St. Evergislus (Brenig)

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The Gothic tower and the old church 1893
Brenig, St. Evergislus, aerial photo (2016)

St. Evergislus is the Roman Catholic parish church of Brenig , a district of Bornheim in the Rhein-Sieg district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). The parish belongs to the pastoral care area Bornheim - An Rhein und Vorgebirge in the dean's office Bornheim ( Archdiocese of Cologne ).

History and architecture

View of the decoration of the gothic tower

The church in Brenig was first mentioned in a document when it was donated to the Cäcilienstift in Cologne by Archbishop Wichfrid of Cologne in 941 . In 954, Archbishop Bruno brought the relics of St. Evergislus from Tongeren to the monastery. In the following years the church in Brenig was placed under the patronage of this saint. A Holy Blood relic of unknown origin was later placed in the church. It may have been brought from the Holy Land by the Lords of Merode . As a result, an important pilgrimage to Brenig developed until the relic was lost in the secularization around 1800.

The church, which is still Romanesque at its core, had to be completely restored in 1719 due to its disrepair. In the Gothic period the church had already received a new three-story tower with two-part windows and panels on the upper floor. Finally, in 1895, the old nave was completely laid down and an upper floor and a large neo-Gothic church completed by Hermann Ritzefeld according to plans by the architect Gerhard Franz Langenberg .

window

The lead glass windows represent the three solemn festivals of Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, the Annunciation to Mary and the Assumption of Mary in the choir . They come from the artist Jan Schoenacker from the Netherlands. In the nave there are windows that were created by Paul Weigmann .

organ

In the Breniger Church there is an organ , composed of older parts, which was re-consecrated in 1973. The company Weimbs from Hellenthal carried out the conversion .

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Principal 8th'
Lull harm. 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Covered 4 ′
Super octave 2 ′
third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
None 8 ⁄ 9 ′
Sesquialter I-III 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Tremulant
II Positive C-g 3
Covered 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Principal 4 ′
flute 2 ′
Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Zimbel II 2 ⁄ 3 ′
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Octave bass 8th'
Dacked bass 8th'
Piffaro 4 ′ + 2 ′
  • Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
  • Playing aids: 1 free combination

Bells

No.
  		Surname
  		Casting year
  		Caster
  		Diameter
(mm) 		Mass
(kg) 		Percussive
( HT - 1 / 16 ) 		inscription
 
1 Holy Spirit 1754 Martin Legros , Malmedy 1418 1750 c sharp 1 +6 FAC NOS INNOCUOS, JOSEPH DECURRERE VITAM! ("Grant that we may righteously finish our lives, Joseph.")

SANCTE SPIRITUS HEISSCHEN ICH ● TZO DEM DEINST GOTZ ROIFFEN ICH ● DE DOEDEN BECLAGEN I ● BLIX HAGEL DONNER I DRIVEN ● HEINRICH VAN COELLEN GUIS ME ● PART HEITGES VAN BORNHEM ● IOIN AT THE LINDEN CHURCH MASTER 1753 ● ANLUCK READ THE OLD SCRIPTURE ON ME ● I KEEP THE OLD TAKE ● AND HAVE NEW GOSSEN ● FROM MALMEDY MARTIN LEGROS IN BRENICH ANNO 1754 (further inscriptions available)

2 Sebastian 1776 Martin Legros, Malmedy 1277 1250 dis 1 ± 0 I AM UNLUCTURED IN ANNO 1775 AND BY PHILIPPE MAASS 2 MEALS BUT WITH GOTTES HULFF THE THIRD MEAL FROM MARTIN LEGROS TO MALMEDY SUCCESSFUL WITH THE ITEN CAST AND DEDICIRT H SEBASTIANO 1776 (“... with the first cast successful and dedicated 1776 "; further inscriptions available)
3 Evergislus 1614 Abraham Gaillot, Flamersheim 1154 950 e 1 -2 O PIE PATER EVERGISLE TVORVM MEMOR OPERVM STA PRO TVORVM CETV PAVPERVM CORAM SVMMO IVDICE ANNO 1614 ("O pious father Evergislus, mind your works, stand in the face of the highest judge for the multitude of your poor in 1614"; further inscriptions are available)

literature

  • Paul Clemen : The art monuments of the city and the district of Bonn (= The art monuments of the Rhine province. Vol. 5, 3). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1905.
  • St. Evergislus Brenig. A short guide. (Leaflet in the church).
  • Peter Jurgilewitsch, Wolfgang Pütz-Liebenow: The history of the organ in Bonn and in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis , Bouvier Verlag, Bonn 1990, ISBN 3-416-80606-9 , pp. 260-263.

Web links

Commons : St. Evergislus (Brenig)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gerhard Hoffs: Bells in the dean's office Bornheim . PDF; Pp. 44-51. ( Memento of the original from January 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.glockenbuecherebk.de

Coordinates: 50 ° 45 ′ 19.48 "  N , 6 ° 58 ′ 27.08"  E