St. Lucia (Harsewinkel)
 South view of the parish church St. Lucia in Harsewinkel |
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| Basic data | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| place | Harsewinkel , Germany |
| diocese | Diocese of Münster |
| Patronage | St. Lucia |
| Building history | |
| architect | Emil von Manger |
| Building description | |
| inauguration | May 31, 1860 |
| Architectural style | Neo-Gothic |
| Construction type | Hall church |
| Function and title | |
| 51 ° 57 '42.8 " N , 8 ° 13' 33.4" E | |
St. Lucia is the Catholic parish church in the East Westphalian town of Harsewinkel in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany .
history
The church of Harsewinkel was first mentioned as Haswinklia around 1050 in a document from the Freckenhorst monastery . It is believed that the church of St. Lucia in Harsewinkel was built in the 9th century. It was located in the northeast of the Liudgers missionary district of Münster in the main court of the bishop, which later became the court of judges. It is said to have belonged to the church in Warendorf . The patronage of St. Lucia also speaks for this .
The associated parish extended to the settlement area of the Senne between Teutoburg Forest and the Lutter , Isselhorst to the border to Wiedenbrück . In 1042/1063, Bishop Rudbert donated the main courtyard Greffen to the cathedral chapter. At the beginning of the 12th century, the Wadenhart Chapel, which belonged to St. Lucia, was built in the Hundingen peasantry, later Marienfeld . In 1134, Bishop Werner transferred the chapel to the Liesborn monastery . In 1176 the main courtyard Greffen was administered by the cathedral dean of Münster. It is assumed that the cathedral dean's church, St. John the Baptist , will be built in the 12th century .
When the Marienfeld Monastery was founded in 1185, Widukind von Rheda and Prince-Bishop Hermann II donated the church in Harsewinkel with the main courtyard to the monastery. The Wade Hart Chapel in Willingen dog was in the monastery incorporated . The chapel community of the farmers Oester and Remse was referred to Harsewinkel. The monastery also received the Margaret Chapel in Isselhorst. The Archdeaconate Harsewinkel comprised the mother parish of St. Lucia and the two chapels and was transferred to the monastery. On November 2, 1186, twelve monks from Hardehausen began monastic life in Marienfeld with their abbot Eggehardus.
At first, the convent did not exercise pastoral care in St. Lucia itself, but appointed secular clergy for the dean and chaplain in Harsewinkel. From 1229 the pastor called himself Dechant ; in 1249 the church in Harsewinkel was the mother parish of the daughter churches in Isselhorst and Greffen and was archdeacon.
By a bull of Pope Leo X , which was issued in Rome on July 2, 1515 Harsewinkel church was legally in the monastery incorporated . In a solemn act on Sunday, September 23, 1515, the abbot, prior, senior and hospital master of the monastery authorized the Marienfeld waiter Heinrich zum Wyle, as well as the pastors Johann Saelwyde (Greffen) and Ludolf Steynbicker (Harsewinkel), of the Harsewinkel parish property to take. After that, the dean, chaplain and pastor positions in Harsewinkel were filled with monks from Marienfeld until the monastery was dissolved.
The citizens of Harsewinkel were independent authorities of the Marienfeld monastery. Since the 17th century there were therefore often clashes between the residents and the monastery. On July 14, 1633, the residents stormed the monastery, rang the storm bell and deposed the mayor, whom the abbot had appointed. They installed Hermann Krahmer and Johann tor Brüggen as his successors. Abbot Requinus Runde ended this uprising again. Only after a comparison of the abbot Arnoldus Detten and the prior Benediktus Hannasch with the inhabitants of the Wigboldes Harsewinkel on November 29th, 1770 the inhabitants of the Harsewinkel were released from their own authority in 1771.
In 1803 the Marienfeld Monastery was abolished by the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss . For the parish of Harsewinkel this meant the restart of independence. On January 1, 1804, Harsewinkel was dismissed from the Sassenberg office and a separate mayoral district was set up. This included the city and the parish of Harsewinkel. The latter included the peasant communities Überems, Rheda, Beller, Remse and Oester. Paul Friedrich Ferdinand von Hatzfeld, who was appointed in 1800 and was the brother of the last Marienfeld abbot, Petrus von Hatzfeld , remained dean . After his death in 1805, two more monks followed: Stephan Wedewer from 1806 to 1810 and Anton Bitter from 1811 to 1813. The chaplaincy was administered from 1801 to 1821 by the monk Bernhard Bispinck.
