St. Rochus and Sebastian (Insul)

St. Roch and Sebastian in Insul

Window with the representation of St. Rochus

The Catholic branch church St. Rochus and Sebastian in Insul , a local parish in the Ahrweiler district ( Rhineland-Palatinate ), was built in 1882. The church at Hauptstrasse 22 is a protected cultural monument .

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The St. Rochus and St. The church consecrated to Sebastian is a plastered quarry stone building with two axes . On the gable roof , a rectangular sitting roof turret with the hood . The arched windows still have the original lead glass windows .

In 1971 the church received a new altar and a new sacrament house made of tuff , which were created by the sculptor Georg Gehring from Adenau . The Way of the Cross was also designed by the artist.

The lead glass windows , created by H. Maier stained glass in Bad Neuenahr , represent St. Elisabeth , the Madonna and Child, St. Joseph and St. Rochus. Above the portal there is a semicircular window that also depicts St. Rochus, now with walking stick and dog, shows. It was created in 1991 by the glass painting company Oidtmann after a cardboard box by Georg Gehring.

The organ was installed by the Klais organ builder at the end of the 19th century . It was restored in 1997.

Paul Clemen (Hrsg.): The art monuments of the Rhine province . The art monuments of the Ahrweiler district. 17th volume, 1st department, published by L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1938, pp. 317-318.
Gerold Rosenthal: Filialkirche St. Rochus and Sebastian Insul . In: The church in the middle of town. Churches and chapels in the Verbandsgemeinde Adenau , ed. from the Verbandsgemeinde Adenau, Adenau 2001, ISBN 3-9804818-5-9 , pp. 65-66.

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