Virgin Mary's Sorrows (Dorlar)

View from Wetzlarer Strasse (northwest)

The Roman Catholic parish church of the Virgin Mary in Dorlar was consecrated on December 11, 1955. It is the only Catholic church in the municipality of Lahnau in the Lahn-Dill district in Hesse .

history

Until the Reformation was Mittelhessen Catholic. Thus, through the influence of St. Bonifatius founded the Amöneburg Monastery in this region in 721. The Dorlar Monastery was founded in 1297, which became Protestant after the Reformation. So there was no Catholic church in Dorlar for around 400 years. Only when Catholic refugees came to the Lahn-Dill district after the Second World War was a Catholic pastor ordered to Dorlar again in 1948 . In 1950, construction began on the rectory and in June 1955 on the church, which was completed that same year.

View from the Lahn

Appearance and location

The church is located on the north bank of the Lahn . It is constructed as a rectangular nave with low aisles and a high choir. On the outside of the east wall is an asymmetrical gable wall, which is crowned with a tower top with a cross. There are two bells in the tower. Also in the east wall is the entrance with the words: “Christ's victory on the cross over death” and a cross on the left door wing. There are large, colorless windows in the church, and a wooden cross hangs on the altar wall. To the right of the altar are the sacraments. The organ is on the east wall.

See also

• Atzbacher Church

Web links

Commons : Katholische Kirche Dorlar  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

• Werner Brandl, Andreas Lechtape : Churches of the community Lahnau . Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2002, ISBN 3-7954-6429-3 (Series: Kleine Kunstführer, No. 2516)

Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 31.1 ″  N , 8 ° 33 ′ 36.8 ″  E