The old church in Ahlen is one of the oldest baptismal churches in the Münsterland . It was founded in the 9th century on the later episcopal court and in 1139 incorporated into the Premonstratensian monastery of Cappenberg . The existing building is a late Gothic hall church with four bays and a short choir bay , which was built at the end of the 15th century. Remains of a transept in the south wall are likely to have been preserved from the previous Romanesque building. Inside there are unadorned pillars and foliage capitals on the wall services . The windows are in three parts and have fish bubble tracery. In the north is the sacristy . The west tower collapsed and was rebuilt from 1815 to 1819 with a baroque hood.
Furnishing
Ahlen St. Bartholomäus, interior view
Sacrament house with structured tower structure and figures by master Bernd Bunickman from Münster from 1512
A sacrament niche on the south side from the time the church was built
from the beginning of the 16th century two choir stalls with five seats each
on an outer wall on the south side a stone group of Mounts of Olives from 1738
organ
The organ was built in 1959/60 and 1978 by the organ building company Breil (Dorsten). Pipe material from the previous organs was reused in the instrument. The slider chests -instrument has 35 registers on three manuals and pedal . The playing and stop actions are mechanical.
