St. Ludgerus (Alme)
The Catholic parish church St. Ludgerus is a listed church building in Alme , a district of the city of Brilon in the North Rhine-Westphalian Hochsauerlandkreis .
history
In 1031, Bishop Meinwerk donated the parish of Haldinghausen to the Abdinghof monastery in Paderborn , and St. Ludgerus was a subsidiary of this parish. Haldinghausen fell desolate in the Middle Ages , the Ludgerus parish was mentioned in 1377 as its successor, the first pastor was Pastor Beilen. The last pastor of Haldinghausen, Conrad Dollenbergh, has also been booked for this year. A first chapel in Alme was founded in 1003 according to the tradition of Abbot Archi Deacon Pauli. This chapel was probably built as a wooden building in 946 as a private church of the Geseker women's monastery. It stood in the area of the so-called Almer Freiheit. A solid stone and clay church was built on this site in the 14th or 15th century. In the 17th century the church, especially the well-fortified tower, served as protection against looting by Hessian and Brunswick troops. After damage in the Thirty Years' War, the tower's helmet and tower were replaced in 1662. Due to the threat of decay of the building, several repairs were carried out on the outer walls, the vaults and the windows from 1677 to 1713. The organ and the tabernacle were renovated. The first bells were cast around 1680, a community member had bequeathed money for them. A church clock was mentioned between 1717 and 1719. Because of the structural defects, the outer walls were secured in 1719 by wooden support posts. The visitor and commissioner of the Archbishop of Cologne visited the parish on August 26th, 1752 and ordered the demolition of the old church and a new building elsewhere. It was forbidden to continue using the church for spiritual purposes. The new building order was repeated on October 28, 1752 by the vicar general von Sierstorff. From 1963 to 1964 there was a transverse expansion according to plans by the architect Heinrich Stiegemann ; the baroque old building remained largely untouched. The polygonal choir was added as in the old building. The outer walls are structured by concrete columns. Old and new buildings are covered by an overlapping hipped roof.
architecture
Nave
The muddy, flat-roofed quarry stone hall was created as a single-nave, baroque building with a 3/8 choir : It was built from 1753 to 1760 according to the inscription in a coat of arms of the von Meschede and von Bruch families. The flat, plastered wooden ceiling is carried over into the wall in a wide hollow. From 1887 to 1890 the church was extensively restored. The sacristy was built on the south-eastern slope of the choir in 1911 and expanded in 1956. In 1963 185 seats were available for the meanwhile 1,440 parishioners. The nave was extended to the south from 1963. The plans were drawn up by the architect Heinrich Siegemann from Warstein, and the construction management was in the hands of Leonhard Lüke. The reinforced concrete skeleton with simple brick infills was clad with green stone on the outside. By removing a part of the wall, the old church was opened to the south, creating three arched openings above which the remaining windows were preserved. The axis of the building changed in the north-south direction. The back wall of the choir remained closed. The choir was raised by five steps. The sacristy is housed under the towed roof, above the gallery with the console for the organ. The floor was covered with limestone slabs. The church is currently accessible through the main and north portal. The original church looks like an anteroom to the main church. The two side chapels serve as a Marian or confessional chapel and a Brother Klaus chapel.
West tower
The compact west tower of the previous church was built in 1662.
Building description
The tower has two late medieval basements. The cross vault in the tower room was changed by adding an organ gallery. The walls of the upper floor are divided by three small windows and a door. The now bricked up door led to the attic of the previous church. A Gothic cornice stretches around the tower above the door . On the east side, traces of incisions from the old church roof are visible. The bell chamber is equipped with two coupled arched windows on all sides . On the tower sits an eight-sided, slate, onion-shaped dome . The outer walls are made of plastered limestone .
Peal
Three bells are documented for 1837. The largest bell was dedicated to Ludgerus. The two smaller bells, weighing 39 and 229 kg, had burst. The Brilon bell founder jakob Greve delivered two new bells in 1837 with a weight of 110.5 and 221 kg. They were consecrated in 1838 in the names of Saints Franziska and Theodor. Except for one, the bells were withdrawn in 1917, new bells were delivered by the Humpert bell foundry in 1924. The two large bells had to be given in 1942 as a metal donation.
Today's church bells consist of five bronze bells with the tone sequence c'-e'-g'-a'-h '. The four big bells were cast by the Junker bell foundry in Brilon in 1946 . The smallest bell was supplied by Heinrich Humpert, Junker's predecessor, in 1924. The electric bell was purchased in 1950.
