Katharinenkirche (Misselwarden)
The Katharinenkirche in Misselwarden in the municipality of Wurster Nordseeküste in the district of Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony is a Romanesque brick church. Your parish belongs to the parish of Wesermünde in the Evangelical Lutheran regional church of Hanover . It stands on a worm in the middle of the village .
Although only the choir has Gothic features, it is dated in the Dehio-Handbuch Bremen-Niedersachsen from 1992 to the end of the 13th century. This choir has a domed vault without shield arches with four ribs and an exceptionally deep seated fighting zone . It is connected to the nave by a very small triumphal arch , which since 1903 has been spanned by a segmented wooden barrel vault. The windows on the north side of the ship have been preserved in their original size, and several windows on the south side have been enlarged. The arched step portal in this wall has been converted into a window. The choir has two deep-seated pointed arch windows in its east wall. The naive wall paintings in the choir date from the 18th century.
literature
- Dehio Handbook of German Art Monuments , Volume Bremen / Lower Saxony. 1992, ISBN 3-422-03022-0 , pp. 949 f.
Web links
- Church district Wesermünde: Misselwarden
- Aesthetic field research: Misselwarden - St. Katharinen Church
Coordinates: 53 ° 40 ′ 30 " N , 8 ° 30 ′ 56" E