St. Lucia (Eicherscheid)

St. Lucia in Eicherscheid

St. Lucia is the Roman Catholic parish church of the Simmerath district of Eicherscheid in the Aachen city region in North Rhine-Westphalia .

Nave with a view of the altar

The church is St. Martyr Lucia of Syracuse consecrated. The parish vicarie Hammer with the church of St. Bartholomew also belongs to the parish .

location

The church building is located in the northern part of Eicherscheid on Kirchweg. In the south in front of the church is the village linden tree and behind the church in the north is the cemetery . The old rectory is on the east side .

General

Eicherscheid has belonged to the parish of Konzen since the village was founded in the 15th century . Between 1683 and 1685 the residents built their own church against the will of the Konzen parish and the Aachen Marienstift . However, the Eicherscheider received support from Stephan Horrichem, prior of the Reichenstein monastery . On November 24, 1713, Eicherscheid was finally separated from Konzen and became an independent parish through the Cologne Vicar General Johann Arnold de Reux . At the same time, the new parish was incorporated into Reichenstein Monastery . Previously there was probably an agreement with the pastor of Konzen and the Marienstift in Aachen . Hammer belonged to the parish between 1713 and 1804 and from 1825.

Building history

The church, built between 1683 and 1685, was probably the first church in Eicherscheid and was consecrated on September 2, 1685. In 1713 it was elevated to parish church. In 1777 the bell tower had to be demolished due to its dilapidation and was replaced by a new one. In 1924 the church was so dilapidated that it had to be closed for security reasons. After makeshift repairs, it was initially able to be used again, but a new building was necessary. The old church was demolished in 1933 except for the two lower floors of the bell tower.

In 1933, today's parish church was built in the same place. The foundation stone was laid on May 21, 1933 and the new church was completed just four months later. The consecration took place on September 24, 1933 and was carried out by the Aachen bishop Joseph Vogt . The parish church was planned by the Cologne architect Hans Peter Fischer .

The parish church was badly damaged in the course of the fighting during World War II . After the war, the war damage was repaired under the direction of the architect Schnieders until 1954. At the end of the reconstruction, the new altar was consecrated on March 14, 1954 by the Aachen auxiliary bishop Friedrich Hünermann . In 1980 the building was extensively renovated.

Building description

St. Lucia is a single-nave and rectangular hall church in six axes made of quarry stone in modern shapes . The windows are arched. The church is not east and has a north-south orientation. The bell tower is located at the southern end of the west wall, has three floors and closes with a gable roof . The lower two floors date from 1777, the upper one from 1933. The nave also has a gable roof, which is visible in the interior.

Furnishing

The altar and the tabernacle are works of bluestone by Josef Janssen from 1983. The baptismal font comes from the previous church . It was made from bluestone in the 17th century. The large cross with crucifix in the chancel was carved in Oberammergau in 1954 . The pulpit from 1933 has been preserved from the time the church was built . The organ has 18 registers , an electric action and was made by the Aachen organ building institute Karl Bach . Some of the stained glass windows are works by Erich Chalier from 1991.

Pastor

The following pastors have worked as pastors in St. Lucia so far:

from ... to	Surname
1930-1935	Matthias Berg
1936-1948	Josef Jansen
1948-1957	Nikolaus Pohen
1957-1979	Wilhelm Steven
1979-1995	Heribert Lennartz
1995-2010	Ernst Schneider
Since 2010	Michael Stoffels

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen 3rd edition, published by the Episcopal General Vicariate, Aachen 1994, p. 599 f.
2. ↑ Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen 3rd edition, published by the Episcopal General Vicariate, Aachen 1994, p. 600.
3. ↑ Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen 3rd edition, published by the Episcopal General Vicariate, Aachen 1994, p. 600.
4. ↑ Simmerath-Eicherscheid, Catholic Church St. Lucia. In: Forschungsstelle Glasmalerei des 20. Jahrhundert eV Accessed on October 13, 2017 . 
5. ↑ MS: Simmerath-Eicherscheid, Catholic Church St. Lucia. In: Aachener Zeitung. January 4, 2010, accessed October 13, 2017 . 

Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 45 "  N , 6 ° 18 ′ 7.3"  E