St. Hubertus (Krefeld)

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St. Hubertus
St. Hubertus, Krefeld-Kliedbruch
Exterior view from the south (2013)
place Krefeld - Kliedbruch
religion Christian - Catholic
Diocese Diocese of Aachen
Parish St. Christopher
status Branch church
Website http://st-hubertus-krefeld.de/
Church building
Type Tent church
Architectural style Modern ( mobile architecture )
Construction year 1959
architect Heinz Dohmen (building)
Hubert Spierling (glass window)
location 51 ° 21 '28.7 "  N , 6 ° 34' 17.5"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '28.7 "  N , 6 ° 34' 17.5"  O Hohen Dyk 13047803 Krefeld

particularities Movability , monument protection
Interior (2013)

The Catholic branch church St. Hubertus am Hohen Dyk 130 is a listed church building in the Krefeld district of Kliedbruch ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). The architectural peculiarity of the tent church was the originally designed, today still recognizable relocation of the building.

history

As early as the beginning of the 20th century, the still young community of St. Anna in Inrath had plans to build a church in the rural, remote town of Kliedbruch. However, after the population had increased, this building was only decided in 1953 by the pastor of the parish of St. Anna. The church building association founded for this purpose has been dedicated to Saint Hubert of Liège since February 1956 . The church should be able to be dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere, as it was very close to a north bypass, which was also being planned, the course of which up to the Hülser Bruch was under discussion. At the same time, the costs should be kept as low as possible, since they were raised exclusively by community members. The architect Heinz Dohmen was finally commissioned , who decided to build a tent church when he built his first church . In May 1959 the construction of the church began, which was consecrated on December 19, 1959 by Pastor Sittart. The construction costs amounted to 123,000  DM (around 291,271 € today). At least in the diocese of Aachen it is the first transportable church.

Due to the commitment of the church representatives and the parishioners, the parish had 1,700 members within a short time. In 1968, under the influence of the Second Vatican Council , the sanctuary of the church was redesigned and the parish became independent. It was not until the 1970s that the plans for the north bypass were abandoned, so that it has been clear since then that the concept of dismantling need not come into play. In 1979 a small, free-standing bell tower was built south of the church . Next to the church there is also the sacristy , which was given its current appearance in 1988, as well as the parish hall , which was built between August 1998 and June 1999. At the end of the 2000s the parish had around 2,500 members.

The St. Hubertus Church is a listed building and can be found under number 825 in the list of architectural monuments in Krefeld . Until 2009 it was the parish church of their parish. Since January 1, 2010, it has been one of five branch churches from the north of Krefeld of the newly founded parish of St. Christophorus.

Description and equipment

Organ on the north wall ( Verschueren 1987)

The required relocation of the church shaped the architectural work of Dohmen and is still visible today. The tent church offered a compromise between the necessary simplicity and the dignity of a sacred space. This was made of steel, the beams of which form triangles and can be easily dismantled. The mighty fiber cement roof was placed on top of this and extends down to the ground on the north and south sides. The design of the interior is kept simple and contains only a few elements.

Below the roof, the side walls consist of a ribbon of windows created by the glass painter Hubert Spierling in 1959–1960 , which is particularly prominent inside with a height of up to 2.20 m and runs all the way around the church for a length of 24 m. It closes the room from view, but is at the same time bright and translucent. The ribbon consists of hand-blown real antique and cryolite glass , on which inconsistent, geometric shapes, predominantly different trapezoids, can be seen in white, gray and various shades of blue. This design contrasts with the otherwise strictly geometric architecture.

The church was initially equipped with an electronic organ . In 1987 a new organ was installed on the north wall, which was built for the community by the Dutch organ construction company Verschueren from Heythuysen .

Further items of equipment:

Web links

Commons : St. Hubertus  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e The story of St. Hubertus. St. Hubertus Krefeld parish, Diocese of Aachen , accessed on April 18, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c Schwanke, Hans-Peter; Bruns, Johannes: Architecture Guide Krefeld . 1st edition. City of Krefeld, Krefeld 1996, ISBN 978-3-9804181-4-0 .
  3. ^ A b Hans Joachim Mathias: Church of St. Heinrich is 50 years old. Westdeutsche Zeitung , December 14, 2009, accessed April 19, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e tent church of St. Hubertus. Parish St. Hubertus Krefeld, Diocese of Aachen , accessed on April 19, 2017 .
  5. ↑ List of monuments of the city of Krefeld. (No longer available online.) City of Krefeld, March 2014, p. 16 , archived from the original on May 27, 2016 ; accessed on April 18, 2017 ( PDF ). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.krefeld.de
  6. ↑ About us. Parish of St. Christophorus Krefeld, Diocese of Aachen , accessed on April 19, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Hubert Spierling - painting and glass painting. German Glass Painting Museum Linnich, 2010, accessed on April 19, 2017 .
  8. ^ Christian Krausch: Hubert Spierling - painting with glass. Kultur in Krefeld, accessed on April 18, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Christine Knupp-Uhlenhaut: Sacred art using the example of Karl Heinz Trittien (1925-1985). Kultur in Krefeld, accessed on April 18, 2017 .