St. Peter (Remember)

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St. Peter is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Düren district of Merken in the Düren district , North Rhine-Westphalia . The church was built between 1966 and 1968 according to plans by Wilhelm Decker and dedicated to St. Apostle Peter consecrated.

history

Merken only became an independent parish in the French era in 1804. Before that, Merken was a branch of the parish of St. Mary's Immaculate Conception , Pier . The previous Pierer branch Vilvenich with the Helena Chapel was also re -parished to Merken. However, this was reversed in 1805 at the request of the Vilvenich people, so that Vilvenich again belonged to the Pierer parish. Since 1687 the parish had a vicar who was subordinate to the pastor of Pierer .

Today the parish is part of the community of parishes (GdG) Düren-Nord .

Building history

A chapel in Merken was first mentioned in a document in 922. In the Liber valoris from around 1308, a chapel was also mentioned for Merken.

The oldest parts of the previous building of today's church came from the 11th or 12th century. The basement of the bell tower has been preserved from this period , as the tower was included in the construction of the new church. The later north aisle also came from this time. In the 15th and 16th centuries, a central nave and a three-sided closed choir in the late Gothic style were added to this nave . On November 24, 1673, the two-aisled structure was badly damaged by arson. During this fire, the tower and the bells were also destroyed, except for the basement. However, the renovation and partial renewal of the church did not begin until a year later on November 8, 1674. The interior of the church was redesigned in the Baroque style. In 1698 the two upper floors of the bell tower were erected as the last construction measure for the time being. In 1864 a south aisle was added and the church had three aisles. On August 7, 1932, the foundation stone for an extension to the church facing north was laid according to plans by the Düren architect Dohmen. On December 10, the extension was consecrated by the then Aachen auxiliary bishop Hermann Joseph Sträter . This building became dilapidated in the 1960s and a completely new building was decided. In 1966 the old church was demolished except for the tower.

Today's parish church was built in the shape of an ellipse between 1966 and 1968, including the old bell tower, according to plans by the Mönchengladbach architect Wilhelm Decker . The groundbreaking ceremony was on June 19, 1966 and the foundation stone was laid on September 25, 1966. The consecration took place on March 31, 1968 by the then Aachen Bishop Johannes Pohlschneider . The church has 400 seats.

Furnishing

In the interior of the church there is a modern equipment, of which the people's altar and the ambo are to be mentioned. Only a few figures of saints were taken from the inventory of the old church. Some of them date from around 1700. The previous church had a baroque interior with a high altar from the second half of the 17th century and two associated side altars. The high altar was given to the church of Eintürnenberg in Baden-Württemberg after the demolition and was put back there after restoration; the side altars were destroyed. The pulpit from the second half of the 15th century survived the fire in 1673, and it is not known where it is today. In addition, the building has stained glass, which is the work of the artist Johanna L'Hoest from 1968.

organ

The organ is the work of the organ building firm Karl Bach , Aachen. It was taken over from the previous church. It was inaugurated there on October 12, 1958. It was rebuilt at its current location in 1968 and has 20  stops divided between two manuals and a pedal .

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Principal 8th'
Reed flute 8th'
recorder 4 ′
Chamois fifth 2 23
Super octave 2 ′
Mixture IV 1 13
Solo trumpet 8th'
II subsidiary work C – g 3
Lb. Covered 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Night horn 2 ′
Sesquialter II 2 23
Zimbel III 1'
Krummhorn 8th'
Pedal C – f 1
Sub-bass 16 ′
Octave bass 8th'
Covered bass (ext.) 8th'
Choral bass (ext.) 4 ′
Flat flute 2 ′
trombone 16 ′
  • Coupling : II / I, I / II, Sub I / P, II / P,
  • Playing aids : hand register, free combination 1, free combination 2, tutti, roller
  • Gaming tables : The organ has 2 gaming tables as a special feature: a gaming table in the main church with 2 manuals and a pedal from the builder year 1958 as well as a second gaming table from 1968 in the so-called "weekday church" with only 1 manual (register of the auxiliary work) and the two pedal registers sub-bass 16 'and covered bass 8'.

Bells

Johannes Bourlet cast three new bells in 1674. However, two of them had to be delivered in the First World War . Then the company Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock from Gescher cast two new bells with the chimes e ' and a ' . However, these two bells were also melted down during World War II , so that only the bell from 1674 remained in the tower. In 1956 two new bells were purchased again, but this time they were made of cast steel and not bronze , so that they could no longer be melted down in the event of war.

No.
 
Surname
 
Diameter
(mm)
Mass
(kg, approx.)
Percussive
( HT - 1 / 16 )
Caster
 
Casting year
 
1 - - - f ' Bochum Association for Cast Steel Manufacture , Bochum 1956
2 - 980 550 g ' Johannes Bourlet, Jülich 1674
3 - - - b ' Bochum Association for Cast Steel Manufacture, Bochum 1956

Motive: Gloria

Pastor

The following pastors have been pastors to St. Peter so far:

from ... to Surname
1840-1875 Johann Caspar Pfeiffer
1875-1887 Vacant
1887-1891 Konrad Gustav Prell
1891–1926 (?) Hubert Puetz
1926-1934 Franz Josef Huppertz † June 5, 1940
1934-1951 Julius Seeves † March 22, 1963
1951-1963 Clemens Wittrock † May 2, 1997
1963-1966 Johannes Schlösser † November 22, 1993
1966-1997 Anton Geller † May 29, 1997
1997-2010 Heinrich Plum
Since 2011 Norbert Glasmacher

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Heinz Kaulen: Timeline for the Memorized Story, p. 1 ff.
  2. Karl Schleker: The old church of Merken, Merken, p. 2 ff.
  3. Church music in the Düren region website, September 9, 2015
  4. Heinz Kaulen: Timeline for the Memorized Story, p. 23 ff.
  5. ^ Düren-Merken, Catholic Church of St. Peter. In: Website of the Research Center for Glass Painting of the 20th Century. Accessed on September 9, 2015 .
  6. Frank Grobusch: St. Peter noted. In: Internet site for church music in the Düren region. Retrieved January 21, 2018 .
  7. ^ Norbert Jachtmann: Glockenmusik in der Düren region, p. 92.
  8. Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 314.
  9. ^ Archbishop's General Vicariate (ed.): Handbook of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Volume 13, Cologne 1872, p. 68.
  10. ^ Archbishop's General Vicariate (ed.): Handbook of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Volume 16, Cologne 1888, p. 87.
  11. ^ Archbishop's General Vicariate (ed.): Handbook of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Volume 16, Cologne 1892, p. 77.

Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 44.6 "  N , 6 ° 25 ′ 21.6"  E