List of profaned churches in the diocese of Münster

When a Catholic church building is closed, a profanation service is celebrated, which serves as a place of worship to say goodbye to the building. With the profanation the church is blessed. This incomplete list of profaned churches in the diocese of Münster also shows that there were church profanations even before the restructuring process, albeit in smaller numbers. The list also shows the different options for conversion after a church has been closed .

Profane churches

Illustration	Surname	Location	construction time	Profaned	Remarks
	Monastery Church, House of the Good Shepherd	Munster , Mauritzviertel		1980s	demolished, rebuilding of a chapel in the new monastery
	St. Boniface	Munster, Kreuzviertel	1963-1965	2005	today used as the publishing house of the diocese's own Dialog Verlag .
	Trinity Church	Munster, Kreuzviertel	1937-1939	2010	Several social housing units have been set up in the church.
	Mark's Church	Münster children's home		2008	sold, the Schlaraffia Mimegarde association moves in
	St. Sebastian	Münster, Geistviertel	1961–1962	2008	Conversion to a day care center
	St. Hedwig	Hohenkirchen	1974/75	May 30, 2007	tore off
	St. Joseph	Bark	1950s	Apr 23, 2006	Sale, conversion for the VHS and youth center
	St. Ansgar	Adelheide	1965/66	2003	Handover to free church
	St. Paul	Oldenburg - Ofenerdiek , Weißenmoorstr. 289	1967/68	2006	Today, the Ofenerdiek cultural center is housed here.
	St. John	Telgte		June 24, 2012	Conversion to the parish center
	Mary Queen Church	Dülmen		2012	Sale, conversion to a residential building
	Marienkirche	Gescher	1953/54	Dec 31, 2010	Sale, renovation will be decided by an architectural competition
	St. Joseph	Roffhausen	1953	2013	since dismantled
	St. Elisabeth	Muenster	1939	Nov 16, 2008	Conversion to the gym
	St. Ansgar	Wilhelmshaven (Aldenburg)		2013	today converted into the family center of the Evangelical Family Education Center (EFBS) and the Catholic Adult Education (KEB)
	St. Michael	Wilhelmshaven	1954/55	0Nov 7, 2013	Today the Malteser Auxiliary Service in Wilhelmshaven with an extension. A successful conversion. Thanks to the Maltese who are trying to keep the church building in the cityscape.
	Stella Maris	Wilhelmshaven- Voslapp		2013	rented to the Coptic community
	Church of Our Lady	Beckum	1921/22	Jan. 22, 2012	Lapidary
	St. Adelheid	Funds	1967/68	Oct 25, 2009	Demolished in 2011, senior-friendly living
	St. Conrad	Marl sleeve	1956	0Jan. 8, 2006	columbarium since 2006
	St. Laurence	Bocholt		2001	Conversion to the school auditorium of the Episcopal St. Josef High School
	St. John the Baptist (Affhüppenkapelle)	Warendorf -Vohren	1856	Late 1950s	Lapidary
	St. Ludgerus	Ennigerloh	1959	0June 9, 2013	demolition
	St. Joseph	Hamm - Heessen		January 2013	Demolished in 2013
	St. Theresa	Hamm-Heessen	1964	0July 2, 2011	today a file warehouse of a higher regional court
	St. Ludgerus	Coesfeld	1950s	Nov 20, 2011	demolition
	Church of Our Lady	Goch	1932/33	Nov 22, 2009
	St. Martin	Beckum	1956-58	Jan. 29, 2012
	St. Mary	Vreden	1955/56	Nov 20, 2011	Demolished in March 2015.
	St. Anthony	Vreden-Köckelwick	1912-1916	Jan. 31, 2010	Conversion to a dining room for the workers' colony St. Antoniusheim
	St. Conrad	Rheine - Gellendorf	1960/61	Nov 22, 2009	Sold to fashion company, converted into a gym in 2018
	St. Barbara	Kamp-Lintfort	1959-61	2013	, District Geisbruch to columbarium rebuilt
	St. Mary	Kamp-Lintfort	1926/27	0Oct 7, 2012	converted into a day-care center
	St. Paul	Kamp-Lintfort	1971	July 2009	Demolished in 2009
	Holy blood	Dinslaken	1965	June 12, 2009	Demolished in 2009, daycare center and parish home built instead
	St. Anthony	Epe (Westphalia)	1966	0June 5, 2010	demolished, built in 2012 Dorotheenhof nursing home with Antonius chapel
	new St. Anna Church	Kleve-Materborn	1966	2008 or 2009	Demolished in 2009
	St. Barbara	Voerde-Möllen	1963-65	21 Mar 2010	today lapidary
	St. Barbara	Recklinghausen-Suderwich	1954	Apr 10, 2011	demolished in September 2011, property was offered for residential development
	St. Mark	Moers-Schwafheim	1979	0Oct 9, 2010	tore off
	St. Ludgerus	Waltrop		April 2010	Demolished in 2010, land made available for residential development
	St. John	Herten -Bertlich	1931/32	Apr 13, 2008	was offered for sale
	St. Barbara	Herten-Paschenberg	1953/54		Demolished in 2007, replaced by the Barbara Ecumenical Center
	St. John	Dorsten-Feldmark	1960	05th June 2016	Conversion to a family education center
	Chapel of the St. Joseph House	Competition	1927	02nd Mar 2009	is under monument protection, demolition planned
	St. Ludger	Ludinghausen	1958	04th June 2017	sold, since July 2017 re-use of the free Christian community "God's Word" as a community center.
	Dominican Church	Muenster	1708 to 1725	Nov 12, 2017	artistic re-use
	St. Joseph	Greven	1951/52	Jan. 27, 2019	Demolition and subsequent construction of a church center
	St. Joseph	Rodenkirchen	1952	31 Mar 2019	Reuse still open
	Heart of jesus	Bocholt	1957-1960	22 Sep 2019	Demolition planned in 2020
	Sacred Heart Church	Nordenham-Einswarden		Nov 28, 2019

