St. Christopher's Cathedral

The Christoffelkathedraal in Roermond, The Netherlands, is the Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Roermond.

History

By 1410 began construction of the first configured as the Basilica on cruciform Christoffelkerk a location outside the walls of the city of Roermond older parish church should be replaced. Even during the 15th century but you changed the building plans; the choir was completed as a three-nave, the nave was performed fünfschiffig.

The completion of the building was carried out in the course of the 16th century. In 1661 the Church of the episcopal church of the diocese of Roermond 1559 furnished was charged.

During the Second World War, the church was severely damage it, as German troops the day before the liberation of the city by Allied troops blew up the 78 m high, built in the western part of the nave tower. The tower was restored after the war in his old form. The earthquake in the room Roermond in 1992 led to renewed damage. A recent, comprehensive renovation took place in the years 2005 to 2007.

Pieces of equipment

From the 13th century comes the so-called Dalheimer cross, which passed into the possession of the cathedral after the secularization of the Dalheimer Cistercian convent in 1804.

The organ was built by the organ builder L. Verschueren 1957. The instrument has 51 speaking stops ( plus a transmission in the pedal on three manuals and pedal ).

• Couplers: II / I (also known as sub-and Superoktavkoppel ), III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P III / P (also known as Superoktavkoppel )

Location

The cathedral on the main square, near the Maas and a Maas- Altarms, on a pedestrian underpass that leads to the Outlet Center.