St. Pankratius (Gütersloh)

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St. Pancras

St. Pankratius seen from the old town cemetery

Basic data
Denomination Roman Catholic
place Gutersloh , Germany
diocese Archdiocese of Paderborn
Patronage St. Pancras
Building history
architect Arnold Güldenpfennig
start of building 1889
Building description
inauguration October 16, 1890
Architectural style Neo-romance
Function and title

Parish church

Coordinates 51 ° 54 '7.3 "  N , 8 ° 22' 27.1"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 54 '7.3 "  N , 8 ° 22' 27.1"  E

St. Pankratius is a Catholic parish church in the East Westphalian district town of Gütersloh in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . The associated parish, responsible for the Sankt Elisabeth Hospital , is part of the Gütersloh Mitte-West Pastoral Association in the Archdiocese of Paderborn .

history

Figure of St. Pankratius from the 15th century
Seen from the street “Unter den Ulmen”
St. Pancras

Between 1655 and 1890 the Apostle Church in Gütersloh was used as a simultaneous church for the predominantly Protestant church village and the northern and western farmers who all belonged to the Rheda rulership . They shared the church with the Catholic faithful, who came from the southern and eastern peasantry belonging to the Principality of Osnabrück . She bore the patronage " St. Pankratius ".

Today's St. Pankratius Church was designed in 1889/1890 by the Paderborn diocesan master builder Arnold Güldenpfennig and built in the neo-Romanesque style as the largest church in Gütersloh to this day. On October 16, 1890, the church was consecrated by the Paderborn auxiliary bishop Augustinus Gockel . The church was painted later. In the apse was a representation of the Holy Trinity and St. Pancras.

In the spring of 1945 the east wall of the church was hit and partially destroyed in an air raid, as was part of the high altar . After the war, the church was restored in 1947. The high altar has since been dismantled and replaced with a new marble altar.

The church was extensively renovated in the 1960s, 1970s and 1990s. During the last renovation, part of the original painting that had been removed during the previous renovations was restored. In 1984 the church was placed under monument protection and entered in the list of architectural monuments in Gütersloh under monument number A 132 .

In connection with the necessary organ renovation, the chancel was redesigned in 2014, the interior was painted and the heating was renewed. The renovation work was completed with the consecration of the altar on December 6, 2014 by Auxiliary Bishop Manfred Grothe.

photos

  • View into the main nave

  • The choir room

  • The celebration altar

  • The candle offering stick

  • Windows in the south front

  • Christmas crib with figures around 90 cm high

organ

organ
Organ console

The first organ of the St. Pankratius Church was built by the organ builder E. Wendt when the church was completed around 1890. The instrument had 27 registers. It was replaced in 1930 by a new instrument, which was built by the organ builder B. Speith (Rietberg) with 45 stops on three manuals and pedal . In the 1950s and 1970s the instrument was partially rebuilt and prepared for the installation of a parapet positive as the 4th manual, which - with the exception of one register - was not implemented.

In 1992 the congregation undertook another profound intervention in the organ. Reusing a large part of the pipe material , the organ was designed and built from scratch by the Siegfried Sauer company from Höxter- Ottbergen . She now played on mechanical slide chests and electrical stop action , with 51 stops on three manuals and pedal. With the new construction of the housing, a Rückpositiv could now be realized for the first time .

