St. James the Elder (Wintersdorf)

St. James the Elder in Wintersdorf

inside view

View through the Romanesque east choir

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:

from ... to Surname 1794-1813 Johann Heinrich Haas 1814-1818 Johannes Horper 1818-1842 Adam Neises 1843-1846 Nikolaus Graacher 1847-1858 Johann Josef Lights 1859-1899 Johann Lehnen 1899-1900 Stefan Josef Thielen 1900-1906 Johannes Maria Haw 1906-1908 Peter waiter 1906-1926 Joseph Faßbinder

from ... to Surname 1926-1936 Matthias Flesch 1937-1957 Jacob Didas 1957-1970 Franz Hoster 1970-1997 Josef Maas 1997-2004 Stephan Gerber 2004-2005 Berthold Fuchs 2005-2011 Wilhelm Reichardt 2011-2013 Hermann Zangerle 2013-2015 Markus Nicolay Since 2015 Franz-Josef linen

Web links

Commons : St. Jakobus (Wintersdorf)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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
2. ↑ http://www.wintersdorf-sauer.de/wintersdorf-im-%C3%BCberblick/pfarrkirche/ (August 1, 2014)
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ [1] Internet site Parish Community Trierweiler

Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 19.7 "  N , 6 ° 30 ′ 52.6"  E