Nikolauskapelle (Referinghausen)
The Nikolauskapelle is a listed church building in Referinghausen , a district of the city of Medebach in the Hochsauerlandkreis ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).
History and architecture
A previous church was first mentioned in a document in 1526. This burned down in a village fire in 1781. The chapel was built at the end of the 18th century under the direction of Pastor Festus Bischoff, a conventual from Glindfeld Monastery. The single-aisle , two-bay nave with a three-sixth end is vaulted with a loam stacking between ribs and belt arches made of oak. The ribs, which open into a profiled end spigot, and the belt arches end on the sandstone heads of the rectangular wall templates in a rectangular base with a carnation profile . In the corners of the choir there are rounded wall templates thatVaults up into the bend of the mansard roof . The surrounding walls are made of quarry stone up to the wooden main cornice , the window and door frames and the building edges are made of sandstone . The entrance with a segmented lintel and an ornamented keystone is in the west wall. There is a niche above the entrance. The arched windows are provided with smooth keystones. The mansard roof, the turret and the west gable over the main cornice are slated. An eight-sided lantern sits square above the roof turret . The organ stage with a curved parapet stands in front of the west wall. A ladder gives access to the attic from here. The small sacristy on the southwest choir wall was added in the 20th century.
Furnishing
- The altar dates from the time when the chapel was built. The flat rear wall with two pillars is accompanied by three columns on each of the three free sides. In the middle there is a figure of St. Nicholas. The structure above the main cornice is made of volutes in two floors, the lower floor is the Dove of the Holy Spirit . Rays penetrate the main cornice. A globe with a cross crowns the altar.
- A 137 cm high double Madonna made of softwood dates from the 18th century. The Virgin Mary standing on a crescent moon and clouds bales. A dove hovers over the oval halo. Mary wears the crown and scepter , Jesus the globe. The version has been renewed.
literature
Paul Michels, Nikolaus Rodenkirchen, Franz Herberhold: Architectural and art monuments of Westphalia, Brilon district , Volume 45, Aschendorfsche Verlagbuchhandlung, Münster, Ed .: Wilhelm Rave. State curator, 1952
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See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Michels, Nikolaus Rodenkirchen, Franz Herberhold, Architectural and Art Monuments of Westphalia, Brilon District , Volume 45, 1952, Aschendorfsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Münster, HRSG .: Wilhelm Rave. Pages 213 and 214
Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 53.7 " N , 8 ° 40 ′ 47.3" E