At the beginning of the 1960s, the number of Catholic parishioners in Harsewinkel grew strongly, so that first considerations were made to establish a second parish in Harsewinkel. On October 14, 1965, the church council of St. Lucia, chaired by Dechant Markforth, decided to establish a second parish. On December 18, 1965, the Episcopal Vicariate agreed to the decision. Chaplain Karl-Gerd Haggeney was transferred to Harsewinkel with the task of founding the new parish. On July 24, 1966, the foundation stone of the new St. Paulus Church in Harsewinkel was laid by the Provost Clemens Echelmeyer . On November 9, 1967, Auxiliary Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg consecrated the new church and the Paulus Congregation became an independent parish rectorate . On February 15, 1968 the elevation to the parish took place , on March 17 of that year Haggeney was introduced as the first pastor.
On April 27, 2014, Bishop Felix Genn abolished the four independent parishes in Harsewinkel and established a new parish on their territory. Parish church was St. Lucia; the other three were raised to affiliate churches.
Building history
A Romanesque hall church was built in Harsewinkel around 1200. The church had a west tower; the burials could be carried out in the surrounding churchyard.
In the 15th or 16th century the old church was converted into a three-aisled Gothic hall church. For this purpose, the Romanesque tower and the choir were retained. In 1687 a sacristy was added.
In 1841 the royal building inspector Niermann measured the church and recorded it as follows:
“The tower on the west side has 80 foot high masonry at a ratio of 29 to 26 feet. The top twenty-five feet are octagonal, and on top of it rises an eighty-foot octagonal spire made of heavy oak beams and covered with slate at the bottom and lead at the top. The entire tower is so high that it is a guideline target for the wider area. The hall church adjoining the tower is 47 feet wide and 38 feet long. Called the lower church, it has a nave and two aisles that are 25 feet high to the keystone . The vault is supported in the middle by two pillars, each 10 feet high. Then the upper single-nave church joins it. It measures around 40 feet in length. On the eastern, straight end wall there is a sacristy that is 16 and 13 feet square . In the middle of the north wall of the upper church is a small door with a half-timbered portal. The main entrance to the church is in the south wall of the lower church. A stage is built between the tower and the two pillars, about 8 feet high, 19 feet long and 47 feet wide. In the church there are 615 seats below and 203 on the stage. The space is so used by the seats that even the aisle is only 4 to 5 feet wide. "
At the beginning of the 1840s, the plans for the new building were taken up again. The royal builder Kavermann wrote in an expert report that a new building was absolutely necessary. The government decreed that an annual church building reserve in the amount of 200 thalers must be created. However, the reserve was only set up for two years and the funds were used for other purposes.
In 1851 the bishop suggested the reconstruction of the church at the confirmation in Harsewinkel. He suggested demolishing the upper part of the church and widening the lower part. The builder Emil von Manger was commissioned to work out appropriate plans. The costs were estimated at 7,500 thalers, plus haulage and wood. In 1856 the bishop encouraged the congregation again to redesign the church. The church council then carried out a collection and raised 10,500 thalers in donations. This result made it possible to demolish the church and rebuild it from scratch. For architectural reasons, the tower was to be preserved.
Von Manger's plans for the rebuilding of the church were 82 feet in length and 180 feet in width. He designed a three - aisled neo - Gothic church with a sacristy on two floors on the north side. A stage was to be drawn into the church from the tower to the first pillar. The costs were calculated at 13,640 thalers and von Manger received the construction contract.
The demolition of the old church began and the foundation walls were laid for the new building. On September 23, 1857, the church tower collapsed at 6 o'clock in the afternoon. Nobody was harmed. Investigations by the civil engineer Dykhoff showed that the remaining masonry of the tower was damaged and had to be demolished. The rubble was used to fortify the village streets.
Ten days later, on October 3, 1857, Bishop Johann Georg Müller was able to lay the foundation stone . On his advice, the church was built a little higher and wider, so that the planned stage was superfluous. Due to the larger dimensions, the construction costs increased by 4038 thalers. The new construction of the tower was estimated at a further 7,000 thalers, so that a total of 14,178 thalers was missing. The church council applied for a house collection from the President of the Province of Westphalia and obtained 4272 thalers, 1 groschen and 4 pfennigs with around 70 collectants. The result was not enough to rebuild the tower, so that the church was without a tower until 1903/04. On May 31, 1860, the new church was consecrated .
