St. Martinus (Kerpen)

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St. Martinus of Kerpen
View from the east

The former collegiate church of St. Martinus is a Roman Catholic parish church in Kerpen ( Rhein-Erft district ) in North Rhine-Westphalia .

history

A farm, to which a chapel probably belonged, is mentioned in the oldest property register of the Prüm Abbey from the year 893. The first written mention of the collegiate monastery at Kerpen is in 1178, when a prepositus de cerpene of the name Wecelinus is mentioned. In 1204 King Philip of Swabia awarded the Kerpen provost to Archbishop Adolf I of Cologne . The provosts were later appointed by the dukes of Jülich according to a certificate from Emperor Ludwig IV . In 1802 the pen was abolished. The collegiate church was also always a parish church.

Around 1060 the Romanesque transept, which is still preserved today, was added to a single-nave collegiate church. The transept arms close each with polygonal apses. In the 12th century the nave was replaced with a large three-aisled new building. In the 13th century the main choir was added in the transition style from Romanesque to Gothic. At the same time, the church was vaulted. In the 15th century a new three-aisled Gothic nave was built and in 1496 the construction of the mighty west tower began. After a fire in the church, a fourth south aisle was added after 1513.

The eight-sided pointed spire of the church tower was shortened after another fire in 1817 and only added to the old height in 1902. Today the tower with its 78 m is the third highest in the Archdiocese of Cologne after Cologne Cathedral and Bonn Minster .

After very severe destruction during the Second World War, a new single-nave nave was built from 1949 to 1952 , and the transept and choir were rebuilt based on their original condition.

organ

The choir organ was built in 1995 by the organ builder Siegfried Schulte (Kürten). The instrument has 19 stops on two manuals and a pedal . The console is equipped with three manuals. The main organ of the main organ can be played from the second manual, and the secondary organ of the main organ from the third manual ( swellwork ). The pedal of the main organ can be coupled to the pedal of the choir organ. The playing and stop actions of the choir organ are mechanical.

I main work C–
1. Montre 8th'
2. Bourdon 8th'
3. Prestant 4 ′
4th Flute 4 ′
5. Duplicate 2 ′
6th Plein Jeu 2 ′
7th Trumpets 8th'
III Swell C–
8th. Flûte de Bois 8th'
9. Viol 8th'
10. Voix celeste 8th'
11. Flûte octaviante 4 ′
12. Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
13. Octavine 2 ′
14th Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
15th Basson-Hautbois 8th'
Pedal C–
16. Flute 16 ′
17th Flute 8th'
18th Flute 4 ′
19th Bombard 16 ′

Schulte created the new main organ in 1998 using older parts. The instrument, which is mounted in two parts of the case on either side of the triumphal arch , has 24 registers on electric cone chests .

II main work C–
1. Quintadena 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Lovely Gedackt 8th'
4th octave 4 ′
5. Pointed flute 4 ′
6th Gemshorn 2 ′
7th Sesquialter II
8th. Mixture IV-V
9. Trumpet 8th'
III subsidiary work C–
10. Reed flute 8th'
11. Salicional 8th'
12. Principal 4 ′
13. recorder 4 ′
14th Schwegel 2 ′
15th Nasard 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
16. Scharff III
17th Dulcian 16 ′
18th shawm 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C–
19th Sub bass 16 ′
20th Principal bass 8th'
21st Covered bass 8th'
22nd Choral bass 4 ′
23. Night horn 2 ′
24. Bassoon bass 16 ′

Bells

No.
 		 Surname
 		 Diameter
(mm)		 Mass
(kg, approx.)		 Percussive
( HT - 1 / 16 )		 Caster
 		 Casting year
 
1 Maria 1,295 1,300 es ' + -0 Martinus Legros, Malmedy 1770
2 Martinus 1,153 950 f ' +2 Martinus Legros, Malmedy 1770
3 Hubertus 1,042 700 g ' −2 Martinus Legros, Malmedy 1770
4th Kolping 840 350 b ' +2 Hans Huesker; Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock, Gescher 1956

Motive: Rejoice, you heavenly queen

literature

  • Paul Clemen: The art monuments of the Bergheim district , Düsseldorf 1899.
  • Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments. North Rhine-Westphalia, Volume 1: Rhineland , Darmstadt 1967.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From "The Monuments of the Rhineland" by Annaliese Ohm and Albert Verbeek. Page 88 ff.
  2. ↑ More information on the choir organ , as seen on June 28, 2013.
  3. ↑ More information on the main organ , as seen on June 28, 2013.
  4. ↑ Gerhard Hoffs: Bells in the dean's office Kerpen

Web links

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Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 10.4 "  N , 6 ° 41 ′ 39.7"  E