St. Nicholas (Bensberg)

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Parish Church of St. Nikolaus in Bensberg

The Catholic parish church of St. Nikolaus is a listed church building in Bensberg , a district of Bergisch Gladbach in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

Architecture and history

The previous building was from the 16th century. The three-aisled, neo-Romanesque brick basilica was built from 1877 to 1883 according to plans by August Carl Lange . The transept is to the east, the choir closes on five sides . The outbuildings and the side towers stand like a walkway around the church. The oversized tower is designed to work from a distance. The front side faces the town, the south side with the main portal is in the transept front . An outside chapel with a crucifixion group is attached to the choir . During the extensive renovation from 1981 to 1985, wall pilaster strips were introduced in the nave to support the vaults . In the choir originally captured on consoles were services extended to the floor.

monument

The church is registered as No. 9 in the list of architectural monuments in Bergisch Gladbach .

Furnishing

  • The glass paintings in the three central windows of the choir and the rosettes in the central nave were made in 1933/34 according to designs by Fritz Schaefler and by the glass painter Fritz Lauten .
  • the remaining glass painting has Paul Weigmann designed
  • The tabernacle was designed in 1958 by Prof. Hein Wimmer from Cologne
  • The chancel was redesigned in 1985/86. The triumphal cross also comes from this time
  • The Romanesque font made of andesite is from the beginning of the 13th century. It was taken over from the old church in Refrath . The cup-shaped basin stands on an Attic base with four so-called cephalopods and columns with bud capitals. Second-use sandstone capitals serve as bases
  • A wooden Vespers from the end of the 15th century, the frame was renewed in 1932

organ

Rieger - organ

The large organ of the church was built in 2004 by the Rieger Orgelbau company. It has 53 registers , divided into three manuals and pedal . The disposition is as follows:

I Rückpositiv C – c 4
1. Principal 8th'
2. Wooden dacked 8th'
3. Quintadena 8th'
4th Octave 4 ′
5. Reed flute 4 ′
6th Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Octave 2 ′
8th. Forest flute 2 ′
9. Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
10. Scharff IV  2 ⁄ 3 ′
11. Cromorne 8th'
12. Hopper shelf 8th'
Tremulant
II main work C – c 4
13. Bourdon 16 ′
14th Principal 8th'
15th Flûte harmonique 8th'
16. Tube bare 8th'
17th Salicional 8th'
18th Octave 4 ′
19th Pointed flute 4 ′
20th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
21st Super octave 2 ′
22nd Mixture IV-V 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
23. Cornett V
24. Trumpet 16 ′
25th Trumpet 8th'
26th Clairon 4 ′
Tremulant
III Swell C – c 4
27. Quintatön 16 ′
28. Violin principal 8th'
29 Double flute 8th'
30th Bourdon 8th'
31. Viol 8th'
32. Voix céleste 8th'
33. Prestant 4 ′
34. Flûte octaviante 4 ′
35. viola 4 ′
36. Nazard harmonique 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
37. Flageolet 2 '
38. Tierce harmonique 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
39. Plein jeu V 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
40. Basson 16 ′
41. Trompette harmonique 8th'
42. Hautbois 8th'
43. Voix humaine 8th'
44. Clairon 4 ′
Tremulant
Pedal C – g 1
45. Pedestal 32 ′
46. Principal 16 ′
47. Sub-bass 16 ′
48. Octave bass 8th'
49. Dumped 8th'
50. Chorale bass 4 ′
51. bassoon 16 ′
52. trombone 16 ′
53. Trumpets 8th'

literature

  • Peter Opladen : The history of the parish Bensberg , Bergisch Gladbach 1946
  • Dehio, Georg , edited by Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia I Rhineland . Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2005 ISBN 3-422-03093-X

Web links

Commons : St. Nicholas  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer (arr.): Handbook of German art monuments , North Rhine-Westphalia, Volume I: Rhineland. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03093-X . Page 119
  2. ↑ The Kölnische Zeitung reported on the choir window, accessed on January 19, 2015
  3. ↑ Information about the organ

Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 3 ″  N , 7 ° 9 ′ 29 ″  E