St. Cosmas and Damian (Barßel)

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View from the southeast

St. Cosmas and Damian (also Ss. Cosmas and Damian ) in Barßel is the parish church of the Catholic parish of St. Ansgar, Barßel, which belongs to the Friesoythe deanery of the diocese of Münster .

history

Barßel ​​originally belonged to the parish Altenoythe with the parish church of St. Vitus . The time of the parish is not known. A church building existed until the 19th century, the oldest part of which was probably from the 12th or 13th century. A tower was built from 1724 to 1726 .

The current church was built from 1852 to 1854 according to plans by the architect Josef Niehaus . The tower was preserved. On April 29, 1945, shortly before the end of the Second World War , it was blown up by soldiers of the Wehrmacht and completely destroyed. The adjacent parts of the church were badly damaged. The church building was renovated until 1947, the tower was reconstructed in 1954.

description

Interior view, view towards the choir

The post-classical stepped hall made of light red brick has a seven-bay nave , which is divided by pilaster strips and round arches . Inside there are octagonal pillars and a wooden ceiling . The gable of the retracted choir is decorated with blind arches . There is a lantern on the three-story west tower

Furnishing

The neo-Romanesque high altar was made by Wilhelm Rincklake in 1895 and 1896 , the two side altars show similar shapes. The triumphal cross from the second half of the 17th century was mounted on neo-Gothic beams. Figures of the apostles Peter and Paul are dated to around 1770 and attributed to Johann Heinrich König .

  • Central nave with high altar

  • North side altar

  • South side altar

  • Triumphal cross

  • Apostle Peter

  • Apostle Paul

literature

Web links

Commons : St. Cosmas and Damian  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Architectural and art monuments, p. 144 f.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Dehio, p. 194 f.
  3. ↑ Melanie Jepsen: Second World War: Church tower in ruins . In: Nordwest-Zeitung . April 29, 2015 ( NWZonline.de [accessed April 5, 2020]).

Coordinates: 53 ° 10 ′ 9 ″  N , 7 ° 44 ′ 34 ″  E