St. Nicholas (Holtwick)

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St. Nicholas Holtwick from the southeast

The Catholic parish church of St. Nicholas is a listed church building in Holtwick , a district of Rosendahl in the Coesfeld district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

History and architecture

Old church

The parish was probably founded in the 13th century from Osterwick , it was first mentioned in a document in 1311. In this document a Lubertus is mentioned as a pastor in Holtwick, who appears as a witness. A baptismal register has been kept since 1692 and a death register since 1714.

The previous church had become too small due to the increased number of believers, and the structure of the building had also deteriorated considerably. In 1856 a vaulted ceiling collapsed and the church was unusable. From then on, the service was held in the girls' school. The church was demolished and a floor plan has been preserved. The east choir was rectangular and the central part of the nave was widened. This suggests that narrow aisles existed. It was probably a stepped hall with a raised central nave and low aisles. In an episcopal report, the building is described as a late Romanesque-Byzantine construction. It should have been quite simple, but pleasant in detail.

New Church

The neo-Gothic , three-aisled hall church was built by Emil von Manger between 1857 and 1860 and changed several times in the period that followed. Manger also drafted the final blueprint. The building was built from bricks over a natural stone base. Two strip cornices separate the lower and upper tower floors from each other. In between, above the eaves , there are narrow tracery panels , above are the dials of the three tower clocks in the middle . A stair tower leads up on the north side of the tower . The west wall is divided by the main portal and two side portals. In 1922, the architect Wilhelm Sunder-Plassmann planned a chapel that extends over the entire width of the yoke . It was added to the north side. The east of the two choir bays is divided by five choir windows. In the other choir bay there was originally a singing hall with an organ stage and a sacristy on the south side . The north chapel opens onto the choir in two pointed arcades . The chapel on the south side is accessed through an ogival passage from the side aisle. The choir was modernized from 1969 to 1970 in order to get larger sacristy rooms. The organ stage protrudes into the central nave in a wedge shape, it is supported by two pillars. A pointed arch opens above the gallery to the lower tower floor. Due to the installation of underfloor heating, the level of the ship had to be raised. Now two steps lead down to the main entrance. The ribbed vaults rest on high plinths and round pillars. The keystones show, among other things, a lamb with a cross flag and the coat of arms of the Droste zu Vischering family . From 1969 to 1970, due to the provisions of the Second Vatican Council, the choir was fundamentally redesigned. In 1984 and 2005 the interior was given a new coat of paint. Several sculptures and sacred objects from the past 150 years have been returned to their original location. Some areas of the painting in the choir room in 1860 were uncovered in 2005.

The colored windows with Eucharistic themes were made by Derix in 1921 .

Tower with bells

Tower (from west)

The 56 meter high tower characterizes the village's appearance. It is equipped with five bells:

No. Surname Caster Casting year volume
1 Joseph P&E 1964 cis'
2 Nicholas Friedrich Schweys 1757 dis'
3 Nicholas Wolter Westerhues 1507 fis'
4th Anna P&E 1964 g sharp '
5 Maria Friedrich Schweys 1757 ais'

Confessional chapel

Doors with wood carvings and depictions of angels and birds lead to the confessional chapel. The vines come from the old, neo-Gothic pulpit. The glass window depicting a dove and seven tongues of fire was originally installed in the former chapel of the Holtwicker St. Joseph Hospital. The confessional was made by the sculptor Kindt from Münster from two old confessionals. The neo-Gothic tombstone for Pastor Johann Gerhard Wessels, which was previously placed near the priestly graves in the old Holtwick cemetery, is remarkable.

Furnishing

New altar

The new altar was consecrated in 1971 by Auxiliary Bishop Laurenz Böggering . The relics of Saints Urbanus and Lucius are kept in a small tomb . Before that, the relics were in the cafeteria of the high altar, consecrated in 1922. A rose cross carved in sandstone from the former Marien and rose altar was used as the altar base.

Church treasure

  • The church treasure consists of chalices, cibories and monstrances . Engraved consecrations indicate the previous owner. A fire-gilded ciborium was donated in 1692 by Anna Freifrau Droste zu Vischering. A tower monstrance from around 1680 is an important work of goldsmithing; it has been in the Westphalian State Museum for Art History since 1909. A gold-plated silver monstrance bought in 1909 from the workshop of Johann Aloys Bruun is used today in the St. Josef Church in Coesfeld-Stevede. Noteworthy is a goblet from the Ewald Balke workshop from the 18th century. He bears the inscription given to the Vicarie zu Holtwicke by the wickedness .

Other equipment

  • The tabernacle was made in 1971 in the workshop for sacred goldsmithing, Wilhelm Polers, in Kevelaer
  • The late Gothic, cylindrical font is from the middle of the 13th century. It is decorated with leaves, flowers and tendrils. In 1967 a heavy bronze lid was made for the baptism, showing the baptism of John and a pelican.
  • A mosaic wall cross and the candlestick for the Easter candle were made to match the cover of the baptismal font .
  • The wooden figure of Antonius Abbot was made at the beginning of the 16th century. The figure was stolen in 2007 and replaced by a replica from a Zillertal workshop. The figure is popularly called Schwinetuens .
  • The former wooden figure of a bishop is a work from the end of the 15th century. Hands and staff were added in 1984.
  • The sandstone Pietà from 1678 stands on a console with the coat of arms of the Droste-Lülstorf family. It was probably made in the workshop of the Meyering family.
  • A part of the former pulpit was used to design the anvil .
  • The figures of the four evangelists on the choir pillars were part of the former pulpit.
  • The Way of the Cross consists of 14 stations, it is the work of the painter Dominikus Mossler from Münster.
  • The portrait of the constant help hung beforehand in the chapel of the Holtwicker Josef Hospital.
  • The crucifixion group from 1922 was previously located in the baptismal and war memorial chapel, in which a fire broke out in 1996, and found its place on the former Antonius altar.
  • The figure of St. Liudger was donated in 2009. The figure represents the first bishop of Münster, it was carved in the 17th century. The bishop's staff and a goose are added as attributes .
  • The figure of the Virgin Mary with baby Jesus stood on the former rosary altar.
  • A Gothic Christ corpus was placed on a new cross made of bog oak by Heinrich Gerhard Bücker in 1971 . The cross is kept in the sacristy and is used to worship the cross during the Good Friday liturgy.

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrich Vollmer Parish Church of St. Nicholas Holtwick Editor Parish of St. Nicholas in Holtwick.
  2. ↑ Ulrich Vollmer Parish Church of St. Nicholas Holtwick Editor, Parish of St. Nicholas in Holtwick, page 12

Coordinates: 52 ° 0 '24 "  N , 7 ° 7' 58.9"  E