St. Patricius (Eitorf)

Parish Church of St. Patricius

Church window

Virgin Mary in front of the chancel

The Catholic parish church of St. Patricius is a listed church building in Eitorf , a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). The parish of St. Patricius belongs to the Archdiocese of Cologne.

Eitorf, St. Patricius

History and architecture

A previous church, the old church , probably from the 12th century, is proven. Today's three-aisled , neo-Gothic stone basilica was built between 1882 and 1884 according to plans by August Carl Lange . The tower in front was built in 1902.

Furnishing

The hand-made baptismal font from andesite from the 12th century comes from the previous church that was broken off. The base was added in 1950.
The wooden crucifix from the early 16th century is attributed to Master Tilman. The frame is not preserved.
The Way of the Cross from 1891 is the work of Angelo Vendt from Aachen.
The windows in the choir were completely destroyed during the war and replaced between 1954 and 1956. The aisle windows are the work of Hans Zepter from Cologne. They represent popular saints.
The almost life-size apostle figures in the raised choir were made by the Cologne artist Eduard Schmitz from 1946 to 1948.
The altar and ambo were made by the Eitorfer artist Rolf Schreuer in 1973.
A pieta adorns the candle chapel.
On the 70th anniversary of the end of the war, a funeral chapel was set up for the war victims in a small room in the aisle in 2015.

Pastor from 1913

Pastor Gerhard Lapp (1913–1937)
Pastor Albert Nathan (1937–1939)
Pastor Johannes Arets (1939–1954)
Dean Pastor Hermann Josef Pazen (1954–1980)
Pastor Karl Kabus (1981–1996)
Pastor Alexander Lubormierski (1996-2009)
Pastor Jan Rodzinka (2009-2010)
Pastor Johannes Mikrut, CSMA (since 2010)
- Parish Vicar Zbigniew Kopiniak, CSMA (since 2009)
- Parish Vicar Leszek Kunc, CSMA (since 2010)
- Subsidiar Gottfried Niemzyk, CSMA (all responsible for the parish area of Eitorf since 2010, as the parishes were merged.)
- Subsidiary Deacon Horst Geuß

Bells

In the tower of the St. Patricius Church hang 5 bells with the chime motif Salve Regina :

No.	Surname	Ø (mm)	Mass (kg)	Nominal ( HT -¹ /₁₆ )	Casting year	Bell caster
1	St. Patricius	1268	1200	it ¹ –8	1631	Claudius Michelin et al. Johannes Vaillant, Lorraine
2	St. Peter	1054	750	g ¹ -1	1926	Bell foundry Otto , Bremen- Hemelingen
3	St. John	978	550	as ¹ -4	1956	Feldmann & Marschel, Münster
4th	St. Borromeo	864	380	b ¹ -5	1956	Feldmann & Marschel, Münster
5	St. Joseph	767	270	c ² -5	1956	Feldmann & Marschel, Münster

Organs

The large organ was built in 1934 by the Klais company. The pipes are, except for the in swell visibly arranged and not concealed by a housing. The instrument was changed in appearance and sound in 1963. The new pipes of the pedal were placed in side extensions. New registers were installed and the existing ones rearranged in order to change the sound character with less fundamental and more brightness in the peak of the sound from the romantic to the neo-baroque sound. In 2011 the organ was reorganized, cleaned and completely overhauled.

I Hauptwerk C – g ³
Quintadena	16 ′
Principal	8th'
Silent	8th'
Praestant	4 ′
Reed flute	4 ′
Schwegel	2 ′
Mixture IV	1 ¹ ⁄ ₃  ′
Trumpet	8th'

II Swell C-g ³ (g ⁴ )
Open flute	8th'
Soft flute	8th'
Beat	8th'
Principal	4 ′
Flute	4 ′
Forest flute	2 ′
Nasard	1 ¹ ⁄ ₃  ′
Progressio II-III	2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
Trompette harmonique	8th'
Schalmey oboe	8th'
tremolo

III Positive C-g ³
Gedacktpommer	8th'
Pointed flute	8th'
Singing Principal	4 ′
Chamois fifth	2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
Flageolet	2 ′
third	1 ³ ⁄ ₅  ′
Night horn	1'
Scharff III-IV	1'
Krummhorn	8th'
tremolo

Pedals C – g ¹
Principal bass	16 ′
Sub bass	16 ′
Quintbass	10 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
Octavbass	8th'
Dacked bass	8th'
Choral bass	4 ′
Bass flute	4 ′
Flat flute	2 ′
Back set IV	2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′
trombone	16 ′
Trumpet	8th'
Trumpet	4 ′

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

In the left aisle there is an Ahlborn choir organ and a choir stand.

literature

Hermann Josef Ersfeld: Eitorfer parish chronicle. A contribution to the local history of a Rhenish rural community from the beginnings of Christianization until today . Eitorf 1984.
Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer (edit.): Handbook of German art monuments , North Rhine-Westphalia, Volume I: Rhineland. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich / Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03093-X .
Paul Bellinghausen et al. (Editor): Sacred art in the Eitorf area . Ed .: Heimatverein Eitorf. Heimatverein Eitorf e. V., Eitorf 2015, ISBN 978-3-925929-27-4 .