St. Marien (Neuss)

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View from the north

St. Mary's is the largest Roman Catholic church in Neuss . The church is located south of Neuss main station on Marienkirchplatz. The two branch churches St. Kamillus and St. Barbara belong to the parish .

history

The community of St. Marien was founded in 1896, followed in 1902 by the completion of the Marienkirche, which today with the windows by Emil Wachter is one of the most important buildings in Neuss. The church building, like the Marienborn monument on the church forecourt, is a listed building under Neuss .

The first years

Already at the end of the 1880s, the establishment of a second parish in Neuss was considered. After all, the Quirinus parish was no longer able to cope with the 20,000 souls. First steps have been after the visitation of Archbishop Dr. Philip Krementz introduced. After a plot of land was acquired in 1893, plans for a temporary emergency church began in 1895 . Still without a proper church, the parish of St. Marien was founded the following year, which under the direction of Josef Drammer was able to move into its emergency church, which was designed by Julius Busch , in 1897 . In 1900 the foundation stone was finally laid for the parish church, which was also designed by the Neuss government master builder Julius Busch.

St. Mary is completed

On Easter Tuesday in 1902, the church, which was completed except for the spire, was consecrated by Archbishop Hubertus Simar . With its neo-Gothic construction, the Marienkirche was deliberately intended to contrast the only church in Neuss ( St. Quirin ) to date . The church tower towered over the entire city with almost 80 m and was the highest church tower in the region. The capacity of 3,000 people was also a unique selling point. In 1906, the Marienborn monument was inaugurated on the newly designed church forecourt . The congregation, to which over 10,000 souls now belonged, grew in the following decades and in 1907 built a new parish hall, the Marienhaus, which partly consists of the former emergency church. At their wedding, the church had over 13,000 souls. In 1936 the Marienkirche was rebuilt in some places. The northern tower chapel was converted into a baptistery and the entire altar area was raised, as the previous chancel was only raised by three steps and many parishioners could not see the priest in well-attended masses. At the same time, a crypt was created under the raised altar . This renovation was completed just in time for Christmas.

Second World War

In 1942 the interior of the church was badly damaged in two attacks. Because of this destruction, the congregation celebrated its masses in the hall of the Marienhaus from that day, but this turned out to be difficult because the NSDAP wanted to use this hall for their party-political events. On April 23, 1944, the Marienkirche was further destroyed. An incendiary bomb hit the tower, which then burned down completely. Contemporary witnesses report how frightening the sight of the burning tower was far beyond the city limits. The remains of the burned down tower fell into the central nave, so that the entire roof structure also fell victim to the flames. After the Second World War, only the outer walls of the building remained. In addition to the major damage to the church, all the vestments and the entire parish archive were irretrievably destroyed.

Post-war years

After the war, donations and many voluntary helpers managed to rebuild the church between 1947 and 1950. However, the roofs, especially the roof of the church tower, the ceilings inside and the choir had to be made much simpler and simpler. The reconstruction was led by the Cologne cathedral builder Willy Weyres . As part of the reconstruction, he further developed the Gothic church building and gave it basilica-like features. To do this, he moved the chancel from the choir under the crossing and reduced the height of the choir by half. In addition, he reduced the number of windows. The church's furnishings were still very poor in 1950, as almost all valuable furnishings had been destroyed. In the following years, more and more works of art were purchased and the church interior was further developed. The choir windows by Walter Benner (1953), a fourth bell (1958), the installation of a Klais organ (1958) and the frescoes on the choir arcades by Peter Hecker (1959) are just examples.

1960s to the end of the 20th century

In the 1970s the new Marienhaus was opened, which houses a socio-educational school. In 1976 the side niches were re-glazed by Paul Weigmann and the church got its current painting by the church painter Dorn. The remaining windows were glazed by Emil Wachter in two further stages (1985/1992) . In 1981 the chancel and the floor were redesigned one last time and received their current form. The bell tower received a fifth bell and the death bell was installed above the crossing. In 1996 the parish of St. Marien celebrated its 100th anniversary. In 1997 the Camillian Order , which was previously resident in the parish, passed. As a result, the monastery church of St. Kamillus became the parish's first branch church .

2000 until today

In 2002 the 100th anniversary of the consecration of the Church could be celebrated. In the same year a deacon ordination of the Archdiocese of Cologne was celebrated again in St. Marien. At the beginning of 2004 the parish of St. Barbara was incorporated into the parish of St. Marien. Since then there have been around 8,000 Catholics in the community, making St. Marien the largest in Neuss. St. Marien belonged to the Deanery Neuss-Nord / Stadtdekanat Neuss. On January 1st, 2008 the parish of St. Marien was merged with the parishes of St. Quirin , Hl. Dreikönige and St. Pius X. to form the pastoral care area “Neuss-Innenstadt”. Later she was assigned to the new dean's office Neuss / Kaarst in the district dean's office in Rhein-Kreis Neuss. Since 2010, the four parishes have presented themselves together as the parish community "Neuss-Mitte" and have offered some events together (e.g. a mass in the RennbahnPark, children's Bible day). A joint parish council has existed since November 2009.

