St. Dionysius (Heppendorf)

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St. Dionysius in Heppendorf

St. Dionysius is the Roman Catholic parish church in the Heppendorf district of the city of Elsdorf (Rhineland) in the Rhein-Erft district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

The church is registered under number 101 in the list of architectural monuments in Elsdorf (Rhineland) and is dedicated to St. Dedicated to Dionysius of Paris .

history

A church in Heppendorf was first mentioned in a document in 1246. The patronage rights owned from at least 1246 to 1802 the St. Gereon monastery in Cologne . In the liber valoris from around 1300, the church was listed as a parish church , because Heppendorf has been an independent parish since at least 1246 . However, there has been a church in Heppendorf since the end of the 11th century. The two lower floors of the bell tower, built in the 11th century in the Romanesque style, still come from the first church . A small Romanesque hall church was probably attached to the tower .

Around 1505 the Romanesque nave was demolished and today's two-aisled, late Gothic hall church was added to the tower. At the same time, the bell tower was given the top floor and faced with sandstone.

architecture

St. Dionysius is a two-aisled and five-bay late Gothic hall church with a Romanesque three-story bell tower in front in the west. The main and side aisles each close at the same level with a choir closed on three sides . The main choir is separated from the rest of the main nave in the third yoke with a belt arch . The two naves are spanned by ribbed vaults and the choir room by star vaults. The north wall and the choir walls are structured by tuff bands. The windows all have tracery and have two lanes. On the north side of the bell tower is a Romanesque portal made of red sandstone . The Gothic third floor of the tower is separated from the older basement floors by a horizontal cornice and has two two-lane acoustic windows with tracery on each side . The tower of an eight-page crowned spire .

Furnishing

In the church there is an organ gallery from 1640, a baptismal font from the 17th century, a Baroque pulpit from the 18th century, a neo-Gothic high altar with an associated side altar, two confessionals from the beginning of the 19th century and an Anna Selbdritt- Group from the 15th century, which was edited in the 16th century.

The stained glass windows are works by various artists. Jakob Melchior created two windows for the side choir around 1952. One shows the proclamation of the Lord and the other shows the assumption of Mary into heaven . In 1987 Ernst Jansen-Winkeln designed the third window for the side choir. It shows the adoration of St. three kings . The three windows of the main choir were made around 1960 based on designs by Paul Weigmann . These show important biblical figures and saints . The windows on the north and south walls of the church could be the work of Paul Franz Bonnekamp , but this is not certain. They were used around 1955 and depict various saints.

Bells

Until 1964 there were only three bronze bells from the 15th century in the bell tower from three different foundries, which fortunately were not melted down during World War II . In 1964 the peal was supplemented by two bells, which fit well into the historical peal.

No.
 		 Surname
 		 Diameter
(mm)		 Mass
(kg, approx.)		 Percussive
( HT - 1 / 16 )		 Caster
 		 Casting year
 
1 Maria 1,473 1,250 d ' -2 Johan van Duren 1473
2 Christ 1,219 1,100 e ' +3 Jacob of Venlo 1467
3 Paul 972 550 g ' +3 Hans Hüesker, Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock , Gescher 1964
4th Sebastianus 857 360 a ' +2 Hans Hüesker, Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock, Gescher 1964
5 Jesus-Maria-Joseph 747 250 c " +3 Heinrich of Ouerraide 1490

Motif: Double Gloria

Web links

Commons : St. Dionysius  - 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. 235.
  2. ^ Paul Clemen: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kreis Bergheim, in: Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz Volume 4, Ed. Paul Clemen, Düsseldorf 1899, p. 469 f.
  3. ^ Paul Clemen: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kreis Bergheim, in: Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz Volume 4, Ed. Paul Clemen, Düsseldorf 1899, p. 468 ff.
  4. ^ Website of the Foundation Research Center for Glass Painting of the 20th Century. Accessed on July 31, 2016 .
  5. ^ Gerhard Hoffs: Glocken im Dekanat Bedburg, p. 84 ff.

Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 46 "  N , 6 ° 38 ′ 19.9"  E