St. Vincentius (more)

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Branch church St. Vincentius

The Catholic branch church St. Vincentius is a listed church building in Mehr , a district of Rees in the Kleve district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). It is a branch church of the St. Irmgardis parish in Rees. The community belongs to the dean's office Emmerich in the diocese of Münster .

History and architecture

A chapel was given to the Viktoriastift in Xanten in the middle of the 10th century, the parish church was first mentioned in 1250. Two memorial stones from this period are still preserved in the left aisle. A central nave was built in the 11th century , with a priest's crypt attached to the apse , which was used until 1792.

The Romanesque extension of the tower to three floors took place at the beginning of the 13th century. The three-aisled pseudo - basilica with four bays was built in the 15th century with a front west tower with a polygonal stair tower. The choir with a 5/8 end consists of a yoke to which neo-Gothic additions were added. From 1619 to 1921 the church was renovated and a striking clock was installed.

The Wiesel Reformed took possession of the church from January 1630 to July 1631, tore down the altars and whitewashed the mural with the fourteen helpers in need .

On November 9, 1800, a hurricane caused severe damage to the building; the repair costs amounted to 60 Klevian thalers. In the period from 1859 to 1874, repair work and extensions were carried out under the Münster architect Hertel.

The side aisle was expanded from 1863 to 1866, during which time the epistle choir and the organ house were also built. A new sacristy was added to the gospel side. Konrad Hagemann from Münster created five choir windows and nine more windows. The high altar donated by Theodor Baumann was built together with the Mother of God Altar and the Vincentius Altar. The Vincentius Altar replaced the Altar of the Antonius Rifle Guild. In 1867 the interior was repainted, in 1869 and 1870 two choir stalls , a communion bench and two confessionals were added to the furnishings.

Around 1900 the rebuilt organ was moved from the so-called organ house to the newly built organ stage in the tower.

In 1934 the tower helmet was given a new cover made of copper, according to an inscription found here, the old helmet was from 1749. In the same year the war memorial chapel, which also served as a baptistery, was inaugurated in the area of ​​the former sacristy , the foundation of the new baptismal font is an old one Millstone. A new sacristy was added and the choir was raised.

The severe damage caused by artillery fire at the end of the Second World War could be repaired by 1954, the tower was rebuilt in brick, the south side of the ship was renewed and the newly built aisle on the south side was closed with a flat ceiling. The net vaults in the central nave, in the north aisle and in the choir have been renewed.

In the course of the renovation from 1976 to 1977, some fundamental changes were made due to the specifications of the Second Vatican Council : the raised choir was expanded, the newly designed altar was brought forward, and the interior was given a new coat of paint. During the renovation of the choir room in 1991, the tabernacle came from the north to the south side, the previous baptistery got transparent gates and serves as a prayer chapel, a new Eternal Light was hung. A lightning strike in 1997 damaged the tower cock, the cross and the ball. The cock and ball have been redesigned and a new one has been forged in place of the heavily weathered cross. The old cross is on display in the mourning hall next to the church.

Furnishing

  • During the Seven Years' War , the church received the baroque high altar as a gift.
  • The crucifixion group is probably a work by the carver Heinrich Janssen.
  • The sculptor Johann Wied from Wesel carved a baroque Madonna with baby Jesus in 1802 .
  • The sculptor Frydag from Münster created the Way of the Cross in 1871
  • The wooden Pietà was made by the sculptor Ferdinand Langenberg from Goch in 1904.
  • The baroque crucifixion group comes from the altars removed in 1866.
  • In 1936, Jupp van Ooyen created a bronze plaque of honor for those who fell in the First World War
  • Van Ooyen also made the pulpit cross in 1937.
  • The new Seifert organ was built on June 26, 1949 as a replacement for the instrument destroyed in the war. Another new organ to replace the Seifert organ was installed by the Dutch organ building company Verschueren from Heythuysen in October 1988 and restored in 2012.
  • The image of Perpetual Help was donated.
  • A tower clock was procured in 1921 due to a collection in the municipality.
  • The painter Brey from Geldern created the mural entitled Maria Meerstern in 1934, it hangs in the choir, across from the former organ stage.

Bells

On May 23, 1842, the bell founder JB du Bois from Belgium cast three bells in the churchyard, with the clock bell cast by Alexius Petit in 1783 , the church had the following bells:

  • The Vincentius Bell is 1.35 meters in diameter and weighs 3,416 pounds.
  • The Marienglocke is four feet in diameter and weighs 2,378 pounds.
  • The Joseph Bell is 1.08 meters in diameter and weighs 1,571 pounds.
  • The clock bell is 65 centimeters in diameter and weighs 350 pounds.

The bells were re-hung in 1880 according to the Ritter zu Aachen system , so the number of five operators required could be reduced to three. On February 26, 1942, three bells had to be delivered to the metal smelter in Kall during the Second World War, where they were melted down. Four new bells with an electric bell went into operation in 1957. They bear the names of the saints St. Vincentius , Maria , Joseph and Viktor .

literature

  • Margarete Luise Goecke-Seischab: The most beautiful churches in Germany: 1000 churches and church treasures from the North Sea to Lake Constance. Anaconda Verlag, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-7306-0013-9 .
  • Dehio, Georg , edited by Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia I Rhineland. Deutscher Kunstverlag , 2005 ISBN 3-422-03093-X

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Branch church
  2. ^ Community membership
  3. Margarete Luise Goecke-Seischab: The most beautiful churches in Germany: 1000 churches and church treasures from the North Sea to Lake Constance. Anaconda Verlag, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-7306-0013-9 . Page 218
  4. ^ Georg Dehio , edited by Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia I Rhineland . Deutscher Kunstverlag , 2005, ISBN 3-422-03093-X , page 930
  5. ^ Dehio, Georg , edited by Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia I Rhineland . Deutscher Kunstverlag , 2005 ISBN 3-422-03093-X page 931
  6. Conversions
  7. ^ History
  8. Damage from fire
  9. ^ Dehio, Georg , edited by Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia I Rhineland . Deutscher Kunstverlag , 2005 ISBN 3-422-03093-X page 931
  10. Renovations in the post-war period
  11. Equipment
  12. bells
  13. New bells

Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 44.5 "  N , 6 ° 28 ′ 40"  E