Furnishing
Ludgerus relic
On April 16, 2010 the church received a relic of St. Ludgerus . He is shown in two of the church windows and a very elaborate chasuble shows the saint, among other things. One of the local rifle associations is named after him. In the diocese of Paderborn, Alme is the only parish under the patronage of Ludgerus, in Krombach and Hüsten he is a secondary patron. The saint was buried in the Werden monastery in 809 . Efforts to obtain a relic have failed in the past. The shrine in Werden was opened in 2007 with episcopal approval to scientifically examine the bones. On this occasion, tiny particles and bone dust were removed and placed in a small container. The Archbishop of Paderborn certified in a document that it was the consecrated particles from the bones of Saint Ludger, the Bishop of Münster . The poor Poor Clares in Paderborn surrounded the relics. A Paderborn goldsmith made a monstrance as a reliquary . The monstrance stands in a barred niche in the aisle.
Altars
- The first high altar came from the old church, its appearance is not known, it was destroyed in a fire in 1837.
- The old baroque high altar is now in the church in Canstein ; it originally came from the Capuchin Church in Niedermarsberg .
- The high altar, the pulpit, the organ and the baptismal font were purchased in the 20th century. The relics of the two early Christian martyrs Auctus and Prospera are walled into the altar.
- The altars in the two side aisles date from the time the church was built; the one in honor of the Immaculate Conception was donated by Dorothea Franzisca von Meschede. In 1894 they received new altar stones, the old ones no longer corresponded to the liturgical regulations. The altarpieces were replaced with new ones before 1966.
Organs
A new organ was installed by the Soest organ builder Fromme between 1791 and 1811. It was extensively repaired around 1850 by the Brilon organ builder Rischik. The instrument was replaced in 1938 by a new one created by Anton Feith . It has 16 registers, divided into two manuals and the pedal, as well as 1126 pipes. In the course of the church expansion, the organ builder Stegerhoff from Paderborn converted the organ for the new organ stage. A register was added and the new prospectus was inserted into the rear wall of the new part of the church. The previous blind pipes were supplemented by prospect pipes.
Other equipment
- The choir stalls and confessionals were made when it was built.
- A painting from 1840 shows the risen Christ . It is labeled Joseph Wintergerst and hangs in one of the aisles.
- The prayer bench from 1780 is in the side aisle to the side of the altar.
- The double Madonna was divided in 1839 and half as Immaculata and the other half as St. Margareta set up. Several years later it was put back together.
- A baroque monstrance made of gold-plated silver and copper was made at the end of the 18th century. It is 63.5 cm high, the foot is a figure eight . The lunula case is surrounded by scrollwork with grapes and ears of corn, two putti with cross and anchor, and angel heads.
- To the image of Perpetual Help asked Pope Pius XII. a certificate, a copy of which is issued under the representation. The picture is a replica of the miraculous image of the same name in the Redemptorist Church in Rome .
- The church was given a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary by the sculptor Georg Schumacher in 1867.
- The ringing consists of five bronze bells with the tone sequence c'-e'-g'-a'-h '. Bell V was created in 1924 by Heinrich Humpert. Bells I-IV were cast by his successor Albert Junker in 1946.
Historical recordings
Floor plan and section
St. Ludgerus 1914
Portal on the north side, 1914
The north side altar 1914
Baroque monstrance
Figure of a bishop
literature
- Ursula Quednau (arrangement): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, North Rhine-Westphalia, Volume II: Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments, North Rhine-Westphalia . Volume 2: Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1969, DNB 450887766 .
- Architectural and art monuments of Westphalia. Volume 45: Paul Michels, Nikolaus Rodenkirchen, Franz Herberhold: District of Brilon. Aschendorfsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Münster 1952, DNB 453372236 .
- Dietmar Hölmer On the building history of the parish church St. Ludgerus Alme 1990
- Heinrich Otten: Church building in the Archdiocese of Paderborn 1930 to 1975 . Bonifatius Verlag, Paderborn 2009, ISBN 978-3-89710-403-7
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Dehio ; Ursula Quednau (scientific director): Handbook of German art monuments. North Rhine-Westphalia. Volume II: Westphalia . Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , p. 197.
- ^ Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments, North Rhine-Westphalia . Volume 2: Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1969, p. 6.
- ↑ Dietmar Hölmer On the building history of the parish church St. Ludgerus Alme 1990
Coordinates: 51 ° 27 '22.7 " N , 8 ° 37'25.5" E