In 1903/04 the tower was added according to plans by the Mainz architect Ludwig Becker . In 1960 the church was restored according to the liturgical requirements.
Parish dean
- 1839–1876: Johann Gerhard Heinrich Hüntmann (born August 16, 1804 in Riesenbeck )
- 1865: Franz Stiene (* in Warendorf )
- 1886–1902: Hermann Tiemann (born October 13, 1838 in Buer )
- 1902–1909: August Nottbeck (born October 17, 1856 in Rorup )
- 1909–1919: Bernhard Möllers (born January 24, 1864 in Telgte )
- 1919–1947: Klemens Budde (born September 10, 1871 in Telgte)
- 1947–1967: Theodor Markfort (born March 2, 1893 in Brochterbeck )
- 1967–1991: Franz Gödde (born September 19, 1922 in Haltern -Flaesheim; † June 3, 1993)
- 1991–2003: Josef Heisterkamp
- 2003–2017: Wim Wigger (* 1949 in Emmerich am Rhein )
Building description
The parish church of St. Lucia is centrally located in Harsewinkel in a church ring development that is no longer completely preserved. The east church is a three - aisled neo - Gothic hall church .
The three-storey west tower measures 58.5 m high. St. Lucia is enthroned above the portal in a neo-Gothic tracery gable . Beneath it is Columna es immobilis Lucia sponsa Christi ( You are an immovable column, Lucia, bride of Christ ). The background is decorated alternately with three and four passports . On the second floor, at the height of today's treasury, there is a crucifixion group from 1904. Your artist is the father of Hubert Hartmann . The tower clock is located on three sides at the foot of the third floor. According to the sketch by the Mainz architect Ludwig Becker, the tower measures 23 meters here. The tower spire begins at a height of 32 meters. It is flanked by four octagonal turrets and crowned by a cross with a weathercock.
The nave extends over five bays to which a choir apse with a 5/8 end adjoins in the east . The neo-Gothic vaulted ceiling rests on eight round pillars and four half and corner pillars. In the five yokes of each aisle there are stained glass windows showing various figures of saints. In addition to the patroness St. Lucia, Liudger , first bishop of Münster, St. Agatha and St. Cäcilia are shown. The choir is raised by four steps. Behind the celebration altar is the cafeteria of the old high altar on which the tabernacle rests today . The apse has three windows, the middle one showing the crucifixion scene. In the east of the north aisle is the sacristy , which has direct access to the choir. The heating system is located in the southern counterpart.
Furnishing
The oldest piece of equipment in the St. Lucia Church is a Romanesque font with a surrounding leaf frieze on the upper edge. It dates from around 1300 and was renovated by Hubert Hartmann in 1960 . He received the bronze lid.
To the east of the two side aisles are two side altars that were redesigned by Hubert Hartmann in the 1960s. Above the left altar there is a figure of Mary on a crescent moon. Two angels, wearing a crown, hover above it. The right side altar is dedicated to St. Joseph. The figurative representation is crowned by a double halo and holds a saw in the left hand. To his right is the boy Jesus with a halo and a book in his hand.
Other works by Hubert Hartmann are the Way of the Cross, which is attached to the outside walls of the church, and the tabernacle behind the main altar. The paintings include a Pietà by an unknown artist in the style of Peter Paul Rubens as well as a picture of the Coronation of Mary, which was in the former high altar.
organ
The organ was built in 1963 by the organ builder Klais (Bonn). The slider chests -instrument has 38 registers (2,728 pipes ) on three manual stations and pedal . The action mechanism is mechanical, the stop action is electric.
