St. Johann Baptist (Ripsdorf)

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St. Johann Baptist in Ripsdorf

St. John the Baptist is the Roman Catholic parish of Blankenheimer hamlet Ripsdorf in Euskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The church is consecrated to John the Baptist and entered as a monument under number 124 in the list of architectural monuments in Blankenheim (Ahr) . The parish also includes the branches in Hüngersdorf with the Anna chapel and Nonnenbach with the St. Michael and Brigida chapel.

location

The parish church is located in the center of Ripsdorf on the corner of Hauptstrasse (K 43) and Kirchstrasse. The east facing church building is surrounded by a green area. To the east is the old rectory.

history

Ripsdorf is an old parish . First mentioned church and parish in a document from the year 1121. Here converts the Cologne Archbishop Frederick I of Schwarzenburg the Abbey Steinfeld in a Chorherrenstift order. Ripsdorf is listed here among the possessions of the abbey . Until the abbey was dissolved in 1802, Steinfeld owned rights to the church and also provided the pastor. Due to the reorganization of the ecclesiastical landscape during the French era , Ripsdorf came to the Trier diocese in 1802 , with which it remained until 1825. Since then, as before, the place was again part of the Archdiocese of Cologne . Since the re-establishment of the Aachen diocese in 1930, the Ripsdorf parish has belonged to this diocese.

Building history

St. Johann Baptist (Ripsdorf), Gothic nave

Nothing more is known about the parish church mentioned in 1121, but it was probably located on the site of today's church. The current church was built in the 14th or 15th century in the late Gothic style. A visitation protocol from 1536 states that the church is in good condition. In 1667 the church was extensively renovated. The nave was given today's ribbed vault and the bell tower received its characteristic rhombic roof . During the Second World War , the church was spared major damage. In the years 1976 to 1979 the church was restored. Mechernich architect Werner Geyer was in charge of the renovation work .

Building description

St. Johann Baptist is a two-aisled and three-bay hall church made of plastered quarry stones in late Gothic shapes with a single-bay, three-sided choir in the east and a mighty three-story bell tower in the west. The interior is vaulted with ribbed vaults, the windows of the nave have two-lane tracery . There are 190 seats available for the faithful.

Furnishing

St. Johann Baptist (Ripsdorf), baptismal font (15th century)

In the interior there is a baroque pulpit from the 18th century and side altars from the same period. The oldest piece of equipment is the font , a work from the 15th century. In the choir there is a modern wooden people's altar and behind a simple modern altar made of stone, which on October 27, 1957 consecrated was. The organ has 8 registers and is a work of the Aachener Orgelbauanstalt Stahlhuth from 1950. The stained glass windows in the choir and nave are works by Reuter and Reichart from 1904.

Pastor

The following priests have so far worked as pastors in the parish of St. Johann Baptist:

from ... to Surname
before 1802-1815 Father Hermann Josef Grossmann
1815-1827 Father Theodor Förster
1827-1928 Unknown
1928-1935 Johann Rötten
1935-1972 Josef Offermann
1973-2003 Josef Kraus
2003-2007 Karl-Heinz Stoffels
2007-2014 Hans-Peter Meuser
2014-2018 Josef Berger
Since 2018 Andreas Züll

Web links

Commons : St. Johann Baptist  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 522.
  2. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (Ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 520.
  3. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 522.
  4. ↑ Blankenheim-Ripsdorf, Catholic Church of St. Johann Baptist. In: Internet Research Center stained glass of the 20th century eV Accessed on 17 May 2018 .
  5. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 522.

Coordinates: 50 ° 23 ′ 8.6 ″  N , 6 ° 39 ′ 21.3 ″  E