St. Andreas, Düsseldorf

St. Andreas
Dominikanerkirche St. Andreas
Location	Düsseldorf, Germany
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	dominikaner-duesseldorf.de
History
Consecrated	1629 (1629) to St. Andrew
Architecture
Style	South German baroque
Groundbreaking	1622

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Facade

The Church of St. Andreas (German: St. Andreas) is a Roman Catholic monastery church situated in the center of the German city of Düsseldorf.

History

The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, was constructed between 1622 and 1629 in the South German baroque style. It was originally a Jesuit church and also served as the court church for the Counts palatine of Neuburg. After the dissolution of the Jesuit order in August 1773 it served as a parish church until 2005 when it became the monastery church of the Dominican Order. The building itself is now owned by the city of Düsseldorf.

The church is furnished with stucco by Johannes Kuhn from Strassburg and life-size sculptures of the apostles and of saints of the Society of Jesus.

In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the church was an important center of musical culture in Düsseldorf. The composer Johann Hugo von Wilderer served as its organist. The mausoleum, designed by Venetian architect Simone del Sarto, contains the tombs of several Electors Palatine, including that of Johann Wilhelm. The high altar of the church was destroyed during World War II. The new altar, designed by Ewald Mataré was built in 1960. Paintings by Ernst Deger can be found in the church's two side altars which are dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

Organ

The organ dates back to an instrument built in 1782 by Peter Kemper, in a casing by Bernhard Orlinski and Josef Zimmermann. In World War II the organ was damaged. In 1953 it was restored and expanded by 18 stops by the organ builder Fabritius. In 1970/71 and again in 2003, the organ was restored by de.

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• St. Andreas, entry in the database of the Düsseldorf Institut für Denkmalschutz und Denkmalpflege (Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation) (German)