St. Bonifatius (Schaufenberg)

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St. Boniface in Schaufenberg

St. Bonifatius is the Roman Catholic parish church in the Hückelhoven district of Schaufenberg in the Heinsberg district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The church is dedicated to St. Boniface and has been used as the Church of the Holy Sepulcher since 2016/17 . In addition to Schaufenberg, Millich and the Mahrhof also belong to the parish .

location

The church building is located in the very south of Schaufenberg between Bonifatiusstrasse and Jacobastrasse.

history

Schaufenberg never had its own church and always belonged to the parish of Ratheim . Around 1900 there were efforts in the neighboring town of Millich to have its own church, but they were not pursued any further. With the opening of the Sophia-Jacoba colliery , the population of Schaufenberg quadrupled between 1921 and 1931. For this reason, an emergency church was set up in a barn in 1926 , in which services could now be held. In addition, on January 1, 1939, Millich and Schaufenberg were combined to form a separate pastoral care district with its own priest. Formally, however, both places still belonged to the parish of Ratheim. On October 1, 1955, the pastoral care district was granted financial independence; since April 1, 1969, Schaufenberg and Millich have been an independent parish .

Building history

The in the 1926 emergency church was founded on November 7, 1929 benediziert . In 1944 the National Socialists confiscated the emergency church and used it as accommodation for digging workers. Only in 1946 could the church be used again for church services. Since the emergency church no longer met the demands of the community, it was decided to build the current parish church.

St. Bonifatius was built between 1955 and 1956 according to plans by the Wassenberg architect Wilhelm Andermahr . The solemn church consecration took place on September 16, 1956. The planned bell tower has not yet been built.

Due to austerity measures by the diocese of Aachen and the process of "Church Real Estate Management (KIM)", the Schaufenberg parish church was withdrawn from the diocese's funding. The parish decided to convert St. Boniface into a Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The last service in the church took place on Easter Monday, March 28, 2016, during which the Eternal Light was extinguished. Between 2016 and 2018 the interior of the church was converted into a Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the exterior remained unchanged. The Aachen architects Paulssen & Schlimm created the plans . Burials have been in the church since the end of 2018.

Building description

St. Bonifatius is a modern steel frame building filled with bricks. The building rises on a parabolic floor plan and faces south.

Furnishing

The stained glass windows of the glass concrete walls were designed by the Weezen artist Hans Mennekes in 1956. The windows in the nave are works by Sebastian Slaby from 2000 and represent the Seven Sacraments .

Bell jar

St. Boniface has only one chime made of cast steel, which is located in an attachment above the sacristy. It was cast in 1956 by the Bochumer Verein für Gussstahlfabrikation and sounds on the strike note g ''.

Rectors and Pastors

The following priests worked as pastors until 1961 as rectors in the parish of St. Bonifatius:

from ... to Surname
1939-1944 Arnold Höppener
1944-1950 Hubert Rutge
1950-1955 Wilhelm Kreutz
1955-1958 Matthias Nauen
1958–1962 Theo Feller
1962-1966 Anton Loyen
1966-1991 Anton Heffels
1991-2014 Klaus Jansen
2013-2014 Gottfried Maria Graaff (parish administrator)
2014-2016 Winfried Müller (parish administrator)
2016-2018 Georg Kaufmann

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 780.
  2. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 780.
  3. ↑ Philipp Schaffranek: Hückelhoven "What was sown remains". In: Rheinische Post. March 29, 2016, accessed April 24, 2018 .
  4. ^ Hückelhoven-Schaufenberg, Catholic Church of St. Bonifatius. In: Internet site Forschungsstelle Glasmalerei des 20. Jahrhundert eV Retrieved on April 24, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 780.

Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 42.4 "  N , 6 ° 12 ′ 30.5"  E