Evangelical Church Mettingen

Protestant church

The late Romanesque north portal from the 13th century.

The Protestant parish church is a listed church building in Mettingen , a municipality in the Steinfurt district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

History and architecture

The original church was built in the 12th century. Originally it was dedicated to St. Agatha . During excavations in 1966, the foundations of two previous churches were found. The older one was a flat-roofed hall building with a recessed, square choir and dates from the first half of the twelfth century. During this time, today's west tower, which was not originally vaulted, was built. The second church was a late Romanesque , somewhat wider vaulted hall. The north portal of this church from the middle of the 13th century has been preserved. Today's nave is a late Gothic hall church with a three-sided choir closure. The two-part windows are made with fish bubble tracery.

Furnishing

• The apostles on the choir walls are affected by multiple restorations.
• The simple renaissance pulpit is made of wood.

literature

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

Web links

Commons : Evangelical Church (Mettingen)  - Collection of images, 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. 332 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 18 ′ 55 ″  N , 7 ° 46 ′ 53 ″  E