St. Laurentius (square)
The Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius is a listed building and is located on Graf-Otto-Straße in Quadrath-Ichendorf , one of the 15 districts of the district town of Bergheim in the Rhein-Erft district . The parish belongs to the pastoral care area Bergheim-Süd in the Dean's Office Bedburg / Bergheim of the Archdiocese of Cologne .
History and architecture
The church of St. Laurentius is mentioned for the first time in 1306. The right to appoint the pastor belonged to the Abbey of Kornelimünster. The parish rights, handed down as early as 1338, were however controversial. In 1450 and at the beginning of the 16th century it was a branch church of the parish church of St. Remigius in Bergheim. Possibly because the church was not allowed to carry out baptisms and was therefore not a fully equipped parish under canon law . At the beginning of the 16th century, the Laurentius Patronage replaced the older dedication to St. Catherine. In the middle of the 18th century, Quadrath-Ichendorf finally received parish rights and became completely independent of Bergheim.
The medieval church building was probably built from the tuff stones that were partially re-used in the new building in the 16th century. In 1532 the church caught fire after a lightning strike and was badly damaged. In the same year work began on the new building, which was largely completed in 1535.
The church initially consisted of a three-bay main nave with a choir and a north aisle as well as a two-storey west tower. This type of building is known as an "asymmetrical two-aisled hall church with a projecting west tower". In the early 17th century a south aisle was built and the church was extended by a yoke to the east. The church consists mainly of bricks with layers of tuff inserted in the older parts. In 1913 the church was expanded. An enlarged main choir was built, a transverse wing on the north side and a modern sacristy .
Outside on the north wall of the choir there is a crucifixion group made of baked clay. It shows the crucified Christ, his mother Mary and the evangelist John and dates from the first half of the 19th century. It originally served as the church's altar cross, but was moved to the outside area during the renovation in 1913. A sandstone relief was set in on the west side of the south aisle in the outer area. It dates from the first half of the 16th century and shows the bowed Christ under the weight of the cross. In 1980 the sandstone relief was moved to the interior of the church. There is a valuable triptych above the door in the organ area . The oil painting, created at the beginning of the 16th century, shows the Descent from the Cross. Mary Magdalene and Nicodemus are depicted on the two side wings.
monument
The Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius is registered under monument number 130 in the list of architectural monuments in Quadrath-Ichendorf . The description reads:
“A chapel attested in 1450 as a branch of Bergheim, separated from the mother parish in 1549, right of collation with the abbot of the imperial abbey Kornelimünster ; after the chapel fire, it was rebuilt in 1532, initially a two-aisled hall church with a west tower; End of the 16th century, beginning of the 17th century. Extension of the south aisle, extension of the north aisle; 1913 expansion of the choir, construction of a transverse wing and two sacristy rooms; Brick hall church with set, 2-story, 4-sided west tower, 3-sided closed choir, regularly arranged tuff bands on the north aisle and tower basement; "
literature
- Heinz Andermahr, Helmut Schrön, Ralph Jansen: Bergheim City Guide District Town Bergheim (ed.), Bergheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-9801975-7-1 .
Web links
- St. Michael Ahe , homepage of the main parish of the pastoral care association
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pastoral care area Bergheim-Süd ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2014 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. , Profile on the website of the Archdiocese of Cologne.
Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 31.7 " N , 6 ° 41 ′ 1.3" E