St. Hedwig (Essen-Altenessen)

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St. Hedwig

The St. Hedwig Church is a Roman Catholic church building in the Altenessen district of Essen .

history

The St. Hedwig Church was built from 1931 to 1932. It is a brick hall building with a raised, hipped roof-covered middle section and a set rectangular choir. On the long sides there are narrow, round-arched windows by the artist Jochem Poensgen from 1967 and 1969, on one side with a stone frame, on the other side with brick. In the base there are further three-part windows with original grilles. The sacristy was built at right angles to the church, adjoining it is the tower with an arched entrance and arched sound openings at the top. This is followed by a two-story, gable-free rectory. It was also built in brick in 1935. A modern building is attached to the rear gable side.

The parish church of St. Hedwig belongs to the parish of St. Johann Baptist.

The architect was Wilhelm Schneider. The church was placed under monument protection on September 13, 1990 .

  • Chancel with image of Mary

  • Gallery with the organ from 1984

  • Chancel and side window

Bells

The church originally had two bells from the Otto bell foundry from Hemelingen , but they were lost in the Second World War . In 1957 it received a new bell.

Original bells
No.
 		 Diameter
(mm)		 Mass
(kg, approx.)		 Percussive
( HT - 1 / 16 )		 Caster
 		 Casting year
 		 comment
 
1 1120 975 f sharp ′ Bell foundry Otto , Hemelingen near Bremen 1932 destroyed by the effects of war
2 910 580 a ′ Bell foundry Otto, Hemelingen near Bremen 1932 destroyed by the effects of war
Bells after World War II
No.
 		 Surname
 		 Diameter
(mm)		 Mass
(kg, approx.)		 Percussive
( HT - 1 / 16 )		 Caster
 		 Casting year
 		 inscription
 
1 Servatius 1238 1,200 e'-7 Hans Georg Hermann Maria Hüesker, Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock , Gescher 1957 + HEIL'GER SERVATIUS, WE CALL TO YOU: BLESS COUNTRY AND PEOPLE HERE
2 Joseph 1089 800 f sharp '-7 Hans Georg Hermann Maria Hüesker, Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock, Gescher 1957 + HEIL'GER JOSEF, YOU SHOULD TEACH US, CREATE AND WORK TO HONOR GOD.
3 Maria 911 450 a'-7 Hans Georg Hermann Maria Hüesker, Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock, Gescher 1957 + MARY, MOTHER AND QUEEN, LEAD US ALL TO YOUR SON:
4th Anna 799 300 h'-6 Hans Georg Hermann Maria Hüesker, Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock, Gescher 1957 + HL. ANNA, MOTHER YOU, PROVIDE CONSOLE TO EVERYONE WHO IS distressed.
5 - 725 230 cis '' - 5 Hans Georg Hermann Maria Hüesker, Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock, Gescher 1957 -

Web links

Commons : Saint Hedwig Church (Essen-Altenessen)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Essen-Altenessen, Catholic Church St. Hedwig ; accessed on February 14, 2020
  2. ↑ Excerpt from the list of monuments of the city of Essen ; accessed on February 14, 2020
  3. ^ Gerhard Reinhold: Otto bells. Family and company history of the Otto bell foundry dynasty . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 588, especially page 537 .
  4. ↑ Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen . Nijmegen / NL 2019, p. 556, especially p. 496 , urn : nbn: nl: ui: 22-2066 / 204770 (dissertation at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen).
  5. ↑ Excerpt from the Glockenbuch Essen, pp. 101–105 ; accessed on February 14, 2020

Coordinates: 51 ° 29 '34.1 "  N , 7 ° 1' 4.8"  E