St. Suitbertus (Düsseldorf-Bilk)

St. Suitbertus Church, Düsseldorf-Bilk

The Church of St. Suitbertus at Suitbertusplatz 1 in the Düsseldorf district of Bilk was built in two phases 1905–1906 and 1927. The Catholic church has been a listed building since 1994 .

history

In August 1902 the decision was made to divide up the parish of St. Martin in Bilk and to build a rectorate church on today's Suitbertusplatz . The construction of the church began in 1905/1906 based on a design by Alfred Tepe . On October 1, 1911, the new church district was elevated to an independent parish.

In 1925, the church council decided to significantly expand it. The nave was expanded and the church tower was built in 1927 based on a design by the Düsseldorf architects Hans Tietmann and Karl Haake . In 1943 the church was largely destroyed in air raids. Reconstruction began in 1947. The glazing was renewed in 1949. In 1967 the interior was redesigned, and in 1969 an extensive renovation and reconstruction took place. In 1990 all restoration work was completed.

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description

The original part of the sacred building was built in the neo-Gothic style as a three- nave basilica . The interior is based on high Gothic churches, the exterior, with its simple shapes and building material, follows the north German brick Gothic .

At 80.23 meters, the second highest church tower in the city of Düsseldorf dominates the entire building complex. The original tower top was made of wood and covered with copper sheet. It was destroyed in World War II; today's tower helmet was put on in 1968 and largely renewed in 2004/2005.

organ

Prospectus of the organ from 1958

Organ console

The organ was built in 1958 by the organ builder Johannes Klais (Bonn). The Kegelladen instrument has 47 stops on three manuals and a pedal . The actions are electric. In 2017 the organ was completely overhauled by the organ builder Romanus Seifert & Sohn , Kevelaer. The entire organ technology was brought up to date with the latest technology. Eight registers were replaced by new voices, two more registers were obtained by making a new additional drawer. The organ was completely re-voiced and adapted to the large church space. For this purpose, the wind pressures were increased, which were reduced in the 1970s by Willi Peter, Cologne. The instrument received a new, more powerful motor and a new mobile console with electronic control, which was recreated in the style of the organ. The new disposition is:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3 Principal 16 ′ Octave 8th' Viol (new) 8th' Open flute (CH new full length, previously covered) 8th' Lovely Gedackt 8th' Octave 4 ′ Reed flute 4 ′ Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Hollow flute 2 ′ Mixture 4-fold Trumpet 16 ' Trumpet 8th'

II upper structure C – g 3 Drone (before Gedacktpommer) 16 ′ Principal 8th' Reed flute 8th' Octave 4 ′ recorder 4 ′ Gemshorn 2 ′ Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Sesquialter (2 2/3 '+ 1 3/5' CH new, previously 1 1/3 '+ 4/5') 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Scharff 3-4f 1 2 ⁄ 3  ′ bassoon 16 ′ Krummhorn 8th' Schalmey (previously Schwellwerk) 8th' Zinc (previously swell) 4 '

III Swell C – g 3 Bordunal flute 8th' Quintadena 8th' Salicional (previously fifth 2 2/3 ') 8th' Beat (previously seventh cymbal) 8th' Principal 4 ' Transverse flute (previously Tertian 2f) 4 ' Schwegel 2 ' Mixture 3f 1' Horn (previously Schalmey 8 ') 8th' Oboe (before zinc 4 ') 8th' tremolo

Pedals C – f 1 Pedestal 32 ′ Principal 16 ′ Sub bass 16 ′ Subtle bass 16 ′ Octavbass 8th' Covered bass 8th' Choral bass 4 ′ Bass flute 4 ′ Contraposaune (previously 5-part backseat) 32 ' trombone 16 ′ Trumpet 8th' Clarine (before night horn 2 ') 4 '

• Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P Sub III, Super III, Sub III-II, Super III-II, Sub III-I, Super III-I , Great IP. Super II-P, Super III-P, Super II-I

Bells

In 1931 the Otto bell foundry from Hemelingen / Bremen cast a five-part bronze bell for St. Suitbert. The bells were tuned to a ⁰ - h ⁰ - c sharp ′ - e ′ - f sharp ′ and together weighed over 13 tons. Except for the small f sharp bell, all the others were melted down during World War II.

The bells of St. Suitbertus in Düsseldorf-Bilk

No.	Surname	Casting year	Foundry, casting location	Diameter (mm)	Mass (kg)	Chime
1	Christ-King	1956	Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock , Gescher	1680	3000	h 0 +1
2	Maria	1954		1383	1650	d '+ 2
3	Suitbertus	1956		1230	1150	e '+3
4th	Angel	1931	Bell foundry Otto , Hemelingen	840 (810)	989	f sharp '+2
5	Joseph	1954	Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock, Gescher	630	430	a '+2

Broadcasting station

The church tower of St. Suitbertus is also used to broadcast the program from the düsseldorf university radio station on 97.1 MHz with 14 watt ERP.

literature

• Roland Kanz, Jürgen Wiener (ed.): Architectural guide Düsseldorf. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-496-01232-3 , p. 89.
• Manfred Becker-Huberti (Ed.): Düsseldorf churches. The Catholic churches in the city dean of Düsseldorf. JP Bachem Verlag , Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-7616-2219-3 , p. 128 f.

Web links

Commons : St. Suitbertus  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ More information about the organ
2. ^ Gerhard Reinhold: Otto bells. Family and company history of the Otto bell foundry dynasty . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 588, in particular pages 302, 536 .
3. ↑ Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen . Nijmegen / NL 2019, p. 556, in particular pp. 270, 496 , urn : nbn: nl: ui: 22-2066 / 204770 (dissertation at Radboud University Nijmegen).
4. ↑ Glockenbuch Düsseldorf ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.8 MB) 
5. ↑ fmscan.org , accessed December 15, 2016.

Coordinates: 51 ° 12 '14.3 "  N , 6 ° 46' 54.8"  E