Pilgrimage Church of the Holy Cross (Süchterscheid)

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Church of the Holy Cross, in front of it the 17th century Marienkapelle

The Roman Catholic pilgrimage church Zum Heiligen Kreuz is located in Süchterscheid , a district of the city of Hennef (Sieg) in North Rhine-Westphalia . The core of the church is a Romanesque chapel from the 12th century .

history

The Romanesque Holy Cross Chapel, whose kreuzgratgewölbter choir followed semicircular apse has been preserved is dated in the second half of the 12th century. Around 1688 the chapel received a half-timbered nave. In the Second World War , the chapel was destroyed except for the choir.

There has been evidence of a pilgrimage to the Holy Cross in Süchterscheid since 1506. In this context, on September 22nd, 1506, a benefit for a priesthood was donated by the knight Bertram von Nesselrode, lord of Ehrenstein Castle . A Holy Cross relic in the chapel has only been documented since the second half of the 19th century .

Between 1957 and 1965, a new pilgrimage church to the Holy Cross, which includes the Romanesque choir ruins, was built according to plans by the Aachen architect Rudolf Steinbach . The Romanesque choir was included in the new building as a side chapel east of the new altar in the basement of the church tower. The curved shape of the new building forms a sheltered forecourt, which the Marienkapelle takes into "its care".

  • Inside, to the right of the altar, the Romanesque chapel

  • View into the Romanesque chapel

  • The apse of the Romanesque chapel as the basement of the modern church tower

literature

  • Dehio manual North Rhine-Westphalia I - Rhineland: Edited by Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer u. a. With an introduction by Udo Mainzer; Deutscher Kunstverlag , 2005. pp. 1134f.
  • Edmund Renard : The art monuments of the Rhine province. Volume 5: Siegkreis. Düsseldorf 1907. Printed and published by L. Schwann. P. 260.

Web links

Commons : Wallfahrtskirche Zum Heiligen Kreuz (Süchterscheid)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Notice board at the church
  2. ↑ ibid.

Coordinates: 50 ° 44 ′ 51.3 "  N , 7 ° 23 ′ 12.4"  E