Laurentius Church (Bünde)
 St. Laurentius in Bünde |
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| Basic data | |
| Denomination | Evangelical Lutheran |
| place | Bünde , Germany |
| Regional church | Evangelical Church of Westphalia |
| Building description | |
| inauguration | before the 9th century |
| Architectural style | Romanesque , late Gothic |
| Function and title | |
| 52 ° 11 '51.2 " N , 8 ° 34' 52.5" E | |
The Ev. Laurentius Church is the oldest parish church of the Evangelical - Lutheran congregation frets -Lydia, Herford . The church in Bünde is one of the oldest churches in the region. It was founded in the late 8th century during the Christianization of the Saxon tribal area.
history
An unauthorized document from Emperor Ludwig the German dated May 22, 853 mentions the Bünde Church ("Buginithi") in the Diocese of Osnabrück for the first time. The document, which was actually created around 886-888, refers to an older, unspecified document from Ludwig the Pious, in which the donation of the church in Bünde to the Herford convent was already established. Since the donation from the church in Rheine in the diocese of Münster to the Herford monastery, which is also confirmed in the document of "May 22, 853", is documented for June 7, 838, the document from Ludwig the Pious for Bünde, which has not been handed down, is likely to be issued during this time have been. The imperial donation and the Laurentius patronage of the church allow the assumption that the church was built as a separate church for a royal court as early as the late 8th century. Today's church is essentially a late Romanesque building with a closed choir and a projecting transept with two side apses. Around 1507–1509 the church was expanded to a two-aisled hall by adding a north aisle. The tower dates from the 12th century.
The installation of a new heating system made a detailed archaeological excavation necessary in 1979, the results of which distinguish the construction periods I, II, IIa, III, IV and V. The meager finds mean that art historians are extremely careful when it comes to dating. Period I could not be dated, but the first detectable construction was preceded by a settlement period. Due to the wall technology, the 10th century could be considered as the construction period for Building II. The Romanesque tower, still visible today, was added in period IIa. The late Romanesque Kreuzsaal, which still exists today, was built in the 13th century.
In 1985 the church was listed as a historical monument .
Southwest view 1908
Interior facing northeast 1904
Portal south transept
North aisle
View from the churchyard
Web links
literature
- Gertrud Angermann: The documented tradition of the oldest history of the place Bünde , in: Annual report of the historical association for the county of Ravensberg 59 (1956/57), p. 128-140.
- Gabriele Isenberg: On the building history of the Protestant Laurentius Church in Bünde. A preliminary report on the excavations in 1979 , in: Westphalia. Hefte für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde 61 (1983 / I), pp. 42–49.
- Leopold von Ledebur: The Principality of Minden and the County of Ravensberg. Monuments of History, Art and Antiquity (1825) . Edited by Andreas Priever / Ulrich Henselmeyer (Herford Research, 21), Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, Bielefeld 2009, pp. 131f., ISBN 978-3-89534-661-3 .
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments. North Rhine-Westphalia II, Westphalia . Arranged by Christoph Bellot a. a., Berlin / Munich 2011, pp. 201f.
- Ulrich Henselmeyer / Andreas Priever (eds.): The Ev. Laurentius Church in Bünde. History, building history, equipment (Herford research, 26), Publishing House for Regional History, Bielefeld 2018, ISBN 978-3-7395-1126-9 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Lydia parish Bünde in the parish of Herford. Retrieved September 19, 2012 .
- ↑ Ulrich Henselmeyer / Andreas Priever (eds.): The Ev. Laurentius Church in Bünde. History, building history, equipment (Herford research, 26), Publishing House for Regional History, Bielefeld 2018, p. 16f.
- ↑ List of monuments in the city of Bünde ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 97 kB)
