St. Petrus (Baesweiler)

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East side with main portal

St. Petrus is the Roman Catholic parish church of the city of Baesweiler in the Aachen city region in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The church is dedicated to St. Apostle Petrus and parish church of the parish of St. Marien Baesweiler, which also includes the subsidiary churches St. Pankratius in Beggendorf , St. Willibrord in Loverich , St. Martinus in Oidtweiler , St. Laurentius in Puffendorf , St. Andreas in Setterich and the chapel parish of St. Wendelinus in Bettendorf (Alsdorf) belong.

location

The church building is located in the center of Baesweiler. The church is not east, the choir is in the west. In front of the main entrance in the east there is a small forecourt that borders on Kirchstrasse. The street Im Sack runs north of the parish church.

history

A chapel in Baesweiler was first mentioned in 1152 in the Annales Rodenses. However, there was already a church in Baesweiler earlier, because the annals mention that the Baesweiler chapel burned down in 1150 and was replaced by a new building around 1152. In a document from 1372 a chapel in Baesweiler is mentioned, which belonged to the parish of Oidtweiler.

The elevation to an independent parish took place after 1559. At that time the Lords of Randerath were collators of the church. Until the French era , Baesweiler was a parish in the spacious deanery of Jülich in the Archdiocese of Cologne . After the archbishopric was dissolved by the French, Baesweiler was assigned to the newly founded diocese of Aachen . This new division of the dioceses was reversed in 1825 and Baesweiler came back to the Archdiocese of Cologne. Since 1930 the parish belongs to the re-established diocese of Aachen.

On January 1, 2013, the parish of St. Petrus Baesweiler, like all five other parishes in the urban area of ​​Baesweiler, was dissolved and merged into the new parish of St. Marien.

Building history

In 1150 a church in Baesweiler burned down and was replaced by a new building. In the late Middle Ages , this church became too small and a new building was decided. So around 1500 a three-aisled and three-bay church with a single-bay and five-sided closed choir was built in the Gothic style . In 1673 a bell tower was built over the west bay of the central nave.

Since the population of Baesweiler, which until then was only a small village, increased sharply at the beginning of the 20th century, the Gothic parish church became too small. In the 1920s, Baesweiler had grown into a small industrial town and it was decided to build a new parish church. Between 1928 and 1929, today's parish church was built directly to the west of the Gothic church according to plans by the two Cologne architects Josef van Geisten and Edmund Renard . On June 29, 1929, the solemn church consecration took place. The Gothic church was preserved and was directly connected to the new building in the east.

During the Second World War , the new parish church was only slightly damaged, but the old Gothic church was destroyed to the ground. The new church became too small again after the war, so that in 1952 the east wall and the remains of the Gothic church were laid down and the church was extended to the east by a yoke. The Aachen architect Peter Hensen provided the design . In 1967 and 1968 the church was restored and in 1990 renovations took place in the interior.

Building description

St. Petrus is a three-aisled and five- bay stepped hall church made of bricks in the style of Expressionism . The choir in the west, closed on three sides , is flanked by two six-storey bell towers with an onion dome. There is a small crypt under the choir . The faithful are offered 400 seats in the interior.

Furnishing

The stone altar with a frontal of bronze is the work of Kohlscheider artist Peter stooping from 1968. The crucifixion scene in the choir, consisting of triumphal cross , a statue of St. John and a figure of St. Our Lady of God , was made around 1500 and restored in 1991. The font dates from 1855 and has parts of the previous basin from the 16th century. The 44 registers comprehensive organ is a work of Aachen Orgelbauanstalt Karlsbach from 1952. The stained glass windows are the work of various artists and glass painter. Ernst Jansen-Winkeln designed the windows installed in 1955 in the aisles . By Ludwig Schaffrath the windows in 1952 built extension to the organ loft originate. The windows of the crypt are works by Maria Katzgrau from 1949.

Pastor

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

from ... to Surname
1929-1960 Johann Stegerhütte
1960-1972 Josef Stieler
1972-2004 Bernhard Stommel
2004-2007 Franz-Josef guests
2007-2010 Hermann Küppers and Burkhard Kroh
2011-2018 Ferdi Bruckes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Edmund Renard: The art monuments of the districts Erkelenz and Geilenkirchen. In: The art monuments of the Rhine province. Volume 8, Ed. Paul Clemen, Düsseldorf 1904, p. 360.
  2. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (Ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 182.
  3. ↑ Merger of the communities musically sealed. In: Aachener Zeitung. January 2, 2013, accessed November 20, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Edmund Renard: The art monuments of the districts Erkelenz and Geilenkirchen. In: The art monuments of the Rhine province. Volume 8, Ed. Paul Clemen, Düsseldorf 1904, p. 360.
  5. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (Ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 182.
  6. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (Ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 182.
  7. ↑ Baesweiler, Catholic Church of St. Petrus. In: Internet site Forschungsstelle Glasmalerei des 20. Jahrhundert eV. Accessed on November 20, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Bischöfliches Generalvikariat (Ed.): Handbuch des Bistums Aachen 3rd edition, Aachen 1994, p. 182.
  9. ↑ "Double top" warmly welcomed. In: Aachener Zeitung. August 5, 2007, accessed November 20, 2017 .
  10. ^ Pastor Ferdi Bruckes goes to Baesweiler. In: Aachener Zeitung. December 14, 2010, accessed November 20, 2017 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 23.5 "  N , 6 ° 10 ′ 56.6"  E