St. Theresia (Schafhausen)
St. Theresa | |
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Denomination : | Roman Catholic |
Consecration date : | June 28, 1931 |
Parish : | Schafhausen |
Address: | 52525 Heinsberg,
Theresienstrasse |
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 10 " N , 6 ° 6 ′ 43" E
The St. Theresia Church is located in the Schafhausen district of the city of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia . It stands as a monument under monument protection .
location
The church is on Theresienstraße, in the center of the village and is dedicated to St. Theresa of the Child Jesus .
history
On 26 June 1930, the proposed church building association , the building permit and put a plan of Hubert Dohmen from Düren ago. The foundation stone was laid on August 21, 1930 . The solemn consecration was on June 28, 1931. The damage from the war years 1944/45 had been repaired by 1952. In 1969 the church was renovated and the chancel was rebuilt according to plans by Wilhelm Andermahr from Wassenberg . The new altar was consecrated on August 25, 1970.
Today, together with other parishes, St. Theresia forms the community of parishes (GdG) Heinsberg-Waldfeucht in the diocese of Aachen .
architecture
The church is a church hall in brick with a wide porch and a constricted, closed on three sides choir and a ridge turret above the chancel.
Furnishing
- The organ with 16 registers and a mechanical action from 1977 was built by Heinz Wilbrand from Übach-Palenberg .
- In the roof turret is a bell from 1930 by Gießer Schiffers from Rheydt .
- The church has stained glass .
- In the church there is an altar from 1970, a crucifix from 1954, a glass painting by Ernst Jansen-Winkeln , and various figures of saints .
- The roof turret from 1930 was demolished in 2011 for structural reasons. The architecture office Lennartz from Erkelenz is currently planning a new roof turret with the old bell, which will be completed in the course of 2015
literature
- Episcopal General Vicariate Aachen (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen, B. Kühlen Verlag, Mönchengladbach, 3rd edition 1994, ISBN 3-87448-172-7
Web links
- Monument entry of the Church of St. Theresa
- St. Theresia in the community of the communities Heinsberg-Waldfeucht
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinsberg Monument List No. 74 , entry: January 30, 1984
- ↑ Heinsberg-Schafhausen, Catholic Church of St. Theresia. on the website of the 20th Century Glass Painting Foundation Foundation