Laurentius Chapel (Nammen)

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Laurentius Chapel

The Protestant Laurentius Chapel is a listed church building in Nammen , a district of Porta Westfalica in the Minden-Lübbecke district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

History and architecture

A previous chapel had stood here since around 1350. The small half-timbered hall on a rubble stone base was built in 1523 after a dendrochronological study. It is the oldest half-timbered chapel in northwestern Germany. The choir is closed on three sides. The west gable protrudes, the lugs are profiled. The roof turret was probably put on in the 17th century. The building was renovated several times after fire damage at the end of the 17th century and in the 19th century. The bell was cast in 1654.

Before the Reformation, the chapel was a Catholic prayer house in which an image of Mother Mary was venerated. In 1654 the small bell, which was probably destroyed in the Thirty Years' War, was replaced by a larger one, which was baptized with the name Elisabeth. The bronze bell bears the inscription Friedrich Sak, servant Rittmeister formerly / itzo Churfürstlich Brandenburg Ambtmann zum Hausberge and Anna Catrina Corfy - married couple - read this bell to God's honor and the community to the best of Giesen and venerated the chapels to Nammen . The congregation has been using rooms in the Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Haus for church services since 1969, and weddings are mainly celebrated in the chapel. A chapel association was founded in 1984 to preserve the building.

“Today it is primarily used as a“ wedding chapel ”and for special church services, for example always on the“ third ”holiday at Christmas, Easter and Whitsun. The vow that the forefathers took during an epidemic of the plague around 1450 will still be kept more than five centuries later. "

Furnishing

  • The sculpture of St. Lawrence was made by a South Tyrolean artist. She is in the chancel.
  • The altar was demolished in 1837 and replaced with a new one, which was renovated in 1958.
  • During the Seven Years' War the altar cloth was stolen by French soldiers. A new one was only acquired during the renovation in 1837.
  • The electric bell strikes every half hour.
  • A crucifix, a candlestick and a harmonium complete the equipment.
  • To the right of the entrance, a plaque of honor donated by the municipality of Nammen in 1815 by royal decree commemorates a participant in the Battle of Leipzig in 1813, who died in the hospital in Liège as a result of his injuries while fighting for king and fatherland.
  • In the rear area on the left there is a large plaque dedicated to "The (40) brave warriors from the parish of Nammen from the years 1814-1815 1864-1866 1870-1871 ", including the death dates of the veterans.
  • A plague hook is hung in the sacristy, which was used to pull the dead out of the house where they died during the plague epidemic around 1450.

Views

  • Front view

  • back

  • Pews, gallery

  • Crucifix on the altar

  • Plague hook in the sacristy

  • Sacristy window from the outside

  • Statue of St. Lawrence

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "The St. Laurentius Chapel" . Heimatverein Nammen. Retrieved October 16, 2017.

Coordinates: 52 ° 14 ′ 52.4 "  N , 8 ° 59 ′ 13.7"  E