St. Lambertus (Bedburg)

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Parish Church of St. Lambertus
Carved altar of St. Lambertus

The Catholic parish church of St. Lambertus is a listed church building in Bedburg , a town in the Rhein-Erft district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

History and architecture

The first parish church, already listed in the liber valoris of 1298, stood in the cemetery east of the town on the Erft . After the Augustinian monastery was founded in the village towards the end of the 13th century , it was incorporated into it between 1388 and 1414, which has also provided pastoral care for Bedburg since 1299. After 1414 a new parish church was built, dedicated to St. Lambert , which was closed in 1823 after the monastery church was taken over as a result of secularization (1802). When the monastery church no longer met the requirements, a new church was planned. The monastery church was demolished in 1892.

The neo-Gothic hall church of brick was from 1891 to 1894 according to plans by Julius Busch built (1838-1912) and received the Lambertus- patronage . Groin vaults were drawn into the hall and the aisles . The building was covered with slate . The steep west tower stands directly on the bank. After mining damage in 1975, a comprehensive static protection was carried out.

Leaded glass window depicting Judas Thaddäus

Furnishing

  • The oldest bell dates from 1539. It was taken over from the old church, was spared delivery during the First World War because of its historical value and had also survived the Second World War , stored for transport in the Düsseldorf harbor, from where it was returned in 1947 returned to the steeple for Christmas. It is consecrated to the parish saint and has a diameter of 122 cm, weighs about 1000 kg, has the tone f, cast by Tilman van Straelen. With inscription in Gothic minuscule: s (an) ctus lamberdus vocor, tilmanus stralen mefecit, anno d (omi) ni m ve xxxix, in between two foundry marks with intertwined letters ap vm ja, above leaf frieze. The remaining 5 bells were cast in the Mabilon bell foundry in 1994 and consecrated by Cardinal Joachim Meisner .
  • The organ is from 1904 from the workshop of Johannes Klais . It was rebuilt in 1965. It has three manuals and pedal, 35  registers (including 12 registers from the old instrument), 6 couplers, 2 tremulants, 2 free combinations and 2687 pipes.
  • The glass painting cycle from 1952 was made by Wilhelm Schmitz-Steinkrüger
  • The wing painting of the high altar shows depictions from the life of St. Lambertus
  • The Stations of the Cross were painted by Gerhard Schoofs
  • The woodwork was created by Ferdinand Langenberg from 1894 to 1914

literature

  • Paul Clemen : The art monuments of the Bergheim district , Düsseldorf 1899.
  • Georg Dehio , edited by Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia I Rhineland . Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2005 ISBN 3-422-03093-X

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Augustinian Hermits in Bedburg / Erft , in monasteries and monasteries in the Erftkreis , ed. vom Erftkreis, Rheinland-Verlag, Pulheim-Brauweiler, 1988, pp. 11-20
  2. ^ Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer (arr.): Handbook of German art monuments , North Rhine-Westphalia, Volume I: Rhineland. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03093-X . Page 114
  3. ↑ Report Kölner Stadtanzeiger, Rhein-Erft (online), from December 28, 2012, p. 40

Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 53 ″  N , 6 ° 34 ′ 34 ″  E