St. Nicholas (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
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:
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- Coupling : II / I, III / II, III / I, I / P, II / P, III / P
- Playing aids : 1000 combinations
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
Individual evidence
- ^ 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
- ↑ The Kölnische Zeitung reported on the choir window, accessed on January 19, 2015
- ↑ Information about the organ
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 3 ″ N , 7 ° 9 ′ 29 ″ E