List of Hemeran churches and places of worship

Most of the Hemeran churches and places of worship date from the 19th and 20th centuries. After the Christianization in the 10th century of Oberhof was on the premises House Hemer with Vitus Church , the first church Hemer built. The Reformation turned the building into a Protestant house of worship, while a new Catholic church was built by 1700. After the Vitus Church was demolished in 1818, the Stephanus Church is now the oldest church building in the city.

There are eight Protestant and seven Catholic churches in the city. There is also an Evangelical Free Church Congregation, a Free Evangelical Congregation, a New Apostolic Congregation and Evangelical Baptists in Hemer. The Turkish-Islamic Association has also set up a prayer room.

Evangelical Lutheran Churches

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hemer is divided into the parishes Hemer, Deilinghofen and Ihmert , which together belong to the Iserlohn parish of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia . The congregations maintain eight churches after the former St. Thomas Church in Westig was sold in 2007.

church	Parish	Explanation
Ebberg Church	Hemer - middle	The Ebbergkirche is located on a hill in Niederhemer and thus shapes the cityscape in northern Hemer. The structure was built between 1818 and 1820 by mill builder Johann Hermann Stindt . First a design by the master builder Karl Friedrich Schinkel was planned, which could not be realized for financial reasons. The Ebberg Church was the replacement for the previously demolished Vitus Church . The building is a listed building .
Paul Schneider House	Hemer - middle	The Paul Schneider House was opened in 1967 and is located in downtown Hemer. The bell tower in front of the single-storey building is particularly striking. The bell there still comes from the broken Vitus church .
Kreuzkirche	Hemer - Landhausen	The Kreuzkirche in Landhausen was consecrated in 1964. The modern structure has a pentagonal floor plan, the high and pointed tent roof is characteristic of the building . In front of the entrance area there is a bell carrier with three bells. The church organ dates from 1980.
Christ Church	Hemer - south	The Christ Church in Sundwig has been used by the Protestant parish since it was consecrated in 1964. The white bell tower with a square floor plan is visible from a distance and shapes the image of the church. In 2007 the Christ Church took over the function of the Thomaskirche as a community center for the southern parish of the Evangelical Church in Hemer. A special feature in the church is a half of the cross, the counterpart of which is housed in the Catholic Church of St. Boniface . Both halves are united at the annual ecumenical parish festival.
Bodelschwinghhaus	Hemer - Becke	The Bodelschwinghhaus was consecrated in 1954 and has been available to the Protestant community in Becke ever since . The building is in the immediate vicinity of the Becke kindergarten and the municipal Oesetal elementary school. In 2007 the demolition of the church was discussed, but could be prevented after the establishment of a support association.
Stephanuskirche	Deilinghofen	The Stephanuskirche in Deilinghofen is the oldest church building in the Hemeraner city area and was probably built in the 14th century on the remains of the previous church. The church became a Protestant service with the Reformation in the middle of the 16th century. Both the main nave and the tower of the simple, Gothic church have a square floor plan. The historical wooden altar and the crucifix are of particular cultural significance. For historical reasons, the Deilinghofer community is still independent. The Stephanuskirche is a listed building .
Ihmerter Church	Himert	The Ihmert Church was built between 1929 and 1931. The community was established ten years earlier, but the financial situation made such a long wait necessary. Some community rooms are integrated into the Ihmert church, which is located in the Im Hasberg district . The Protestant church in Ihmert forms an independent community in the Iserlohn church district.
Bredenbruch Community Center	Himert	The church services for Protestant Christians in Bredenbruch have been held in the community center in Johannistal since 1967 . In front of the building there is a tall bell tower with a roughly square floor plan.

Catholic churches

The Catholic Church divides the Hemeraner urban area into five parishes, which together form the Hemer Pastoral Association . The pastoral network is part of the Märkisches Sauerland deanery of the Archdiocese of Paderborn . There are seven churches and places of worship.

