St. Clemens (Drolshagen)
The church of St. Clemens in Drolshagen probably dates back to the 10th or 11th century. The church was expanded in the 13th century. A modern extension was added in the 1960s.
architecture
The church is on the edge of the old town center of Drolshagen. The building consists of plastered quarry stone and looks simple on the outside.
The first church at this point is said to go back to Archbishop Anno II . A coin found during restoration work dates from the time of Otto III. which could confirm the rather early emergence. The first church was a flat-roofed hall church with a semicircular apse . After the Cistercian convent was founded in the town in 1235, the church was converted into a basilica in the Romanesque style.
It now served as a parish and monastery church. The pastor has since been appointed by the monastery. The walls of the previous church were raised. Since then, strong pillars have supported a vault. It is a cross vault with ridges. By adding side aisles, the previous church became the central nave. There is a wall aisle in each of the side aisles. There is no transept . The choir area was added later . This is single yoke and in the shape of a clover leaf. The dome of the choir is supported by four pillars made of limestone ( aqueduct marble ). The windows and entrances are round-arched and were later partially extended. It is a three-aisled, five-bay pillar basilica.
The church, which resembles the Rhenish processional basilica, is one of the few of its kind that has largely been preserved to this day. The type of basilica was not unusual in the Sauerland at the time of construction. The St. Dionysius in Thülen or St. Cyriakus in Berghausen is comparable . However, the Westphalian hall church type dominated later .
According to the rules of the Cistercian order , the church was initially without a tower. The tower was added in the course of the construction of the city fortifications and also served as a defense tower. This is indicated by loopholes on the upper floors. He joins the Church in the west. The spire of the tower with the conspicuous four corner turrets dates from 1874.
As the parish grew in the 20th century, the church became too small. In the 1960s, the church was considerably expanded with a modern extension. The extension was planned by the Cologne architect Karl Band . The extension was consecrated in 1969 by Cardinal Lorenz Jaeger . The services are largely held in the new part of the church.
In 2016, with the renovation of the Romanesque part, the large-scale renovation of the old and new church began. It was headed by the architects Clemens & Maas, Arnsberg. The old Romanesque part was repainted in the three apses and in the triumphal arch by the artist Clemens Hillebrand . In 2016, an abstract version of the Apocalypse, a heavenly Jerusalem, was painted in the dome of the central apse, and a cross as a tree of life in the triumphal arch in front of the choir . In the lower area of the left apse, inserted in an abstract, ornamental painting, various stations from the life of the Virgin Mary were re-represented, such as the Annunciation, the Visitation, a Christmas depiction, the wedding on Cana and Pentecost. In the lower area of the right apse, also integrated into the ornamental painting, the founding of this church by Anno von Köln , a reference to Bernhard von Clairvaux , and to the patron saint of the church, St. Clemens , as well as to Maria Theresia Bonzel von Olpe and Emilie Angel from cough near Drolshagen. In the two side apses, the previously bricked up windows were reopened and redesigned from amber onyx based on designs by Clemens Hillebrand. This part of the renovation was completed towards the end of the year and inaugurated on December 5, 2016 in a solemn mass by the Cologne Auxiliary Bishop Manfred Melzer .
Furnishing
The interior includes a font from the 13th century. It stands in the south aisle aisle and is made of trachyte stone. This probably comes from the Siebengebirge. The basin is supported by six pillars. An 85 cm high Pietà in the Gothic style stands behind the font today. It dates from the 15th century and was carved from linden wood. During the restoration of the old church, paintings were also uncovered, which can possibly be dated to the time of the first church building. The paintings are behind the Sebastianus altar. A column motif can be seen. Other paintings date from the 15th century. They show Saint Stephen . The furnishings include a pulpit from the 18th century in the Baroque style . It is adorned with figures of the evangelists and St. Clement . A crucifixion group also dates from the 18th century. It is located in the choir in the old building. The Sebastianus Altar is from the same period. This is located in the north aisle aisle. These three works are said to come from JN Düringer. Other statues from the 18th century depict Saints Clemens and Maria. Next to the modern altar of the extension there are two oil paintings with saints on a wooden background from 1617.
