St. Maria Rosenkranz (Mönchengladbach)

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St. Mary Rosary
St. Mary Rosary

The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Maria Rosenkranz in the Eicken district belongs to the St. Vitus parish in Mönchengladbach .

history

The neo-Gothic church building from 1875 became necessary because the rapid development of the textile industry from the middle of the 19th century led to an enormous population growth in the Eicken district. The architect Heinrich Nagelschmidt (1822–1902) from the Cologne Cathedral School was commissioned to build a neo-Gothic, three-aisled and cross-shaped church. After the foundation stone was laid in 1873, the building was completed on December 8, 1875, but the first Holy Mass was not celebrated in the church until December 10, 1876 due to the effects of the Kulturkampf . A first small bell in the roof turret is proven as early as 1876; five bells were commissioned in 1895 from the bell foundry Bour & A. Guenser, Metz , which were consecrated on August 8, 1896. In high mass on September 12, 1887, the Archbishop of Cologne , Philipp Krementz, placed the church under the patronage of the Queen of the Holy Rosary . From 1894 to 1896 the architect Josef Kleesattel was commissioned with the extension and the tower construction of the parish church.

Furnishing

The miraculous image in the altar of the Lady Chapel, a Byzantine icon , was consecrated on May 1st, 1887 and shows the growing child Jesus on the arm of Mary. It is a copy of the icon of Mary of Perpetual Help that can be seen today in St. Alfonso in Rome. The altar of the Lady Chapel was created by the sculptor Francois Perey (Kempen).

In the 1880s the interior of the church was decorated with painting, the high altar and two side altars (all by Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg , Utrecht). The left side altar depicts the joyous, the right the glorious rosary . The high altar depicts the painful rosary. It was consecrated on September 12, 1887 by the Archbishop of Cologne, Philippus Kremenzt, the consecration of the two side altars did not take place until 1892.

The wooden crescent Madonna is of unknown origin. The blacksmith Max Heinrich Rolshoven (Cologne) created a silver crown for the Madonna; the sculpture was damaged several times, so in 1979 the baby Jesus with his silver crown was stolen. The abundant stained glass are fascinating and well worth seeing.

organ

The organ was built in 1969 by the organ building company Romanus Seifert (Kevelaer). The Schleifwindladen instrument has 37 registers on three manuals and a pedal . The music and stop actions are electric.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Quintad 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Reed flute 8th'
4th octave 4 ′
5. Wooden dacked 4 ′
6th Super octave 2 ′
7th Mixture IV-VI 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. Cornett V 8th'
9. Trumpet 16 ′
10. Trumpet 8th'
II Rückpositiv C – g 3
11. Hollow flute 8th'
12. Praestant 4 ′
13. Coupling flute 4 ′
14th Forest flute 2 ′
15th Sif flute 1'
16. Sharp IV 2 ⁄ 3 ′
17th Quintan II
18th Double cone shelf 8th'
tremolo
III Swell C– 3
19th Wooden principal 8th'
20th Willow pipe 8th'
21st SingPrincipal 4 ′
22nd recorder 4 ′
23. Flute 2 ′
24. Spicy Mix IV-VI 1'
25th Cymbel III 1 ⁄ 4 ′
26th Sesquialtera II-III
27. Dulcian 16 ′
28. Hautbois 8th'
29 Clairon 4 ′
tremolo
Pedal C– 1
30th Principal bass 16 ′
31. Sub bass 16 ′
32. Octave bass 8th'
33. Third bass 6 2 ⁄ 5  ′
34. Beard pipe 4 ′
35. Rauschwerk IV 2 ′
36. trombone 16 ′
37. shawm 4 ′

Interior views

  • Nave

  • Choir

  • Baptismal font

Web links

Commons : St. Maria Rosenkranz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of St. Mary
  2. ↑ http://www.pfarre-sankt-vitus.de/st-maria-rosenkranz-a-st-elisabeth/geschichte/st-maria-rosenkranz.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.pfarre-sankt-vitus.de  
  3. ↑ More information on the history of the organ and today's organ in the parish church (PDF; 492 kB)

Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 6 "  N , 6 ° 26 ′ 45.4"  E