St. Mary Sorrowful Mother (interruption)

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St. Mary Sorrowful Mother

Interruption of St. Maria church view.jpg

Denomination : Roman Catholic
Consecration date : October 27, 1962
Parish : Interruption
Address: 52525 Heinsberg,

Wassenberger Strasse 79

Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 27 ″  N , 6 ° 7 ′ 41 ″  E The Church of St. Mary Sorrowful Mother is located in the Unterbruch district ofthe city of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

New building view of St. Maria Sorrowful Mother

The church is at Wassenberger Straße 79, the federal road 221 that leads from Wassenberg to Heinsberg.

history

In the years 1869/71 a new church was built according to plans by Matthias Klein from Horster-Schelsen. On November 22, 1906, interruption was made a parish . After the Second World War , the church became too small and in 1961/62 it was enlarged by an extension. The church was consecrated on October 27, 1962 .

Today, together with other parishes, St. Maria Sorrowful Mother forms the community of parishes (GdG) Heinsberg-Waldfeucht in the diocese of Aachen .

architecture

The original church from 1871 was built as a three - aisled brick basilica with an apse . The extension from 1961 was placed as a transept on the open gable wall . The chancel was moved from the south apse to the intersection between the old and the new building. The construction planning was in the hands of architect Wilhelm Andermahr from Wassenberg .

Furnishing

  • In the church a vespers picture from the 15th century in wood, height 69.5 cm, width 41.5 cm, depth 29 cm.
  • The organ with 45 registers and electric action from 1967 was built by the Heinz Wilbrand company from Übach-Palenberg . It is the extended organ of the Protestant church Düren from 1956 by Willi Peter from Cologne-Mülheim.
  • In the bell tower are four bells from 1990 levels.
  • The church has stained glass .
  • In the church there is an altar , a tabernacle and several figures of saints .

Bells

A four-part bronze bell hangs in the extraordinary tower of the Catholic Church.

Surname Chime Caster Casting year
1st bell f¹ Fa. Petit and Gebr. Edelbrock 1990
2nd bell a¹ Fa. Petit and Gebr. Edelbrock 1990
3rd bell c² Fa. Petit and Gebr. Edelbrock 1990
4th bell d² Fa. Petit and Gebr. Edelbrock 1990

Motif: "Salve Regina"

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 1904: The Art Monuments of the Rhine Province by Paul Clemen
  • Local calendar of the district of Heinsberg 1992: The new building of the church St. Marien in Unterbruch 1869–1871 , by Dr. Albert Pappers p. 71

Web links

Commons : St. Maria (Interruption)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Late medieval wooden sculptures in the Church of St. Maria Sorrowful Mother ( Memento from January 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ More information under: Bells in the Heinsberg region by Norbert Jachtmann on page 202 ( 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. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.glockenbuecherbaac.de
  3. ↑ Heinsberg-Kempen, Catholic Church of St. Maria Sorrowful Mother. on the website of the Research Center for 20th Century Glass Painting Foundation eV