Upcoming profanations

• Christ-King-Church, Kleve: Decree of profanation by Bishop Felix Genn in June 2018

The whereabouts of the sacred objects

The diocese of Münster maintains five depots for storing the inventory of closed churches: two in Münster, two in the Warendorf district and one in the Wesel district.

See also

See also : List of sacred buildings in Münster # Profaned church buildings

literature

• Thomas Frings : Designed upheavals. Churches in the diocese of Münster between redesign and conversion . Dialogverlag, Münster 2007, ISBN 978-3-937961-69-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ History of the community. In: Website of the parish Heilig Kreuz, Münster. Retrieved November 13, 2013 . 
2. ↑ St. Sebastian - Chronicle. (No longer available online.) In: Website of the parish Heilig Geist, Münster. Archived from the original on November 14, 2013 ; Retrieved November 13, 2013 . 
3. ↑ http://www.nwzonline.de/st-hedwig-kirche-ist-nun-keine-kirche-mehr_a_5,1,951698149.html
4. ↑ http://www.nwzonline.de/friesland/wirtschaft/neubau-ist-sinnvoll-als-sanierung_a_3,0,3774630427.html
5. ↑ http://kirchensite.de/index.php?myELEMENT=111959
6. ↑ http://kirchensite.de/index.php?myELEMENT=43030
7. ↑ https://www.nwzonline.de/oldenburg/kultur/st-paulus-wartet-auf-den-neuen-besitzer_a_6,1,2365904254.html
8. ↑ http://www.kulturzentrum-ofenerdiek.de/
9. ↑ http://www.st-marien-telgte.de/index.php/bautagebuch-st-johannes.html
10. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from December 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
11. ^ Church pews on the way to Poland The Bell, January 23, 2014
12. ↑ ^{a b} Almud Schricke: Columbarium, Kindergarten, Cultural Center Church and Life, from February 4, 2010
13. ↑ Kreisarchiv Kleve (Geldern): Archive material profile - Volume 16
14. ↑ http://kirchensite.de/index.php?myELEMENT=111602
15. ↑ http://www.st-franziskus-marl.de/front_content.php?idcat=19
16. ^ Homepage of the parish of St. Georg, Bocholt
17. ↑ Homepage of the parish
18. ↑ Homepage of the parish
19. ↑ http://www.wa.de/lokales/hamm/heessen/kirche-josef-wird-ausgeraeumt-heessen-2703102.html
20. ↑ Homepage of the Diocese of Münster, 5th Oct 2014
21. ↑ http://www.hammwiki.de/wiki/St._Theresia
22. ↑ http://streiflichter.com/die-herzen-brauchen-ihre-zeit.html#
23. ↑ Holy Blood Church
24. ↑ http://kirchensite.de/aktuelles/aus-den-regionen/aus-den-regionen-news/date/2011/11/18/profanierung-der-st-marien-kirche-in-vreden/
25. ↑ Demolition work: excavator tears down walls of St. Mary's Church ; Muensterlandzeitung.de, accessed on March 13, 2015.
26. ↑ Anne Rolvering: The last service at St. Anthony's Chapel ; Muensterlandzeitung.de, February 1, 2010, accessed on July 23, 2020.
27. ^ Association for Catholic Workers Colonies: Annual Report 2010 , p. 30.
28. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from December 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
29. ↑ https://thechurchsports.de
30. ↑ http://www.lokalkompass.de/kamp-lintfort/kultur/abend-der-erinnerung-danke-marienkirche-d213054.html
31. ↑ http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/kamp-lintfort/umbau-in-der-marienkirche-gestartet-aid-1.4204913
32. ↑ http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/moers/die-gemeinde-trauert-aid-1.1037466
33. ↑ PROPSTEIGEMEINDE ST. STEPHANUS BECKUM ( Memento from February 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
34. ↑ http://www.st-antonius-gronau.de/index.php/seniorenzentren/dorotheenhof-epe.html
35. ↑ http://kirchensite.de/aktuelles/aktivtexte-ba-2009/kleve-materborn-abriss-und-wiedereroeffnung/
36. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from December 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
37. ↑ Ecclesiastical Official Gazette of the Diocese of Münster from July 15, 2012, p. 177
38. ↑ http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/nachrichten-aus-moers-kamp-lintfort-neukirchen-vluyn-rheurdt-und-issum/die-letzt-messe-in-st-markus-id3813207.html
39. ↑ http://www.waltroper-zeitung.de/staedte/waltrop/Das-Allerheiligste-verlaesst-die-Kirche;art1010,186657
40. ↑ http://www.benthaus.com/referenz/klimaschutzsiedlung-st-ludgerus-waltrop-0
41. ↑ http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/gelsenkirchen-buer/ich-bin-bei-euch-bis-ans-ende-id1746334.html
42. ↑ http://www.caritas-herten.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=119:caritasverband-praesentiert-hertener-projekt-in-berlin&catid=25:aktuelles
43. ↑ St. John introduces himself. accessed on June 21, 2017.
44. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from December 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
45. ↑ Free Christian Community introduces community center. Website of the Westfälische Nachrichten from October 9, 2017, accessed on March 25, 2018
46. ↑ 500,000 euros for St. Ludger Church in Lüdinghausen. kirche-und-leben.de, accessed on March 25, 2018
47. ^ Hammer seals the end of St. Ludger. Website of the Westfälische Nachrichten from June 6, 2017, accessed on March 25, 2018
48. ^ History of the organ in St. Ludger Lüdinghausen. Church music in St. Felizitas, accessed on March 25, 2018
49. ^ Nordwest-Zeitung: Profanation in Rodenkirchen: St. Josef is no longer a sacred space. April 1, 2019, accessed April 11, 2019 . 
50. ↑ Johannes Bernard: Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Bocholt is to be demolished . In: Kirche + Leben , December 15, 2019, p. 15.
51. ↑ Herz-Jesu-Kirche is desecrated - farewell to the Einswarder church. Retrieved February 4, 2020 . 
52. ↑ Church + Life , June 24, 2018, p. 14.
53. ↑ Ann-Christin Ladermann: Warehouses full of history , March 10, 2020, accessed on March 21, 2020.