St. Vincentius (Dinslaken)

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Church building St. Vincentius seen from the south (May 2011)
Church tower (north side)

The Catholic parish church of St. Vincentius is a listed church building in Dinslaken , a town in the Wesel district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

History and architecture

Floor plan of the old church in 1893

Originally there was only one chapel in Dinslaken, which was first mentioned in 1390. In 1436 the Duke of Kleve confirmed Dinslaken's parish from the mother church in Hiesfeld . In 1437 a pastor was first mentioned in Dinslaken. Finally, in the middle of the 15th century, a parish church was built. This was a late Gothic three-aisled hall church with a 5/8 choir closure. The mighty tower has been flanked by two chapels since 1492 and 1512 and was given a new hood in Baroque shapes in 1924. This church was partially destroyed in 1945 and was the predecessor of today's St. Vincentius Church.

The three-aisled , west-facing brick hall was built from 1950 to 1951 according to plans by Otto Bongartz from Cologne. The two eastern yokes made of field fire bricks and the eastern choir of the previous church, broken into five sides of the octagon, were included. In the Gothic part of the new building, the floor was raised and the polygon was turned into a baptistery .

Furnishing

High altar

On the high altar in the new west choir is a carved retable from the period after 1470 with painted wings. It was made in a workshop in Brussels. Representations of the Passion can be seen in the shrine and on the inside of the wings . The four evangelists are depicted on the outside of the wing . The stipes and the predella with decorative figures were built by Ch. Stephan in 1853. The shrine was re- polychromed from 1852 to 1854 , the paintings were restored in 1883. From 1950 to 1952 the neo-Gothic demolition was eliminated.

Triumphal cross, wood, colored, around 1310–40. (Photo: 1970)

Triumphal cross

The emergence of the triumphal cross with a large high quality crucifix is ​​dated differently. It used to be considered a Rhineland work of the beginning so-called beautiful style from around 1400, in which the type of the Cologne forked cross was modeled, more recent publications, on the other hand, assign it more to Meuse crosses from the Diocese of Liège from around 1310/40. After being damaged in the Second World War, the cross was restored several times (1950, 2010), and the remains of an older version were uncovered on the body .

organ

The organ was built in 1999 by the organ building company Romanus Seifert from Kevelaer based on a concept by the organist Wolfgang Seifen . The French-Romantic instrument has 33 stops on two manuals and a pedal . The second manual (Récit) is swellable . The game actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electric. The organ is equipped with an 800-fold electronic composer system.

I Grand-Orgue C-c 4
Bourdon 16 ′
Montre 8th'
Flûte harmonique 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Bourdon 8th'
Prestant 4 ′
Flûte douce 4 ′
Duplicate 2 ′
Fittings IV-V 2 ′
Grand Cornet V 8th'
Trumpets 8th'
Clairon harmonique 4 ′
Tremblant
II Récit Expressif C – c 4
diapason 8th'
Cor de nuit 8th'
Viole de Gambe 8th'
Voix céleste 8th'
Flûte traversière 4 ′
Nasard harmonique 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Octavine 2 ′
Tièrce harmonique 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Trumpet harm. 8th'
Basson-Hautbois 8th'
Voix humaine 8th'
Pedale C – g 1
Grand Bourdon 32 ′
Contrebasse 16 ′
Soubasse 16 ′
Flûte basse 8th'
Bourdon 8th'
Flute 4 ′
Contrebasson 32 ′
Bombard 16 ′
Trumpets 8th'
Clairon 4 ′
  • Coupling: I / I (sub-octave coupling), II / I (normal, sub, super-octave coupling), II / II (sub-and super-octave coupling), I / P, II / P (normal and super-octave coupling)

Three crosses

The so-called three crosses have been standing under an emergency roof on the church tower since 1985 . There are three heavily weathered, late Gothic sculptures made of Baumberger sandstone . Like the group in Metelen, Westphalia, they probably come from a workshop in Wesel. At the former location on Walsumer Straße there are now copies. Originally this was the end of a Bittweg donated in 1501 in Wesel. The sculptures were demolished in 1588 and, according to the inscriptions, erected in Dinslaken in 1652. The Christ head was renewed at the beginning of the 20th century. Extensive restoration was carried out from 1966 to 1967 and from 1984 to 1985.

Other equipment

  • Neo-Gothic carved side altars : Marienaltar, 1891/92 by F. Langenberg , Josefs Altar by Christoph Stephan, Cologne, around 1853.
  • The goblet-shaped font from the 15th century, covered with tracery , is made of sandstone. It was heavily revised after war damage
  • The colored wooden Easter candlestick was made in 1682 in the form of a winding column.
  • Two carved angels holding Christ's coat of arms date from the end of the 15th century. The socket is destroyed, the wings have been renewed.
  • A St. Vincent with a model of a church, oak, from the first half of the 16th century.

Bells

There are currently six bells in the tower, two of which (Vincentius and Maria) were cast in the old market in 1785 in the Petit family's foundry, the smallest was probably cast in the Netherlands. The largest bell was added in 1954 after the tower was rebuilt, while 2 bells were added in 2007, which had previously hung in the Christ Church in Dinslaken, but had no function after the church was closed and demolished & were then given to the Vincentius parish.

Name of the bell Founder & year Chime Weight
Maria Immaculate Feldmann & Marschel 1954 D 1 about 1,600 kg
Vincentius Alexius Petit the Elder 1785 F # 1 800 kg
Maria Alexius Petit the Elder 1785 A 1 440 kg
Christ is risen Petit & Edelbrock 1971 H 1 320 kg
Oh land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord (new angelus bell) Petit & Edelbrock 1971 C # 2 285 kg
Nameless (old angelus bell) Fredericus & Everhardi Petit 1787 D 2 170 kg

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Günter 1968, p. 19.
  2. ^ Alfred Löhr: The Dinslakener Altar and his Brussels workshop , in: Dinslakener Jahrbuch 1970, pp. 107-110; also digital: here ( memento from September 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ); Ulrich Becker: Observations on the high altar of the parish church St. Vincentius in Dinslaken and on its position in the Flemish retable production of the 15th century . In: Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch L, 1989, pp. 115-140.
  3. ^ So first with Alfred Löhr: Der Kruzifixus von St. Vincentius , in: Jahrbuch Kreis Dinslaken, 29th year, 1972, pp. 62–71. In detail, also on the relics contained: here . More pictures here .
  4. ↑ More information about the organ
  5. ^ Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer (arr.): Handbook of German art monuments , North Rhine-Westphalia, Volume I: Rhineland. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03093-X . Page 138
  6. ↑ Dinslaken History: 2007 Evangelical bells call Catholics to worship

Web links

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

Coordinates: 51 ° 33 '38.7 "  N , 6 ° 43' 58.9"  E