Kluskapelle Frotheim

Evangelical Kluskapelle

Inscriptions in the gable

The Protestant Kluskapelle (also known as Alte Klus ) is a listed church building on Kösterstraße in Frotheim , a district of Espelkamp in the Minden-Lübbecke district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

History and architecture

The hall church with a three-sided choir closure was built in 1818 by the carpenters Quade and Waßmann in half-timbering . A beamed ceiling has been drawn in inside.

The altar , the pulpit , the stalls and the galleries date from the time the church was built. The organ was in 1791 by Georg Horst source for the castle Hüffe built and 1,818 translocated . In 1999 it was restored by the Speith-Orgelbau company and received a new electric fan.

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

Web links

Commons : Alte Klus (Frotheim)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• The "Alte Klus" on frotheim.de
• Organ translocation (accessed April 6, 2012)

Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ′ 33.6 "  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 4.5"  E