Old Church of St. Pankratius and Sebastian (Warstein)

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The old Catholic branch church St. Pankratius and Sebastian is a listed church building in Warstein , a town in the Soest district in North Rhine-Westphalia . Until the construction of the town church of St. Pankratius im Tal, the old church was the parish church of the town of Warstein until 1858 .

History and architecture

St. Pancras

The three-bay hall church is located on a mountain. It was first mentioned in a document in 1237. The massive, square west tower dates from the second half of the 13th century. The choir is rectangular with a five-tenths ending. The two narrow aisles end in semicircular wall apses . Judging by the cover plates, the heavy round pillars were originally in the shape of a cross. They were changed in the baroque period . The walls are structured by ogival windows and portals with panels. Around 1802 the former house of the dead , which is now used as a sacristy , was added. At the same time, the tower was crowned with a Welschen hood.

inside view

Furnishing

The church is decorated with extensive baroque furnishings, mostly from the end of the 17th century, the quality is described as modest by Dehio .

  • A high altar from around 1650. The altarpiece with the resurrection of Christ is framed by the two church patrons Pankratius and Sebastian.
  • Side altars from 1685, the altar leaves with the depictions of the Annunciation and the finding of the cross were donated according to the inscription in 1697
  • A Vesper picture from the beginning of the 17th century
  • The rococo pulpit dates from the middle of the 18th century
  • The three-part bronze bell is tuned to the Te Deum motif c'-es'-f 'and was cast by Albert Junker in Brilon in 1946 .

literature

  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments , North Rhine-Westphalia . Volume 2, Westphalia, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1969
  • Kath. Pfarramt St. Pankratius, Warstein: companion through the churches in Warstein . Information flyer, August 2001

Web links

Commons : Alte Kirche St. Pankratius (Warstein)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georg Dehio ; Dorothea Kluge; Wilfried Hansmann ; Ernst Gall : North Rhine-Westphalia . In: Handbook of German Art Monuments . tape 2 . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 1969, OCLC 272521926 , p. 581 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 26 '50.5 "  N , 8 ° 21' 3.7"  E