The following prominent clergy come from the parish of St. Marien or have already worked there:

Furnishing

window

Three different artists designed the windows. Walter Benner began glazing the rebuilt St. Mary's Church in 1953. He created seven choir windows for the high choir and the Marienkapelle. It was only 22 years later (1975) that Paul Weigmann was able to glaze seven more windows . These are located in the side aisle niches at ground floor level. Between 1985 and 1992 the new glazing was completed through 21 windows by the artist Emil Wachter . Particularly noteworthy are Wachters windows in the transept of the church, which depict the story of creation in the north and the apocalypse in the south.

Works by Hein Minkenberg (selection)

Plaque of the Neusser Heimatverein at the entrance of the church for the late artist Hein Minkenberg

Hein Minkenberg created a large number of works of art for St. Marien both before and after the war.

Illustration Name of the artwork year Location before the war Location after the war comment
Pieta 1924 On the altar of the war memorial chapel Pieta Chapel (north tower hall) Was recovered from the ruins of the chapel, which was destroyed by the war, almost undamaged
Christ carrying the cross 1928 Entrance gate of the war memorial chapel Embedded in the west wall of the central nave reddish sandstone relief, restored in 1987
Baptismal font 1939 old baptistery new baptistery north of today's altar area
tabernacle 1958 - On a stele in front of the northeastern crossing pillar
Way of the Cross 1951 - Northern tower hall Stone relief
altar 1936/37 Since 2008 under the choir arcades between the chancel and the Marienkapelle with the four evangelist symbols as support
St. Peter and St. Paul 1960 - On the south-west and north-west crossing piers
Maria Goretti Reliquary 1958 - crypt

organ

The large organ was built in 1955 by the organ building company Johannes Klais ( Bonn ) and expanded in 2007–2008. Today the instrument has 47 registers on three manuals and a pedal .

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Gedacktpommer 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Open flute 8th'
Gemshorn 8th'
Octav 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Rauschpfeife II-III
Mixture V-VI
Trumpet 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
II upper structure C – g 3
Reed flute 8th'
Quintadena 8th'
Willow pipe 8th'
Praestant 4 ′
recorder 4 ′
Principal 2 ′
Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Scharff IV-V
Krummhorn 8th'
Head trumpet 4 ′
III Swell C – g 3
Wooden principal 8th'
Vox coelestis 8th'
Drone 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Flute 4 ′
Schwegel 2 ′
Mixture V
Septimencymbel III
Dulcian 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Shawl yoboe 8th'
zinc 4 ′
Tremulant
Pedals C – f 1
Pedestal 32 ′
Principal bass 16 ′
Sub bass 16 ′
Subtle bass 16 ′
Octavbass 8th'
Dacked bass 8th'
Choral bass 4 ′
Night horn 2 ′
Backset VI
trombone 16 ′
Bass trumpet 8th'
Singing Cornett 2 ′
  • Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P.
  • Playing aids: hand register, two free combinations, hand register on free combination I and II, pedal combination, individual storage for the tongue register and the base 32 ', roller on, crescendo roller, 4,000-fold electronic typesetting system with midi recorder and sequencer, tutti; Free combination II can be divided by works (can be called up via pistons).

Bells

All the bells of the current post-war peal were cast by Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock . The entire pre-war bell was melted down for armaments purposes during the Second World War. In memory of the war damage, the Gloriosa bell was given the name of the largest pre-war bell. After several new purchases after the Second World War , the bell now includes six bells, with only five in the church tower , as the death bell was placed in a small tower above the chancel.

No. Surname Casting year Caster Mass (kg) Ø (cm) Nominal inscription
1. Regina Pacis Bell 1958 Hans Huesker 4,000 182.5 b 0 -6 PACIS REGINA AD NOS INCLINA MITE COR TUUM. PACEM DA GENTI AD TE GEMENTI FAUSTUMQUE EXITUM
2. Immaculata bell 1950 Hans Huesker 2,100 151.7 of 1 -6 MULTUM SAEPE CANAM MATREM PLENE IMMACULATAM NULLA ANIMI LABES, CORPORIS NULLA TABE.
3. Joseph Bell 1950 Hans Huesker 1,450 134.2 it 1 –6 BEATE JOSEPH, SANCTAE FAMILIAE CUSTOS SERVA FIDEM FAMILIAE CONFIDENTIS IN TE.
4th Peter Bell 1950 Hans Huesker 950 119 f 1 -7 SANCTE PETRE, MARTYR ET APOSTOLE
below GUBERNA NOS ET IMPETRA ROBUR ET CONSTANTIAM.
5. Gloriosa bell 1985 Florence Hüesker 584 98 as 1 -5 RAISED HIGH INTO THE SKY AS THE GLORIOUS NOW WE PRAISE YOU! BE IN DANGER AND SORRY, ALWAYS READY TO HELP US.
6th Die Bell 1985 Florence Hüesker 57 44.8 b 2 -6 LORD GIVE YOU ETERNAL CALM AND THE ETERNAL LIGHT SHINES YOU.

