St. Christophorus (Hirschberg)

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The Catholic parish church of St. Christophorus is a listed church building in Hirschberg , a district of the town of Warstein in the Soest district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). The community with around 1,400 members belongs to the Warstein parish in the Archdiocese of Paderborn .

History and architecture

St. Christopher

The counts of Arnsberg had before 1300 in the area north of the monastery Odacker a castle. Around this castle, the farmers from the area who sought protection settled. This settlement became a fortified place, which received city ​​rights in 1308 . The parish of Hirschberg was separated from Allagen around 1340 and made an independent parish . From the small hall church in the late transition style of the 13th century, only the choir and the east yoke are preserved. The Counts of Arnsberg built Hirschberg and the parish church. At the suggestion of the von Weichs family, the choir room was redesigned in baroque style in the 17th century. The sacristy is built in half-timbered houses and is marked 1664. The architecture and proportions of today's church are based on the medieval predecessor church. It was built from 1956 to 1957 according to plans by the architect and church builder Heinrich Stiegemann . A baptistery was added to the west side of the baroque choir. The rising walls are structured by luminous ribbon windows, the designs were created by Vinzenz Piper. In the center of the chapel is a font from the Baroque period. A pilaster portal with a blown gable is integrated into the new building, which is marked 1708 in the chronogram . Occasionally, church music is performed in the building.

Furnishing

High altar
Hubertus altar
organ
pulpit

A large part of the furnishings was taken over from the previous church, which was built from 1660.

  • The high altar in the form of a tabernacle altar decorated with figures from the middle of the 18th century has a shape that is very rare for Westphalia.
  • The north side altar was built between 1730 and 1740
  • The southern Hubertus altar with the figures of Saints Hubertus, Eustachius , Meinulfus and Aegidius dates from the beginning of the 18th century. The altar originally stood in the palace chapel until 1801.
  • The wooden figure of Christ resting was carved at the end of the 17th century.
  • The double Madonna was created around 1700
  • The pulpit is a work from around 1680.
  • The baptismal font is carved and closable with a lid, it was made in the 18th century.
  • The crucifixion group was carved in the 18th century, the body is a work from the mid-16th century.
  • The furnishings are completed by some carved figures from the 17th century.

Bells

The church tower has a very sonorous six-part bell. In 1948 the Junker bell foundry in Brilon initially supplied three bronze bells with the tones f ', g' and a '. After the church had been rebuilt in 1956, three steel bells from the Bochum Association were also hung up; these sound in d ', c "and d". Bells III-VI sound on normal Sundays. Bells I and II only ring at high feasts, with bell II also being the death knell.

literature

Web links

Commons : Saint Christophorus (Hirschberg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Belonging to the Archdiocese ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pastoralverbund-warstein.de
  2. ↑ Prehistory ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pastoralverbund-warstein.de
  3. ↑ Dehio, Georg , under the scientific direction of Ursula Quednau: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia II Westphalia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , page 1158
  4. ↑ Dehio, Georg , under the scientific direction of Ursula Quednau: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia II Westphalia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , page 1158
  5. ↑ Kulturserver NRW
  6. ↑ Dehio, Georg , under the scientific direction of Ursula Quednau: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia II Westphalia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , page 1158
  7. ↑ Georg Dehio ; Dorothea Kluge; Wilfried Hansmann ; Ernst Gall : North Rhine-Westphalia . In: Handbook of German Art Monuments . tape 2 . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 1969, OCLC 272521926 , p. 236 .
  8. ↑ Dehio, Georg , under the scientific direction of Ursula Quednau: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia II Westphalia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , page 1158
  9. ↑ Dehio, Georg , under the scientific direction of Ursula Quednau: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia II Westphalia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , page 1048

Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 47.9 "  N , 8 ° 16 ′ 29.7"  E