St. Josef (Bauchem)

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Entrance to the garrison church

The garrison church of St. Josef was a Roman Catholic church and was located in the district of Bauchem in the town of Geilenkirchen , Heinsberg district , in North Rhine-Westphalia . The church was demolished in April 2018.

location

The hall church was in the new building area in Bauchem Im Gang 46 .

history

In 1970 the church council decided to build a parish center as a branch church of St. Josef. The community center also served as the garrison church of the Selfkant barracks .

In 2013 Franziskusheim gGmbH presented plans to demolish the church in need of renovation in order to build a meeting place with senior-friendly apartments with day care facilities on the 6000 square meter site.

In the spring of 2014 an incendiary device was set inside the church, so that the church could no longer be used.

Then, in August 2014, the Geilenkirchen Environment and Building Committee decided to demolish the church, which has been under temporary preservation order since spring 2014 . In contrast, the Office for Monument Preservation argued that a number of architectural, liturgical, urban and artistic reasons speak in favor of preserving the church. The last mass took place in front of the church on August 16, 2015.

Despite the concerns about the preservation of monuments, permits were issued in 2016 to demolish the church. The plan is to demolish the church in spring 2018.

From March to April of 2018 St. Josef was demolished.

architecture

The concrete hall church was built in 1974 according to the plans of the architect Matthias Kleuters from Aachen . Special architectural features of the church were the rounded shell walls and the use of new materials, such as high-gloss bricks.

The church consisted of a large church room for Sunday and festival services and a small church room for weekday services. The modern liturgical room concept envisaged the alignment of both rooms on a common round altar .

In addition, a community hall , group rooms and associated ancillary rooms supplemented the facility, which were also demolished in 2018.

Furnishing

  • The organ with 8 registers and mechanical action from 1974 was built by Heinz Wilbrand from Übach-Palenberg .
  • In the bell tower there are two bells from the year 1974th
  • The stained glass of the church was created by Ludwig Schaffrath . The colored glazed window wall of the facade , designed as a free composition, consists of white and blue lead- framed antique , opal and magnifying glasses. The artist created in the same style, the colorful glass windows of the organ loft and the chancel and the light band in the nave of bright antique and opal glass.
  • Granite altar
  • St. Joseph figure, baroque
  • Icon of Mary from 1820, from southern Russia

Bells

1. Trinity bell .... as' + 2 ... Eifeler bell foundry, Brockscheid ... 1974 ... 605 kg ... 978 mm

2. Peace bell ........... c "+2 .... Eifeler bell foundry, Brockscheid ... 1974 ... 295 kg ... 768 mm

Motif: duet

gallery

  • Sanctuary

  • Small worship room

  • Large room with organ stage

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Saint Joseph Church (Bauchem)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Demolition plans: St. Josef becomes a monument . In: Aachener Nachrichten . ( aachener-nachrichten.de [accessed on January 21, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Udo Stüßer: Bauchemer Church is being demolished . In: Aachener Zeitung . ( aachener-zeitung.de [accessed on January 21, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Jan Mönch: Criticism of demolition plans: "Receiving something that is memorable" . In: Aachener Nachrichten . ( aachener-nachrichten.de [accessed on January 21, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Jan Mönch: St. Josef Church in Bauchem: Demolition for the social center . In: Aachener Nachrichten . ( aachener-nachrichten.de [accessed on January 21, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Andrea Schever: The last mass in St. Josef . In: Aachener Nachrichten . ( aachener-nachrichten.de [accessed on January 21, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Thorsten Pracht: New multi-storey car park: 275 parking spaces for hospital, town hall, daycare center . In: Aachener Zeitung . ( aachener-zeitung.de [accessed on January 21, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Dettmar Fischer: Glass art from the church in Bauchem should be put in the waste container . In: Aachener Zeitung . Aachen January 17th, 2018 ( aachener-nachrichten.de ).
  8. ^ Geilenkirchen-Bauchem: St. Josef disappears, the rubble grows . ( aachener-nachrichten.de [accessed November 24, 2018]).
  9. ↑ Udo Stüßer: Bauchemer church before the demolition under monument protection? In: Aachener Nachrichten . ( aachener-nachrichten.de [accessed on January 21, 2018]).
  10. ^ Research Center for Glass Painting of the 20th Century eV: Research Center for Glass Painting for the 20th Century. Accessed on January 20, 2018 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 15 ″  N , 6 ° 6 ′ 48 ″  E