St. Pankratius (Cologne-Junkersdorf)

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Exterior view from the east

St. Pankratius is a Catholic parish church in the Cologne district of Junkersdorf , which was built between 1960 and 1962 according to plans by the architect Bernhard Rotterdam . The church is under the patronage of St. Pancras and is a typical simple church building from the 1960s.

prehistory

A neo-Gothic church, which was built in 1908 according to a design by cathedral builder Bernhard Hertel , to relieve an old village church , was so badly damaged in the Second World War that, since it had also become too small, it was to be replaced by a new building. The architect Rotterdam was commissioned.

Building description

St. Pankratius is a simple cuboid brick building with a very flat gable roof and a free-standing bell tower . On the entrance side there is an arcade, resting on slender concrete pillars, the interior of which has been partially greened and which creates the connection to the outbuildings.

A single-storey aisle is built on the north side, the height of which at the choir opens up to the sloping roof. On the entrance side, the facade is broken through by 13 cross-shaped window openings. Large window areas on the side walls are asymmetrical to the room: Above the aisle on the north side, sculpted in concrete, and on the south side at the level of the choir. On the west wall behind the altar there are six small round windows arranged like flowers.

The tower to the northeast is 40 meters high. Its concrete skeleton is filled with vertical brick strips over two thirds of the height , the upper third is brightly plastered and provided with sound openings for the bells.

The white painted interior offers 335 seats in normal operation. It is a rectangular hall building, which is divided into seven yokes by load-bearing concrete girders that run vertically along the walls and up to the gable . The asymmetrical side window arrangements mean that the nave and choir - which are combined in the room - are distinguished from each other by the incident light.

The room widening in the choir offers space for organ or singing groups, the low aisle for confessionals and the devotional chapel.

Furnishing

All windows were designed by Paul Weigmann in an abstract composition, predominantly in blue and red tones . The modern triumphal cross on the back wall of the altar was designed by Luise Hundgeburth in 1968. The Way of the Cross was designed by Emilio Ritz as early as 1958.

Weimbs Orgelbau manufactured an organ with 30 registers in 1970.

The six-part bell was made in 1961 by the Mabilon bell foundry ; the strikes are d 1 –e 1 –g 1 –a 1 –h1 – g 2 .

Web links

Commons : St. Pankratius (Köln-Junkersdorf)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Monika Schmelzer: Sankt Pankratius . In: Manfred Becker-Huberti, Günter A. Menne (Ed.): Churches in Cologne. The churches of the Catholic and Protestant communities in Cologne. Bachem, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-7616-1731-3 , p. 132 .
  2. ^ A b Bernd Koch: The architect Bernhard Rotterdam and his church buildings in the Rhineland . 1st edition. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2006, ISBN 978-3-89870-326-0 , p. 65-66 .
  3. ↑ Pastoral concept of the parish association of St. Pankratius, St. Vitalis, St. Joseph and Christ Resurrection in Cologne. In: kircheimleben.de. June 2011, p. 11 , accessed April 29, 2020 .
  4. ^ Cologne-Junkersdorf, Catholic Church of St. Pankratius. In: glasmalerei-ev.net. Research Center for Glass Painting of the 20th Century, July 8, 2008, accessed on April 10, 2020 .
  5. ^ Gerhard Hoffs: Bells of Catholic churches in Cologne . Cologne 1985, p. 437 ( archive.org [PDF]).

Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 57 ″  N , 6 ° 51 ′ 21.8 ″  E