St. Anna (Wülfte)
The Catholic St. Anna Chapel is a listed church building in Wülfte , a district of Brilon in the Hochsauerlandkreis ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).
History and architecture
The originally simple rectangular building with a small vestibule was built in 1690. An extension to the east was made in 1921. The six-sided roof turret stands on the slate roof on the slightly hipped north gable . The vestibule is entered through a round arched portal . The leaf ornaments and the camphor cornice in the arch spandrels were hidden by a raw door frame. The cartridge above the door frame bears an inscription: DEO IN MEMORIAM S. ANNAE ABGOTPWE1690 . That means: Auctore Bartholomaeo Gerwin's Ordinius Teutonici Presbytero Wulfensi Extructum 1690 (erected in 1690 at the instigation of Bartholomäus Gerwins, priest of the Teutonic Order from Wülfte). The dilapidated roof turret was renewed in 1798. After the demolition, it was rebuilt, shod with slate and covered. During this time, damage to the roof was also repaired and the interior of the chapel was repainted. The building was considered dilapidated in 1839 and was extensively repaired and renovated several times in the years to come. The roof was re-covered with slate in 1883, the interior ceiling was repackaged in 1885 . The exterior plaster was renewed in 1894. In 1921 a gap was made in the eastern side wall and an extension and a sacristy were built by 1922. Some of the stones needed were obtained from a broken wall. The Bergenthal brothers painted the church artistically in 1929. The roof turret had to be replaced in 1949. In the interior, a new wooden floor was laid in 1949. A new extension to the east was built in 1974, and the old building was also completely renovated. The former sacristy was demolished and rebuilt.
Furnishing
Bells
The bell in the turret has a diameter of 39 cm, it was cast in 1848 by Heinrich Humpert from the material of the defective previous bell. This bell was used for military purposes in 1942. It was replaced in 1943 by a bell made by the Junker foundry, Humpert's successor. This thin-walled bell made of a zinc alloy was euphemistically referred to as Brilon special bronze by the manufacturer . It is tuned to the tone d '' and weighs around 90 kg.
Baroque altar
An altar is first mentioned in a bill in 1799. In a mention from 1839 it is stated that the upper part of the altar was provided with a painting, which was completely disfigured by a tear in the canvas. Valentin Wiegelmann, a master painter from Brilon, repainted the altar in 1850. The antependium of this baroque altar was 1.90 m wide and 95 cm deep. The height from the table was 2.85 m, so the altar had a total height of about 3.80 m. In the middle of the structure was a tabernacle decorated with three niches, 110 cm high and 63 cm wide. To the side of the altar rose two winding pillars that ended with a capital. The tabernacle was bordered by two shorter pillars. The wooden surfaces were partly marbled, the capitals were painted with gold paint. Wiegelmann pulled a new canvas under the canvas of the damaged painting and repaired it. In a letter from 1898, the altar was described as so poor and defective that a new one had to be purchased. Nothing is left of the baroque altar.
Gothic altar
Josef Hillebrand from Brilon was a well-known cabinet maker and sculptor in his day. He was entrusted with the production of the Gothic altar. For 800 marks he made an altar out of oak. This was in use until 1974. The middle section still stands today as a kind of reworked stele on the front wall. Another part became a sacrificial altar.
Other equipment
- The Way of the Cross was inaugurated in 1934 .
- The fireproof and theft-proof tabernacle was purchased in 1940.
- The 13 oak pews were bought second-hand.
- An organ consisting of five manual registers and a pedal register was installed in 1979 by the Mendel company in Rixen. It stands in a gable niche, the gaming table is near the altar.
- The figures of St. Anna and St. Anthony probably belonged to the old altar, they are about 87.5 cm high.
- The figures of St. Nicholas and St. Martin are in the Baroque style; According to expert reports, they were made between 1600 and 1700. They are 98 cm high.
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
- Gerhard Brökel : 300 years of St. Anne's Chapel in Wülfte 1690–1990 HRSG parish of St. Petrus and Andreas Brilon, printed by Karl Hecker GmbH, Brilon, 1990
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Michels, Nikolaus Rodenkirchen, Franz Herberhold, Architectural and Art Monuments of Westphalia, District Brilon , Volume 45, Aschendorfsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Münster (Ed .: Wilhelm Rave) 1952 p. 196
Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 55.9 " N , 8 ° 35 ′ 11.4" E