St. Josef (Horst)
St. Joseph | |
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Denomination : | Roman Catholic |
Consecration date : | July 21, 1915 |
Parish : | horst |
Address: | 52525 Heinsberg,
Randerather Strasse |
Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 38 ″ N , 6 ° 10 ′ 30 ″ E
The St. Josef Church is located in the Horst district in the town of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia . It stands as a monument under monument protection .
location
The single-nave church is at the entrance to Randerath , on a small hill on Randerather Straße. To the church building closes cemetery at.
history
In 1892 the architect Julius Busch from Neuss designed a plan for the construction of a church in Horst. The foundation stone was laid on May 14, 1894. On October 9, 1895, the local pastor Gottfried Mommartz from Dremmen authorized the church. The solemn consecration was on July 21, 1915. War damage to the church was repaired by 1949. On the north side of the choir , a second sacristy was added in 1962 according to plans by J. Esser from Dremmen .
Today the parish belongs to the community of communities (GdG) Heinsberg-Oberbruch .
architecture
The church is a single-nave, neo-Gothic brick building with a pointed arched, four-bay cross - ribbed vault . The one-bay choir has a five-sided choir closure. The four-storey west tower has a five-sided stair tower on the right.
Furnishing
- The organ with 6 registers and a pneumatic action from 1952 was built by Gerhard & Söhne from Boppard .
- In the church tower there are three bells from the years 1895, 1952 and 1951. (fis¹ - ais¹ - cis²)
- A tower clock is built into the church tower .
- The church has stained glass .
- Next to the main altar there are side altars , a sermon chair and some figures of saints to the right and left .
literature
- Episcopal General Vicariate Aachen (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen, B. Kühlen Verlag, Mönchengladbach, 3rd edition 1994, ISBN 3-87448-172-7
- Volume Eight 1904: The Art Monuments of the Rhine Province by Paul Clemen
Web links
- Website of the village of Horst
- Monument entry of the Church of St. Joseph
- St. Josef in the Gdg Heinsberg-Oberbruch
- The community of communities Heinsberg-Oberbruch
- St. Josef: Historical review of the 100th birthday (AZ from June 19, 2013)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinsberg Monument List No. 30 , entry: January 19, 1984
- ↑ More information under: Bells in the Heinsberg region by Norbert Jachtmann on page 175 ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Heinsberg-Horst, Catholic Church of St. Josef. on the website of the 20th Century Glass Painting Foundation Foundation