St. Severinus (Kommern)

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St. Severinus in Kommern
View to the choir of the church

St. Severinus is a Roman Catholic parish church in Kommern , a district of Mechernich in the Euskirchen district in North Rhine-Westphalia . It belongs to the Veytal Catholic pastoral care area.

history

The church , consecrated to the holy martyr Severin of Cologne , was first mentioned in a document in 1291 when a Fredericus de Kumbre was active there as a clergyman. The church was also mentioned in the Liber valoris around 1300. The church is located immediately north of Kommern Castle , the masters of which had the right of patronage .

In 1851 the medieval church was laid down except for the tower and in 1857–59 a representative three-aisled neo-Gothic basilica was built in its place according to plans by Vincenz Statz . The solemn consecration took place in 1864. The old tower was finally demolished in 1880. In 1888 the church received the striking tower it is today.

literature

  • Paul Clemen : The art monuments of the Euskirchen district , Düsseldorf 1900, p. 102.

Web links

Commons : St. Severinus (Kommern)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. St. Severinus

Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 48 "  N , 6 ° 38 ′ 49.8"  E