St. Nicholas (Aremberg)

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Catholic parish church of St. Nicholas
View to the altar
View of the main entrance and organ

The Catholic parish church of St. Nikolaus in Aremberg , a local parish in the Ahrweiler district in Rhineland-Palatinate , is located on a hill in the middle of the village. The church was built at the end of the 18th century and has significant baroque furnishings from the Marienthal Augustinian convent , which was closed in 1803.

history

A church or chapel in honor of St. Nicholas is mentioned for the first time in 1306 . This church was renovated in the 15th century. In a tithe register from 1553 is Chapel of Arburch mentioned. The exact year of construction of today's church is not documented. The year 1783 is assumed. In any case, it seems certain that the construction of the church falls during the term of office of pastor Aegidius Schneider (1764–1799), who financed the construction of the church in part from his private assets.

architecture

On the south side of the church there is an almost square, four-storey bell tower , the roof of which has an eight-sided helmet. At the tower is the entrance, which is designed as a round arch portal and is framed by pilasters made of red sandstone . The single-nave interior of the church is illuminated by three arched windows on both sides. A three-sided choir forms the northern end .

decor

Floor tile depicting Matthew the Evangelist

During the renovation in 1986, the ceiling paintings whitewashed in 1960, the gilded stucco reliefs and symbolic representations above the windows, which the church painter Johannes Scharding from Trier had created in 1934, were exposed again .

The floor tiles in the chancel and in the central aisle date from around 1880. The symbols and the names of the evangelists are shown in ribbons on them .

Furnishing

Sculpture of Saint Nicholas

The three current altars (around 1770/1780), the communion bench (around 1700), the pulpit (early 18th century), the confessional (1st half of the 18th century) and the organ (around 1750) come from the Marienthal monastery. The baroque main altar is made of oak , the sculptures are carved from linden wood. It was restored in 1926 and its old frame and gilding renewed. In the middle, above the tabernacle , the scene of the Annunciation is depicted with life-size figures of Mary and the Archangel Gabriel . Above it is the dove as a symbol of the Holy Spirit from which long rays emanate. The canopy of the altar is supported by six columns and flanked by two angels. It is crowned with the monogram of Mary .

To the right of the altar is the figure of St. Augustine , depicted with a miter and crosier . To the left of the altar stands John, who is represented both with the eagle, the symbol of the evangelist , and with the attributes of the apostle , chalice and serpent. Both figures are life-size.

The two side altars date from the same time as the main altar. The left side altar is decorated with the sculptures of St. Anne , Mary and the baby Jesus who holds the globe in his hand. On the right side altar is the figure of St. Nicholas, the patron saint of the church. The salt barrel with the three children at his feet indicates the resurrection of the killed scholars , whose bodies were cured in a salt barrel and which, according to legend, St. Nicholas is said to have brought back to life.

The wooden benches are from the 17th century. Two choir seats come from the chapel of Aremberg Castle and date back to the middle of the 18th century. From the 18th century, the wall panels of the niches of the chancel and the derived baptismal font of marble .

The ambo was created in 1987 by the sculptor Georg Gehring. He carries the pelican that originally stood on the tabernacle of the high altar.

organ

The organ comes from the workshop of the organ builder family Balthasar König in Bad Münstereifel and was made around 1750 for the Marienthal monastery. The purely mechanical instrument has 13 registers ( slider drawers ) on one manual and has an attached pedal (CD – c 0 ). In the years 1988–1989 the organ was restored.

Disposition
Manual C – c 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Octav 4 ′
3. Flaut travers (from c 1 ) 8th'
4th Drone 8th'
5. Slack douce 4 ′
6th Viola di gamba 8th'
7th Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. Octav 2 ′
9. Tintinabulum II (from c 1 ) 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
10. Mixture III
11. Cornet III (from c 1 ) 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
12. Trumpet (h 0 / c 0 ) 8th'
13. Vox humana 8th'
Tremulant

literature

  • Manfred Reinnarth: Parish Church of St. Nikolaus Aremberg . In: The church in the middle of town. Churches and chapels in the Adenau community. Published by the Verbandsgemeinde Adenau, Adenau 2001, ISBN 3-9804818-5-9 , pp. 28-29.
  • Gerold Rosenthal: Aremberg . Aremberg 1987, ISBN 3-9800970-7-2 , pp. 87-104.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Restoration of the organ ( Memento of the original from August 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Weimbs organ building @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.weimbs.de

Coordinates: 50 ° 24 ′ 57.2 "  N , 6 ° 48 ′ 28.8"  E