St. Georg (Hopsten)
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Georg in Hopsten is the parish church of the parish of the same name in Hopsten . The parish was created in 1538 from a parish of the church of Schapen , which became Protestant due to the Reformation . Before that, a church building existed at the site as a branch church to the Schapener parish. From 1732 to 1736 the church was largely rebuilt in the baroque style. The church tower was added in 1749. Today it is one of the few baroque churches in Westphalia and its history is something special in the Münster / Osnabrück area.
history
Branch church of Schapen
Since the founding of the Schapener church in 785, all residents of the Hopsten area belonged to the Schapener parish. As early as 1343, another chapel in the area was mentioned in a document from Count Nikolaus von Tecklenburg , which sanctioned the abbot's right of patronage and presentation to the mother church in Schapen. The exact location of the church is unclear. The current location or the Nieland house is assumed.
The separation from Schapen
The political separation from Schapen took place as early as 1400 with the cession of the area of today's Hopstens. In addition to the rule of Bevergern , Count Nikolaus II also lost half of the parish of Schapens (Hopsten) to the Bishop of Münster.
Shortly before the start of the Reformation in Schapen, Matthaeus von Münster, Herr zu Vortlage, and his wife Anna donated the Chapel of St. Georg in Hopsten a benefit in honor of St. Anna . This can be seen as a reason to parish two years later. With the separation in 1538, the baptismal font was purchased, which is still in the church today.
With the Reformation in Schapen, the tensions associated with the parish grew. The church was in fact still subordinate to the Count of Tecklenburg, but it was in the territory of the diocese of Münster. The count now wanted to introduce the Reformation in Hopsten as well, but unsuccessfully because the Prince-Bishop of Münster and Osnabrück refused. While the neighboring villages of Recke, Schapen, Freren, Shell, Mettingen and Ibbenbüren were reformed, Hopsten remained Catholic.
Construction of today's church
The predecessor of today's church was reported to the Bishop of Münster in 1695 as too small for the number of believers. But this call from Pastor Joes Gerlacus van Tongeren went unheard. It was not until 1732 that money was approved to build a larger church. The sandstones for the window frames were obtained from Huckberg in Bevergern. The construction was completed in 1734.
Tower construction
During the construction of today's church, the steeple of the previous church was initially used in 1732/74. When enough money was raised in 1749, the tower was restored to its shape and height of 48 meters, which has been preserved to this day.
Expansion of the choir in 1867
Under Pastor Stumpf, the church could no longer accommodate the growing number of parishioners, so the choir was expanded. This adjoins the cemetery side of the church in Ibbenbüren sandstone. At the same time, the baroque high altar was replaced by a neo-Gothic altar. From this altar - in a side altar of today's church - the image of the Assumption of Mary has been preserved. The pulpit, from which Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler had preached a few years earlier , was sold to the neighboring Spelle.
Exterior painting 1961
In 1961 the outside of the church was painted white. So far, the exterior plaster was not painted, but kept in the original gray of the plaster. The sandstone frames of the windows and doors were also refurbished.
Return of the Kettelerkanzel
In 1972 the pulpit, which was sold to Spelle in 1867, was bought back and, after restoration by the Jetter company, Zwillenbrock, was added to the church. After the Speller Church was demolished, the old pulpit no longer fit into the newly built modern church.
architecture
tower
The 48 meter high church tower has an onion-shaped roof with a lantern . In October 1974 the iron tower cross was removed with a truck crane and restored. A bullet hole in the tower ball from the last days of the war was also removed. During the fighting in Hopsten, there was a British observation post that was shot at by German soldiers.
organ
The organ has 2709 pipes spread over 39 registers . Seven registers date from the 18th century, when Goswin Heilmann from Herbern created an instrument with 12 registers and an attached pedal. In 1839 a positive with six registers and in 1855 a pedal mechanism with 9 registers by Melchior Kerstling from Münster was added. Like the 17 most recent registers, the case dates back to 1956, when the Franz Breil company carried out an extension to include the 14 preserved historical registers. In 2018 the organ was restored for around 50,000 euros. The disposition is as follows:
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P, III / P
literature
- Christa Tepe: Hopsten - A village on the border. Published for the 600th anniversary of the Hopsten community in 2000.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christa Tepe: Hopsten - A village on the border. Published for the 600th anniversary of the Hopsten community in 2000, p. 31.
- ↑ The Hopsten Church is being renovated . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung , August 5, 1961.
- ↑ Valuable old pulpit returns . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung, October 18, 1972.
- ↑ How did they do that in the past? In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung, October 12, 1974.
- ↑ Clean the pipes 2709 times . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung , January 13, 2018.
- ^ Organ on the parish website
- ↑ Organ on Organ Databank , accessed on May 3, 2019.
Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 59.5 ″ N , 7 ° 36 ′ 16.3 ″ E