St. Martinus (Bedburdyck)
St. Martinus is the Roman Catholic parish church of Bedburdyck , a village in the town of Jüchen in the Rhine district of Neuss .
history
Today's church emerged from a church owned by the Lords of Dyck , which belonged to their court in Bedburdyck. In a document from 1282 the church appears as a parish church . In 1351 Konrad, Herr zu Dyck, donated the patronage of the church to the Cologne Cathedral Monastery . For unknown reasons, it came to the Lords of Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck in the 15th century, who owned it until secularization .
The Romanesque nave was replaced in 1775 by a new building, a baroque brick hall building, at the expense of Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck, the 12th century tower was retained. In the 18th century a baroque porch was added to the tower.
Finds from the year 1870 show that the church site has a high degree of settlement continuity. A Roman statue of Hercules and a sandstone sarcophagus were discovered in the surrounding cemetery area . Secondary Roman bricks were also found in the tower during construction investigations. This suggests that there was an earlier pagan cult and burial site on the Bedburdyck church hill, which preceded Christian settlement.
architecture
The brick hall from 1773/74, closed on three sides, is slightly elevated on a walled cemetery. The choir closes on three sides , mirror vaults have been drawn in. The sacristy stands in the apex of the choir. The mighty front west tower was built in the second half of the 12th century. It was built with layers of tuff and sandstone alternating with Roman bricks. It was structured by pilaster strips , arched panels and friezes . The porch and the steep slate pyramid were added to the new building of the ship, which was structured by pilasters. The south portal, the so-called Count's Door, was reserved for the patron saint . A stone alliance coat of arms of the House of Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck is attached above the portal . The external building was muddy red according to findings. The interior painting in pastel shades from 1951 was carried out without any findings. The design for the interior fittings and furnishings has recently been attributed to M. Leyel II.
Furnishing
From 1779, the high-quality furnishings, indicating a connection to Bonn-Brühler Hofkunst, were procured:
- The high altar
- The side altars were donated by the Counts of Dyck
- Pulpit and confessionals
- In the high altar is a figure of St. Martin
- In the side altars there are figures of Nicholas and Matthias, or the Mother of God and Catherine
- The organ gallery was clad in stucco marble
- The organ case dates from 1837
- A life-size crucifix from the early 16th century
- The Hunger Cloth , a Westphalian linen work from the 16th century, is on loan at the Münsterland Museum of Local History in Telgte
Bells
The church has three bronze bells that were cast in 1634, 1665 and 1958.
| No. | Caster | Casting year | Ø (mm) |
Weight (kg) |
Nominal (16th note) |
| I. | Claudius Lamiral? | 1634 | 1120 | 850 | e′-2 |
| II | Claudius Lamiral | 1665 | 1010 | 580 | f sharp ′ + 2 |
| III | Karl (III) Otto, F. Otto, Bremen-Hemelingen | 1958 | 910 | 460 | a ′ + 2 |
Ringing motif: (Bells I-III) e-fis-aaa: Gloria IV
literature
- Paul Clemen (Ed.): The art monuments of the Grevenbroich district (= The art monuments of the Rhine Province . Vol. 3, 5). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1897, pp. 8–9 .
- Karl Emsbach, Max Tauch : Churches, monasteries and chapels in the Neuss district (= series of publications of the Neuss district. 13, ZDB -ID 1357699-9 ). Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1986.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Georg Dehio ; Edited by Magnus Backes: Hessen . In: Handbook of German Art Monuments . First volume. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1966, p. 110 .
- ^ A b Norbert Jachtmann: Bell music in the Mönchengladbach region . ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2016 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. (PDF) pp. 22-27.
- ^ Gerhard Reinhold: Otto bells. Family and company history of the Otto bell foundry dynasty . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 588, especially page 555 .
- ↑ Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen . Nijmegen / NL 2019, p. 556, especially p. 510 , urn : nbn: nl: ui: 22-2066 / 204770 (dissertation at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen).
Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 3.2 ″ N , 6 ° 33 ′ 48.3 ″ E