St. Johann Baptist (Niedermerz)

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St. Johann Baptist in Niedermerz
View into the nave

St. Johann Baptist is a Roman Catholic parish church in Niedermerz , municipality of Aldenhoven in the Düren district in North Rhine-Westphalia . The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist and entered under number 18 in the list of architectural monuments in Aldenhoven .

history

There was a small church in Niedermerz as early as the 12th century. From this the Romanesque bell tower is still preserved, which is located in the east as a choir tower . The nave dates from the 18th century and was built as a simple, baroque hall building. The choir , which is located in the choir tower, was restored in 1865.

Building description

St. Johannes Baptist is a baroque hall church in two bays with a Romanesque choir tower from the 12th century. The interior is spanned by ribbed vaults.

Furnishing

View of the Romanesque choir with the new Romanesque high altar

In the church there is a neo-Romanesque high altar with two associated side altars, a confessional , communion bench , pulpit and benches. The windows are works by the artist Maria Katzgrau from 1952.

Bells

No.
 		 Surname
 		 Diameter
(mm)		 Mass
(kg, approx.)		 Percussive
( HT - 1 / 16 )		 Caster
 		 Casting year
 
1 - - - a ' Johannes Mark; Eifeler bell foundry Mark, Brockscheid 1953
2 - - - c " Johannes Mark; Eifeler bell foundry Mark, Brockscheid 1953
3 - - - d " Johannes Mark; Eifeler bell foundry Mark, Brockscheid 1953

Motif: Te Deum

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.limburg-bernd.de/Dueren/DenkAld/Nr.%2018.htm (accessed on September 27, 2014)
  2. ↑ http://www.glasmalerei-ev.de/pages/b2592/b2592.shtml (accessed on September 27, 2014)
  3. ^ Norbert Jachtmann: Glockenmusik in der Düren region, p. 24

Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 53 "  N , 6 ° 15 ′ 57"  E