St. Severin (Aachen-Eilendorf)

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St. Severin

St. Severin is a Catholic church in Aachen - Eilendorf .

history

Information board at St. Severin

The parish with the patronage of St. Severin of Cologne was founded in 1293 by the imperial abbey Kornelimünster and remained incorporated into it until the secularization in 1804 . In place of the old church, today's church was built in 1864 according to plans by Heinrich Wiethase and August Essenwein . The surrounding cemetery has been occupied since around 1870. The tower, built according to plans by the Haaren architect Heinrich van Kann , was not completed until 1908 .

Badly damaged by bombs on July 14, 1943, St. Severin was restored by 1953. A building renovation with redesign of the interior was carried out by the architect Kaldenbach from 1974 to 1980. In 1988 St. Severin was included in the list of monuments of the city of Aachen .

Since 2010 St. Severin has formed the new overall parish of St. Severin with three other former parishes.

architecture

The Severinskirche is built in the neo-Romanesque style based on models of the Rhenish Romanesque from roughly hewn stone . She is a geostete three-aisled basilica on cross floor plan with Vierungs - roof skylights . A polygonal apse forms the end of the choir . In addition to the main transept, the ridge height of which corresponds to that of the central nave, two lower transept arms are attached to the west. The elaborate west building is attached immediately . Above the portal flanked by two low side wings, the four-storey tower rises on a square floor plan , richly structured with corner turrets, round arched and rose windows , arched friezes and pilaster strips, and the upper floor is an octagon with a pyramid point.

organ

The organ was built in 1997 by the Goeckel organ building company. The slider chests -instrument has 28 registers on two manuals and pedal . The playing and stop actions are mechanical.

I Grand Orgue C-g 3
Montre 8th'
Flûte harmonique 8th'
Bourdon 8th'
Viol 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Flute 4 ′
Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Duplicate 2 ′
Cornet V 8th'
Fittings IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Trumpets 8th'
II Récit expressif C – g 3
Bourdon 16 ′
Flûte traversière 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Voix céleste 8th'
Flûte octaviante 4 ′
Sesquialter II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Octavine 2 ′
Plein-jeu V. 2 ′
Trumpet harm. 8th'
Basson-Hautbois 8th'
Clairon harmonique 4 ′
Tremblant
Pedal C – f 1
Flute 16 ′
Soubasse 16 ′
Bass 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Basson 16 ′
Trumpets 8th'

Graves in the church

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According to the custom of the time, there were graves in the church itself. The local noble families were buried here. The number and location of the graves are known from the records of the sexton Huberti Heimich from 1772.

  • - 16 graves on the choir from the high altar to the communion bench.
  • - 20 graves from the communion bench to the benches.
  • - 12 graves in the passage between the benches.
  • - 21 graves from the benches to the tower.
  • - 12 graves under the tower.
  • - 1 grave under the benches towards Kornelimünster .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ More information about the organ

Web links

Commons : St. Severin (Aachen-Eilendorf)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 44.8 "  N , 6 ° 9 ′ 9.7"  E