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St. Maximin Catholic Parish Church, Düssel

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St. Maximin Catholic Parish Church, Düssel

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St. Maximin Catholic Parish Church, Düssel

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Location: Wülfrath, Mettmann, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

November 25, 2020

"... The Catholic parish church consecrated to St. Maximinus (Trier Bishop of the 4th century) is the oldest surviving building in Düssel.
According to legend, a hermit who had been a monk in Italy built a chapel in the Düsseldorf valley. After the destruction by the belligerent Franks, the oldest part of today's church was built around the year 1050.
The nave of the three-aisled Romanesque pillar basilica dates from the early 12th century. It is one of the oldest surviving components. St. Maximin is mentioned for the first time in 1246, when the Düssel church was affiliated with the provost of St. Gereon Monastery in Cologne and in 1283 transferred to the dean and chapter of this monastery.
The hilltop church and its churchyard were originally fortified and enclosed by a defensive wall, as was the case in other Niederberg villages. Remnants of this walling made of quarry stone are still preserved on the north side.
From 1859 the community had grown so much that extensive renovations and the extension to the three-aisled basilica were made. The nave was stretched, a transept was drawn in. The Romanesque church tower was renewed and side aisles with pults added. In 1863 the dilapidated Romanesque church tower is replaced. Further renovations followed in 1888/1889. The central nave will be almost completely replaced. The transept with the square choir and apse are added when the Romanesque parts are made of sandstone.
The inventory of the interior includes a wood-carved statue of St. Maximinus from the 15th century. ... "
kuladig.de/Objektansicht/KLD-245872

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Tevion1505 (Andreas)

June 30, 2021

he first church was probably founded in pre-Romanesque times, but there is no documentary evidence of this. To the south, not far from the church, runs the little river Düssel, which is mentioned for the first time in a document from Emperor Heinrich IV. From 1065 on the occasion of a description of the imperial forest as "Tussala".

This gave the settlement its name soon after, because the place name "Dussele" can be found in a document from the St. Gereon monastery in Cologne from 1182. The nearby knight's seat and the family resident there are documented for the first time in 1298 with the person of Gerhard von Düssel.

According to the art historian Paul Clemen (1866–1947), an allegedly earlier year 1111 on the tower is based on a wrong interpretation of four iron anchors; he nevertheless suspects that construction began at the beginning of the 12th century. Other sources relocate it further and refer to previous buildings that are said to have existed around the year 700.

A legend tells of a chapel in the Düsseltal, which was built here by a hermit who stayed in Italy as a monk. After the destruction by the belligerent Franks, the oldest part of today's church was built in the same place, around the year 1050.

From the floor plan it can be seen that the usual west / east orientation for this building has been shifted slightly to the north, which is why the choice of the patron saint was St. Maximin fell, who was Bishop of Trier in the 4th century.

Source: kath-wuelfrath.de/wir-ueber-uns/kirchen/st-maximin

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Corona Feldbush

June 28, 2020

A good starting point with parking spaces

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