Heeker Klause
The Heeker Klause represents the center of the Alfhauser district Heeke , which is about 2 kilometers north of Alfhausen and is more than 800 years old.
The hermitage was built in 1818, is rectangular in an area of around 3.50 by 5.50 meters made of quarry stone and has a hipped gable made of half-timbered houses . The arched entrance bears the inscription "Greetings, O Queen Mother of Mercy"; the entrance gate made of linden wood, carved in the shape of a gate, closes the entrance, but allows a view into the interior.
In 1970 it was restored and rededicated.
In 1912, numerous medieval and baroque sculptures were found in the floor of the hermitage , most of which are now in the Bersenbrück District Museum. A rural Baroque Madonna with child and scepter from the 18th century remained in the hermitage, which was given a new version in the course of the restoration of the hermitage .
Since its construction, the hermitage has been used for May devotions and the annual supplication . Furthermore, the Heeker who fell in the Seventies , First and Second World War are honored by being mentioned by name.
literature
- Georg Dehio , E. Gall, K. Becker: Handbook of German art monuments . Vol. I: Lower Saxony and Westphalia . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich Berlin 1949, p. 436.
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Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 57.8 " N , 7 ° 57 ′ 56.9" E