St. Willibrord (Merkstein)

Parish Church of Sankt Willibrord

The Catholic parish church of St. Willibrord is a listed church building in Merkstein , a district of Herzogenrath in the Aachen city region .

History and architecture

The cross-rib vaulted brick hall was built in 1746 with a three-sided east end . The west tower in front is crowned with a baroque dome , the basement floors made of quarry stone are from a previous building from the first half of the 13th century.

Furnishing

• The high altar , the communion bench and the pulpit from the middle of the 18th century are made of unmounted oak, the details are gilded.
• The confessionals were created around 1700.
• The organ work and case were built between 1842 and 1844.
• The two wooden standing figures are attributed to Gabriel de Grupello , who spent the last years of his life in the nearby Kasteel Erenstein . The figure of St. Willibrord was carved in the first half of the 18th century, that of Our Lady around 1720-1730. The version of both figures has not been preserved.
• In the churchyard around the church there are several grave crosses from the 17th and 18th centuries.

literature

• Georg Dehio , edited by Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia I Rhineland . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich / Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03093-X

Web links

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Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 1.8 ″  N , 6 ° 6 ′ 5.4 ″  E