St. Gertrud (Horstmar)

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St. Gertrud (Horstmar) - south side
Aerial photo (2014)

St. Gertrud is a Catholic church in Horstmar in the Steinfurt / NRW district, named after Gertrud von Nivelles .

On November 25, 1325 the collegiate monastery was established in Horstmar at the already existing parish church of St. Gertrud. The pastor was appointed dean . The collation , i.e. H. the canonicals were assigned by the responsible bishop of Münster.

A provost office and thus the influence of the cathedral chapter in Münster did not exist here (in contrast to St. Viktor in Dülmen, for example ). The local clergy of Horstmar was included in the chapter. Thus the castle chaplain and the pastoral curate were always members of the chapter.

As early as 1306, the Münster bishop Otto III. von Rietberg set up the service again at Horstmar Castle. Since Horstmar and his castle had become the residence of the prince-bishops of Münster, they paid particular attention to the collegiate monastery. So regulated u. a. Bishop Florence von Wevelinghoven in 1376 the remuneration for the individual canons and redefined the allocations in the event of the residence. It was also determined that the dean should have a chaplain for pastoral care.

With the dissolution of the Principality of Münster, u. a. Horstmar to the Prince of Salm-Horstmar . The monastery was abolished as early as 1806, in contrast to the other collegiate monasteries, which were mostly only abolished during the French period in November 1811. After that, St. Gertrud became a pure parish church .

organ

Seifert organ from 1964 behind the historical prospectus from 1763

Horstmar already owned an organ in 1571 . In 1763 a new instrument was installed on a newly built organ stage, the case of which has been preserved to this day. After a modernization in 1912, the organ was redesigned again in 1963/1964 by the organ builder Romanus Seifert and expanded with a Rückpositiv . Overall, the included sliderchest -instrument now 27 Register on two manuals and pedal . In 2006 the organ was expanded again, which was also carried out by the Seifert company. The newly built swell has 9 registers, so that 36 registers are now available on three manuals. The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric. The digital typesetting system provides 1024 storage spaces.

I Rückpositiv C–
1. Wooden dacked 8th'
2. Principal 4 ′
3. Pointed flute 4 ′
4th Swiss pipe 2 ′
5. Fifth flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
6th Scharff 5-fold 1'
7th Dulcian 16 ′
8th. Schalmey 8th'
Tremulant
II main work C–
9. Quintad 16 ′
10. Principal 8th'
11. Gemshorn 8th'
12. octave 4 ′
13. Flute 4 ′
14th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
15th octave 2 ′
16. Forest flute 2 ′
17th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
18th Mixture IV-VI 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
19th Trumpet 8th'
III Swell C–
20th Bourdon douce 8th'
21st Viol 8th'
22nd Vox coelestis from c ' 8th'
23. Principal 4 ′
24. Flûte traversière 4 ′
25th Carillon III 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
26th Octavine 2 ′
27. Trumpet harm. 8th'
28. Hautbois 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C–
29 Sub bass 16 ′
30th Octave bass 8th'
31. Dumped 8th'
32. octave 4 ′
33. Night horn 2 ′
34. Mixture V 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
35. trombone 16 ′
36. Trumpet 4 ′
  • Pair : I / II, III / I, III / II, III / III Super, III / III Sub, I / P, II / P, III / P

The register numbers missing in the table are assigned as follows:

  • 1. Ventus
  • 13. Lumen parvum (= lighting of the organ loft to the right and left of the console)
  • 24. Lumen magnum (= candlestick directly above the gaming table)
  • 38. Campana (= bell that is struck for change)

Since the church musician was also a sexton until 2015, the bell that rings for the change is still operated from the console with the Campana "register pull" .

literature

  • Karl Hengst : Westfälisches Klosterbuch , Volume 1, pp. 472–475.

Web links

Commons : St. Gertrud (Horstmar)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 52 ° 4 ′ 48.9 ″  N , 7 ° 18 ′ 7 ″  E