St. Margareta (Reetz)

St. Margareta in Reetz

inside view

St. Margareta is the Roman Catholic parish of Blankenheimer hamlet Reetz in Euskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The church is St. Margareta of Antioch and entered as a monument in the list of architectural monuments in Blankenheim (Ahr) .

location

The church building is located in the center of the Eifel village Reetz on the corner of Oberdorf / In der Laach at an altitude of 470 meters. Behind the church is the community center.

history

Reetz was first mentioned in a document in 1148, and its own church has existed since at least the 15th century. At that time Reetz belonged to the parish of St. Wendelinus Rohr and in 1571 it was added to the newly created parish of St. Johannes Baptist Mülheim . The residents were very dissatisfied with the fact that Reetz was now a branch of Mülheim, which led to a dispute with the Mülheim residents , which could only be finally settled with the parish elevation 301 years later. Reetz finally became an independent parish on January 17, 1872.

Building history

Nothing is known about the origin of the chapel , which existed in the 15th century . In the second half of the 15th century a new church was built, of which the choir and tower are still preserved today. In the 17th century a new sacristy was added to the east wall of the choir and in 1765 the main portal was renewed. In 1888 the north wall had to be rebuilt and received three window openings, as they were already on the south side.

Between 1961 and 1962 the church and the furnishings were renovated, but by the early 1970s the nave was dilapidated and the two outer walls threatened to collapse. For this reason, the nave was completely demolished and rebuilt in its old form between 1976 and 1977, the old stones were reused, the choir and bell tower remained unchanged. Mechernich architect Werner Geyer provided the plans for the reconstruction of the nave .

Building description

St. Margareta is a single-nave hall church made of white plastered quarry stone with a bell tower with an eight-sided bent hood, a three-axis nave with barrel vault and a narrower rectangular choir, which is vaulted by a Gothic star vault.

Furnishing

In the church there is a baroque interior. The high altar dates from the mid-17th century, the side altars are from the same time and were on July 16, 1657 consecrated . The baptismal font dates from 1874, the crucifixion group is a work from around 1600 and the brass figure of the Virgin Mary in the chandelier was created in the 16th century.

Bell jar

In the bell tower there are two bronze bells from 1486 and 1949.

No.	Surname	Diameter (mm)	Mass (kg, approx.)	Percussive ( HT - 1 / 16 )	Caster	Casting year
1	Margareta	840	350	b ' −2	Hans Hüesker, Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock , Gescher	1949
2	Maria	681	195	of the " +2	Jan van Alfter	1486

Pastor

The following priests have worked as pastors in the parish of St. Margareta:

from ... to	Surname
1929-1939	Theodor Baaken
1939-1952	Franz Hillebrand
1952-1961	Edmund Behringer
1961-1969	Anton Franconia
1969-1973	Father Friedrich Lebouille
1973-1977	Leopold Wiggers
1977-1984	Manfred Engels
1984-1992	Johannes Weber
1992-1994	Winfried Reidt
1994-1998	Heinrich Reidt
1998-2014	Hans-Peter Meuser
2014-2014	Josef Berger
Since 2018	Andreas Züll

Web links

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

• Bells ringing on Youtube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (Ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 520.
2. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (Ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 520.
3. ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 521.
4. ^ Matthias poet: Reetz (D), cath. St Margareta Church - loud bells (video description). In: Youtube. February 8, 2014, accessed May 14, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (Ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 520.

Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 31.8 "  N , 6 ° 41 ′ 43.6"  E