St. Pauli Conversion (Lövenich)

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St. Pauli conversion
Bell tower

The Church of St. Pauli Conversion is the Roman Catholic branch church of the Lövenich district of the city of Erkelenz in the Heinsberg district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

The church is entered under number 48 in the list of architectural monuments in Erkelenz .

history

A church in Lövenich probably already existed around the year 1000. Nothing more is known about this building.

Around 1480 a three-aisled hall church was built in the Gothic style. The church is built of brick and covered with a slate roof. In 1777 the three-storey, baroque bell tower , which is still preserved today, was added to the nave .

Due to the growing population, the old Gothic church became too small and a new building was planned. Before 1868 the old church was torn down except for the steeple. In the years 1868 and 1869 a new, three-aisled hall church with a three-sided closed choir in the neo-Gothic style was added to the bell tower. The plans for the construction come from the architect Friedrich von Schmidt . There is a crypt under the choir . On October 22nd, 1874 the church was finally inaugurated.

Lövenich has not been an independent parish since 2010. It was merged with some other former parishes to form the parish of St. Maria and Elisabeth Erkelenz. This in turn merged in 2015 with the parish of St. Lambertus Erkelenz to form the new large parish of Christkönig Erkelenz.

Furnishing

Inside the church, almost all of the furnishings from the time it was built have been preserved. Particularly noteworthy is the ornamental painting throughout the church. Also worth mentioning is the Way of the Cross , which was probably painted in oil. In addition, there are some brightly painted figures of saints in the interior, a richly carved neo-Gothic pulpit , a crucifixion group, a high altar and the neo-Gothic pews.

In the crypt there is a grave slab of the knight Arnold von Harff , which was taken over from the previous church. Whether Arnold von Harff was also buried here has not yet been proven.

Wilhelm Buschulte created the windows in the 1960s and 1990s.

The organ was built by Christian Wendt in 1876 and fundamentally restored with 26 registers in 1995.

Bells

No. Surname Diameter
(mm)		 Mass
(kg, approx.)		 Percussive
( HT - 1 / 16 )		 Caster Casting year
1 Christ 1,230 1,170 e ' +5 Johann van Trier 1596
2 Maria 1,087 780 f sharp ' -5 Jan van Alfter? 14th Century
3 Paul 910 473 a ' + -0 Hans August Mark, Eifeler bell foundry Mark, Brockscheid 1996
4th Joseph 820 352 h ' + -0 Hans August Mark, Eifeler bell foundry Mark, Brockscheid 1997

Motive: Christ has risen

Web links

Commons : St. Pauli Conversion (Lövenich)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Limburg's website
  2. ↑ Internet site research center for stained glass in the 20th century
  3. ^ Norbert Jachtmann: Bells in the Heinsberg region, p. 79
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7X16lAk-Lg

Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 54.9 ″  N , 6 ° 19 ′ 38.4 ″  E