Evangelical Church Krombach

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Protestant church
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The Protestant parish church is a listed church building in Krombach , a district of Kreuztal in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

History and architecture

The simple, late Romanesque hall church was built in the first half of the 13th century. The nave is two-bay , the main choir is single-bay with a semicircular apse . It was originally dedicated to St. Ludgerus . Semicircular niches are let into the just closing aisles . The domed ridge vaults are supported in the central nave by heavy square pillars with half-column templates. The side aisles and the western half yoke are arched on one side. The tower faces west.

Furnishing

  • The painting was done in 1958 using uncovered remains of ornaments
  • Pulpit with carved panels from 1764
  • Altar table from 1781
  • Remains of a late Gothic tabernacle are built into the tower hall.

literature

  • Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments, North Rhine-Westphalia . Volume 2, Westphalia, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1969

Web links

Commons : Evangelische Kirche Krombach  - 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. 270 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 38 ″  N , 7 ° 57 ′ 22 ″  E