St. Martini (Wesel)
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After St. Mary's Assumption, St. Martini is the second Roman Catholic church in the old town of Wesel . It goes back to a branch founded in 1436 by the fraternal lords on Ritterstrasse with the patronage of St. Martin . After the historic buildings were destroyed in the Second World War , today's church on Martinistraße was built between 1947 and 1949 . It is since 2006 part of the newly formed from the previous towns of the Assumption and St. Martin's parish St. Martini and Pentecost 2013 with other communities of St. Anthony and St. John the parish of St. Nicholas Wesel merged.
history
The house of the Fraterherren ( brothers from common life ) with its spirituality of the Devotio moderna survived the Reformation in Wesel. Alongside the Dominican monastery of the Assumption of Mary, it became the pastoral base of the Catholic minority in the city since the two parish churches of St. Willibrord and St. Nikolaus were Protestant , and had had a permanent parish district since 1734. After the abolition of the Fraterherrenkonvents in 1804, St. Martini remained a Catholic parish church. In February 1945, the entire building complex fell victim to the air raids on Wesel . The new building on the property of a former riding hall and barracks on the northern parallel street was initially intended as an emergency church . Thanks to great efforts of the parishioners, the new Martini Church was already on 16 November 1949 by the Münster Bishop Michael Keller dedicated to be. On March 2, 1952, a nursing home named Martinistift and a kindergarten were opened directly adjacent . The Andreas-Vesalius-Gymnasium has been located on the original site of the Fraterhaus since 1953 . After adding the tower in 1963, a new entrance area and a Lady Chapel, St. Martini was given its current appearance during the last major redesign from 1997 to 2000.
architecture
St. Martini has a three-aisled nave with an integrated, flat-closing chancel. The lower, narrow aisles are separated from the central nave with slender pillars between right-angled openings. All parts of the building are plastered white on the inside and have a flat ceiling. On the outside, the nave has a deep gable roof . The simple west gable contains a large round window. In 1963, the pyramid-shaped , copper-clad tower was added to the northeast corner.
Furnishing
The interior impression is determined by the modern design of the chancel from 1999. The stained glass windows date from the 1950s, the passion altar and the statues of saints, including a Christophorus and a modern St. Martin group, from different eras. Bert Gerresheim created the fourteen Stations of the Cross in 1989; saints and martyrs of the 20th century are depicted on the Way of the Cross of Jesus.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ New website
- ↑ March 2, 1952 - Inauguration of the Martinistift (wesel.de)
- ↑ To the Way of the Cross (kirchensite.de)
Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′ 35.9 ″ N , 6 ° 36 ′ 48 ″ E