In 2014/2015 the organ was again extensively renovated and reorganized by the Vorarlberg company Rieger Orgelbau . The reason for this is the glued and varnished multilayer wood used for the body, to the evaporation of which the organ pipes react with signs of corrosion (“lead sugar”), as well as the unsatisfactory sound of the organ. 36 of the 51 registers were taken over, including all of the preserved late romantic historical pipes. 21 of the 57 registers were newly created. The housing and console have been reused, but revised and adapted. The completion of the measures ended with the organ consecration on August 16, 2015.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Grand Principal 16 ′
2. Principal 08th'
3. Viola di gamba 08th'
4th Flûte harmonique 08th'
5. Covered 08th'
6th Dulciana 08th'
7th Octave 04 ′
8th. Reed flute 04 ′
9. Fifth 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
10. Octave 02 ′
11. Big Mixture V 02 ′
12. Mixture IV 01 1 ⁄ 3  ′
13. Cornett V 08th'
14th Tuba profunda 16 ′
15th Trumpet 08th'
16. Euphonium 08th'
II Rückpositiv C – g 3
17th Principal 8th'
18th Lovely covered 0 8th'
19th Salicional 8th'
20th Octave 4 ′
21st Flauto d'amore 4 ′
22nd Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
23. Flautino 2 ′
24. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
25th Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
26th Mixture III 1'
27. Clarinet 8th'
Tremulant
III Swell C – g 3
28. Drone 16 ′
29 diapason 08th'
30th Viol 08th'
31. Flute traverse 08th'
32. Night horn 08th'
33. Vox coelestis 08th'
34. Quintatön 08th'
35. Fugara 04 ′
36. Flûte octaviante 04 ′
37. Fifth flute 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
38. Piccolo 02 ′
39. Horn ore 01 3 ⁄ 5  ′
40. Progression II-V 0 02 2 ⁄ 3  ′
41. Basson 16 ′
42. Trumpet harm. 08th'
43. Basson & Hautbois 08th'
44. Clairon 04 ′
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
45. Contraviolon 0 32 ′
46. double bass 16 ′
47. Sub bass 16 ′
48. Salicetbass 16 ′
49. Quintbass 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
50. Octave bass 08th'
51. violoncello 08th'
52. Flute bass 08th'
53. Octave 04 ′
54. Bombard 16 ′
55. trombone 16 ′
56. Trumpet 08th'
57. Clarine 04 ′
  • Couple
    • Normal coupling: II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
    • Sub-octave coupling: III / I, III / II, III / III
    • Super octave coupling: III / I, III / II, III / III
  • Playing aids: Programmable: register crescendo, tutti, register fetter, Rieger typesetting system, pedal combination, appels d'anches for each work; General contractor; Breathing wind system with factory-assigned reservoir bellows (without windshield float)
  1. ↑ a b c overblowing.
  2. ↑ Penetrating tongues.

Bells

In the years 1890/91 St. Pankratius received five church bells, cast by the foundry Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock (Gescher). During the First World War, three of these bells were melted down and replaced by the Humpert company (Brilon) after the war . During the Second World War, the entire bell of the tower was melted down, with the exception of the bell from 1891 in the roof turret, which survived the war but was removed in 1952; Today it is no longer possible to understand why and where it was "given away".

Today a seven-part bell hangs in the main tower of St. Pankratius. Four bells were cast by the Junker bell foundry in Brilon in 1946; Cost estimates for a new bell were already available in 1945, and at the end of September 1945 the church council decided in favor of the larger of the two proposed bells. In December 1946 the bells were consecrated and hung in a steel bell chair financed by the Miele company . The bells rang for the first time at Christmas 1946.

In 2002, the steel bell cage was damaged. On the basis of a report by the bell expert Pastor Dr. Gerd Best and Theo Halekotte decided in 2003 to renovate the bell system and add three new bells to the bell. The Perner bell foundry (Passau) received the order. The listed wooden substructure of the steel bell chair was stabilized so that the church tower was not damaged. In addition, the steel yokes were exchanged for oak yokes, the clappers of the two small bells from 1946 were exchanged, and two bells were re-voiced. On February 27, 2004 the three new bells were cast; on March 21, 2004 they were consecrated and rang for the first time in the celebration of Easter Vigil 2004.

Since 2009 a new bell in the roof turret has been completing the ringing. On the occasion of the casting of the three new bells in 2004, a community member donated a new ridge bell, which was also cast by the Perner bell foundry (Passau).

