page_title: Church of St. Lambertus, Immerath
section_title: Construction
hierarchical_section_title: Church of St. Lambertus, Immerath / History / Construction
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: St. Lambertus Immerath, 2013 entwidmet, muss dem Braunkohletagebau Garzweiler II weichen. Das Kirchengebäude wurde von 1888 bis 1891 nach Plänen des Kölner Baumeisters Erasmus Schüller in einem „neuromanischen Baustil“ erbaut. Die Kirche wurde am 13. Oktober 2013 entwidmet. Die Übergabe an RWE Power, den Betreiber des Rheinischen Braunkohlereviers, erfolgte im April 2014. Das Kirchengebäude soll nun abgerissen werden. Am neuen Umsiedlungsort wird lediglich eine Kapelle errichtet. Die Kirchenglocken aus dem 15. und 17. Jahrhundert sollen nach Neu-Immerath überführt werden. Im Bild erkennt man, dass für den Ausbau der Glocken eine Schallluke des linken Turms ausgebrochen wurde. English: St. Lambertus Immerath (Erkelenz), 2013 desecrated, is part of the Garzweiler II brown coal strip mining. The church building was built from 1888 to 1891 according to plans of the Cologne architect in a "neo-Romanesque architectural style" Erasmus Schüller. The Church was deconsecrated on 13 October 2013. The handover to RWE Power AG, the operator of the Rhenish brown coal district, took place in April 2014. The church building is to be demolished now. A new chapel is built on the new village for the people. The church bells from the 15th and 17th centuries are to be converted to new Immerath. In the picture you can see that a sound hatch of the left tower was broken out for the expansion of the bells. Français&#160;: St. Lambertus Immerath (Erkelenz), 2013 profaner, Garzweiler II a charbon brun doux bande minière. Le bâtiment de l'église fut construit entre 1888 et 1891 selon les plans de l'architecte de Cologne dans un «&#160;style architectural néo-roman"Erasmus Schüller. L'église a été désacralisée sur 13 octobre 2013. De RWE Power, l'opérateur du district lignite rhénan, la livraison a eu lieu en avril 2014. Le bâtiment de l'église doit être démolie, maintenant. Une chapelle est construite sur la nouvelle village. Les cloches de l'église des XVe et XVIIe siècles sont à convertir en nouveau Immerath. Sur la photo vous pouvez voir qu'une trappe sonore de la tour de gauche était éclatée pour l'expansion des cloches. This is a photograph of an architectural monument.It is on the list of cultural monuments of Erkelenz, no. 157
context_page_description: The Church of St. Lambertus, known locally as the Immerather Dom, was a Roman Catholic parish church in the village of Immerath, Erkelenz in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. A church dedicated to Saint Lambert of Maastricht had existed on the site since at least the 12th century, being rebuilt and enlarged a number of times before being demolished in 1888. It was replaced by Romanesque Revival church building, which was constructed between 1888 and 1891 to designs of Erasmus Schüller.
  The church was deconsecrated in 2013, and it was demolished on 9 January 2018, despite being considered to be a heritage monument. The demolition was part of the destruction of the entire village of Immerath in order to make way for the Garzweiler surface mine. A new smaller church with the same dedication was built as its replacement in Immerath-Neu between 2013 and 2015.
context_section_description: By the early 19th century, the church had become too small for the needs of the parish, but the expansion was postponed several times due to internal disagreement within the community and other obstacles, while minor works such as the purchase of new altars and an organ were undertaken. From 1886, three proposals for the new church were presented, but they were discarded by the parish community until the designs of the young architect Erasmus Schüller from Cologne were accepted with slight modifications on 12 January 1887. The old church was demolished in April 1888, and the construction of the new one started on 2 September of the same year. Schüller died in 1890 at the age of 29, so the final stages of construction were supervised by the architect Theodor Roß. The church was consecrated by the Archbishop of Cologne on 9 July 1891.
  The church was badly damaged by artillery fire in February 1945, during World War II. Repair works began in the following year, and were completed in 1949. The bells had been sent to Hamburg at the beginning of the war, and they were returned to the church in 1947. The church was added to the list of heritage monuments in Erkelenz on 14 May 1985 due to its architectural and symbolic value.
caption: The church's façade in 2014
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