Old and New Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary (Hoppecke)
The old and new Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in the Brilon village of Hoppecke is a church complex made up of two different old buildings. The Roman Catholic parish church belongs to the Archdiocese of Paderborn . The patronage is for the Visitation of the Virgin Mary . The old church is one of the oldest in the present-day urban area of Brilon.
Old church
Like the church in neighboring Thülen, the building is one of the two oldest structures in the city of Brilon. It was built about seventy years before the city was founded. The community was a border parish that separated the Cologne Brilon from the diocese of Paderborn. The parish was independent until 1560 with its own pleban, or Rector Ecclesiae.
The old church was built between 1140 and 1170. Two yokes of the single-nave church have been preserved. In the church, the remains of the Lippoldsberg consoles with Romanesque flat ornaments, which are not found anywhere else in the Sauerland, are particularly noteworthy. According to the inscription in a door, the building was renovated in 1702.
Furnishing
- Elaborate entrance door
- Wall mosaic
- Pietà
New Church
The new church was added to the old church in 1935, from which it is entered through a wall opening.
Furnishing
Baroque high altar
The baroque high altar was taken from the old church. According to the inscription, it was built in 1705. The initials of the founder Anna Dorothea von Westfalen ADWgW are attached to the lower edge.
The altarpiece depicts the visitation of Mary from the Gospel according to Luke . Joachim and Anna are shown on the small upper altarpiece . On the left you can see Joseph with Jesus in his arms, on the right John with the Gospel book and eagle, as well as a pen.
Crescent Madonna
On the right on the wall next to the choir is a baroque Madonna with a rosary, scepter and crescent moon under her feet. The figure is about as old as the high altar. The baby Jesus was added during a restoration.
Church window
The following scenes are shown on the church windows:
- Jesus as a child friend
- Maria appears to Bernadette Soubirous
- Aloysius as the patron saint of youth
- Cäcilia as patroness of church music
- Josef, patron saint of workers
- Anna , mother of Maria
- Francis of Assisi
- Hare window, based on the three- hare window in Paderborn
Bells
Before the Second World War , four bronze bells hung in the tower of the new church, which were confiscated for armament purposes. Four steel bells were supplied as replacements. In 1946, the Junker bell foundry in Brilon cast four new bronze bells.
A small bell hangs in the little tower of the old church. She survived the chaos of war. The age is unknown, it probably dates from around 1700.
literature
- Bernhard Hogrebe: Briloner Heimatbuch . Ed .: Briloner Heimatbund. tape II , 1994, ZDB -ID 1106076-1 , p. 42-43 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the Church, (accessed November 13, 2012)
- ↑ Information from the city of Brilon on the Hoppecke district
Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 35 " N , 8 ° 38 ′ 28" E