St. Servatius (Beesten)
St. Servatius is the Roman Catholic church in Beesten , Samtgemeinde Freren , in the south of the Emsland district in Lower Saxony.
history
The oldest part of the parish church dates from the 13th century. In the first half of the 16th century the church was enlarged in the Gothic style. From 1674 the Reformed Church took over the church building. From 1825 to 1857, Catholics and Reformed Christians shared the house of God. The free-standing high altar made during this period in the Empire style contains relics of St. Simplicius and St. Ursula's companions . As the growing, almost exclusively Catholic population had hardly any space left in the church, the old tower from the Middle Ages was demolished in 1874, the church was expanded with a further vault to the west and a new 50 m high church tower was built. In the 1930s, the church was enlarged again: another choir and two sacristy buildings were built on the north wall. Because of the liturgical reform, renovations were necessary in the altar area. In 1979/80 a people's altar and a lectern in the choir were completed.
St. Servatius has been part of the parish community of Freren since 2009 with the parishes St. Vitus (Freren), St. Servatius (Beesten), St. Georg (Thuine), Immaculate Conception of Mary (Suttrup-Lohe), St. Antonius (Messingen) and St. Andreas (Andervenne). The Beesten community has over 1400 Catholics.
The interior of the church was extensively renovated in 2019. All interiors were repainted with 800 liters of paint. In addition, a new loudspeaker system was installed and the heating was replaced.
Church interior
The large hall church with 420 seats has Gothic tracery windows and has two star vaults and a choir with a polygonal vault. The central crucifixion group with a high cross is one of the figure groups of the three-tier high altar. The cross depicts Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Mary Magdalene. Below is the tabernacle with a pelican and its young. To the left of the cross group are the figures of Peter and a king figure, to the right of the cross group are Paul and a king figure. The simple altar table in front of the main altar faces the people, next to it the ambo. In the left niche is the Madonna of the rays, in the right the image of the Holy Family. The upper arches of the windows of the main nave of the church depict the seven sacraments.
Weekday chapel
In the older part of the church facing east, the weekday chapel is furnished with a baroque altar in the middle. On the wall behind it the lamb is depicted in a halo from the secret revelation. The confessional is at the far left end of the chapel. The sacraments niche made of sandstone with the eternal light is considered the oldest work of art in the church. A work of art on the walls of the weekday chapel is the figure of Mother Anna with her daughter Maria, who later became the Mother of God. A portrait of Perpetual Help hangs outside the confessional room. The wooden figure of St. Josef is from the late baroque period. A special gem of the chapel is the large brass chandelier.
Room of silence
An archway in the left wall of the church leads to a small chapel. This is the oldest part of the church. There is the Pietà, Mary, the Mother of Sorrows, with the body of her dead son on her lap. The figure is made of oak and brightly painted. The memorial plaque for those killed and missing in World War I is on the right on the wall next to the Pietà.
organ
Above the main entrance in the south of the church stands the organ, newly acquired in 1968, by the organ builder Franz Breil from Dorsten. The organ has two manuals, 28 registers and 2000 pipes.
Bells
The ringing consists of four bells with the tones d ', f', g 'and a'. The two small bells g 'and a' are swung, the two large d 'and f' are struck with the hammer on the stationary bells.
church Square
In front of the church tower facing the main street there is a figure of St. Servatius von Tongern, the namesake of the church. On the forecourt of the church towards the cemetery is the memorial for the missing and fallen soldiers of the two world wars.
See also
Web links
- History of the Church (homepage of the parish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carsten van Bevern: Church renovation in Beesten is complete . In: Lingen daily mail . June 13, 2019.
Coordinates: 52 ° 26 ′ 10.6 ″ N , 7 ° 29 ′ 54.2 ″ E