Johanniskirche (Witten)

Johanniskirche

The Johanniskirche is a listed , Evangelical-Lutheran church building in Witten , in the Ennepe-Ruhr district in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is considered to be the oldest building in the city.

History and architecture

John's Church, view from 1894

The St. John's Church emerged from the parish church , first documented in 1214 , which was consecrated to John the Baptist and Dionysius of Paris . Due to excavations in the vicinity of the church, local history researchers are now certain that a church - probably a small chapel - must have stood in its place as early as the 9th or 10th century .

With the arrival of the Reformation in Witten, the Johanniskirche became a Protestant church in 1582 .

Center of Witten in 1945 after a bomb attack; Johanniskirche in the middle

The hall church with a three-sided choir and a west tower stands on a walled terrace above the market square. The baroque church , built in 1752, was attached to the tower, which is probably Romanesque in its core . The building was extended to the east by two axes in 1856. After destruction in the Second World War , a new hall was set up in the surrounding walls in 1952. The church windows were designed by Egon Stolterfoht . The tower hood was put on in 1953. The simple quarry stone building is structured by arched windows and portals . The name 1752 can be found on the portals. A flat arched ceiling was drawn into the simple interior.

Bells

Today four bells hang in the tower of the Johanneskirche:

I. tone c sharp ' , weight 1,800 kg; Cast in 1953 by the Rincker bell foundry in Sinn . “Be faithful to death so I will give you the crown of life. Offg. 2, 10. "
II. Clay e ', weight 1,035 kg; Cast in 1952 by the Rincker bell foundry in Sinn. “Come to me all who are troublesome and burdened, I want to refresh you. Matth. 11.28. "
III. Tone f sharp ', weight 715 kg; Cast in 1952 by the Rincker bell foundry in Sinn. “From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord be praised. Psalm 113. "
IV. Clay a ', weight 350 kg; cast in 1501 by Jorgen van Iserlohn. “Sandta katerina called byn yeh, wa yeh rope, so komet to hat wet goet lof ere and thanks. hermann lutter wylhelm von witten 1501. "

literature

Heinrich Schoppmeyer: Witten. History of the village, town and suburbs . tape 1 . VOHM , Witten 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-040266-1 , p. 21-25 .
Ursula Quednau (arrangement): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, North Rhine-Westphalia II, Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , p. 1196.
Bruno J. Sobotka : The Johanniskirche in Witten. 9th century - 1214 - 1989 . Märkische Druckerei und Verlagsanstalt Aug. Pott, Witten 1989, ISBN 3-920611-14-4 .
Andreas H. Blesken: Around the Johanniskirche. Some chapters from the Witten church history . In: VOHM (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the association for local and local history in the county of Mark zu Witten . tape 56 , 1953, ISSN 0937-1621 .

Web links

Commons : Johanniskirche - collection of images, videos and audio files

Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Parish Witten

Individual evidence

^ Claudia Scholz: Rediscovery of an Artist. WAZ , December 20, 2012, accessed January 10, 2018 .

51.4401 7.3368Coordinates: 51 ° 26 '24.4 " N , 7 ° 20' 12.5" E

[1] Claudia Scholz: Rediscovery of an Artist. WAZ , December 20, 2012, accessed January 10, 2018 .