Evangelical town church Lünen
The Protestant town church is a listed church building at St.-Georgs-Kirchplatz 1 in Lünen , a town in the Unna district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).
History and architecture
The church was consecrated to Saints George and Catherine. The hall of three yokes stands on an almost square floor plan. The choir in the 5/8 end is one-yoke. The building with a west tower was erected from 1360 to 1366 and restored from 1512 to 1521 after a fire. The exterior is plastered and structured by corner blocks and three-lane windows. The east gable is built from half-timbered houses. The nave was decorated with fish bubble tracery in 1521 . The choir with the crowning three-pass is marked in the arched triangle with 1366. In the compact interior, rib vaults rest over round pillars and wall brackets. The murals were uncovered from 1905 to 1908 and restored from 1957 to 1958. The Fall of Man and the Last Judgment from the beginning of the 16th century can be seen in the central nave vault. The angel with the tools of suffering was added in 1908. The standing apostle from the 15th century, between the two choir windows, has been heavily renewed. The saint on the north wall of the nave is barely recognizable.
Furnishing
Winged altar
The important winged altar from around 1470 was created around the master of Liesborn . The two central panels depict the crucifixion bearing the cross, the descent from the cross with Christ in limbo and the entombment. Further scenes from the life of Jesus can be seen on the inside of the wings. On the outside the Saints George and John the Baptist are shown with the Madonna .
organ
The organ was built in 1958/1960 by the organ builder Kemper (Lübeck). The organ front with carved cheeks, coats of arms and trumpet angels comes from an instrument made by the organ builder Gerhard von Holy in 1725; Except for the case, nothing of the instrument from that time has survived.
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Other equipment
- The two stone chandelier angels on polygonal supports are from the end of the 15th century.
- The sacrament house with a pinnacle is a work from the end of the 15th century. It is richly decorated with tracery and the sculptures of Saints Peter and Paul.
- The octagonal baptismal font with twisted columns and paired apostle reliefs under arcades was created around 1500 .
- The wooden triumphal cross was carved around 1470.
- The gallery with a carving on the substructure is marked 1607.
- The parapet with ornamental fields and evangelist symbols is marked 1661, it was rebuilt in 1957, the frame was renewed according to findings.
- The large painting with the Entombment of Christ was copied from a painting by Caravaggio in the 19th century.
- The bell from 1472 was attributed to Johannes von Dortmund.
- The bell from 1601 was cast by Dirk Sluter.
- The four new bells were cast from bronze in the Rincker foundry in 1975 and sound in g′-a′-h′-d ″. Steel bells hung in the church from 1923 to 1974.
literature
- Georg Dehio , under the scientific direction of Ursula Quednau: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia II, Westphalia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 .
- Walter Thelitz (Hrsg.): 600 years city church St. Georg Lünen. Lünen 1960.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the organ
- ↑ Short film on Youtube, with information about the bells.
Web links
- extensive documentation , accessed on May 14, 2012
Coordinates: 51 ° 36 '46.4 " N , 7 ° 31' 26.8" E