St. James the Elder (Wintersdorf)
St. Jakobus the Elder is the Roman Catholic parish church in the Wintersdorf district of the Ralingen parish in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate .
The building is registered as a monument in the list of cultural monuments in Ralingen and is dedicated to St. Dedicated to James the Elder .
history
A three-aisled Romanesque church was built in Wintersdorf around 1100 . The bell tower and two attached side choirs have been preserved . The main choir was located in the basement of the bell tower (originally a choir tower ) . In the 17th century a new nave was built, but without aisles. At the end of the 19th century this hall church became dilapidated and it was decided to build a new parish church.
In 1901 the old nave was torn down and between 1901 and 1902 a new nave was built in the neo-Romanesque style according to plans by the architects Reinhold Wirtz and Wilhelm Schmitz . It was adapted to the architectural style of the Romanesque church tower.
Building description
St. James the Elder is a three-aisled, five-bay, flat-roofed basilica in the neo-Romanesque style. A three-storey Romanesque bell tower with two side chapels is built in front of the nave to the east. In the west the central nave closes with a semicircular apse .
Furnishing
The furnishings include the neo-Romanesque high altar with depictions of the four evangelists , James the Elder and St. Antonius Abbas , the two neo-Romanesque side altars, the windows from the 1950s and the old baroque high altar in the former choir in the bell tower.
Pastor
The following priests have worked as pastors in the parish of St. James:
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Christian Müller: The new parish community Trierweiler. The eight parishes at a glance. Trierweiler-Igel-Liersberg-Langsur-Mesenich-Wintersdorf-Ralingen-Edingen, Trierweiler 2012. Page 87
- ↑ http://www.wintersdorf-sauer.de/wintersdorf-im-%C3%BCberblick/pfarrkirche/ (August 1, 2014)
- ^ Franz Christian Müller: The new parish community Trierweiler. The eight parishes at a glance. Trierweiler-Igel-Liersberg-Langsur-Mesenich-Wintersdorf-Ralingen-Edingen, Trierweiler 2012. Page 88.
- ^ [1] Internet site Parish Community Trierweiler
Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 19.7 " N , 6 ° 30 ′ 52.6" E