St. Mary's Conception (Rollesbroich)

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St. Mary's Conception (Rollesbroich), southeast view
Interior view with altar

St. Mary's Conception is the Roman Catholic parish church of the Simmerath district of Rollesbroich in the Aachen city region in North Rhine-Westphalia .

Interior with exit and organ prospect

The Church is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of Mary. In addition to Rollesbroich, Deffertsfeld and Silberscheid also belong to the parish .

location

The parish church is located on Dürener Straße (L 160) at the corner of Kirchhofsweg in the middle of Rollesbroich. Behind the choir in the east is the kindergarten.

history

In Rollesbroich there was no church of its own for a long time. The residents always had to go to neighboring Simmerath to attend church services. Due to the strong growth of the village, however, the residents felt obliged to build their own church in the middle of the 19th century. The own church became a reality between 1859 and 1860 through donations from the population as well as through hand and tension services. Rollesbroich now became a branch of the Simmerath parish and received its own pastor in 1873. Between 1889 and 1904 this activity was carried out by the Simmerath pastor , after which Rollesbroich had its own rector again . The final separation from Simmerath took place on January 1, 1919 when it was raised to an independent parish .

Building history

The first church in Rollesbroich, built from 1859 to 1860, was built by the Steckenborn contractor Matthias Strauch. The plans were drawn up by Karl de Berghes , the local master builder from Monschau . He designed a hall church in neo-Gothic forms . The consecration took place on December 13, 1865 and in 1919 the building was elevated to a parish church.

In the second half of 1944 the bell tower was blown up by German soldiers and the rest of the parish church was completely destroyed.

As early as 1946, Hans Schmieders from Kalterherberg presented a first draft for a new building, but it was never realized. The design by the two architects Friedrich Wilhelm Bertram and Elmar Lang was finally realized between 1952 and 1954. In July 1954 the first service could be held in the new church.

Building description

St. Mary's Conception is a single-nave hall church made of quarry stone with a semicircular choir closure in the east and a bell tower in front of it in modern forms . A continuous band of light runs around the nave and there is a crypt under the chancel . There are 180 seats available for the faithful.

Furnishing

The interior is modern. The altar is the work of the architect Elmar Lang and was made from bluestone in 1950 . The organ is a work of the Aachener Orgelbauanstalt Karl Bach from 1956. The instrument has 15 registers and an electric action . The stained glass windows are works by Johannes Beeck from Hinsbeck from 1953.

Bells

No. Surname Diameter
(mm)		 Mass
(kg, approx.)		 Percussive
( HT - 1 / 16 )		 Caster Casting year
1 - - - e 1 Albert Junker, Brilon 1954
2 - - - g sharp 1 A. Rodenkirchen, Cologne-Deutz 1873
3 - - - h 1 Albert Junker, Brilon 1954
4th - - - c sharp 2 Albert Junker, Brilon 1954

Rectors and Pastors

The following pastors have so far been pastors at St. Mary's Conception (until the parish elevation in 1919, pastors held the title of rector and were subordinate to the pastor of Simmerath):

from ... to Surname
1904-1908 Friedrich Bartholome (Rector)
1908-1945 Franz Xaver Schäfer (pastor since 1919)
1946–1962 Otto Josef Voss
1962-1964 Gustav Sittard
1964-1969 Wilhelm Bienbeck
1969-1982 Josef teats
1982-1985 Cornelis Schouten
1985-1986 Hermann van Gorp
1986-2002 Karl-Heinz Graff
2002-2010 Hermann van Gorp?
Since 2010 Michael Stoffels

Web links

Commons : St. Mary of the Conception  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen 3rd edition, published by the Episcopal General Vicariate, Aachen 1994, p. 610.
  2. ↑ Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen 3rd edition, published by the Episcopal General Vicariate, Aachen 1994, p. 609.
  3. ↑ Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen 3rd edition, published by the Episcopal General Vicariate, Aachen 1994, p. 609.
  4. ↑ Simmerath-Rollesbroich, Catholic Church of St. Mary's Conception. In: Forschungsstelle Glasmalerei des 20. Jahrhundert eV Accessed on October 21, 2017 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 48.9 ″  N , 6 ° 18 ′ 51.5 ″  E