St. Margareta (Vussem)

St. Margareta in Vussem

Cross with weathercock (roof ridge)

St. Margareta is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Mechernich district of Vussem in the Euskirchen district in North Rhine-Westphalia . The church is consecrated to St. Margaret of Antioch and entered in the list of architectural monuments in Mechernich under number 389 . In addition to Vussem, the parish vicarie Vussem-Breitenbenden also includes Breitenbenden and Neuhütte.

location

St. Margareta stands on the Rosenweg in the northern part of Vussem. The Veybach flows directly past the church .

history

The parish vicarie Vussem-Breitenbenden was established on October 1, 1919. Both Vussem and Breitenbenden previously belonged to the parish of Holzheim . At that time the places still belonged to the Archdiocese of Cologne , since 1930 they have been part of the Diocese of Aachen . The elevation to the parish vicarie and the related detachment from Holzheim was only possible with the financial support of the industrialist Paul Girards.

Building history

Vussem is a relatively young church location. The Margaret Chapel in the center of the village was probably the first church in Vussem. The chapel was built in 1804, but by the middle of the 19th century it became too small for the increased population, so that in 1881 a chapel building association was founded. It was not until the early 20th century, the Vussemer believers addressed a makeshift church into an old factory building, which in 1917 benediziert could be.

The current church was built during the Second World War between 1939 and 1940 according to plans by the Aachen architect Karl Schmitz. The consecration took place two years after completion on June 14, 1942. In the further course of the war, the still new church was spared major damage.

In the 1960s, the choir was redesigned according to plans by architect Werner Geyer, Mechernich. The new altar was consecrated on July 6, 1967. The roof was extensively renovated in 2019.

Building description

St. Margareta is a single-nave hall church with a pointed roof and transverse gables in the east. The rectangular choir adjoins the nave in the east .

Furnishing

In the interior, the lead glass windows from the time of construction have been preserved. They are works by the glass painter Wilhelm de Graaff from 1940. The oldest piece of furniture is a figure of St. Margaret from the 18th century.

Pastor

The following priests have worked as parish vicars in the parish vicarie St. Margareta:

from ... to	Surname
1918-1921	Josef Linden
1921-1925	Josef Hansmann
1925-1926	Wilhelm Sommer
1926-1932	Father Theodor Lotter
1932-1935	Father Heinrich Thomas
1935-1946	Father Alfons Schmitz
1946-1950	Father Wilhelm Finke
1950-1954	Father Friedrich Ratte
1954-1957	Father Franz Weßelmann
1957-1992	Father Stanislaus Sobieszcyk
1992-1998	Bernhard Frohn
Since 1998	Erik Pühringer

Web links

Commons : St. Margareta (Vussem) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen, Aachen 1994, p. 568.
↑ Mechernich-Vussem, Catholic Church of St. Margareta. In: Internet site Forschungsstelle Glasmalerei des 20. Jahrhundert eV Retrieved on October 31, 2019 .

50.569553 6.667403Coordinates: 50 ° 34 '10.4 " N , 6 ° 40' 2.7" E

[Handbuch-1] Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen, Aachen 1994, p. 568.

[2] Mechernich-Vussem, Catholic Church of St. Margareta. In: Internet site Forschungsstelle Glasmalerei des 20. Jahrhundert eV Retrieved on October 31, 2019 .