St. Pankratius (Gescher)
The Catholic parish church of St. Pankratius is a listed church building in Gescher , in the Borken district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).
History and architecture
The Gescher parish, also known as Gascheri , was part of the archdeacon of uppen Brame and is a subsidiary of Stadtlohn . It was first mentioned in a document in 1229. Until the 14th century, the pastor from Stadtlohn received his tithe from here. First the Provost of Gescher held the archdeaconate and then the Archdeacon of Winterswijk . The church is a separate church of the Borghorst monastery, it was founded between 968 and 1023.
The large hall church, which is essentially late Gothic and neo-Gothic , was built from brick and natural stone. The west bar is asymmetrical. According to a name on the choir door , the three-bay hall with choir bay in the 5/8 end was built by Henric de Suer between 1490 and 1510 from ashlar . It stands on the foundations of a previous Romanesque church . The sacristy stood on the north side. From 1889 to 1891 the western yoke and the late Romanesque western tower were demolished. According to plans by the architect Hertel , the building was extended by two bays to the west while maintaining the existing proportions. Two aisles were added to the aisles of the second and third bays in the south and north, so that each two aisle bays formed a square. Two square rooms lean against the western central yoke like a transept. The tower rises above the southern one, the northern one is included in the church interior. Only the eastern yoke and the choir remained unchanged.
The exterior looks compact, in details such as B. in the portals combined in common garments or the tracery windows you can see the influence of buildings on the Lower Rhine. The towering tower, the projecting portal gable and the northern transept obscure the view of the adjoining church building. The gable of the portal is adorned with five blind niches. The transept gables are designed similarly. At the height of the first eastern yoke, the construction seam can be clearly seen, where the old church was connected to the new one.
The complex interior narrows increasingly towards the choir. In the central nave, star vaults rest over slender round pillars with high octagonal bases. Mesh vaults were drawn into the narrow aisles over figural consoles. The console figures are dressed in the costume of the 16th century. The interior is illuminated by high, pointed arch windows set into the side aisle walls and decorated with fish bubble tracery.
Painting
On the plastered choir walls, a curtain is painted in pale pastel colors, which is decorated with cross and diamond motifs. Below the choir windows, the painted windows repeat themselves in yellow-blue-beige tones.
tower
The old two-story tower was made of brick . In connection with the construction of the new nave, a third floor was built on which the bells are hung. The walls are divided by large, arched window openings. The bell tower rises above the south transept. The eight-sided helmet has dormer windows in two zones and four square, steeply rising pyramid points at the corners.
Furnishing
Altars
Altar retable with figures of the apostles
The stone retable with tabernacle in the choir replaces an earlier neo-Gothic high altar made of sandstone. It was set up in 1962 by Elmar Hillebrand from Cologne. The center is Christ on the cross, surrounded by vines. To the right and left of it stand the twelve apostles in two rows. The rough figures from the third quarter of the 15th century probably come from the Liesborn area. Eleven of the figures are still in their original condition, the figure of Phillippus has been added.
Celebration altar
The celebration altar is presented to the altar wall. It is also a work by Hillebrand. The altar stone is an almost square block. On top of it lies a black marble slab with chiseled consecration crosses that are beautifully decorated.
Former altars
Until 1935 there were two neo-Gothic wooden side altars on the end walls of the former aisles. At the front of the side aisles, which were added in 1888, were small devotional altars .
Other equipment
- On the outer wall of the choir there is a forked cross made of sandstone. It was made by Adolf Sasse from Coesfeld in the second quarter of the 18th century.
- Above the door of the southern entrance to the tower hangs a tympanum depicting Mary with the child, on the sides are St. Pancratius and St. To see Mary Magdalene.
- The choir stalls are from more recent times and consist of half-height benches and knee benches. These are former communion benches . The cheeks of the knees are decorated with half- relief figures of the apostles Peter and Paul, which, however, lack the attributes. The reliefs are from the former pulpit, which was dismantled in 1982.
- The massive Romanesque font stands in front of the northern front side, it is ascribed to the Bentheim type. It was made at the end of the 11th or beginning of the 12th century and is therefore the oldest preserved piece of furniture in the church. The cylindrical basin shows flat tendril and rope ornaments. The basin stands on a round foot, which is carried by four lions. The round lid decorated with a dove is a work by GH Bücker.
organ
In 1620 Judokus Schmitz built a new organ for the collegiate church in Borghorst . However, as early as 1681 it was in such poor condition that the abbess sold the instrument to the church in Gescher for 50 thalers. Organ builder Moritz Hermann Böntrup from Schöppingen dismantled the organ, repaired it and put it back up. The maintenance required in the future was initially carried out by master Mertens from Vreden and from 1788 by master Heilmann from Herbern. The organ builder Schmitz from Wesel carried out a necessary repair in 1819, another repair was carried out in 1836 by Johann Kesting, known as Vorweg. The organ builder Weinrich from Heiligenstadt built a new organ in 1860. Another organ built by Fleiter from Münster was installed in 1892 and expanded to 34 registers in 1926 . Today's organ was made in July by the Stockmann company from Werl. It has 38 registers and three manuals. The organ has an electric cone store.
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Bells
The five bells that ring today were cast from bronze in 1949 and hung in the tower. They were cast at the Petit & Edelbrock bell foundry .
| No. | Surname | diameter | Weight | Chime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael's Bell | 1700 mm | 3162 kg | h ° |
| 2 | Pancratic bell | 1400 mm | 1720 kg | d ' |
| 3 | Mary Magdalene bell | 1240 mm | 1227 kg | e ' |
| 4th | Anthony bell | 1100 mm | 828 kg | fis' |
| 5 | Sacred Heart Bell | 910 mm | 471 kg | a ' |
In addition to the five-part chime, there are four clock chimes that indicate the time with the Westminster chime .
swell
- Ulrich Derstappen St. Pankratius Gescher , Schnell, Art Guide No. 2132, Verlag Schnell and Steiner, 1994
- Ursula Quednau (arrangement): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, North Rhine-Westphalia, Volume II: Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information about the organ (PDF; 1.4 MB)
- ↑ Parish Church of St. Pankratius on the website of the Catholic parish of St. Pankratius and St. Marien Gescher
Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 22.9 ″ N , 7 ° 0 ′ 17.6 ″ E