St. Nikolaus (Kuchenheim)

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Catholic parish church St. Nikolaus in Kuchenheim
Catholic parish church St. Nikolaus in Kuchenheim, interior
Window in the north transept; Presentation: Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

The Catholic parish church of St. Nikolaus in Kuchenheim , a district of Euskirchen in the Euskirchen district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ), was built at the beginning of the 19th century. The St. Nicholas is a protected cultural monument .

history

Kuchenheim developed in the Middle Ages from two separate town centers that were owned by two different manors . The northern and older part of the village (Unteres Kuchenheim) was subordinate to the Counts of Monschau and from 1355 to the Dukes of Jülich . The southern part of the village (Oberes Kuchenheim) was owned by the Archbishops of Cologne . This resulted in two churches, the church of St. Lambertus in the Untere Kuchenheim and St. Nikolaus on the territory of the Cologne manor. In the Liber valoris around 1300 both churches are mentioned.

In 1794 the parish of St. Lambertus was abolished under French rule and added to St. Nicholas. In 1822 the dilapidated church was demolished.

architecture

While retaining the medieval west tower, the Bonn university master builder Friedrich Waesemann built a new classical church building from 1818 to 1822 . Between 1909 and 1911, a transept with a choir was built according to plans by the cathedral builder Franz Statz .

Outside

The west tower in front of the nave on a square floor plan, made of plastered rubble stones , has six storeys. The five lower levels, the oldest part, are unjointed and by a belt cornice separated from the sixth floor. This has a pointed or arched window on the south and west side . The tower with a height of 25.50 m is crowned by an eight-sided, 12 m high slate pyramid roof, on which a cross with a cock is attached.

The brick nave attached to the tower is 3.50 m wider. The four evenly arranged pointed arch windows are framed by ogival arcades . The wall surface is limited by lateral pilaster strips and a narrow, profiled eaves cornice made of wood. The portals with house framing are on the south and north sides.

The facades of the eastern transept with polygonal choir and the southern transept with adjoining sacristy are left unplastered. The choir square is integrated between the main choir and the transept, the windows of which rest on a cornice. The transept windows are provided with three-lane tracery on the southern and northern front sides . The east and west transept walls have single-lane windows with cloverleaf ends. The choir windows with two-lane tracery end with three or four passports.

Inside

The ground floor of the square tower with a width of 4.55 meters has a groined vault . The baptistery and a memorial for the resistance fighters against the Nazi regime have been located here since 1972 : Heinrich Ruster and Willi Graf .

A Gothic pointed arch connects the tower with the nave. The flat ceiling, which spans the single-nave space, runs laterally in coves , which are interrupted by stitch caps above the eight pointed arched windows . A retracted, pointed triumphal arch separates the church from the transept.

The transept consists of five bays with a stepped groin vault, which rests on two columns with a gilded tendril frieze . Three-lane tracery windows dominate on the south and north sides.

The choir ends with an apse with a 5/8 end . The six vault ribs rise diagonally to the apex of the masonry choir vault, which rest on gilded leaf brackets .

Leaded glass window

The lead glass windows of the nave have the eight Beatitudes as their theme. They were manufactured by F. Melchior in Cologne in 1894/95 . The representation in the middle part is framed by a three-pass screen at the top and a four-pass screen at the bottom.

The three-lane windows of the transept were created in 1910 by the glass painting company Oidtmann in Linnich and show the martyrdom of St. Sebastian (north side) and St. Nicholas (south side). The scenes are framed by Gothic architectural elements.

The windows of the choir, also made in 1910 by the Heinrich Oidtmann company, show the adoration of the shepherds at the manger, the Trinity and the pouring out of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost .

  • Christmas: the shepherds at the manger

  • Pentecost: outpouring of the Holy Spirit

  • Trinity: God the Father and the Son

  • Dove as a symbol of the Holy Spirit

organ

Organ gallery and view of the baptistery

The organ builder Franz-Joseph Schorn from Kuchenheim rebuilt the existing organ in 1895 . In 1982 it was restored by the Josef Weimbs company . The organ is a listed building as a unique testimony to the craftsmanship of the 19th century.

I main work C – f 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Drone 16 ′
3. Covered 8th'
4th Gemshorn 8th'
5. Gamba 8th'
6th Harmony flute 4 ′
7th Octave 4 ′
8th. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
9. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
10. Flageolet 2 ′
11. Trumpet 8th'
II Positive C – f 3
12. Slack travers 8th'
13. Violin principal 8th'
14th Salicional 8th'
15th Dolce 8th'
16. Covered 8th'
17th flute 4 ′
Pedal C – d 1
18th Sub bass 16 ′
19th Principal 8th'
20th cello 8th'

The organ gallery is supported by two classicist columns with Doric capitals .

Bells

The four bells were cast by the bell foundry Petit and Gebr. Edelbrock in Gescher in 1950 and 1952 . The previous bells were melted down for war purposes in 1917 and 1942.

literature

  • The art monuments of the Rhine Province , Volume 4, Section 2: The art monuments of the Rheinbach district. L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1898, p. 59f. (Reprint: Schwann-Bagel, Düsseldorf 1983, ISBN 3-590-32119-9 )
  • Friends and sponsors of the Stadtmuseum e. V. (Ed.): The churches and chapels in Euskirchen. Euskirchen 2006, pp. 84-86, ISBN 3-00-019035-X
  • Conrad-Peter Joist, Building History of the Parish Church of St.Nikolaus. In: Cuchenheim 1084 - 1984, Vol II. Euskirchen 1984, pp. 365-384

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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Coordinates: 50 ° 38 ′ 58.9 "  N , 6 ° 49 ′ 39.1"  E