Monastery Church of St. Johannes Baptist (Geseke)

Monastery Church of St. John Baptist

The St. Johannes Baptist monastery church is a listed church building in Geseke in the Soest district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). The church belonged to the Franciscan monastery, which was closed in 1822 and had been used as a nursing home from 1841. In 1911 the institution moved into a new building that belongs to the monastery church and has been part of the Westphalian State Clinic since the end of the 20th century .

history

During the uncertain times of the Thirty Years' War , with the permission of the Archbishop of Cologne, Ferdinand von Bayern , a new monastery was founded in Geseke to renew and deepen the Catholic faith in the area. The city administration made it a condition that the Franciscans establish a grammar school in the city. House-to-house fundraising should be limited to one day per year. Because of the bad economic times, six years passed before the shell was completed. It took decades to complete the interior. The donation from a noble woman accelerated the completion. Abbot Gregor von Liesborn consecrated the church and the altars in 1712.

architecture

The hall with five bays was built between 1668 and 1674 for the monastery founded in 1637. The building in gothic forms is crowned with a roof turret and has a flat 3/8 end. The walls are divided by pointed arched windows between buttresses. The round-arched west portal in ashlar frame dates from the construction period, the pilasters are structured. The pointed arches of the gable are works of the 19th century. In the interior, flat groin vaults rest over rectangular wall templates. The choir is only lit from one side due to the direct extension to the monastery, so its brightness is limited. High swing gates separate the brothers choir from the lay church. The unobstructed view of the altar, which was desired in the Baroque period, is only possible to a limited extent. Nevertheless, the interior is a cohesive whole.

Furnishing

The remarkable late baroque furnishings have largely been preserved and were extensively restored from 1966 to 1968.

High altar

The high altar is white and gold illuminated, the tabernacle light blue caught . The tall columns are staggered. To the right and left of the painting on the main floor are figures of Francis of Assisi and John the Elder. T. , which Bernhard Hense carved from Rüthen. Francis puts his foot on a globe. Behind the front pull-outs stand figures of Saint Joseph with Jesus in his arm and Johannes Nepomuk on recessed pedestals . The central painting was created in the painting workshop of Hinrich and Josef Stratmann from Anröchte, it shows the Holy Night and is considered a characteristic work of baroque art. The excerpt shows a three-dimensional group depicting the Coronation of Mary, above the Trinity , accompanied by a halo and a wreath of cherubs .

Side altars

The side altars are equipped with white columns, the base and the entablature are marbled in black. They cover the choir stalls, both altars are symmetrical down to the last detail. The angels are depicted in the style of baroque piety.

The top of the Marian altar on the left shows a representation of the Annunciation , the central figures are accompanied by a dance of baroque angels. Between the pillars stand life-size figures of Saint Clare of Assisi - she is wearing a monstrance - and Saint Elisabeth of Thuringia , at her feet lies a poor man asking for alms.

The painting in the Antonius altar on the right shows Antonius as Mary appears to him with little Jesus. The two figures between the columns are Saint Bernard of Siena and Paschal Baylon , two holy Franciscans. The antependia of both altars are painted with Franciscan motifs.

pulpit

The pulpit was attached to the middle of the windowless wall in the nave and comes from several well-known artists: The figures and the sweeping superstructure were carved by Johann Phillipp Pütt from Paderborn. The acanthus-adorned fields on the pulpit are filled with half-length portraits of the four evangelists . The evangelists each show a book and an inkwell, the usual symbols eagle, human, lion and bull are small and partially hidden. On the pulpit lid are large figures of the four church fathers: Jerome with a skull and a lion, Augustine with a heart in his hand, Pope Gregory the Great , crowned with a tiara , and Ambrosius; The group of figures is complemented by Bonaventure wearing a cardinal's hat. A figure of Christ standing on a pedestal towers above the pulpit. Christ is shown as a Good Shepherd , equipped with a staff, a shepherd's bag and a hat. He carries a lamb on his shoulder. A large monogram IHS with a cross and nails is attached to the back wall between the lid and the basket . The pulpit floor is decorated with angel heads.

Other equipment

The carved benches of the nave are separated from the altars by a communion bench .
The original organ was installed by Johann Peter Möller from Lippstadt in 1742, but it was lost due to secularization.
The carved oak choir stalls were taken over by the Böddeken monastery church in 1703 .

Former monastery building

The three-winged former monastery building has been rebuilt several times over the years. Some of the original stucco ceilings have been preserved.

literature

Georg Dehio , under the scientific direction of Ursula Quednau: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia II Westphalia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 .
Heinrich Otten: Church building in the Archdiocese of Paderborn 1930 to 1975 . Bonifatius Verlag, Paderborn 2009, ISBN 978-3-89710-403-7 .

Web links

Photos and a brief outline of the story

Individual evidence

^ Harm Klueting: History of Westphalia: The land between the Rhine and Weser from the 8th to the 20th century , Paderborn 1998, p. 242.
↑ Info on the State Clinic ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Heinrich Otten: The church building in the Archdiocese of Paderborn 1930 to 1975 . Bonifatius Verlag, Paderborn 2009, ISBN 978-3-89710-403-7 , p. 146/147.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Dehio, Georg , under the scientific direction of Ursula Quednau: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia II Westphalia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , p. 349.
^ Heinrich Otten: The church building in the Archdiocese of Paderborn 1930 to 1975 . Bonifatius Verlag, Paderborn 2009, ISBN 978-3-89710-403-7 , p. 150f.

51.638326 8.510024Coordinates: 51 ° 38 ′ 18 " N , 8 ° 30 ′ 36.1" E

[1] Harm Klueting: History of Westphalia: The land between the Rhine and Weser from the 8th to the 20th century , Paderborn 1998, p. 242.

[2] Info on the State Clinic ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[Otten-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Heinrich Otten: The church building in the Archdiocese of Paderborn 1930 to 1975 . Bonifatius Verlag, Paderborn 2009, ISBN 978-3-89710-403-7 , p. 146/147.

[Dehio-4] Dehio, Georg , under the scientific direction of Ursula Quednau: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia II Westphalia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , p. 349.

[5] Heinrich Otten: The church building in the Archdiocese of Paderborn 1930 to 1975 . Bonifatius Verlag, Paderborn 2009, ISBN 978-3-89710-403-7 , p. 150f.