St. Martinus (Borschemich (new))

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St. Martinus in Borschemich (new)
inner space
Neo-Gothic high altar

St. Martinus is the Roman Catholic chapel of the Borschemich (new) district of Erkelenz in the district of Heinsberg , North Rhine-Westphalia .

The building belongs to the large parish Christkönig in Erkelenz.

history

Since Borschemich has to give way to the Garzweiler opencast mine by 2017 and thus also the St. Martinus Church , which was profaned on November 23, 2014, a replacement building at the resettlement site was necessary. According to the wishes of the Aachen diocese, this should no longer have a church, but a much smaller chapel. Thus, the Monschau architect Elmar Paul Sommer was commissioned to plan a new chapel with an adjoining community center for Borschemich (new). The groundbreaking ceremony was in December 2013 and the foundation stone was laid on June 22, 2014. The consecration of the new church took place on May 3, 2015 by the Aachen auxiliary bishop Johannes Bündgens . The tower clock and the tower cross with the weathercock were taken from the old church.

Furnishing

In the interior there are some pieces of equipment from the old Borschemich church. Of these, the neo-Gothic high altar , as well as some figures of saints, the baptismal font , the triumphal cross , as well as the baroque communion bench and the foundation stone of the old Borschemich church are to be mentioned. The wooden folk altar was also taken over from Borschemich, but it had to be reduced in size. The ambo was made from the altar boys' seats in the old church. The organ is a work of the company Orgelbau Romanus Seifert & Sohn from Kevelaer and was before the installation in Borschemich (new) in a community center of the parish of St. Remigius Viersen . It has ten registers distributed over a manual and pedal . Also from the former church of St. Martin in Borschemich individual were stained glass windows of Maria Katz Gray in the new chapel translocated .

Bells

The four bells were also taken over from the Borschemich church.

No.
 		 Surname
 		 Diameter
(mm)		 Mass
(kg, approx.)		 Percussive
( HT - 1 / 16 )		 Caster
 		 Casting year
 
1 John 1.106 800 f ' -1 Rudolf Edelbrock, Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock , Gescher 1880
2 Martinus 953 550 as ' -5 Jacob of Venraide 1464
3 Pius X. 852 380 b ' -2 Hans Hüesker, Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock, Gescher 1958
4th Death bell 492 75 c " -11 Johann von Coellen? 1583

Motif: Te Deum

Web links

Commons : St. Martinus (Borschemich (new))  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ RP Online, article of December 18, 2013: The pastor is rolling excavators for the chapel, September 16, 2015
  2. ↑ RP Online, article from June 18, 2014: Laying of the foundation stone and topping-out ceremony for St. Martinus, September 26, 2015
  3. ↑ RP Online, article from May 4, 2015: Inauguration of the Martinus Chapel in Erkelenz, September 26, 2015
  4. ↑ RP Online, Article of April 23, 2015: The New Church of Borschemich, September 26, 2015
  5. ↑ Norbert Jachtmann: Bells in the Heinsberg region, p. 27

Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 41.1 ″  N , 6 ° 19 ′ 45.7 ″  E