St. Hubertus (Schmidt)
St. Hubertus is the Roman Catholic parish church in the Schmidt district of the city of Nideggen in the Düren district (North Rhine-Westphalia).
The church is popularly called St. Mocha .
history
The first church in Schmidt was built between 1684 and 1685, presumably in the Baroque style. The foundation stone was laid on May 2, 1684 and the small church was consecrated on September 8, 1685. Up until the second half of the 18th century, Schmidt was a branch of the Simmerath parish . Around 1760 Schmidt was raised to an independent parish .
Since the old Schmidter church had become dilapidated at the beginning of the second half of the 19th century, a new building was necessary. On October 20, 1865, the Vicariate General of the Archdiocese of Cologne finally approved the construction of a new church. On March 19, 1866, the demolition of the old church started. On June 5, 1866, the foundation stone for the new church was laid. The three-aisled, neo-Gothic hall church with a choir closed on three sides was probably planned by the Cologne architect Franz Schmitz . In the Second World War , the All Souls' Battle of 1944 destroyed it except for the surrounding walls.
The foundation stone for the reconstruction was laid on March 20, 1949, taking into account the remains of the wall. On November 5, 1950, the rebuilt Schmidter Church was consecrated by the Aachen auxiliary bishop Friedrich Hünermann . During the reconstruction, the subdivision between aisle and main aisle, as well as the introduction of vaults , was dispensed with, so that the hall church has now become a large hall church with a wooden ceiling. In 1970 the church was extended to the north by an annex-like annex.
Furnishing
There is modern equipment in the interior. Worth mentioning is a Pietà in the war memorial chapel. It is said to have originated around 1320. The windows are works by the artist Hermann Gottfried from 1961.
St. Mocha
The Schmidter parish church has been called St. Mokka since the Second World War . The reason for this was the coffee smuggling across the nearby Belgian border, which flourished until 1953 after the war . As a result, some Schmidter achieved a certain wealth, but initially did not want to do anything to rebuild the church. After several sermons by Pastor Josef Bayer at the time, which aimed precisely at this, shortly afterwards around 250,000 marks were found in the offering so that the reconstruction could begin. Today's church was financed by money from coffee smuggling.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the Heimatbund Schmidt association
- ^ Website of the city of Nideggen
- ^ Website of the 20th Century Stained Glass Foundation
- ↑ Article from February 13, 2013 on wordpress.com
Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 32.7 " N , 6 ° 24 ′ 34.7" E
