Lukaskirche (Wittel)
The Lukas church at the Wittel, a settlement in the laborer district Gohfeld , the parish church of the Evangelical Church of Wittel that the church district Vlotho the Evangelical Church of Westphalia belongs.
History and architecture
The area of today's parish Wittel originally belonged to the Simeon Church in Gohfeld. From 1899 church services were held regularly on the Wittel , first in a farmhouse, later in a school and from 1913 in the newly built parish hall. On January 1, 1964, a separate parish was parish .
In 1970, planning began to build a church that would also serve as a cemetery chapel . The foundation stone was laid on May 11, 1972. To a design by Rudolf Hartog a maroon was verklinkerter , octagonal central built with a high center of the window band. The single-storey sacristy connects to the bell tower . The inauguration took place on May 6, 1973.
The church was named after the evangelist Luke . This completed the series of evangelists in the Gohfeld district with the Matthäuskirche in Mahnen , the Johanneskirche in Melbergen and the Catholic Markuskapelle .
Furnishing
The altar , pulpit and baptismal font of the Lukaskirche were made from Obernkirchen sandstone by Theodor Henke . The cross behind the altar comes from Resl Schröder-Lechner .
The organ was manufactured by Gustav Steinmann Orgelbau in 1956 and was used in the parish hall before the Lukaskirche was built. The three bells in the tower date from 1972.
literature
- Elmar Jasper: Evangelical Church Community Wittel. In: Kirchenkreis Vlotho (ed.): Church on the Weser and Werre. 150 years of the Vlotho church district. Bad Oeynhausen 1991, pp. 156-158.
- Christof Windhorst: The Gohfeld parish in the 20th century. In: Evang. Parish Gohfeld (Ed.): 950 years of the church in Gohfeld. Bad Oeynhausen 1985, pp. 37-54.
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 52 ° 10 ′ 24 ″ N , 8 ° 44 ′ 44 ″ E