St. Mary's Rosary (Straeten)

St. Mary's Rosary
Denomination :	Roman Catholic
Consecration date :	October 8, 1899
Parish :	Straeten
Address:	52525 Heinsberg, Waldhufenstrasse 106

Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 45 ″  N , 6 ° 5 ′ 29 ″  E The Church of St. Mary's Rosary is located in the Straeten district ofthe city of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is on Waldhufenstraße in the center of the village.

history

In 1895 the architect Theodor Kremer from Cologne drew up the blueprint for building a church in Straeten. Construction began on May 30, 1898, and was designated on October 8, 1899. In 1925 a new sacristy was added to the south side of the choir . In the war years of 1944/45 the church was severely damaged, the tower was blown up and completely destroyed. The reconstruction work in 1948 was carried out according to plans by architect Adolf Schafhausen . The church tower was built in 1953, a new altar was consecrated on November 6, 1960.

Together with other parishes, St. Mariä Rosenkranz now forms the community of parishes (GdG) Heinsberg-Waldfeucht in the diocese of Aachen .

architecture

The church is a three-aisled brick basilica with a choir bay and a choir closed on five sides and pointed arches to the side aisles . The nave has a long wood ceiling. There is a ribbed vault in the choir . The three-storey tower is covered with a pyramid roof, which is crowned by a tower cross and a weathercock .

Furnishing

• The organ with 10 registers and an electric action from 1955 was built by Karl Bach from Aachen and expanded to 20 registers in 1980 by Hans Herrmann from Aachen .
• In the church tower there are three bells from the years 1761 and 1953. and a tower clock .
• The church has ornamental and stained glazing .
• Figure of St. Nicholas from the 2nd half of the 15th century in Maasland oak, height 135 cm, width 39 cm, depth 33 cm.

gallery

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  Altar area

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  Rosary altar

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  Baptismal font

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  organ

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  Choir room

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  Christmas crib

literature

• Episcopal General Vicariate Aachen (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen, B. Kühlen Verlag, Mönchengladbach, 3rd edition 1994, ISBN 3-87448-172-7
• Georg Dehio, edited by Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia I Rhineland. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03093-X
• Volume Eight 1906: The Art Monuments of the Rhine Province by Paul Clemen

Web links

Commons : St. Mariä Rosenkranz (Straeten)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• St. Mariä Rosenkranz in the community of the communities Heinsberg-Waldfeucht

Individual evidence

1. ↑ More information under: Bells in the Heinsberg region by Norbert Jachtmann on page 200 ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
2. ^ Heinsberg-Straeten, Catholic Church of St. Mariä Rosenkranz. on the website of the Research Center for 20th Century Glass Painting Foundation e. V.
3. ↑ Late medieval wooden sculptures in the Church of St. Mary's Rosary ( Memento from January 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )