Christ the King (Bestwig)
The Roman Catholic parish church Christkönig is a church building in Bestwig , a community in the North Rhine-Westphalian Hochsauerlandkreis in Germany, which characterizes the townscape .
The community belongs to the community association of Catholic parishes of Hochsauerland-Waldeck in the Archdiocese of Paderborn .
History and architecture
After the settlement of industrial areas and the construction of railway systems, the formerly small town expanded and a new church was necessary.
The building was built from 1952 to 1953 according to plans by Karl Brochhausen on a hill opposite the train station; it has a striking urban effect. The plastered wall surfaces are kept light, the roofs are slated. The church consists of the rectangular nave , the rectangular altar house, the sacristy and the tower . The walls of the ship are by arched windows broken, it is with a gable roof covered. A rose window is let into the gable wall above the portal . The tower stands on a square floor plan, it is crowned with a tent roof. In the interior, segmental arch-like vaults rest on lateral pillars. The slightly higher choir has a similar vault. The end wall is straight and adorned with a picture of Christ, partly executed in mosaic . It was made in 1959 by Sister Erentrud Rost. Sr Erentrud OSB was a Benedictine woman from Varensell Abbey. The rose window shows a representation of Mary, it is a work by Richard Sehrbrock. The building is also used for various concerts.
Furnishing
- On the back wall there is an organ gallery on two set columns , it carries the organ prospectus .
- The altar, the tabernacle and the ambo were made by Jürgen Suberg.
- The relief panels made by Fred Eckersorf for the communion bench are currently (2012) next to the building.
literature
- Heinrich Otten: Church building in the Archdiocese of Paderborn 1930 to 1975 . Bonifatius Verlag, Paderborn 2009, ISBN 978-3-89710-403-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pages of the community association
- ^ Heinrich Otten: The church building in the Archdiocese of Paderborn 1930 to 1975 . Bonifatius Verlag, Paderborn 2009, ISBN 978-3-89710-403-7 , page 107
- ↑ Reference to a previous concert
Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '38.5 " N , 8 ° 23' 54.4" E