St. Otger (Stadtlohn)
The Church of St. Otger is the parish church of the Catholic parish of St. Otger in Stadtlohn , which also includes the Church of St. Joseph from the 1960s in the city and the Church of St. Karl Borromäus in the Estern-Büren peasantry . It is located in the city center of Stadtlohn in the Borken district .
history
Stadtlohn is one of the original parishes of the Münsterland founded around 800 . The then (presumed) wooden church was followed by a single-nave, Romanesque stone church in the 11th century. After 1250 it was rebuilt in the early Gothic style during the Ottenstein feud ( Bishop Otto IV, Count von Hoya against Count Heinrich II. Von Solms, Lord of Ottenstein ). In the 15th century, St. Otger was rebuilt as a stepped hall on the Lower Rhine . The basement of the tower remained Romanesque. Around the year 1500, the spatial image was significantly changed by adding heights to the south aisle in the manner of a Westphalian hall church (cf. the spatial image of St. Dionysius in Rheine). This church remained in existence until 1889 with the baroque furnishings preserved in the 18th century.
Namesake
The holy Otger was an Anglo-Saxon deacon . He left his homeland around 700 to subscribe to the ideal of ascetic homelessness. His way led him to Petersberg near Roermond , later called Odilienberg . The Petersberg became the starting point of his missionary work.
Details of his life are not known. He probably died in 713 on the Petersberg. The legend describes him as a pious man who was particularly characterized by patience, obedience and fear of God. Many miracles are said to have occurred on the Petersberg at his intercession.
In the church the saint can be seen twice with his attributes, the Gospel book and the cross: a statue shows him on the west portal, a mural on a pillar in the central nave.
Building description
Today's St. Otger Church was built from 1889 to 1892 and until 1945 was a uniform new building in the neo-Gothic style based on plans by Hilger Hertel the Elder. J. , a hall church with a pseudo transept (cf. St. Nicomedes (Borghorst) ) and a 102 meter high tower. After the outer walls were destroyed in March 1945, the church was rebuilt. The tower, which, at 74 meters, was significantly lower, the outer walls and the vaults of the choir and the two side choirs have been preserved or reconstructed. The nave and transept were given a flat ceiling. This reconstruction was later supplemented with Gothic belt arches and a semi-neo-Gothic color scheme. The windows, which initially remained without tracery, were given one in a symmetrically freely designed form, roughly reproduced in honeycombs. There is a crypt under the choir .
Furnishing
In addition to various sculptures from the previous building, there are painted representations of the patrons of Stadtlohn and of Stadtlohn's neighboring parishes on the pillars. These are St. Otger, St. Josef (Stadtlohn), St. Vitus (Südlohn) , St. Karl Borromäus (Estern-Büren) , St. Ludgerus (Weseke) and St. Pankratius (Gescher) . They are works by Theo Heiermann and Elmar Hillebrand . There are also other biblical representations on other parts of the church.
In the church treasury there is an extremely simple, rounded monstrance and a more magnificent, baroque sun monstrance from the old St. Otger Church. Further information about the whereabouts of the Gothic tabernacle is missing.
Way of the Cross
The Way of the Cross on the south wall of the nave was created in the 1950s by the Stadtlohn master potter Myriam Cappel as a flat clay image with a mosaic-like glass window arrangement. It was integrated into the church interior by the artists Theo Heiermann and Elmar Hillebrand with a cycle of murals with ancient and early Christian landscapes.
Altar and ambo
Theo Heiermann and Elmar Hillebrand designed the new altar from the travertine of the earlier sacramental altar and the side altars . The ambo is also made of travertine with a bronze crown as a book desk.
Tabernacle stele
The tabernacle stele is a work by the sculptor Ulrich Hahn from Aachen from 1990. Four massive travertine blocks form the basis of the sacrament house . A brass double cross connects the blocks and supports the oak tabernacle . The house stands on the plinth, made of twelve solid travertine slabs.
cross
In St. Otger's Church the cross has its place at the front of the tabernacle stele. The oak body dates from the 17th century. In the baroque period , artists emphasized the suffering Christ. The crown of thorns, the facial features, the body leaning forward and the nailed feet indicate the suffering of Christ.
Anna Selbdritt
A 75 cm high oak figure of Anna Selbdritt comes from the second half of the 15th century. Self- third is an old linguistic form for “to three”. Saint Anne , her daughter Maria and the baby Jesus are depicted . Anna is sitting on a wooden bench. She put her right arm around Maria, who is standing to her left. The baby Jesus sits on Anna's lap and is held in her left hand.
Seventh Pain Madonna
In the lobby of the north side entrance has Sorrows Madonna place. The limewood figure comes from the 1st half of the 18th century.
Bishop Liudger
In the right window niche of the crypt there is a baroque figure of St. Bishop Liudger made of limewood, probably from the 17th century. He wears the insignia miter , staff and cross and in his left hand the Gospel book .
organ
The organ was built in 1951 by Franz Breil ( Dorsten ) as an electropneumatic cone chest instrument with free pipe prospect and initially 32 stops . In 1976 Breil added a swell mechanism to the instrument, converted from 1985–86 to slide chests and placed in a new case. In 1999 Alfred Führer ( Wilhelmshaven ) provided it with a mechanical tone action and re-intoned it. Today's 51 registers are distributed over 3 manuals and pedal and can be played mechanically from the attached console and electrically from a second mobile console in the church.
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- Normal coupling: I / II, III / II, III / I, I / P, II / P, III / P
- Playing aids : setter system , swell step , register sill as a roller
Bells
A 6-part bronze bell hangs in the tower with the striking notes h 0 , c sharp 1 , d flat 1 , f sharp 1 , g sharp 1 and b sharp 1 . It was cast in 1949 by Josef Feldmann at Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock in neighboring Gescher .
literature
- Judith Hüsken, Heinz Jansen, Clemens Röer: Stadtlohn St. Otger (Schnell Art Guide; Volume 1911), Schnell & Steiner: Munich, 1991.
Web links
- Homepage of the parish of St. Otger in Stadtlohn
- St. Otger at http://www.kirchbau.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Judith Hirschen in: Stadtlohn St. Otger , Schnell Kunstführer No. 1911, 1st edition, Munich 1991
- ↑ a b Heinz Jansen in: Stadtlohn St. Otger , Schnell Art Guide No. 1911, 1st edition, Munich 1991
- ↑ a b c d e f Clemens Röer in: Stadtlohn St. Otger , Schnell Kunstführer No. 1911, 1st edition, Munich 1991
- ↑ Information on the organ
Coordinates: 51 ° 59 ′ 34.2 " N , 6 ° 55 ′ 3" E