St. Georg (Amern)

St. Georg (Amern)

The Catholic parish church of St. Georg is a listed church building in Amern , a district of Schwalmtal in the Viersen district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

History and architecture

The three-aisled, neo-Gothic brick hall was built from 1883 to 1886 based on designs by August Rincklake and Caspar Clemens Pickel in place of a previous church. The church stands dominantly over the old village. The extensions on the side aisles look like a chapel, the five-sided choir is accompanied by flank towers. The preserved Gothic west tower was raised by one storey with a slate pyramid between corner turrets and encased around 1900. The exterior is enlivened by a variety of roof shapes. Ribbed vaults on round pillars were drawn into the centralizing tendency of the interior . The painting was done at the beginning of the 20th century.

Church services

The services of St. George's Church take place on Sunday mornings at 11:15 a.m. and - compared to other churches - also on Tuesday at 9 a.m. and on Friday at 7 p.m.

Furnishing

• The stained-glass windows in the choir were in 1958 by the renowned glass painter Wilhelm Rupprecht created
• The carved Retabelaufsätze the three altars were in the workshop of 1900 and 1906 Ferdinand Langenberg made
• The sandstone stipes were probably created in 1888 according to the design of the church architects
• The marble font with a brass lid is from 1846
• A standing figure of a Mother of God probably comes from the Lower Rhine, it was made between 1420 and 1440 and recast in later times. The crown was added
• The version of the crucifix from around 1520 has been lost

organ

The organ has 22 registers spread over 2 manuals and pedal . It was built in 1938 by the Johannes Klais company. The disposition is as follows:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3 1. Gedacktpommer 16 ′ 2. Principal 8th' 3. Gemshorn 8th' 4th Octave 4 ′ 5. Reed flute 4 ′ 6th Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 7th Mixture IV-V 8th. Trumpet 8th'

II Swell C – g 3 9. Wooden flute 8th' 10. Salicional 8th' 11. Principal 4 ′ 12. Coupling flute 4 ′ 13. Schwiegel 2 ′ 14th Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 15th Scharff IV 16. Krummhorn 8th'

Pedal C – f 1 17th Sub bass 16 ′ 18th Subtle bass 16 ′ 19th Octavbass 8th' 20th Choral bass 4 ′ 21st Flat flute 2 ′ 22nd trombone 16 ′

• Pairing :
  • Normal coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P
  • Sub-octave coupling: II / I
• Playing aids :

literature

• Georg Dehio , edited by Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia I Rhineland . Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2005, ISBN 3-422-03093-X

Web links

Commons : Saint George Church (Amern)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the parish

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Partial tender , Anzeiger zum Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , December 23, 1882, p. 2., accessed on December 14, 2012
2. ^ Homepage of the parish
3. ^ Dehio, Georg , edited by Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia I Rhineland . Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2005 ISBN 3-422-03093-X , page 88
4. ↑ Information about the organ

Coordinates: 51 ° 13 '53.6 "  N , 6 ° 15' 4.7"  E