St. Pantaleon (Erp)

The under monument protection standing Roman Catholic parish church of St. Pantaleon is located in Erp , a district of Erftstadt in the Rhein-Erft district .

Parish Church of St. Pantaleon

history

The first stone church was probably built around the year 1000 in the Romanesque style . It can be assumed that this predecessor was already a separate church belonging to a Fronhof belonging to the Counts of Are , whose patronage rights were shared among the descendants of this sex . The parish church of St. Pantaleon is first mentioned in 1260. At the time, the Lords of Dollendorf owned a quarter of the patronage rights, the cathedral chapter three quarters, after Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden had given the two quarters belonging to him to the cathedral monastery. In the course of time the right of patronage came to the parish church of St. Pantaleonto the Counts of Manderscheid-Blankenheim , who in 1539 transferred it to the Steinfeld Monastery in exchange for the patronage rights to the Schleiden Castle Church in an exchange contract . The Steinfeld Monastery remained the patron saint of St. Pantaleon until secularization . The counts retained the patronage rights to the Laurentius Chapel and were later given the right to present the St. Nicholas Altar, a side altar in the parish church that was connected to a vicarie .

In the course of its history, the church had to be completely or partially rebuilt several times. After the destruction in the Saxon-Dutch War , it was completely restored in 1603. After the fire in 1642 caused by the besiegers of Lechenich in the Hessian War, it took decades until the church was restored in 1666. After another fire in 1736, a new building was started in 1753 as a baroque hall church , the nave of which was not attached to the street, but towards the field on the south side of the tower .

The Laurentius Chapel next to the Schleidenhof served as a replacement for the destroyed parish church for years.

In 1872 the choir was broken up and the church expanded, as it did not offer enough space for the rapidly growing number of believers. The church received a broad transept and a recessed 5/8 choir was added to the existing nave according to plans by the building councilor Friedrich Karl Schubert.

The destruction caused by a bombing raid in World War II in November 1944 was cleared up by reconstruction and repairs between 1949 and 1953.

Building description

The parish church is located together with the rectory and the buildings of a kindergarten on an elevated area of ​​the former cemetery supported by a wall. A former two-story guardhouse from 1753 is integrated into this complex below the church on the street side. The extension built in 1872/73 by master builder Friedrich Karl Schubert, a wide transept and a recessed 5/8 choir, was added to the standing parts of the brick longhouse from the 18th century. The baroque nave has three arched windows on each side between the buttresses . The transept and choir are designed in the eaves zone by an arched frieze . Between the buttresses of the transept, two arched windows are arranged under an ocular. The white plastered three-storey church tower in front of it with a curved hood was built on an almost square floor plan. Most of the building fabric dates from the 18th century. In the two lower floors with older Romanesque components there are small window openings, above on the west side a late Gothic window, on the bell floor there are small basket-arched twin windows.

Nave

The basement of the tower, the former entrance area, has a late Gothic cross rib vault . Today this room, in which the baptismal font is located, is used by the community as a baptistery. Broad pillars with columns and capitals in front support the ceiling of the nave, which is divided by belt arches and continues in the transept. The windows were renewed in the 1950s and 1970.

Furnishing

The equipment includes:

• Altar, tabernacle and ambo made of Aachen bluestone by sculptor Olaf Höhnen 1969
• One in the chancel arch hanging Crucifixion with restored figures of Mary and John (14th century) and a cross (15th century), received in exchange for the in the Cologne Diocesan Museum emitted Erper Cross
• Pulpit with sound cover around 1760, redesigned in 1990
• Figures of saints around 1700: Sebastian , Brigida , Nikolaus , Matthias , Josef with child
• Figures of saints around 1990: Pantaleon , Laurentius
• Painting of the martyrdom of St. Laurentius (17th century) from the former Laurentius chapel, the chapel of the Manderscheid-Blankenheim rule
• Nicholas painting by Heinrich Lauenstein , 1873.

