St. Ludgerus (Schapen)
St. Ludgerus is the Roman Catholic church in Schapen , Emsland district in Lower Saxony. It belongs to the Diocese of Osnabrück in the dean's office Emsland Süd and is part of the parish community Spelle, St. John the Baptist - Lünne, St. Vitus - Schapen, St. Ludgerus and Spelle-Venhaus, St. Vitus.
history
Schapen was first mentioned in 890 as the Oberhof of the Werden monastery . There was already a church in the courtyard, presumably with the patronage of St. Catherine . In the 12th century a new church was built in its place and under the protection of St. Ludgerus posed; the naming underscored the commitment to becoming. This church, renovated in Gothic times, was evangelically reformed in the course of the Reformation in the county of Lingen .
As a result, a Catholic "emergency church" was built in the center of the village, which was replaced by a larger church in 1789. After this church became dilapidated, the current church was built in 1930 and 1931 according to plans by the Feldwisch-Drentrup architects from Osnabrück. The construction was carried out by the Weinrich construction company from Münster. The consecration was carried out by Bishop Wilhelm Berning on June 13, 1933.
Extensive renovations took place in 1985/86.
architecture
Surrounded by a beautiful green area, the east-facing, imposing three-aisled hall church in neo-baroque style made of Ibbenbüren sandstone is located between the primary school and the nursing home. The church has a square high tower with a pyramid point offset to the northeast and a large, high pitched roof with dormers and a roof turret in the western part.
The Ludgerus Church is 47 m long inside and 20 m wide at the rear. The size of the church is characterized by the wide nave and the two rows of niches. The 11.40 m high barrel vault made of reinforced concrete is supported by wall pillars that are connected to one another by semi-arches. Apart from the niches, the aisles are very narrow.
In the choir there is a triumphal arch with the inscription "Christ yesterday - Christ today - Christ in eternity" ( Heb 13.8 EU ).
If you enter the church via the middle entrance of the vestibule, you get in a niche in the back right to the little Lady Chapel with an icon of the constant help . The icon is a replica of the original from the Church of San Alfonso in Rome.
The rectangular stained glass windows in a light yellow tint are provided with garlands in the edge part as a decorative element. They provide sufficient light in the large church.
Furnishing
High altar
The almost 8 m high high altar was built by master carpenter Engelland between 1750 and 1780 based on the model of the baroque altar in the Franciscan Church in Warendorf. The predella rises above three wooden steps . It is modeled on an early Christian martyr's shrine and surrounded by a laurel garland. The medallion in the middle shows the letters IHS (in the "vernacular Jesus, Savior, Blessed Maker"). This is followed by the tabernacle attachment with the reliquary compartments and steps for the candlesticks.
On the roof of the tabernacle is the figure of the pelican, the symbol of God's love. Above is Christ on the cross with Mary and John. At the top is a canopy of heaven with God the Father in a cloud and below him the dove as a sign of recognition for the Holy Spirit. In the side parts of the high altar there are doors with laurel rosettes and a figure attachment.
In the front part of the choir there are two baroque side altars. On the left side there is the altar of Mary with a statue of the Mother of God in a halo and above it a cloud halo with the figure of the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove. Before that, the baptismal font made of Ibbenbürener sandstone has found its new place. The right altar of the Sacred Heart of Jesus shows the Lamb of God above the Sacred Heart statue, which lies on the book with the seven seals (Revelation 5: 1).
People's Altar
At the end of the 1960s a new popular altar with baroque elements was purchased. The elements of the former communion bench with large laurel rosettes were incorporated into the ambo and the sideboard as well as the choir stalls.
Statues
The church is decorated with a number of statues. The little figure of St. Ludger on a baroque console in the chancel on the right comes from the 16th century. As a counterpart to this, there is also a statue of St. Wiho from 1990 on such a console.
On the right side in front of the sacristy wall is the figure of St. Anthony of Padua with the baby Jesus. Another large ceramic Ludgerus figure from the 19th century stands in a niche on the end wall of the left aisle. Close by is the depiction of Our Lady of Sorrows in a niche in the left aisle. This sculpture is carved from wood and modeled on a Pietà in the cathedral of Münster. In the back of the church on the back wall of the left aisle is the life-size figure of St. Judas Thaddäus, opposite the figure of St. Joseph. The Way of the Cross on the side walls from 1987 is made in the baroque style with tinted colors.
pulpit
The pulpit in the right front part of the main nave, which is no longer used for sermons, contains elements of the Regency style. The figure of St. Aloisius.
organ
The vaulted organ loft protrudes 2.50 m into the interior of the church. The gallery bears the gilded inscription "Praise the Lord all peoples". The organ , built in 1964 by the organ builder Kemper from Lübeck, was restored by the Osnabrück organ building company Kreienbrink . It has 25 sounding registers distributed over two manuals and a pedal , around 4,300 pipes, slider chests and a mechanical action .
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
Bells
The ringing consisted of four bronze bells with the chimes c ', es', f ', g'. In 1942 the bells had to be handed in for war purposes. In 1949 the missing bronze bell was replaced by four steel bells in the same shades from the bell foundry of the Bochum Association .
literature
- Hans Hellmich: The parish church of St. Ludgerus in Schapen. In: Ewald Risau: Schapen. The history of our village. Edited by the community of Schapen. Ibbenbürener Vereinsdruckerei, Ibbenbüren 1990, ISBN 3-921290-47-3 , pp. 67-77.
- Hermann Stieglitz: Handbook of the Diocese of Osnabrück. Edited by the Episcopal Vicariate General Osnabrück. Dombücherstube, Osnabrück 1991, ISBN 3-925164-10-3 , pp. 386-387.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Organ in Schapen, St. Ludgerus , accessed on August 22, 2019.
Coordinates: 52 ° 24 '2.5 " N , 7 ° 33' 34.4" E