St. Agatha (Agathaberg)
The Catholic parish church of St. Agatha is a listed church building in Agathaberg , a district of Wipperfürth in the Oberbergisches Kreis ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).
History and architecture
The three - aisled neo - Gothic quarry stone hall was built in 1894 under the supervision of H. Renard. The west tower from 1878 is in front. The cross-rib vaulted choir with a yoke with a three-sided end comes from the votive chapel from 1477. The vault is supported by buttresses . Wall paintings from the 16th century can be seen in the niches under the windows.
The construction of the church goes back to a vow in honor of St. Agatha . In 1465, Wipperfürth was once again burned down in a town fire. The pastor Volmar and the citizens vowed the festival and fasting in honor of St. Agatha. A pilgrimage to her burial site in Catania was promised. A few years later the church was released from this vow by the church authorities; a chapel was to be built near Dierdorf to replace this. Until 1912 a procession went to this chapel every year on Trinity Sunday. At the end of the 19th century the chapel became too small for the growing community. That is why a nave was added to the Gothic chapel in 1894 . The community was raised to a parish in 1912 .
Trivia
According to tradition, a small Romanesque chapel dedicated to St. Maternus is said to have stood in front of the Agatha Chapel .
literature
- Georg Dehio , edited by Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler . North Rhine-Westphalia I Rhineland . Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2005 ISBN 3-422-03093-X
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Dehio ; Edited by Magnus Backes: Hessen . In: Handbook of German Art Monuments . First volume. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 1966, p. 73 .
- ↑ History, Photos and Trivia
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 51.6 ″ N , 7 ° 25 ′ 19.1 ″ E