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- Coupling : I / II, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
Bells
Before the Second World War , the Lucia Church in Harsewinkel had four bells . The parish had to fetch two of them from the tower, the two oldest bells from 1354 and 1511 were allowed to remain in Harsewinkel because of their age. In 1947 the two lost bells were found in the bell cemetery in Hamburg and brought back to Harsewinkel. . In 1946/47 the material was made available for the casting of three new bells. Thus, the following bells are in the steeple of the St. Lucia Church:
| No. | Surname | Casting year | foundry | Diameter (mm) |
Mass (kg) |
Percussive ( HT - 1 / 16 ) |
inscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. John | 1947 | Petit & Edelbrock , Gescher | 159 cm | c 1 | ||
| 2 | 1511 | H. Vogel | 130 cm | d 1 | Gode sye loff and honor / Dorch myn luet ick dat vermehre, / Sunte Anna am ick called. / Myn gelüde sy gode known. / MVCXI | ||
| 3 | St. Lucia | 1947 | Petit & Edelbrock, Gescher | 124 cm | e 1 | ||
| 4th | 1354 | unknown | 110 cm | g 1 | FUNERA DEPLAGO / PLEBE VOCO / FULGURA FRAGO. MCCCLIIII. (Translation: I proclaim the dead, I call the people, I break the lightning. 1354 ) | ||
| 5 | Mother of God | 1947 | Petit & Edelbrock, Gescher | 92 cm | a 1 | ||
| Marienbell | around 1680 | ||||||
| St. Lucia | July 24, 1674 |
Treasury
In August 2007 a treasury was set up in the bell tower of the church, in which, among other things, 14 historical flags are displayed. Various things were stored in the former storage room of the church, including the flags that had been removed from the church. The Institute for Historical Textiles in Cologne restored the flags. With financial support from the city of Harsewinkel, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the diocese of Münster , the showcases could be purchased.
regional customs
On Easter Sunday, some men meet in front of the church at three o'clock in the morning to riot . With the last stroke of the bell, the parade starts with loud wooden rattles through the Harsewinkler city center. They sing: Staoht up, Christ, de Härr, will auk upstaohn! (Stand up, Christ the Lord will stand up too).
On September 3, 1662, 72 houses burned down in Harsewinkel. In 1679 26 houses and in 1716 46 houses burned. Afterwards, the citizens of Harsewinkler took the vow to hold a fire procession every year on the Sunday to Mauritius in September.
Facilities
St. Lucia Hospital
The St. Lucia Hospital was founded in 1899 and opened with 20 beds. The Leinkenjosts are considered to be the founders of the house, which also served as a retirement and nursing home. In 1910 the hospital was expanded for the first time and now had 50 beds. In the hospital, five Mauritz nurses were responsible for nursing as well as housekeeping and gardening. Further expansions followed in 1930 and 1962. Today the hospital is affiliated with the Elisabeth Hospital in Gütersloh and has geriatrics as its main treatment focus.
The hospital is owned by an association registered on May 22, 1899, which is administered by a ten-member board of trustees. The parish dean presides.
Senior doctors were or are:
- Dr. Franz Hecker (1909-1917)
- Dr. Theodor Bierbaum (1917–1927)
- Dr. Heinrich Pieke (1927–1945)
- Dr. Arnold Zurbrüggen (1944–1960)
- Dr. Hans Strake (1961–1980)
- Dr. Hans Georg Hoff (1983–1987)
- Dr. Djamil Rechid (1987-1999)
- Dr. Kurt Henrich (since 1999).
Franciscan Sisters
The unmarried and childless Sophie Bitter bequeathed her house and the property to the Franciscan monastery in Warendorf in August 1922. The estate was to be used for family care sisters. On April 7, 1931, a kindergarten for 70 children was established there. The inauguration took place in May of that year. In February 1936, the sisters moved to the former girls' school on Kirchplatz, which from now on was called Clemensheim .
literature
- Parish office St. Lucia (Ed.): 150 years parish church St. Lucia . Harsewinkel 2010.
- Gaukesbrink, Gertrud; Glowka, Barbara: Historical library of the parish of St. Lucia Harsewinkel . Munster 1997.
- Werland, Walter: 1000 years of Harsewinkel - On the local history of the city on the Ems . Ed .: City of Harsewinkel. Aschendorff'sche Verlagbuchhandlung, Münster 1965.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wilhelm Wigger leaves Harsewinkel. Church + Life, accessed July 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Information about the organ on the municipality's website
- ^ Bishop's General Vicariate Münster (ed.): The Diocese of Münster . tape 3 . Verlag Regensberg, Münster 1993, ISBN 3-7923-0646-8 , p. 436 f .
