St. Kornelius (Grotenrath)

The Roman Catholic Church of St. Cornelius in the district Grotenrath in the city of Geilenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia stands as monument under monument protection .

location

The church stands in the center of the village on Corneliusstraße on a slight hill. The cemetery used to be on the open space around the church today . The rectory is in the immediate vicinity.

history

After collections for building their own church had started in 1841, the foundation stone for the building was laid on October 17, 1844, based on plans by Johann Baptist Cremer from Linnich . On August 30, 1847 the church was designated. The solemn consecration was on October 4, 1867.

The sacristy was built in 1869 in the east in front of the choir. In 1911 the ridge turret was removed and a four -story west tower with two-story annexes to the side was built . Planning and execution was carried out by Peter Heinemann and Johann Granderath from Geilenkirchen . In 1954 the church was renovated and the coffered ceiling was added.

architecture

The church is a brick hall building with arched windows in three axes. The sacristy is built in front of the rectangular choir. The ceiling is a flat coffered ceiling. The west tower sides close in pointed gables and a rhombic roof.

Furnishing

• The organ with 16 registers and electric action from 1962 was built by Josef Wilbrand from Übach-Palenberg .
• A tower clock with four dials is attached to the church tower .
• High altar from 1650 by Erasmus Kern , from Feldkirch , figure of the mother of God made of walnut wood, altarpiece with the coronation of Mary, pulpit , several figures of saints . This altar, which is considered to be the greatest work by Erasmus Kern, was originally created for the parish church in Eschen in Liechtenstein and sold to Grotenrath in the 19th century.
• Stained glazing

Bells

In 1911 the renowned Otto bell foundry from Hemelingen / Bremen cast three bronze bells for the St. Cornelius Church. The middle bell was melted down during the war. After the Second World War, Otto re-cast the middle bell in 1956. Today there are three Otto bells from 1911 and 1956 hanging in the church tower with the chimes d '- e' - f sharp '. The diameters of the bells are: 1380 mm, 1241 mm, 1090 mm. The bells weigh: 1650 kg, 1250 kg, 800 kg.

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

Commons : St. Kornelius (Grotenrath)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Late medieval wooden sculptures in the Church of St. Kornelius (Grotenrath)
• Monument entry of the Church of St. Cornelius
• St. Kornelius Grotenrath in the Gdg St. Bonifatius Geilenkirchen
• Bells of the Church of St. Cornelius

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Geilenkirchen Monument List No. 31 , entry: May 3, 1983
2. ↑ Vorarlberger Nachrichten of August 17, 2018, p. B2.
3. ↑ Grotenrath, Catholic Church of St. Kornelius on the website of the Research Center for Glass Painting of the 20th Century
4. ^ Gerhard Reinhold: Otto Glocken - family and company history of the bell foundry dynasty Otto . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 588, here in particular pp. 518, 554 .
5. ↑ Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen . Nijmegen / NL 2019, p. 556, here in particular D. 482, 509 , urn : nbn: nl: ui: 22-2066 / 204770 (dissertation at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen).

Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 25 ″  N , 6 ° 3 ′ 35 ″  E