Ringing motif : Ad te levavi animam meam : “To you I lift up my soul”, Ps 25.1  EU

Pastor

  • Msgr. Josef Drammer (1896–1898)
  • Prelate Jakob Knott (1899–1911)
  • Msgr. Karl Brucherseifer (1911–1933)
  • Prelate Adolf Colling (1933–1967)
  • Msgr. Gabriel Zander (1968–1989)
  • Msgr. Wilfried Korfmacher (1989–2009, since then parish vicar)
  • Msgr. Guido Assmann (since 2009)

use

St. Marien is primarily used as a parish church by the local community for baptisms , confirmations , weddings , holy masses and other worship celebrations. The deacon ordination of the Archdiocese of Cologne has already taken place several times in the church building (including 2002, 2014). The Kreuzschule and the Marienberg grammar school celebrate their school masses there, as well as the Croatian and Portuguese communities of Düsseldorf. In addition, the church is regularly used as a venue for concerts.

photos

  • Chapel window

  • North side

  • St. Mary

  • Marienkirchplatz

  • View of the north side of St. Marien from track 1 of Neuss main station

  • (385) 1-405 Marienkirche, Marienkirchplatz 1 (Neuss) .jpg

literature

  • Clemens Bayer, Karl Schein (ed.): Domus Orationis. Art and Church in the Rhenish Region after 1945 . B. Kühlen Verlags GmbH & Co. KG, Mönchengladbach 1994.
  • Nadya Badr: The windows of St. Marien in Neuss. With a foreword by Wilfried Korfmacher and a foreword by Gabriel Zander . Wienand, Cologne 1994, ISBN 3-87909-392-X .
  • Manfred Becker-Huberti (Hrsg.): Neuss churches: The Catholic churches in the district dean of Neuss . Bachem, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-7616-1966-9 .
  • Jean Joseph Keller: Quick Art Guide No. 1864: St. Marien zu Neuss . Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Munich 1990.
  • Jakob Hubert Knott: The St. Marien Church in Neuss: Its construction and its equipment . Neuss 1902.
  • Joseph Lange : 100 years of the Catholic parish of St. Marien zu Neuss. On the story of a new parish at the gates of the old city. Neusser Druckerei und Verlag GmbH, Neuss 1996, ISBN 3-923607-19-9 .
  • Willi Müller: Emil Wachter's monumental cycle of stained glass windows in the Catholic parish church of St. Marien in Neuss . In: The Minster. Journal for Christian Art and Art History. Issue 4 44. Verlag Schnell and Steiner, Munich 1991, p. 270-274 .
  • The book of St. Mary. In memory of the restoration of St. Mary's Church in the Holy Year 1950. Gesellschaft für Buchdruckerei AG, Neuss 1950.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Lange, J .: 100 years cath. St. Marien parish , Neuss 1996
  2. ^ Archbishop's Vocational College Neuss : School history of the school in the Marienhaus
  3. ↑ Second parish founded 100 years ago - St. Marien ended the Middle Ages newspaper article in the Neuss-Grevenbroicher newspaper of May 23, 2002
  4. ^ Ordination of deacons in the Marienkirche in Neuss, newspaper article in the Neuss-Grevenbroicher newspaper from May 26, 2002
  5. ↑ Deacon consecration on May 26th in Neuss ( Memento of October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 153 kB) Press release of the Archdiocese of Cologne on the 2002 deacon consecration
  6. ↑ Vicar General Schwaderlapp becomes the new auxiliary bishop of Cologne . Website domradio.de. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  7. ↑ For more information on organ on the website of the church and on the orgelsite.nl website , Accessed on December 10, 2014.
  8. ↑ Two 8 'rows.
  9. ↑ Quint circuit subbass 16 'CH, from c independent 32'.
  10. ↑ a b Gerhard Hoffs: Bell music in the city dean of Neuss . Pp. 79-88. ( Memento of October 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 883 kB)
  11. ↑ International Catholic Pastoral Care in the Archdiocese of Cologne: Overview Düsseldorf

Web links

Commons : St. Marien  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 12.1 ″  N , 6 ° 41 ′ 8.6 ″  E