Johannes Baptist (Altenbüren)

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The Catholic parish church of St. Johannes Baptist and St. Agatha is a listed church building in Altenbüren , a district of Brilon in the Hochsauerlandkreis ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

History and architecture

In the "Liber Valoris", which was created in the early 14th century, Altenbüren was not yet mentioned as an independent parish church. According to a later update of this list, there was apparently a branch church of the Brilon church in the village . An independent parish church was mentioned for the first time in 1553. In the corresponding document, Johannes Baptist was listed as patron . While in 1716 Johannes Baptist was still the sole patron of the church, Agathe was mentioned as an additional patroness in 1913. The tower, built as a defensive tower, dates from 1652. The main gate is arched with capitals between pilasters made of Rüthener sandstone .

Since the church was in poor structural condition, the construction of a new nave was started from 1785 to 1786. Due to a lack of financial resources, construction was stopped and could not be continued until 1804. Until then, in a lengthy process against Count Bocholtz from Alme as the tithe lord, his building obligation had to be fought for. The building was completed in 1807. The plastered, three-bay quarry stone hall in Romanesque style closes with a retracted choir. Inside, groin vaults rest on flat wall templates. The sacristy is in the east. The belfry was renewed in 1898.

Another restoration began in 1996. Bullet damage from World War II was still present in the vault, tower and roof structure . The entire exterior plaster of the church was renewed and the entire church was painted white.

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inventory

  • High altar , made of wood at the end of the 17th century with the figures of St. Agatha and John the Baptist, as well as statues of the apostles Peter and Paul. To the right and left of the altar are the figures of St. Nicholas and a Pope (Clemens). The altar is completed by a cross of rays, a sun monstrance and two reliquaries. A crown worn by floating angels forms the upper end.
  • The wooden pulpit was built around 1720 by a workshop in Giershagen. The parapet is structured by winding columns and niches in which the figures of the evangelists stand.
  • The side altar is a high aedicular table with putti heads and fruit hangings. It was made at the end of the 17th century and was originally in Rüthen. The tabernacle was added afterwards.
  • Baptismal font , 1778 in the shape of a shell made of white-veined black Sauerland slate
  • The confessional with a figure of St. Nepomuk from the 18th century.
  • Two Apostle Crosses were uncovered in 1971 during renovation work.
  • Niche with a figure of John the Baptist and an inscription TECTO DICATO MANE SANCTE PROPHETA JOES PATRONVS (1807)

Outdoor facilities

  • Until 1849, deceased parishioners were buried in the cemetery around the church.
  • From 1925 to 1966 there was a memorial in front of the church, which fell victim to traffic planning. Later a new memorial and a fountain were erected on the church square.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Josef Rüther: Heimatgeschichte des Landkreises Brilon, Münster 1956, p. 213.
  2. ^ Justus Möser , map from 1553. Gerhardus Mercator , map from 1572, Just Moers, map from 1577
  3. ↑ Reinhard Müller: The visitation of the Duchy of Westphalia by the Cologne Vicar General Johann Arnold de Reux (1716/1717), Paderborn 2018, p. 357.
  4. ↑ Real = Schematismus Diözese Paderborn, Paderborn 1913, p. 83.
  5. ↑ Rüther p. 213
  6. ↑ Ursula Quednau (arrangement): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, North Rhine-Westphalia, Volume II: Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , p. 198.
  7. ^ Paul Michels, Nikolaus Rodenkirchen, Franz Herberhold: Brilon district. (= The architectural and art monuments of Westphalia , Volume 45.) Aschendorfsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Münster 1952, p. 56.

Coordinates: 51 ° 23 ′ 8.9 "  N , 8 ° 30 ′ 23.2"  E