St. Johann Baptist (Myhl)

St. Johann Baptist is the Roman Catholic branch church of the Myhl district of the city of Wassenberg in the Heinsberg district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

The church is entered under number 35 in the list of architectural monuments in Wassenberg .

St. Johann Baptist in Myhl

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history

A first church in Myhl was built between 1269 and 1307. This was replaced in 1765 by a baroque hall church , which was expanded in 1825. Due to the growing population, the church turned out to be too small in the second half of the 19th century. In 1869 the first application for a new building was finally submitted to the Archdiocese of Cologne , but it was rejected, mainly because it came from the hands of a master carpenter and not a qualified master builder or architect. As a result, the Cologne diocesan master builder Vincenz Statz was commissioned to plan a new parish church . On September 12, 1873, the Statz plan was approved by the Archdiocese. Construction began in 1877, as the financing was only available at that time. The old church was demolished in May and the foundation stone was laid on June 24th. On December 15, 1877, the church was designated and consecrated on June 24, 1889 by the Archbishop of Cologne, Philipp Krementz .

The three-aisled hall church in neo -Gothic style was renovated in 1955 according to plans by Wilhelm Andermahr from Wassenberg . Almost all of the historic furnishings were removed except for the benches. In 1970, 1979 and 1982 the church had to be renovated and secured due to mountain damage caused by the Sophia-Jacoba colliery in Hückelhoven . The vaults in particular were in danger of collapsing. In 2013 the interior of the church was renovated. Since January 1st 2010, Myhl is no longer an independent parish. It was merged with some other former parishes to form the parish of St. Marien Wassenberg.

Furnishing

The neo-Gothic high altar from 2013 was recreated from the original high altar from the 1870s.

The organ from the company Gebr. Link from Giengen an der Brenz from 1893 was renovated in 1977 by the organ construction company Gebr. Oberlinger from Windesheim and added three registers, so that the organ now has 17 registers.

Some of the windows in the nave were made by Dr. Heinrich Oidtmann from 1913, the others designed by Dieter Hartmann in 1985. The windows in the choir are works by the artist Ernst Jansen-Winkeln from 1952.

Bells

The church has a triple bell. Two of the three bells were cast by the renowned Otto bell foundry from Bremen / Hemelingen. The bell, cast by the Maria Laacher bell foundry, was cast in the famous Otto rib.

No.	Surname	Diameter (mm)	Mass (kg, approx.)	Percussive ( HT - 1 / 16 )	Caster	Casting year
1	Donatus	714	-	e ′	Karl Otto (I), F. Otto, Hemelingen	1962
2	920	480	-	f sharp ′	Maria Laacher bell foundry	2015
3	-	-	-	a ′	Dieter Otto, F. Otto, Hemelingen	1898

literature

Richard Theißen / Michael Körner: The tent of God on earth - history of the parish St. Johann Baptist Myhl. artkonzeptkörner Wegberg, Wassenberg-Myhl 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-028630-8 , 160 pages.

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Commons : St. Johannes Baptist (Myhl)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Richard Theißen and Michael Körner: The tent of God on earth. History of the parish of St. Johann Baptist Myhl, Myhl 2009.
2. ^ Foundation Research Center for Stained Glass in the 20th Century
3. ^ Norbert Jachtmann: Bells in the Heinsberg region. P. 324.
4. ^ Gerhard Reinhold: Otto bells. Family and company history of the bell founder Otto . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 588 , in particular pp. 33, 50, 264-269, 510, 559, 574, 576, 581, 588 .
5. ↑ Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen . Nijmegen / NL 2019, p. 556 , in particular 478, 515, 529, 534, 545 , urn : nbn: nl: ui: 22-2066 / 204770 (dissertation at the Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen).

Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 44.5 ″  N , 6 ° 11 ′ 18.5 ″  E