St. Benedict (Lengerich)

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Lengerich, St. Benedict

St. Benedikt is the Roman Catholic parish church in Lengerich , Emsland district , Diocese of Osnabrück . The neo-Gothic hall church was built from 1870 to 1874 according to plans by Johann Bernhard Hensen .

history

The Lengerich Church was probably donated in the early 9th century. The oldest documented mention, however, comes from 1269. At this point in time, Bernhard von Ahaus handed over his leased farm to Lengerich with his own church and all accessories in an exchange contract to the Benedictine abbey in Werden . The subsequent renewal membership are likely the Benedict - patron saint explain.

With the Reformation in the County of Lingen , the old Benedict Church was reformed , and after several changes it remained at this denomination. The remaining Catholics gathered in makeshift rooms until a half-timbered church could be built not far from the old church in the 18th century under Prussian rule. The Benedictine patronage was retained.

When the half-timbered church was no longer sufficient around the middle of the 19th century, a representative new building was planned. The consecration was on November 18, 1873.

Construction and equipment

St. Benedict is a six-bay, east- facing hall church. The fifth yoke is widened like a transept . All yokes have their own roofs and gables, which significantly shape the exterior. A square bell tower with a pointed spire is added to the west and a polygonal apse to the east . Significant parts of the original furnishings - statues of saints, picture windows - have been preserved.

Shortly after the consecration of the church, the Otto bell foundry from Hemelingen / Bremen delivered a bell to Lengerich. In 1926/7 Otto cast a three-part bronze bell peal for the St. Benedict Church. From this ringing with the tones: e '- g' - c '' and a weight of 2223 kg, only the smallest bell survived the destruction of the Second World War. Otto later cast a g 'bell in 1955 and two e' 'bells for Lengerich in 1962.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Arnold Nöldeke : Die Kunstdenkmäler der Provinz Hannover , Volume IV / 4, Hannover 1919, p. 36
  2. ↑ Nöldeke, p. 41
  3. ^ Gregoriusblatt 1888, p. 67
  4. ^ Gerhard Reinhold: Otto bells. Family and company history of the Otto bell foundry dynasty . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 5887, here in particular pp. 344, 345, 530, 553, 577 .
  5. ↑ Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen . Nijmegen / NL 2019, p. 556, here in particular 309, 491, 509, 513, 537 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 33 ′ 13 ″  N , 7 ° 31 ′ 51 ″  E