St. Josef (Donnerberg)

St. Josef in Donnerberg

St. Josef is a Roman Catholic branch church in the Stolberg district of Donnerberg in the city ​​region of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The church is dedicated to St. Joseph of Nazareth and a branch church of the St. Lucia Stolberg parish, founded on January 1st, 2010.

location

The church building is located in the center of Donnerberg on the Höhenstraße.

history

Settlement and development of the Donnerberg began in the 19th century. The residents of Donnerberg belonged to the Church of St. Barbara Pump-Stich . However, the way to attend church services in Pump-Stich was too difficult for the residents, so they tried to find their own church. Between 1906 and 1907 the efforts were successful and a separate church was built according to plans by the Cologne architect Heinrich Forthmann. When the church was completed in 1907, Donnerberg also had its own clergyman. The church consecration took place much later on July 22, 1917. On July 1, 1923 Donnerberg was finally completely separated from the parish pump-stitch and raised to an independent parish .

As a result of the Second World War , the parish church was completely destroyed by artillery fire. After the rubble had been removed, the current church was built in 1953. The foundation stone was laid on January 26, 1953, and in December of the same year the first Holy Mass could be celebrated in the newly built church. The consecration finally took place on January 20, 1954. The Cologne architect RH Helbig designed the plans. He was a former employee in Heinrich Forthmann's office.

On January 1, 2010, the parish was dissolved in the course of the restructuring measures of the diocese of Aachen and with the also dissolved parishes of St. Sebastian Atsch , St. Franziskus Stolberg, St. Lucia Stolberg, Herz Jesu Münsterbusch , St. Hermann Josef Liester and St. Mariä Himmelfahrt Stolberg-Mühle merged to form the new large parish St. Lucia Stolberg.

Building description

St. Josef is a modern hall church made of quarry stone in six axes with a rectangular and recessed choir in the east and a bell tower attached to the south side . The building is spanned by a gable roof, underneath is a flat wooden ceiling.

Furnishing

The equipment is modern. The tabernacle is the work of the artist Fritz Käsmacher, consists of brass and stands on a pedestal made of wrought iron shaped into a vine. Käsmacher also created the 14 stations of the cross.

Pastor

The following priests worked at St. Hermann Josef Pfarrer until the parish was dissolved in 2010 , until the parish elevation in 1923, the priests held the title of rector :

from ... to	Surname
1907-1911	Heinrich Bommes (Rector)
1911-1923	Unknown
1923-1934	Hubert Roderburg
1934-1968	Carl Lauterbach
1968-1971	Matthias Kopp
1971-1992	Herman van den Berg
1993-2010	Ferdinand Bruckes

Web links

Commons : St. Josef (Donnerberg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 248.
2. ^ History of the parish of St. Mary's Assumption, mill. (No longer available online.) In: Website of the parish of St. Lucia. Formerly in the original ; accessed on January 28, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
3. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 248.

Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 45.4 "  N , 6 ° 14 ′ 26.4"  E