St. Katharina (Düsseldorf-Gerresheim)

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St. Catherine Church

The Church of St. Katharina in Düsseldorf-Gerresheim was built by the architect Heinrich Böll between 1964 and 1966.

As early as 1903 the construction of a parish church for the workers in the south of Gerresheim was ordered. The church built afterwards was soon too small. When it was in need of renovation in 1955, it was decided to build a larger new building.

The floor plan of the church is parabolic , which, according to the architect's idea, should be reminiscent of a ship. The windows are rectangular. The roof is a gable roof. The ridge meets the apex of the parabola. The bell tower stands as a campanile a little apart from the church. Its floor plan is rectangular and it also has a gable roof. The nave and bell tower are both built of red brick.

Personalities

Archbishop Rainer Maria Woelki

The Archbishop of Cologne, Rainer Maria Woelki , was an intern in 1983 and later a deacon of the community.

organ

The organ was built in 1970 by the organ builder Romanus Seifert & Sohn (Kevelaer). The slider chest instrument has 21  stops on two manuals and pedal . The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Reed flute 8th'
3. octave 4 ′
4th Hollow flute 4 ′
5. octave 2 ′
6th Sesquialtera I-III
7th Mixture V-VI
8th. Trumpet 8th'
II Swell C – g 3
9. Wooden flute 8th'
10. Quintad 8th'
11. Principal 4 ′
12. recorder 4 ′
13. Swiss pipe 2 ′
14th Quint 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
15th Scharff V
16. shawm 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
17th Sub bass 16 ′
18th Open bass 8th'
19th Choral bass 4 ′
20th Rauschpfeife III
21st Still trombone 16 ′

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ derwesten.de: New Cologne Archbishop Woelki was an intern in Düsseldorf , July 12, 2014
  2. ↑ More information about the organ

Web links

Commons : St. Katharina  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 2.1 ″  N , 6 ° 51 ′ 52.7 ″  E