No.
  		Surname
  		Casting year
  		Caster
  		Mass
(kg) 		Ø
(mm) 		Percussive
( HT - 1 / 16 ) 		Remarks
 
1 Christ-King 1946 Junker, Brilon 2110 d 1 -1 The bell rings on solemn festivals , on Fridays at 3 p.m. at the hour of Jesus' death and at the death of the Pope and Archbishop
2 St. Pancras 1946 Junker, Brilon 1570 e 1 +5 Rings on all Sundays and as a death knell
3 Queen of Peace 1946 Junker, Brilon 930 g 1 -2 Ring the angelus
4th Faith 2004 Perner, Passau 650 a 1 +1 Inscription on the shoulder: THE RIGHT BUT WILL LIVE BY HIS FAITH! Have 2,4
inscription on the Wolm : THESE THREE BELLS * CASTED FOR THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. PANKRATIUS ZU GÜERSLOH ON FEBRUARY 27, 2004 AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE BELLING OF 1946 CONSECRATED ON MARCH 21, 2004 * ADMON TO LIVE IN FAITH
5 St. Joseph 1946 Junker, Brilon 465 h 1 +3
6th hope 2004 Perner, Passau 420 c 2 +3 Inscription on the shoulder: BELIEVING IN CHRST MEANS WANTING UNITY! John Paul II.
Inscription in the Wolm: IN MEMORY OF THE SIMULTANEUM FROM 1655 TO 1890 AND IN THE HOPE FOR SOON UNITY - ST. PANKRATIUS GÜTERSLOH 2004
7th love 2004 Perner, Passau 350 d 2 +2 Inscription on the shoulder: ONLY LOVE YOU OW TO EACH OTHER! Röm 13,8
Inscription in the Wolm: BECAUSE CHRIST SHOWS US THE SUFFERING OF EVERY POOR AND THE NEED * THAT WE RELIEVE * BECOMES JOY. PANKRATIUS 2004
8th Roof skylights bell 2009 Perner, Passau 36 370 e 3 -1 Inscription on the shoulder: 1891 * VENITE ADOREMUS * 2009
In memory of Pope Benedict XVI. , in whose pontificate the bell was cast, his words "He who believes is never alone" are written on the bell.

Each of the four new bells has a characteristic pictorial representation on the flank (front).

  • Bell IV: "Faith": Portrait of Pope John Paul II as a prayer. The artist Thomas Jesen shows the Pope on this bell on the Western Wall in Jerusalem. He said: "The Pope preaches more through his gestures than through words!"
  • Bell VI: "Hope": church towers and illustration of the two apostles Peter and Paul. A Byzantine icon theme inspired the artist when designing this bell. A typical Orthodox Thmea is the apostle reconciliation. In Jerusalem there was a dispute as to whether baptism should also be administered to the Gentiles. The two apostles Peter and Paul are responsible for ensuring that unity and peace will succeed in mutual respect. In the hope of a successful unity of the churches, the bell shows the apostles kissing brothers . The steeples of St. Pankratius and the Apostle Church can be seen in the background .
  • Bell VII: "Love": Illustration of St. Elisabeth. When designing this bell, Thomas Jessen had an engraving from the 17th century in mind: Saint Elizabeth on a sick bed. As the patroness of the St. Elisabeth Hospital and the Caritas work, she exhorts the faithful to stand up for the needy, the sick and those seeking help at the beginning of the 3rd millennium.
  • Bell VIII: "Dachreiterglocke": On the front (flank) representation of a heart from which a cross grows. This image was also shown on the bell from 1891. The template was created by the artist Nina Koch from Bielefeld, who also created the cross in the chapel of the St. Elisabeth Hospital.

Web links

Commons : St. Pankratius  - collection of images, videos and audio files

swell

  • Elmar Quante in: Congregational letter of the church council St. Pankratius, Christmas 2003
  • Stephan Rechlin in: Neue Westfälische,?. March 2004
  • Unnamed author in the Westfalenblatt on March 2, 2004

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Gütersloh: Online directory of architectural monuments
  2. ↑ Information on the history of the organs on the parish website
  3. ↑ More information about the Sauer organ on the website of the parish
  4. ↑ Information on the new Rieger organ and its disposition on the parish website
  5. ↑ Information on disposition on the website of the organ builder
  6. ↑ Video recording of the peal