St. Hermann Josef (Floßdorf)

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St. Hermann Josef (Floßdorf), south-west side
View into the nave

St. Hermann Josef is the Roman Catholic parish church of Floßdorf , a district of Linnich , in the Düren district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

Baptismal font from 1772

The church is dedicated to St. Consecrated to Hermann Joseph von Steinfeld .

location

The church building is located in the center of Floßdorf on the corner of Große Straße / Kleine Straße.

General

Originally there was no church in Floßdorf. A first chapel could be created in 1817 by a foundation of the married couple Josef and Katharina Engels, born. Daniels, to be built. At that time the place belonged to the parish of St. Martinus Barmen . In 1823, Floßdorf received its own clergyman for the first time.

In 1866 Floßdorf was separated from the mother parish of Barmen and raised to an independent parish .

Building history

The chapel, built in 1816, was replaced by a new church between 1863 and 1864, which became a parish church in 1866. During the Second World War , the parish church was blown up by German troops on November 30, 1944 and completely destroyed.

After the ruins of the destroyed church had been removed, the current parish church could be built between 1953 and 1954. The Linnich architect Werner Finkeldei made the plans . The solemn consecration took place on June 8, 1954.

Building description

St. Hermann Josef is a single-nave hall church from brick in five windows. The church building is not east-facing as usual, but has a north-south orientation. The bell tower is built in front of the nave in the south, has four storeys and is crowned by a tent roof. The choir is attached to the nave in the north and is rectangular. The interior is spanned by a slightly curved wooden ceiling. The windows are all arched.

Furnishing

There is modern equipment in the interior. Only the font from 1772 survived the destruction and could be taken over into the new church. The 14 Stations of the Cross are mosaics by a Munich artist from 1962. The stained glass windows in the choir are works by Ernst Jansen-Winkeln and the windows in the nave were designed by Friedrich Oidtmann by the company Dr. H. Oidtmann from Linnich.

Maria-Hilf octave

The Maria-Hilf-Oktav has been held every June since 1872. The octave celebration was brought into being in 1872 by the then pastor Wilhelm Limbach. The reason was the purchase of a copy of the image of grace from Perpetual Help . The octave celebration always lasts eight days and is attended by pilgrims from the surrounding communities. The week has a specific theme every year.

Pastor

The following pastors worked at St. Hermann Josef so far (until 1866 the pastors had the title of rector and were subordinate to the pastor von Barmen):

from ... to Surname
1823–? Father Laurentius Abel (Rector)
1866-1892 Wilhelm Limbach
1925-1939 Max Sauer
1939-1954 Johannes Faust
1954-1958 Heinrich Dentel
1958–1962 Georg Bonczkowitz
1963-1967 Father Johannes Strauss
1967-1970 Father Rudolf Witting
1970-1976 Father Gottfried Hecker
1976-1989 Father Johannes Weindorf
1989–? Father Hans Wessling
2002-2006 Christoph Graaff
Since 2008 Heinz Philippen


Web links

Commons : St. Hermann Josef  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 431.
  2. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 431.
  3. ^ Linnich-Flossdorf, Catholic Church of St. Hermann Josef. In: Forschungsstelle Glasmalerei des 20. Jahrhundert eV Accessed on October 31, 2017 .
  4. ↑ 1000 pilgrims ask for Mary's help. In: Jülich newspaper. June 14, 2016, accessed October 31, 2017 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 26.9 ″  N , 6 ° 17 ′ 14.6 ″  E