St. Georg (New Elfgen)
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Georg is a listed church building in Neu-Elfgen , a district of Grevenbroich in the Rhine district of Neuss ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).
History and architecture
A chapel in Elfgen was first mentioned in a document in 1059, when the Archbishop of Cologne gave the place to the monastery of St. Maria ad Gradus . A Romanesque church was built in the 12th century, but was not mentioned in the liber valoris around 1300 . At that time, Elfgen probably already belonged to the parish of Gustorf as a branch church. In the late Middle Ages, the Romanesque nave was replaced by a new Gothic building. Elfgen was raised to an independent parish in 1663. The Cologne Jesuit College was later given the right to present in the parish. The Jesuits had this right until 1773. In 1749 the Gothic nave was replaced by a simple new building. A new tower was built using the fabric of the Romanesque tower. On the ground floor, the portal of the previous church was taken over, the tuff corner pillars were reinstalled and the last horizontal cornice and the eaves were put back in place. Overall, the tower was given a neo-Romanesque structure. In 1932/33 the church was extended to the north. As part of the relocation of Elfgen because of the open pit , the church was closed in 1985.
The new building from 1984 was built according to a design by the architect Günter Quasten. The Romanesque step portal made of stone , with an arched bead on set columns, from around 1160, was taken over from the old church and installed.
Furnishing
- The three wooden altar structures date from the Baroque period .
- The wooden sculptures presumably come from the demolished church of St. Maria ad Gradus in Cologne.
- The life-size crucifix is from around 1500.
- The small group of St. Anna herself was carved at the beginning of the 16th century, the baby Jesus was renewed later. The work was created in the workshop of master Tilman.
- The life-size figures of Saints Barbara and Katharina from around 1510 are from the workshop of the master of the von Carben Memorial Foundation.
literature
- Paul Clemen (Ed.): The art monuments of the Grevenbroich district (= The art monuments of the Rhine Province . Vol. 3, 5). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1897, pp. 22-23 .
- Georg Dehio , edited by Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler . North Rhine-Westphalia I Rhineland. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich et al. 2005, ISBN 3-422-03093-X .
- Catholic parish St. Georg (ed.): On the consecration of the parish church to St. Georg in Neu-Elfgen. Catholic parish St. Georg, Neuss 1985.
Web links
- History and photos (accessed April 14, 2012)
Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 3.3 ″ N , 6 ° 34 ′ 10.5 ″ E