St. Matthew (Altena)

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Parish Church of St. Matthew

The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Matthew is a listed church building in Altena , a town in the Märkisches Kreis ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). Church and parish belong to the Altena-Lüdenscheid district dean of the diocese of Essen .

History and architecture

Its predecessor was founded on October 28, 1847 by Bishop Franz Drepper from Paderborn consecrated . Since it could not be included in the planning of the new building, it was canceled.

On the foundation stone in the choir can be read: Hic lapis primarius positus est a parocho J. Cramer on June 29, 1896 (This foundation stone was laid by Pastor J. Cramer on June 28, 1896). The compact, neo-Gothic hall church of five bays closes with a 5/8 choir . It was built from 1895 to 1899 under the supervision of Johannes Franziskus Klomp . It was built in quarry stone made of greywacke with decorative shapes made of tuff stone . A roof turret is attached to the building and a tower stump stands on the west side. The side aisle yokes are covered with hipped transverse roofs. The wide interior is structured by changing the material of plaster and clinker brick. The design of the choir windows comes from de Leeuw, they were executed by Wilhelm Derix . The foundation of the washed-out sand caused difficulties, the pillars had to be found eight meters below the floor of the building. The church was founded on September 29, 1899 by Bishop Augustin Gockel consecrated .

Furnishing

View of the altar
  • The carved altars have rich pinnacles .
  • The main altar shows the passion of Christ.
  • Matthew altar
  • The Marien Altar from 1849 comes from a previous church. The panel was painted by Karl Müller

organ

View of the organ

The first organ was built in 1924–1926 by the organ building company Eggerth / Anton Feith (Paderborn). In 1996 a new instrument was built by the organ building company Gebr. Link (Giengen), reusing pipe material from the first organ, which in the meantime had been electrified and expanded. The slider chest instrument has 27 stops on two manuals and a pedal. The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric.

I main work C – a 3
01. Bourdon 16 ′ H
02. Principal 08th'
03. Dumped 08th' H
04th Octave 04 ′
05. Reed flute 04 ′
06th Quint 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
07th Super octave 02 ′
08th. Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
09. Cornett V 08th'
10. Trumpet 08th'
II Swell C – a 3
11. Bourdon 08th' H
12. Salicional 08th'
13. Vox coelestis 08th'
14th Paestant 04 ′
15th Flute 04 ′ H
16. Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
17th Flageolet 02 ′
18th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
19th Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
20th Basson-Hautbois 08th'
Pedals C – f 1
21st Sub bass 16 ′ H
22nd Bourdon (= No. 1) 16 ′ H
23. Octavbass 08th'
24. Dacked bass 08th' H
25th Choral bass 08th' H
26th trombone 16 ′
27. Trumpet 08th'
H = historical register

Bells

A four-part bronze bell has been hanging in the roof area of ​​the western tower stump since 1949, cast by Petit & Edelbrock Gescher. It sounds in the

Tone sequence d'-f'-g'-b '.

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Sankt Matthäus (Altena)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ursula Quednau (arrangement): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, North Rhine-Westphalia, Volume II: Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , p. 10.
  2. ↑ More information on the organ ( Memento of October 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 229 KB) p. 17
  3. ↑ Bell catalog of the diocese of Essen .

Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ 20.4 "  N , 7 ° 40 ′ 40.9"  E