St. Peter (Viersen-Bockert)

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Parish Church of St. Peter
Mariengrotto behind the church

The St. Peter Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Alt-Viersener district of Bockert .

history

The design for the Church of St. Peter Bockert comes from the Haaren architect Heinrich van Kann . The first cut of the spade was made on April 15, 1890 by Pastor Stroux. The church is built as a three-aisled basilica in the neo-Gothic style. It has a west tower, a transept and a choir. The church interior is bright during the day, because the clever arrangement of the windows also floods the vaults with light.

The church was last renovated from July 1998 to Pentecost Sunday in May 1999 . The altar pedestal was enlarged towards the community and built lower at the same time. Since then, the floor has been covered with simple, gray stone slabs.

The church interior is sober and modern and offers plenty of space for individual design.

organ

The organ was built in 2000 by Martin Scholz (Mönchengladbach). The purely mechanical instrument has 17 registers and 4 transmissions to the pedal.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Drone 16 ′
3. Octave 4 ′
4th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
5. Mixture IV-V 2 ′
6th viola 8th'
7th Reed flute 8th'
8th. Hollow flute 8th'
9. Transverse flute 4 ′
10. recorder 2 ′
11. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
12. Trumpet 8th'
II substation C – g 3
13. Drone 8th'
14th flute 4 ′
15th Principal 2 ′
16. Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
17th Scharff III 1'
Pedal C – f 1
Drone (No. 2) 16 ′
Hollow flute (No. 8) 8th'
Octave (No. 3) 4 ′
Trumpet (No. 12) 8th'

Bells

For the newly built St. Peter Church in Beckert, the Otto bell foundry from Hemelingen / Bremen delivered three bronze bells with the strike tone series: d '- e' - f sharp 'in accordance with the Otto's order and cash books from this time. The two larger bells fell victim to the bell confiscations of the world wars. As usual, the smallest bell, here the f sharp 'bell, could get stuck. The missing bells were later replaced and supplemented by bells from the foundry Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock, so that today four bells hang in the tower of the church with the tones: c sharp '- e' - f sharp '- g sharp.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the organ
  2. ^ Gerhard Reinhold: Otto bells. Family and company history of the Otto bell foundry dynasty . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 588, here in particular pp. 345, 508 .
  3. ↑ Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen . Nijmegen / NL 2019, p. 556, here in particular pp. 310, 474 .

Web links

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Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 16.2 "  N , 6 ° 22 ′ 51.6"  E