St. Bartholomäus (Schwagstorf)

St. Bartholomew in Schwagstorf

St. Bartholomäus in the Fürstenau district of Schwagstorf is the parish church of the Catholic parish of St. Bartholomäus, which belongs to the Osnabrück-Nord deanery of the Osnabrück diocese .

Building history and description

The Romanesque hall church with three-bay nave and just closed choir was built in the first half of the 13th century. The building material is quarry stone , the nave yokes are equipped with groined vaults with belt arches , but without shield arches . The windows and the portal in the south wall are rounded .

In 1732 the church was renovated and the west tower with a pointed dome was added. During this time, the sacristy may have been added to the east of the choir, which was enlarged in the 20th century.

Interior

The one-story, wooden altar was created in 1697 by Georg Dollart from Münster . The eight-sided pyramid-shaped baptismal font of sandstone dates back to 1728, the yellow metal - chandeliers of 1653. A Strahlenmonstranz silver gilt should from the Dominican monastery Osnabrück have been acquired.

literature

• Georg Dehio (Hrsg.): Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler , Bremen / Lower Saxony, new editing, heavily exp. Ed., Munich / Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-422-03022-0 , p. 1189.

• Arnold Nöldeke: The art monuments of the province of Hanover , IV. Administrative region Osnabrück, 3. The districts of Wittlage and Bersenbrück (issue 13 of the complete work), Hanover 1915, p. 183 ff.

Web links

Commons : St. Bartholomäus  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dehio, p. 1189.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Nöldeke, p. 183 ff.
3. ↑ Heimatverein Schwagstorf: Schwagstorf - On the history of the village

Coordinates: 52 ° 31 ′ 7 "  N , 7 ° 44 ′ 53"  E