St. Peter (Büderich)
St. Peter is a Catholic parish church in Büderich (Wesel) . The church, built in the style of classicism , was consecrated on September 11, 1821.
history
Previous construction
A church in Alt-Büderich has been documented since 1154. In 1466 it was replaced by a building in the Gothic style, the nave of which was 17.10 m wide and 17.40 m long. The square choir adjoining it on the eastern side measured 5.70 × 5.70 m. On the western side was the tower with a footprint of 7.00 × 7.00 m. The church last had a baroque high altar and a few other altars. Since the Reformation , the church has been used at times by the Catholics and at times by the Protestants . In 1673 a religious comparison was concluded in which the common use was regulated. In 1675 the church was divided by a wall. Around Christmas 1813, in the course of the demolition of the entire city of Büderich , the church was completely destroyed by order of Napoleon . A memorial stone erected on April 3, 1957 commemorates them.
Building history
On July 11, 1814, on the road from Wesel to Geldern , about one and a half kilometers up the Rhine from the old city, the place for the construction of Neu-Büderich was determined. The new building began in 1815. Both denominations should now have their own church. The responsible agricultural inspector Otto von Gloeden designed both churches in 1817 and submitted the designs to the Oberbaudeputation in Berlin . Karl Friedrich Schinkel largely revised the designs. The foundation stone was laid on September 30, 1819, and the consecration took place on September 11, 1821. About 20 years later, the ceiling of the church collapsed and had to be replaced.
In 1909 Caspar Clemens Pickel designed a major redesign . In 1910, under the direction of Karl Mertens, the nave was lengthened and a choir and two side apses were added. The tower was also raised by one storey and given a more pointed roof.
During the Second World War the church was badly damaged by artillery fire and poorly repaired in 1946. From the mid-1950s onwards, a more complex renovation took place. In the mid-1990s, damage to the tower became known, which was repaired through extensive measures. The tower was given a steel frame and the masonry was drained. In the following the windows of the nave were also restored and the interior repainted.
architecture
The nave and the tower were built in the classical style. The three-aisled hall church is divided with columns and round arches . The tower is placed in the middle in front of the western gable side. The arched windows are provided with archivolts . The pillars of the church are made of walled tree trunks, which have been given their marbled appearance by painting. The choir and side apses, which were added in 1910/1911, are built in the neo-Romanesque style.
Furnishing
Some objects from the medieval predecessor church found their place in the new church, so initially the baroque high altar. However, after the choir was built, it was removed. Only the altarpiece remained in the church. This is a copy of the painting “Der Lanzenstich” by Peter Paul Rubens from 1620. The copy was made around 1640. The baroque pulpit was also saved from the previous church, but it was originally probably from a Capuchin church in Xanten . The painting depicting the Last Supper dates from around 1520/1530.
In addition to a few other paintings, high-quality statues from the 15th and 16th centuries are also part of the furnishings of the church:
- A life-size figure of the Madonna holding the naked child playing with a bird on her right arm
- Mary with a crown on the crescent, who holds the clothed child on her left arm
- Christ with the globe, with a carefully curled beard and hair
The latter two are excellent and characteristic figures of the older Kalkar school, three-quarters life-size.
The organ installed in 1823 was completely renewed again in 1866 and 1964. It is located on the gallery accessible via a spiral staircase . The pews and confessionals are designed in the neo-Romanesque style. The altar, recently built in Gothic style, is made of sandstone.
Pastor
literature
- Martin Wilhelm Roelen: Downfall and new beginning: From the old and new Büderich . City of Wesel (December 10, 2013), ISBN 978-3924380304 .
- Jörg Lorenz: Razed to the ground . Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne / Bonn 1989, ISBN 3-7927-1119-2 .
- Waltraud Fehlemann: The agricultural inspector Otto von Gloeden (1788-1840). Its importance for the reconstruction of Büderich, district of Moers, and for buildings in the northern Rhineland. Dissertation, Technical University of Aachen, 1971.
- Johann Heinrich Schoofs: History of the Catholic community in Büderich, from the days of the Reformation to the most recent times, according to the acts of the parish archives and the dean's archives in Xanten . Romen, Wesel 1880 ( digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf )
Web links
- Church services in St. Peter Büderich
- Information about the Church of St. Peter Büderich (under construction)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.wesel.de/de/stadtportrait/gedenkstein-fuer-alt-buederich/
- ^ Art monuments of the district of Moers on behalf of the Provincial Association of the Rhine Province, published by Paul Clemen, Düsseldorf 1892, p. 17
Coordinates: 51 ° 37 ′ 47.2 " N , 6 ° 34 ′ 50.2" E