St. Laurentius (Bergisch Gladbach)

St. Laurentius Church

St. Lawrence interior

The Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius is a listed church building in Bergisch Gladbach , a town in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

History and architecture

The church was first mentioned as a parish church in 1282 . The current neo-Romanesque basilica made of local limestone was built in three different construction phases. From 1845 to 1847, under the direction of M. Biercher, the central nave was built as a hall church with a provisional choir solution and a coffered ceiling . The transept with choir, the western ship's bay and the western tower in front were added from 1871 to 1878. The structure of the west tower and choir are reminiscent of St. Apostles in Cologne. The groin vaulted aisles were added from 1905 to 1907 under the supervision of Heinrich Renard .

monument

The church is registered under No. 35 in the list of architectural monuments in Bergisch Gladbach .

Furnishing

• The stained glass and the wall paintings in the ship were created during the First World War
• The mosaic decoration in the choir in 1934 to a design by Hans Hansen built
• A wooden Vesper picture from around 1470 comes from the Cologne workshop group of Johan Spee
• The carved figures of saints on the nave pillars from the 18th century come from the old church
• A sandstone crucifixion group stands in a niche on the outer end wall of the south aisle . It was created around 1850 by K. Hoffmann for the high altar

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  Leaded glass window

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  Side altar

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  portal

organ

View of the organ

The organ was built between 2000 and 2001 by the organ building company Johannes Klais (Bonn). The slider chests -instrument has 35 registers on three manuals and pedal. The Spieltrakturen are mechanically, the Registertrakturen electrically.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3 1. Bourdon 16 ′ 2. Principal 8th' 3. Flûte harmonique 8th' 4th Dumped 8th' 5. Octave 4 ′ 6th recorder 4 ′ 7th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 8th. Super octave 2 ′ 9. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ 10. Mixture IV 2 ′ 11. Cromorne 8th' Tremulant

II Swell C – g 3 12. Wooden flute 8th' 13. Gamba 8th' 14th Voix céleste 8th' 15th Principal 4 ′ 16. Transverse flute 4 ′ 17th viola 4 ′ 18th Pointed flute 2 ′ 19th Cornet II-III 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 20th Plein jeu IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 21st Cor anglais 16 ′ 22nd Hautbois 8th' 23. Voix humaine 8th' Tremulant

III Solo work C – g 3 24. Reed flute 8th' 25th Salicional 8th' 26th Préstant 4 ′ 27. Cornet III 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 28. Trumpets 8th' 29 Clairon 4 ′ Tremulant

Pedal C – f 1 30th Principal 16 ′ 31. Sub bass 16 ′ 32. Quintbass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 33. Octavbass 8th' 34. Tenor octave 4 ′ 35. Bombard 16 ′

• Coupling : II / I (also as sub-octave coupling), II / II (sub-octave coupling), III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P

literature

• Georg Dehio , edited by Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler . North Rhine-Westphalia I Rhineland . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2005, ISBN 3-422-03093-X

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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 46
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Web links

Commons : St. Laurentius (Bergisch Gladbach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the St. Laurentius community in Bergisch Gladbach

Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 31.5 ″  N , 7 ° 7 ′ 52 ″  E