image	church	Explanation
	St. Peter and Paul	The parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Niederhemer was built between 1698 and 1700 and was intended to serve as a replacement for the St. Vitus Church for the Catholic community , which had become a Protestant church a few decades earlier in the course of the Reformation. The new building was donated by Jobst Edmund von Brabeck , who at that time owned the neighboring Hemer house . The church was expanded or renovated several times, most recently in 2006. The organ, which was completed in 1702, still serves as background music for the services. The parish church is the seat of the Märkisches Sauerland deanery and the Hemer Pastoral Association. The church is a listed building.
	Boniface Chapel	The Bonifatiuskapelle in Becke belongs to the parish of St. Peter and Paul . In 1953 the small church was built above the Oesetal primary school. An organ from 1850 has been in the Bonifatius Chapel since March 2009, which was previously used in St. Marien , in the Deilinghofen parish center and in St. Bonifatius to provide musical accompaniment to the services.
	Christ the King	The Christ the King Church is located in downtown Hemeran and was consecrated in 1966. The wide tower is particularly striking, with a large cross that shapes the image of the pedestrian zone.
	St. Boniface	The parish church of St. Bonifatius in Sundwig was consecrated in 1905 and replaced a chapel that was only a few years old to meet the needs of the fast-growing community in this district. With a height of around 70 meters, the building is still the tallest structure in the city of Hemer. The church was consecrated by the then Bishop of Metz Willibrord Benzler , who was born in Hemer. A special feature in the church is a half of the cross, the counterpart of which is housed in the Evangelical Christ Church. Both halves are united at the annual ecumenical parish festival. The parish church has been a listed building since 2001.
	Deilinghofen community center	The community center in Deilinghofen belongs to the parish of St. Bonifatius . Catholic services have been held there since the opening and consecration on October 29, 1972. In addition, the area is used by the Catholic youth for various events.
	St. Petrus Canisius	The Church of St. Petrus Canisius in Westig was consecrated in 1931 after construction began in 1928. The choir was finally painted in the late 1930s and redesigned again in 1978. On April 1, 1948, St. Petrus Canisius became an independent parish and thus dissolved from the association with Sundwig. The building is located on a hill in Wiehagen . In 1954 the church received the white plaster that is characteristic to this day.
	St. Mary	The parish church of St. Marien in Bredenbruch was consecrated in the early 1930s and has been a place of worship for the Catholics in Bredenbruch and Ihmert ever since. In 1973 the church was completely redesigned. The organ dates from 1986, the bell was replaced two years later. The hall church is the only sacred building in Hemer with a brick look .

Other places of worship and prayer rooms

image	local community	Explanation
	Protestant free church community	The Protestant free church in Hemer was founded at the beginning of the 20th century. The community operates a community center in Oberhemer .
	Free evangelical community	The Free Evangelical Congregation in Hemer was created in 1992 when some members of the Iserlohn congregation wanted to establish the new offer in Hemer as well. In 1996 the community bought a former elementary school in Sundwig , which is still used today as a community center. FeG Hemer is a member of the Federation of Free Protestant Congregations in Germany .
	New Apostolic Congregation Hemer	The history of the New Apostolic congregation in Hemer goes back to the end of the 19th century, when the first divine services took place in the Stephanopel valley. In 1954 the Hemeraner congregation finally got a house of prayer in Oberhemer, which was completely renovated and expanded in 1994. Today the community consists of about 230 members, 80 of whom take an active part in community life. The Hemeraner municipality is part of the Iserlohn district.
	New Apostolic Congregation Ihmert	The New Apostolic congregation in Ihmert broke away from the Hemeraner congregation in 1991. At that time around 70 parishioners from the districts of Ihmert, Ihmerterbach and Bredenbruch built their own house of worship from donations. In July 2010 the New Apostolic congregation Ihmert was merged with Hemer. From then on, the building, erected in 1991, was only used for special events. In 2020 the New Apostolic Church sold the building with its high hexagonal church interior.
	Hemer Baptist Congregation	The Baptist congregation uses the former St. Thomas Church in Westig for their services. The building was consecrated in 1967 and used by the Evangelical Lutheran congregation until 2007. Because of financial problems, the congregation then sold the church to the Hemeraner Baptists, who had previously acquired the neighboring congregation house.
	Turkish-Islamic Association	The Turkish-Islamic Association Hemer has existed since 1987 and is affiliated with the Turkish-Islamic Union of the Institute for Religion . The association has had a prayer room in a former bank building in Oberhemer since 2000 . The association wants to promote the integration of its around 300 members by offering German courses, among other things. Women's and youth work are further focal points.

literature

Werner Hoffmann: The primer. Volume 6: Churches, bells, organs in the Hemer urban area. Zimmermann-Verlag, Balve 2001. ISBN 3-89053-086-9

Web links

Commons : Churches in Hemer - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Overview of religious institutions in Hemer

Individual evidence

↑ IKZ Hemer : "Bodelschwinghhaus rescued in the Becke"

↑ History of the Ihmerter Parish ( Memento of the original from October 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ Website of the Evangelical Free Church in Hemer
↑ Website of the Free Evangelical Congregation in Hemer ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ Website of the New Apostolic Church in Hemer
^ New Apostolic Church District Iserlohn: Chronicle of the Hemer Congregation Accessed on February 18, 2020.
↑ Iserlohner Kreisanzeiger und Zeitung , Lokales Hemer (February 18, 2020 edition): The New Apostolic Church has sold the church in Ihmert that has been unused for years
↑ IKZ Hemer : "Last service on June 17th"
↑ Official website of DİTİB Hemer ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 11, 2010 @1@ 2

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[1] IKZ Hemer : "Bodelschwinghhaus rescued in the Becke"