St. Clemens (Hemmersbach)

St. Clement
Denomination :	Roman Catholic
Patronage :	Clement
Rank:	Branch church
Parish :	Christ King Horrem

Coordinates: 50 ° 54 '33.4 "  N , 6 ° 43' 0.9"  E

The Church of St. Clemens is the old Roman Catholic parish church and today's branch church of the district Hemmersbach (zu Horrem ) of the city of Kerpen in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

The church is registered under number 54 in the list of architectural monuments in Horrem (Kerpen) .

history

Clement Church from above, 1965

A church in Hemmersbach was first mentioned in a document in 1345. This church was one of the Hemmersbach Castle . However, today's church dates back to the 10th century. This was a simple rectangular building. The current bell tower was built in the 12th century. In the late 12th century, two aisles were added to the rectangular nave. In the 15th century , Gothic windows with pointed arches were built into the Romanesque naves, as well as a ribbed vault in the north aisle . The current roof was built during the Baroque period . In 1852 the church was extended to the east by five axes and a three-sided choir closure in the neo-Gothic style according to plans by Vincenz Statz . Furthermore, in the same year a wooden barrel was installed as a ceiling in the old part of the central nave, but it was replaced by a wooden ceiling between 1953 and 1957. During this time the church was completely renovated. Remnants of a late Gothic painting were also uncovered.

Furnishing

In the church there is a Baroque altar from the 17th century, a crucifixion triptych from 1530 from the Netherlands, remains of late Gothic choir stalls from the 16th century and several wooden figures from the 14th and 15th centuries.

Web links

Commons : St. Clemens (Horrem)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German Art Monuments - North Rhine-Westphalia I. Rhineland; Edited by Ruth Schmitz-Ehmke, Munich-Berlin 1967, p. 264.