St. Gertrud (Kraudorf)
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Gertrud is located in the Kraudorf district in the city of Geilenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia . It stands as a monument under monument protection .
location
The church of St. Gertrud is located in the center of the village in Kraudorf 14. The cemetery connects to the church grounds to the southeast . The rectory is in the immediate vicinity.
history
The first stone church in Kraudorf was probably a hall church from 10/11. Century. It was later expanded and received a west tower at the beginning of the 17th century . In 1860 the church was dilapidated and the service was moved to the parsonage barn . The planning for the new building came from Johannes Burkart from Aachen. The foundation stone was laid on October 17, 1867 . The west tower was retained when the new church was built. The solemn consecration took place on August 1, 1873 . In January 1945 the church tower was blown up and the church was destroyed by shell fire. In 1950/51 it was rebuilt according to the plan by architect Fritz van Well from Randerath . The altar was consecrated on April 8, 1951.
architecture
The church is a brick hall church in three bays , ribbed vaults in the wide main aisles and the narrow aisles . Behind the triumphal arch the choir yoke and five-sided choir. Church and choir have pointed arch windows . The four-storey, smooth west tower is built in front and has an eight-sided hood . On the southern wall of the choir is the sacristy vorgebaut.
Furnishing
- The electronic organ dates from 1967 and was built by Dereux.
- In the church tower there are bells from 1637 and 1953.
- Font in terrazzo and copper dome from 1959.
- Stained glazing
literature
- Episcopal General Vicariate Aachen (Ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen. 3rd edition. B. Kühlen Verlag, Mönchengladbach 1994, ISBN 3-87448-172-7 .
- Paul Clemen (Hrsg.): The art monuments of the Rhine province. Volume 8.2: The art monuments of the districts of Erkelenz and Geilenkirchen. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1904.
- Helmut Krause: The pastors of the parish St. Gertrud in Kraudorf. March 1991.
Web links
- Monument entry of the Church of St. Gertrud
- St. Gertrud Kraudorf in the Gdg St. Bonifatius Geilenkirchen
- Website of the parish Kraudorf
- Cemetery hall in Kraudorf AZ from June 6, 2011
- Kraudorf origin and more
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geilenkirchen Monument List No. 7 , entry: March 2, 1983.
- ↑ Kraudorf, Catholic Church of St. Gertrud on the website of the Research Center for Glass Painting of the 20th Century
Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 6 ″ N , 6 ° 9 ′ 47 ″ E
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