkirchen and Neuwied districts . Schott, Mainz 2005, ISBN 978-3-7957-1342-3 , pp. 474 .