Simeon Church (Gohfeld)
The Simeon church in laborer district Gohfeld is the parish church of the Evangelical-Lutheran church Gohfeld that the church district Vlotho the Evangelical Church of Westphalia belongs.
The current baroque church building has existed since 1735, the tower probably comes from the late Gothic . However , the church was only given the name of the prophet Simeon in 1985 on the occasion of the 950th anniversary of the parish. The original patronage is no longer known.
history
Foundation and previous buildings
The first documentary mention of a church in today's Gohfeld comes from the year 1035. At that time , the Minden Bishop Sigebert consecrated a new church building, nothing is known about its history and architecture. It is also unclear whether this church was already on the site of today's Simeon Church and whether a separate parish was founded at the same time . From the 14th century there is evidence of a parish Jöllenbeck , which was called the parish Gohfeld from the 17th century.
The first Gohfeld church, the new building of which is documented in writing, was built in 1611. It was designed in the early baroque style and was smaller than today's church.
Today's church building
Just 100 years after its construction, the church, built in 1611, had become dilapidated. In addition, the population of the parish had grown so much that the construction of a larger church building was necessary. In 1711 the parish asked the Prussian government for financial support.
In 1734 King Friedrich Wilhelm I donated 1,699 Reichstaler for the new building of the church. The foundation stone was laid on May 25, 1734, and the church consecration took place on March 23, 1735. The late baroque nave has remained almost unchanged to this day.
The tower
The tower , characterized by its massive buttresses , already existed before the new church was built in 1611. Its exact construction time is unclear because the masonry has not yet been examined. It may have a Romanesque origin, it could then come from the time the parish was founded. It is more likely that the tower was built around 1500 in the late Gothic style. Albert Ludorff also suspected a Gothic origin in 1908.
An inscription in its entrance hall says that the tower was renovated in 1613. This was preceded by the collapse of the old tower spire by a storm, possibly during the construction of the new church. In 1631 the tower burned down partially after a lightning strike. After one of these two damages, the tower received its present shape.
architecture
The Simeon Church is a hall church with a round choir closure in the east. In the middle of the west side is the tower. The windows on the ship and the sound holes on the tower are flat arched . The portals on the north and south sides, which have not been recognizable since a renovation in 1958/1959, were also flat-arched . Between 1907 and 1958 a sacristy was added to the east of the choir .
Furnishing
The oldest surviving pieces in the church are the chandeliers made of bronze in the middle of the nave. They come from the Renaissance and were perhaps already hanging in the previous building from 1611. Most of the furnishings, however, were made in the 20th century.
literature
- Albert Ludorff: The architectural and art monuments of Westphalia , vol. 24: The architectural and art monuments of the Herford district , Münster iW 1908, p. 24.
- Evang. Parish Gohfeld (ed.): 950 years of the church in Gohfeld , Bad Oeynhausen 1985, therein:
- Christof Windhorst: Simeon Church, p. 9.
- Gerhard Rösche: From the beginning to the end of the 19th century , pp. 13-27.
- Heinrich Oskar Brocke: The church building through the ages , pp. 85–123.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Windhorst, p. 9.
- ↑ Rösche, pp. 13-15.
- ↑ Brocke, p. 85 f.
- ↑ Brocke, p. 89 f.
- ↑ Brocke, p. 88.
- ↑ a b Ludorff, p. 24
- ↑ Brocke, p. 87.
- ↑ Brocke, pp. 90-96.
Coordinates: 52 ° 11 ′ 51 ″ N , 8 ° 45 ′ 29 ″ E