St. John's Chapel (Münster)
The St. Johannes Chapel in Münster is a small Gothic church building on Breul in the northwest of the historic old town. It belongs to the Evangelical Apostle Church Community and is used by various groups and denominations for worship services in a special form.
construction
The chapel is a towerless hall made of brick with buttresses and soffits made of sandstone . The portal in the west shows Renaissance forms . The four bays of the nave are covered with cross vaults; the easternmost yoke is shortened. An octagonal apse forms the east end . The keystones of the two western yokes show the Cross of St. John and the head of John the Baptist . The tracery windows on the other walls are fitted with modern stained glass panes.
The current appearance of the chapel is the result of an eventful history. At the beginning of the 14th century, the Burgsteinfurt Johanniter-Kommende founded a branch in Münster. One of the convent buildings was the chapel dedicated to the patron saint, a small, rectangular structure. When the Coming House was relocated entirely to Münster in the Reformation century, the chapel was given an apse, Renaissance portal and more elaborate furnishings.
In 1810 the Münsteraner Johanniterkommende was abolished. The chapel was profaned and used as a storage room. During the Second World War, the convent buildings were destroyed, but the chapel was only slightly damaged. Young people from the YMCA repaired them on their own initiative. On the First Advent 1948, the first service was celebrated under the direction of Walter Drobnitzky . Since then, the Johanneskapelle has been a Protestant branch church and ecumenical meeting place. In the following decades, the building and equipment were preserved and improved with the help of many sponsors.
organ
The Johannes Chapel, which can hold almost 100 church visitors, has had a remarkable organ since 2002 , which was built by the organ building company Manufacture d'Orgues Muhleisen .
The organ is on the north wall, next to two epitaphs . With its width of 2.90 m and its height of 6.30 m it fills an entire yoke, but has a depth of only 90 cm. In the lower part of the organ case is the swell , above the main work with the (removed) principal 8 'in the prospectus . For reasons of space, the organ does not have its own pedal mechanism . The pedal registers are generated via transmissions from the main plant. The abrasive loading -instrument has 17 registers on two manual works and 4 transmissions in the pedal. The playing and stop actions are mechanical. The console stands free in front of the organ with a view of the chapel room.
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
literature
- Johann-Friedrich Moes u. a .: The St. Johannes Chapel in Münster , Münster 2002, ISBN 3-936434-04-2 (available on the internet via the link below)
Web links
- Brief history of the St. John's Chapel (with a further link to the Moes brochure) ( Memento from October 23, 2007 in the web archive archive.today )
- Representation in: Münstersches Orgelmagazin ( Memento from May 11, 2008 in the web archive archive.today )
Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 57.3 " N , 7 ° 37 ′ 29" E