organ

The organ was built in 1901 by the organ builder Johannes Klais Orgelbau . In the course of time the organ was rebuilt several times. In 1960 the instrument was electrified and largely changed. In 2011 the organ was restored by the organ builder Hugo Mayer Orgelbau and partially returned to its original condition; In particular, the disposition is now back to the state of 1901. The cone chopping instrument has 24 stops on two manual works and a pedal . The playing and stop actions are electro-pneumatic.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3 1. Drone 16 ′ (H) 2. Principal 8th' (H) 3. Gamba 8th' (R) 4th Salicional 8th' (H) 5. flute 8th' (R) 6th Covered (= No. 16) 8th' 7th Octav 4 ′ (H) 8th. Reed flute 4 ′ (H) 9. Octav 2 ′ (H) 10. Mixture-Cornett III-IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ (H) 11. Bassoon (= No. 21) 16 ′ 12. Trumpet 8th' (H) 13. Oboe (= No. 22) 8th' 14th Clarinet (= No. 23) 8th'

II Swell C – g 3 15th Violin principal 8th' (R) 16. Dumped 8th' (H) 17th Aeoline 8th' (R) 18th Vox coelestis 8th' (R) 19th Transverse flute 4 ′ (H) 20th Harmonia artheria III-IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 21st bassoon 16 ′ 22nd oboe 8th' 23. clarinet 8th' Tremulant Auxiliaire work C – g 3 24. Space fanfare 8th' 25th Tubular chimes 8th'

Pedals C – f 1 26th Sub bass 16 ′ (H) 27. Octavbass 8th' (H) 28. Gedackt (= No. 16) 8th' 29 tuba 16 ′ (H) 30th Bassoon (= No. 21) 16 ′ 31. Oboe (= No. 22) 8th' 32. Clarinet (= No. 23) 8th'

• Coupling : II / I (also as sub- and super-octave coupling), II / P
• Remarks:

(H) = historical inventory

(R) = Reconstructed register

Bells

The oldest surviving bell from 1701 was requisitioned in 1942, returned in 1948 and then given to the St. Ulrich branch church in Weiler in der Ebene . In 1960 the church received a new five-part chime. The bells that were cast in the Mabilon bell foundry are dedicated to St. Pantaleon, Maria, Laurentius, Brother Klaus and the Guardian Angels .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Albert Esser: The history of the village of Erp. Pp. 12-27
2. ↑ Everhard Ismar: History of the parish and church St. Pantaleon Erp. Page 5–6
3. ↑ HSTAD . Stock Steinfeld files 601 Bl 1, published in Stommel: sources on the history of the city Erftstadt Vol III No. 1,685th.
4. ↑ HSTAD inventory Herrschaft Manderscheid A 135, published in Stommel, Sources Volume IV No. 2055 and No. 2607
5. ↑ HSTAD inventory rule Manderscheid 136, published in Stommel, Volume IV no. 2189
6. ↑ HSTAD inventory Manderscheid 136, published in No. IV Stommel band. 2594
7. ↑ Everhard Ismar: History of the parish and church St. Pantaleon Erp. Pages 21–49
8. ↑ HSTAD inventory rule Manderscheid 136, published sources Volume V No. in Stommel. 2892
9. ^ Paul Clemen, the art monuments of the district of Euskirchen. Düsseldorf 1900. page 33
10. ↑ Everhard Ismar: History of the parish and church St. Pantaleon Erp. Pages 21–49
11. ↑ Everhard Ismar: History of the parish and church St. Pantaleon Erp. Pages 42–53
12. ↑ Information about the organ on the website of the organ building company
13. ↑ Jakob Scheben: Bells, bells and towers in the former district of Euskirchen. Cologne 1977. p. 49

literature

• Everhard Ismar: History of the parish and church St. Pantaleon Erp. Erp 1994.
• Frank Kretschmar: Churches and places of worship in the Rhein-Erft district. Cologne 2005, ISBN 3-7616-1944-8 .

Web links

Commons : St. Pantaleon (Erp)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 45 ′ 59.9 "  N , 6 ° 43 ′ 22.9"  E