St. Matthias (shrub)
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St. Matthias is the Roman Catholic parish church of the Simmerath district of Strauch in the city region of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia .
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The church is dedicated to St. Apostle Matthias consecrated. The parish also includes the Gerstenhof , which is assigned to the city of Nideggen at the municipal level .
location
The parish church of St. Matthias is located in the center of Strauch on the corner of Monschauer Strasse (L 246) and Kesternicher Strasse. Kölner Straße leads axially towards the church in a southerly direction. The house of God is not eaten. The choir faces southwest. Behind the choir there is also the rectory and the rectory. In front of the church there is a triangular square with the war memorial .
General
In the Middle Ages there was no church of its own in Strauch. Only in the middle of the 19th century did the residents try to build their own church. Matthias Johnen also donated a piece of land on which the first Strauch church was built between 1846 and 1850. In 1855 Strauch received its own rector . At that time the village still belonged to the parish Simmerath. Strauch did not become an independent parish until May 1, 1906. The parish has belonged to the diocese of Aachen since 1930 , previously it belonged to the archbishopric of Cologne .
Building history
The first Strauch church was built between 1846 and 1850 by the building contractor Peter Strauch from Steckenborn . On October 16, 1850, the new church was given a name. In 1906 the previous branch church was elevated to a parish church. In 1913 the church was in need of renovation, so the Cologne architect Heinrich Forthmann had an appraisal of the state of the building. The report showed that renovating the church building was too costly and that a new building should be considered.
Ultimately, the church council decided on a new building, so that the old parish church was demolished around 1921. From 1921 to 1923, today's parish church was built according to plans by Heinrich Forthmann. The new church was consecrated on May 2, 1928 . Just eight years after completion, the bell tower was badly damaged by a lightning strike. It was rebuilt in 1931.
During the Second World War , the bell tower of St. Matthias was blown up by German troops on September 20, 1944. This completely destroyed the tower and the rest of the church building suffered severe damage. The reconstruction took place in 1950 and 1951 under the direction of the Aachen architect Wilhelm Rommé . The tower was rebuilt in its old form and the damage to the nave was removed. On October 25, 1951, the Aachen auxiliary bishop Friedrich Hünermann was able to rededicate the church.
Due to the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council , it was decided to convert the chancel, which was implemented in 1974/75 according to plans by Ewald Nießen. On February 20, 1975 the new altar could be consecrated.
Building description
St. Matthias is a single-nave, four-bay hall church made of quarry stone with a single-bay, three-sided closed choir in the southwest. The bell tower is located on the north-east corner and has moved in. Next to it is a kind of porch of the nave, in which the main portal and the organ gallery are housed. The bell tower has three floors and an eight-sided tower spire. The nave is covered with a barrel vault and the choir with a mesh vault . The windows are ogival but have no tracery . The faithful are offered 200 seats. St. Matthias is one of the last churches to be built in the neo-Gothic style.
Furnishing
There is modern equipment in the church. The altar in the choir is a piece of bluestone that Ewald Nießen created in 1974. The oak altar cross was carved by the stubber Josef Breuer in 1979. The organ is a work of the Aachen organ building institute Karl Bach from the year 1956. The instrument has 18 registers distributed over two manuals and pedal. The action is electric. Johannes Beeck designed the stained glass windows of the church as free compositions. They were manufactured and used by the Dercks company from Königstein im Taunus in 1975.
Bells
In the bell tower there is a four-part bronze bell from the bell foundry Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock from Gescher in Westphalia .
| No. | Surname |
Diameter (mm) |
Mass (kg, approx.) |
Percussive ( HT - 1 / 16 ) |
Caster | Casting year |
| 1 | - | - | - | f ' | Hans Hüesker, Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock, Gescher | 1950 |
| 2 | - | - | - | as ' | Hans Hüesker, Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock, Gescher | 1950 |
| 3 | - | - | - | b ' | Hans Hüesker, Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock, Gescher | 1950 |
| 4th | - | - | - | c " | Hans Hüesker, Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock, Gescher | 1952 |
Pastor
The following pastors have so far worked as pastors in the parish of St. Matthias:
| from ... to | Surname |
|---|---|
| 1921-1954 | Alois anger |
| 1954-1964 | Johannes Vohn |
| 1965-1973 | Werner Eschweiler |
| 1973-1981 | Josef teats |
| 1982-1993 | Robert Frings |
| 1993-1995 | Karl-Heinz Graff |
| Since 1995 | Michael Stoffels |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen 3rd edition, published by the Episcopal General Vicariate, Aachen 1994, p. 615.
- ↑ Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen 3rd edition, published by the Episcopal General Vicariate, Aachen 1994, p. 616.
- ↑ Church. In: Website Heimatverein Kesternich. Retrieved October 18, 2017 .
- ^ Simmerath-Strauch, Catholic Church of St. Matthias. In: Forschungsstelle Glasmalerei des 20. Jahrhundert eV Accessed on October 19, 2017 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 31.8 ″ N , 6 ° 20 ′ 8.7 ″ E
Christ the King Chapel (Huppenbroich) | Evangelical Church (Lammersdorf) | Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows (Paustenbach) | Johanneskapelle (Simmerath) | St. Apollonia (Steckenborn) | St. Barbara (Rurberg) | St. Bartholomew (Hammer) | St. Hubertus (Erkensruhr) | St. Johann Baptist (Lammersdorf) | St. Johann Baptist (Simmerath) | St. Lucia (Eicherscheid) | St. Mary's Conception (Rollesbroich) | St. Matthias (shrub) | St. Michael (Dedenborn) | St. Nikolaus (Einruhr) | St. Peter and Paul (Kesternich) | Wendelinus Chapel (Woffelsbach)