Organs
The church has two organs . A modern organ is in the annex. However, this has clear defects, so that it will shortly be replaced by the organ of the former monastery church from the Olper Pallottihaus. A historical organ is located in the old church building. This comes from the Baroque, was restored in 1987 and rebuilt in 2018 using old parts.
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- Coupling : I / I (sub-octave coupling), II / I (also as sub-octave coupling), II / II (sub-octave coupling), I / P, II / P.
Bells
The big Christ the King bell has been left from the former six-part cast steel bell from 1922 and 1947 . In 1993 the bell foundry Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock added six smaller, artfully decorated bells made of bronze. The seven-part chime with a total weight of over 14 tons is one of the largest chimes in Westphalia. It hangs in a monumental concrete bell chair.
Two of the removed steel bells, which the Bochum Association cast to replace the original bells confiscated during the war, stand as monuments in front of the church.
| No. | Surname | Casting year | foundry | Ø (mm) | Mass (kg) | Strike tone ( HT -16ths) | Remarks |
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| 1 | Christ King | 1947 | Bochum Association | 2,378 | 5,300 | g 0 +4 | Cast steel |
| 2 | Epiphany | 1993 | Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock | 1,805 | 3,847 | a 0 +5 | bronze |
| 3 | Hosanna | 1993 | Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock | 1,517 | 2,255 | c 1 +7 | bronze |
| 4th | Clement | 1993 | Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock | 1,322 | 1,445 | d 1 +6 | bronze |
| 5 | Peter, Paul and Sebastian | 1993 | Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock | 1,273 | 1,440 | e 1 +6 | bronze |
| 6th | Maria | 1993 | Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock | 1,075 | 868 | g 1 +8 | bronze |
| 7th | Joseph | 1993 | Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock | 973 | 650 | a 1 +6.5 | bronze |
| 8th | Big Klepp bell | 1938 | Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock | 431 | 50 | a 2 −1 | Bronze; hangs in the roof turret |
| 9 | Small Klepp bell | 1993 | Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock | 403 | 43 | h 2 ± 0 | Bronze; hangs in the roof turret |
| 10 | Clock bell | 1874 (?) | unknown | 200 | 15th | Bronze; hangs in the spire |
Individual evidence
- ^ Harm Klueting: The Electoral Cologne Duchy of Westphalia as spiritual territory in the 16th and 18th centuries . In the S. (Ed.): The Duchy of Westphalia . Vol. 1: The Duchy of Westphalia: Westphalia from the Electorate of Cologne from the beginnings of Cologne rule in southern Westphalia to secularization in 1803. Münster 2009, ISBN 978-3-402-12827-5 , p. 483.
- ^ Marina Cramer: Art in the Duchy of Westphalia. In: Harm Klueting (Ed.): The Duchy of Westphalia . Vol. 1: The Cologne Duchy of Westphalia from the beginnings of Cologne rule in southern Westphalia to the secularization of 1803 . Münster 2009, p. 544.
- ↑ Information on disposition on the website of the organ builder
- ↑ Video recording of the loud bells (January 25, 2011)
- ↑ Individual data (PDF; 1.6 MB)
literature
- Adolf Ludorff: The architectural and art monuments of the district of Olpe. Münster 1903, p. 31f.
- Peter Kracht : Sauerland, Siegerland and Wittgensteiner Land. Münster 2005, p. 71f.
- City of Drolshagen: Think about Drolshagen. Drolshagen, undated Download as pdf
- Hans H. Hanke; Bruno Denis Marcel Kretzschmar: Preservation of monuments through the ages using the example of the Catholic parish church of St. Clemens in Drolshagen . In: Denkmalpflege in Westfalen-Lippe , ISSN 0947-8299 21 (2015), issue 2, pp. 84-89 Download as pdf
- The new painting of the old, Romanesque part of the parish church of St. Clemens in Drolshagen , publisher: Clemens Hillebrand, Cologne and the Catholic parish of Drolshagen, 2017.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 23.9 ″ N , 7 ° 46 ′ 42.5 ″ E