Nordhemmern chapel

View from the southeast

The Nordhemmern chapel in the village of Nordhemmern in the Hille community is a chapel of the Hartum-Holzhausen Protestant parish , which belongs to the Minden parish of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia .

Building history and architecture

Layout

The building history of the chapel is unknown. Albert Ludorff suspected a Renaissance building in 1902 , today it is assumed that the chapel was built in the 13th century .

The chapel is a hall building with inside round, outside three-sided final . In the ship is a wooden ceiling, the beam heads resting outside on consoles. Two-part, rectangular windows are installed on the south side, and simple slit windows on the north and the choir . There is a flat arched entrance on the north side . The west tower is equipped with a barrel vault .

Furnishing

The oldest art object preserved in the church is a six-armed bronze chandelier from the Renaissance .

literature

• Albert Ludorff: The architectural and art monuments of Westphalia , vol. 11: The architectural and art monuments of the Minden district , Münster iW 1902, p. 30.

Web links

Commons : Kapelle Nordhemmern  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hille community
2. ↑ ^{a b} Ludorff, p. 30.

Coordinates: 52 ° 20 ′ 13.7 ″  N , 8 ° 48 ′ 3 ″  E