St. Viktor (Dülmen)
St. Viktor is the oldest church in Dülmen . It is located in the city center and is the only one within the former city walls, from which u. a. the Lüdinghauser Tor has been preserved.
history
The foundation in 780 goes back to the abbot Bernrad or Liudger and took place on a Saxon (later episcopal) main court. It not only counts as the original parish of Dülmen, but also as one of the oldest churches in the diocese of Münster .
The namesake and patron of the church is St. Viktor .
The consecration of a larger church, which was believed to be the first stone church, took place in 1074.
The building of the church was destroyed, rebuilt, renewed or rebuilt several times, but was always oriented towards the east, the place of sunrise.
The church got its current shape around 1500, but like large parts of Dülmen it was destroyed on March 21 and 22, 1945 and then rebuilt, with traces of the difficult reconstruction being visible.
The pen
Albert von Lethene, vicarius perpetuus zu Dülmen, was the initiator of the establishment of a collegiate foundation at the Church of St. Victor in Dülmen. Bishop Ludwig of Hesse confirmed this in a document dated January 11, 1323. Heinrich von der Lippe, Münster cathedral scholaster and archdeacon of Dülmen, approved the establishment. Initially five prebends were set up, a number of twelve was planned. In the year 1330 eight can be proven, in 1360 the number twelve was reached. Archdeaconate rights were transferred to the dean of the monastery. The former archdeacon now became provost of the monastery; the provost's office was always given to a canon of Münster. The provost and the bishop of Munster were now entitled to alternate the allocation of the prebends. A chaplain was entrusted with the pastoral care.
The monastery was finally repealed by a Napoleonic decree of November 14, 1811.
Equipment of the church
- The late Romanesque font from the middle of the 13th century is decorated with an arch and tendril frieze.
- The Gothic triumphal cross hangs in the choir arch above the altar area.
- On the Gothic tabernacle on the north wall of the choir (15th century) the founder, probably a nobleman, is shown in his armor.
- A four meter high late Gothic passion column stands in the rear central nave. It was created around 1480 and shows, in addition to the tools of Jesus' passion, also Veronica with the handkerchief .
- Further furnishings include a pietà from the 15th century in the chapel and a neo-Gothic Sacred Heart and Heart of Mary in the hall choir.
- The St. Martin window in the tower commemorates the help that the community in Baar in Switzerland provided for Dülmen after 1945 .
- Reliquary for St. Viktor, designed and built in 1936 by Hein Wimmer, Cologne
organ
The organ was built in 1973 by the organ builder Romanus Seifert (Kevelaer). The slider chests -instrument has 43 registers on three manuals and pedal . The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric.
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- Coupling : I / II, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
Bells
Today's bells consist of a total of six bronze bells. All bells were cast by the company Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock in Gescher.
| No. | Surname | Casting year | Caster | Ø (mm) | Mass (kg) | Nominal | inscription |
| 1 | Salvator | 1964 | P&E | 1,825 | 3,850 | a 0 - 4 | |
| 2 | Viktor | 1958 | P&E | 1,480 | 2,100 | c sharp 1 - 4 | |
| 3 | Michael | 1958 | P&E | 1,244 | 1,180 | e 1 - 1 | |
| 4th | Maria Martha | 1958 | P&E | 1,091 | 810 | f sharp 1 ± 0 | |
| 5 | Christ King | 1922 | P&E | 980 | 550 | g sharp 1 ± 0 | |
| 6th | Gabriel | 1958 | P&E | 802 | 310 | h 1 - 1 |
procession
In connection with the St. Viktor parish, a procession through the city center takes place on Easter Sunday morning, during which the incumbent mayor of the city of Dülmen carries the so-called plague cross. According to tradition, this tradition goes back to the plague year of 1382, when all the clergy in the city died from this plague, so that the Easter holidays could not be celebrated in the conventional way.
literature
- Karl Hengst (Ed.): Westphalian monastery book . Volume 1: Ahlen-Mülheim. Aschendorff, Münster 1992, ISBN 3-402-06886-9 , pp. 275-279.
- Catholic parish St. Viktor (Ed.): "How lovable is your apartment!" , ISBN 978-3-00-039455-3 .
- Dr. K. Fischer: The builder of the St. Viktor Church in Dülmen around 1500 , Dülmener Heimatblätter, Heft 1, 1957, pp. 2-4.
- Th. Dümpelmann: The reconstruction of the Viktorkirche , Dülmener Heimatblätter, Heft 3, 1958, S. 34-36.
- Th. Schürholz: The windows in St. Viktor , Dülmener Heimatblätter, Heft 1/2, 1979, pp. 2-4.
- Erik Potthoff: Two interior views of St. Viktor , Dülmener Heimatblätter, volume 2, volume 55, 2008, pp. 82–84 ( PDF ).
- Markus Trautmann: Altars and relics in St. Viktor , Dülmener Heimatblätter, issue 2, volume 59, 2012, pp. 35–37 ( PDF ).
- Erik Potthoff, Dietmar Rabich: Dülmen - yesterday and today . 1st edition. Laumann-Verlag, Dülmen 2013, ISBN 978-3-89960-397-2 , Dülmen - city center, St. Viktor Church, p. 12-19 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Dehio, Handbook of German Art Monuments
- ↑ More information about the organ
- ↑ Holiday supplement to the Westfälische Nachrichten Easter 2013.
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 43.7 " N , 7 ° 16 ′ 41" E