St. Bonifatius (Detmold)

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Church tower from the west

St. Bonifatius is the former Catholic parish church in Detmold . The small church is located in the city center on the moat. The church tower is a listed building .

history

The church was built for the newly established Catholic parish. First, in 1851/1852 , the hall in the round arch style and the rectory were built according to plans by Ferdinand Ludwig August Merckel . The solemn consecration by Bishop Franz Drepper took place on November 7, 1852. In 1853 a school was also opened in the rectory. Baron Maximilian von Laßberg played a key role in the construction of the building. He not only encouraged the independence of the initially few Catholics, but also raised the financial means.

In 1854 the Catholic community in Detmold was raised to a parish and subsequently in 1855 the Church of St. Bonifatius was made a parish church. In 1886 a choir was added, in 1891 the church was enlarged, the neo-Romanesque tower was added and a baptistery was built. A new rectory followed in 1894.

After the construction of the new Heilig Kreuz parish church on Schubertplatz in Detmold, St. Bonifatius was reduced in size, merged with the adjacent rectory and school in 1952/1953, and a retirement home was built into part of the building. The church tower was preserved and was placed under monument protection in 1989.

After extensive renovations by the St. Elisabeth Foundation, the Bonifatius Church was inaugurated in 2020 in connection with a Bonifatius Forum and the Bonifatius House as a meeting center, place of silent prayer and worship in the heart of Detmold.

During these renovations, the church tower was opened upwards and the former baptistery was redesigned as a place of worship. Thanks to the renovation and addition of the stained glass windows and additional illuminated niches, the rooms shine in bright light.

description

The rectangular church tower made of quarry stone is covered with a hipped roof on which there is a hexagonal roof turret with an open bell cage. Windows and sound holes are arched , the latter divided by columns. The windows on the west and east sides are fitted with neo-Romanesque ornamental glazing made from cathedral glass.

literature

  • Dorothea Kluge: The Lippe Building Councilor Ferdinand Ludwig August Merckel (1808-1893) and his church buildings , in: Historicism in Lippe (materials on art and cultural history in North and West Germany, Vol. 9), Marburg 1994, ISBN 3-89445- 165-3 , p. 88.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Characteristic features in the monument entry of the city of Detmold (PDF; 10 kB)
  2. ↑ Justification in the monument entry of the city of Detmold (PDF; 12 kB)

Coordinates: 51 ° 56 '7 "  N , 8 ° 52' 32.3"  E