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Basilica of St. Margareta, Gerresheim

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Location: Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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🌿 Seit1984 ⚒️

December 22, 2024

The Basilica of St. Margareta in Gerresheim is an impressive Catholic parish church and an important example of Romanesque architecture. It was founded in the 9th century and was the collegiate church of the Gerresheim women's monastery until 18032. The basilica is known for its Staufian pillar basilica, which was built between 1220 and 1230.

The church is not only a spiritual center, but also a historical and urban centerpiece of Gerresheim. The numerous works of art and the rich furnishings of the basilica2 are particularly noteworthy.

A visit to the Basilica of St. Margareta offers the opportunity to immerse yourself in the history and architecture of the Middle Ages and experience the spiritual atmosphere of this special place.

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

May 16, 2018

The Dusseldorf Basilica of St. Margaret in the district Gerresheim is one of the most important examples of late Romanesque religious buildings on the Lower Rhine.
Around 1220 the construction was begun under Abbess Guda von Berg. By an unreturned Altarinschrift could be specified as the date of dedication the year 1236, where the 970 consecrated collegiate church of St. Hippolytus is considered predecessor of the later basilica.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, several restorations were carried out. Among other things, the late Romanesque interior decoration was modeled on the original colourfulness (1954-57): individual architectural elements were provided with light and dark gray versions as well as red and yellow tones.
St. Margareta is a three-nave cruciform basilica with a slightly protruding transept and a semicircular choir. The simply articulated exterior closes to the west with a basilikal stepped facade and is decorated with round arch friezes and pilaster strips.
Above the crossing stands an eight-sided tower on two floors, which is equipped with a folding roof over triangular gables. The main and transepts are covered by a pitched roof, the aisles with pitched roofs.
Inside, the sacred building is divided into three wall zones: First, the central nave wall opens into arched aisles to the aisles, followed by a four-part triforium above a horizontal cornice, and finally round windows arranged in pairs.
St. Margareta features a ribbed vaulting over pillars with flat plaques and services (ie three-quarter pillars supporting the vault).
The church is constructed according to the bound system, that is, the individual yokes of central and aisles are oriented on the square of quadrangle, in the aisles two yokes correspond to the nave nave of half length. The apse with its five narrow windows sits on a five-part ribbed vault. At the southern arm of the cross, at the angle to the choir, is the former sacristy, which today functions as a baptistery.
Behind the main age hangs a larger than life crucifix made of wood from 970, which is one of the oldest and few surviving works of Romanesque monumental sculpture in the Rhineland.

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koko

January 19, 2020

The local association offers detailed information:
bhv-gerresheim.de/heimatbrunnen

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Basilica of St. Margareta, Gerresheim

1. Rotthäuser Bachtal Forest Path – Cows in Morper Bachtal loop from Gerresheim Rathaus

2. Cows in Morper Bachtal – Gut Papendelle by the pond loop from Erkrath

3. Stinderbach Valley – Rotthäuser Bachtal loop from Gerresheim Rathaus

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