St. Katharina (Blankenberg)
The Roman Catholic parish church of Sankt Katharina is a landmark of the titular town of Blankenberg near Hennef (Sieg) .
history
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Start of construction and completion
The start of construction can be dated to the year 1245; in the year of the award of municipal rights to Blankenberg Count instigated Henry III. von Sayn and his wife, Countess Mechthild von Meißen-Landsberg , established a Premonstratensian monastery within the city walls, which was occupied by Cistercian women soon after it was founded. The monastery church was elevated to an independent parish church in 1248, probably after its completion. The monastery was moved to Zissendorf in 1265 , and the right to collate the parish church remained with the abbess until the 16th century.
17th century
In the 17th century it was necessary to rebuild the church. Whether the damage resulted from the bombardment of the castle and the city in the Thirty Years War or from the lack of maintenance in the barren war years cannot be clarified by written evidence.
Restoration from 1954 to 1964
Towards the end of the Second World War , the church came under fire. Three shells struck the church, seriously damaging it. In the years that followed, the congregation did everything possible to maintain its church. In the years up to 1950 most of the windows were re-glazed and the roof areas were repaired. It was not until 1954 that the actual restoration of the church began. Important measures, such as B. the drainage of the nave and the securing of the outer walls were carried out. During the restoration, the main focus was no longer on preserving the church, but also aspects of monument preservation were taken into account, with which an attempt was made to restore the church to its original state.
Fire in 1983 and subsequent reconstruction
On February 20, 1983, the church was on fire. The rapid deployment of the fire brigade prevented effects on the neighboring houses, but the church itself was largely a victim of the flames. The tower had to be brought down, the roof of the nave collapsed. The valuable medieval wall paintings were partly destroyed or heavily attacked. The church was rebuilt by 1987.
Furnishing
Murals
During the renovation of the plaster inside the church in 1927 and 1928, medieval frescoes were found in the choir and in the nave of the church. The frescoes are considered important evidence of medieval art in the Rhineland. You can see four different areas:
- Coronation of Mary
- Portraits of saints
- Entombment of St. Catherine
- Sequence of images from the legend of St. Catherine
organ
The first organ was built in 1746 by the organ builder Balthasar König (Cologne); the instrument had 10 stops on one manual and also had an 8 ′ trumpet. In 1876 the organ was redesigned by the organ builder Bertram (Engers, Neuwied) and a second manual was added. In 1964, the organ builder Johannes Klais (Bonn) built a new organ in the historic König case; it had 14 stops on two manual works and a pedal. In 1983 this organ was destroyed in a fire. Today's instrument was built in 1987 by the organ builder Klais (Bonn). The organ has 18 registers on two manuals and pedal and two effect registers ( nightingale , Zimbelstern ). The actions are mechanical.
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- Coupling : I / II, I / P, II / P.
Bells
From the tower of the Katharinenkirche a four-part bell rings with the name: "Rejoice, you heavenly queen". It was cast in 1985 by the Eifeler bell foundry Mark from Brockscheid .
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No. |
Surname |
Diameter (mm) |
Mass (kg) |
Percussive ( HT - 1 / 16 ) |
inscription |
| 1 | Catherine | 768 | 296 | c 2 +4 | "I AM CALLED ST. KATHARINA. GOD PROTECTS OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTRY. THE DEAD OF THE WORLD WARS 1914/18 AND 1939/45. CITIZENS AND FRIENDS OF STADT-BLANKENBERG." |
| 2 | Maria | 712 | 232 | d 2 +4 | "SANCTA MARIA - ORA PRO NOBIS NUNC ET IN HORA MORTIS NOSTRA. ANNO DOMINI 1985. CITIZENS AND FRIENDS OF STADT-BLANKENBERG." |
| 3 | Nicholas | 624 | 159 | e 2 +4 | "ST. NICHOLAS SAVE US FROM WAR AND FIRE!" |
| 4th | Cross bell | 504 | 80 | g 2 +5 | "HEILIG KREUZ WHAT DESTRUCTED FIRE, HAS RE-ESTABLISHED THE SPIRIT OF FAITH." |
Views
Saint Catherine - namesake of the parish church
The baptismal font of the church
The confessional
After the fire in 1983
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literature
- Helmut Fischer, The parish church of ST. KATHARINA City of Blankenberg 1248-1998. Rheinlandia Verlag, Siegburg 1998, ISBN 3-931509-74-5
Individual evidence
- ^ Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments. North Rhine-Westphalia , Volume 1: Rhineland. Darmstadt 1967, p. 232
- ↑ Information about the organ on the website of the organ builder
- ^ Gerhard Hoffs: Bells in the deanery Eitorf / Hennef . PDF; Pp. 61-65. ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
Coordinates: 50 ° 45 ′ 45 ″ N , 7 ° 21 ′ 52 ″ E