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Mechernich

St. Barbara's Chapel, Bergheim

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St. Barbara's Chapel, Bergheim

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    February 6, 2018

    A village stands by its little church - but only since it was to be sold in 2005. Today, 150 out of 375 Bergheimers are members of the Förderverein "St. Barbara Chapel ". In addition, there is a whole series of outsiders, who are worth a few euros contribution a month for the renovation and preservation of the peculiar chapel on Bleiberg.
    The small church was not always a church, but served the village youth until 1965 as a school. Logically, the building not only has the actual nave, but also all kinds of ancillary rooms. They serve and serve as village community and youth room, there is a sacristy, a gym and above all the former teacher's apartment, which will soon be rented again.
    Currently, the sponsoring association, which is run by Helmut Vogelsberg, Peter Schilles and Matthias Moorkamp, ​​is renovating the entire building. The apartment is also brought up to scratch and also reduced in size. The part of the apartment that was above the worship room is removed without replacement. The impetus to this, says Helmut Vogelsberg, gave the notary, in which the transfer of the Bergheim St. Barbara Chapel of the parish of St. George was founded at the 2006 founded chapel society. For the lawyer expressed his astonishment that there was a teacher's flat in the Bergheim chapel above the altar, and said: "But no one lives above the Lord God!"
    That's what Helmut Vogelsberg, the chairman of the association, said: "Either we make an open vaulted room up to the roof or we pull in a smaller gallery for organ and choir." Ten to 15 people pack up during the work with; six, seven belong to the "hard core" and are always there - no matter whether inside or outside at the former school and present church is gewerkelt.
    The interest in the band was not always that great. Vogelsberg: "The people did not wake up until the chapel was sold in 2005." Although hardly anyone had been involved before, there were soon ten people who had formed a community of interest for the preservation of the chapel. This gradually resulted in the now 180 members of the association.
    - Source: ksta.de/13639360 © 2018

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      There used to be a school in the building. You can see that from the outside as well. Today's chapel is maintained and cared for by a support association. It can be visited daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. A beautiful place of silence and contemplation.

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        April 18, 2022

        In the former mining area around Mechernich, of course, Saint Barbara - after all, she is the miners' patron saint - is prominently represented, as is the case with this chapel in Bergheim. The feast day of Saint Barbara in the calendar of saints is December 4th.

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          Location: Mechernich, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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