Marienkirche (Blasheim)

Marienkirche Blasheim from the north

Floor plan before the expansion in 1910

Interior, looking northwest, 1904

The Marienkirche in the Lübbeck village of Blasheim is the parish church of the Evangelical Lutheran. Parish Blasheim in the parish of Lübbecke of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia .

The church has existed in its current design as a three-aisled hall church since 1910, but large parts date from around 1500.

history

A church that little is known about must have existed in Blasheim as early as the 14th century. As a branch church, it belonged to St. Andreas Abbey in Lübbecke. The Counts of Tecklenburg are considered to be the founders of the church .

1491 raised the Mindener bishop Heinrich III. from Schauenburg Blasheim to an independent parish to which the farmers Stockhausen , Eikel , Knöttinghausen and Obermehnen also belonged.

The Blasheimer Markt emerged from the parish fair .

Building history

Originally there was a late Romanesque hall church with a west tower in Blasheim , the exact construction time of which is unknown. Using its walls, the conversion to a two-aisled , three-bay hall church in the late Gothic style began in 1493 . The west tower on the (then) south aisle bears the year 1514.

In 1659 a vestry with a 3/8 end was added on the east side of the north aisle .

In 1910 there was an extension in the neo-Gothic style: Another nave was added on the south side, so the Marienkirche now appears as a three-aisled hall church and the tower is located on the central nave. A choir was added to the east of the church .

Interior

The late Gothic carved altar in a version from the Renaissance dates from the construction of the church at the end of the 15th century .

literature

Georg Dehio (Hrsg.): Handbook of the German art monuments , North Rhine-Westphalia, II. Westphalia, Unveränd. New edition with Nachtr., Munich / Berlin 1986, ISBN 3422003908 , p. 56.
Albert Ludorff : The architectural and art monuments of Westphalia . Volume 22: The architectural and art monuments of the Lübbecke district. Münster iW 1907, p. 15 ff.

Web links

Commons : St. Marien (Lübbecke) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Ludorff, p. 15.
^ Website of the city of Lübbecke
↑ Ludorff, p. 17 f.
^ Dehio, p. 56.

52.303611111111 8.5673611111111Coordinates: 52 ° 18 ′ 13 ″ N , 8 ° 34 ′ 2.5 ″ E

[1] Ludorff, p. 15.

[2] Website of the city of Lübbecke

[3] Ludorff, p. 17 f.

[4] Dehio, p. 56.