St. Johann Baptist (Hü Hügel)
St. Johann Baptist is a Roman Catholic affiliate church in the Eschweiler district of Hueche in the Aachen city region in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The building is dedicated to St. John the Baptist and belongs to the parish of St. Severin, Weisweiler .
location
The church building is located in the middle of Hüelte on the corner of Baptistastraße / Wilhelmshöhe. The Astrid Lindgren School is located directly behind the church.
history
Hüelte never had its own house of worship. The place always belonged to the parish of Weisweiler and the faithful went to worship in the parish church there. After 1945, the Wilhelmshöhe , located directly next to Hü Hügel, was settled, which resulted in a significant increase in population. As early as 1946, residents founded a chapel building association. Twelve years later, in 1958, the Weisweiler chaplain, Karl Schein, was entrusted with the pastoral care of Huecheln and Wilhelmshöhe, but there was no real church yet, and masses were read in the school's gym.
Starting in 1960, was finally started the church building, on August 17, 1962 Hücheln was raised to Vikarie within the parish Weisweiler and 1964, the survey was conducted for Pfarrvikarie . On March 1, 1971, Hüelte was completely detached from Weisweiler and became an independent parish . On January 1, 2010, Hüelte lost this independence again, the parish was dissolved and Huechel came back to the mother parish in Weisweiler and is now a branch parish.
Building history
After the war, a corrugated iron barrack was initially used as a place of worship, and since the completion of the new school, services have been celebrated in the local gym. In 1958, the Weisweiler parish commissioned the Aachen architect Elmar Lang to plan the building. The foundation stone was finally laid in 1960 and the church was completed by 1962. The solemn consecration took place on September 2, 1962. Between 1988 and 1990 the church was renovated, with wood paneling in the interior.
Building description
St. Johann Baptist is a simple rectangular building made of exposed concrete in modern forms . A semicircular apse is set into the southwest wall. The sanctuary is located here. The opposite wall contains the entrance situation and is structured by light openings. The interior is spanned by a flat ceiling.
Furnishing
The interior is modern. The altar is made of marble and was designed by the architect Elmar Lang and erected in 1962. Lang also designed the iron ambo . The tabernacle and altar cross are works by the Stolberg artist Albert Sous made of bronze , enamel and precious stones. The baptismal font and a proclamation desk are made of red sandstone and were made in 1985.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 204.
- ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 204.
Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 10.9 ″ N , 6 ° 19 ′ 14.7 ″ E
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