St. Gervasius and St. Protasius (Altenrüthen)
The Catholic parish church of St. Gervasius and St. Protasius is a listed church building in Altenrüthen , a district of the city of Rüthen in the Soest district in North Rhine-Westphalia .
history
The main courtyard existing in the place around 1000 belonged to the Archbishop of Cologne . Founded parish of Erwitte out in the first half of the ninth century. The later parishes of Langenstrasse, Effeln, Meiste, Warstein and Rüthen belonged to the original parish area. The church was in 1072 by the Archbishop Anno II. The monastery County incorporated. In 1232 the church transferred this to the Oelinghausen monastery, subject to the right of patronage ; the church was taken back a few years later. The parish was administered from 1687 to 1805 by conventuals from the county.
The first church, probably a wooden chapel, was built around 750; the place was called Ruothino around the time . After 800 the Carolingians built the first stone church. A fortified church tower was built around 1000 to protect it from attacks. With the establishment of the town of Rüthen around 1200, the defense tower was no longer necessary, it was demolished except for the first floor and then walled up. The tower and church were badly damaged in the Thirty Years' War ; the tower was poorly repaired in 1647. The church building was demolished in 1664 and replaced by a new building, today's church. The tower was completely renovated in 1686, the main entrance without doors became today's entrance to the chapel, thus creating an open church. The high altar was built around 1750 , the sacristy and the south portal , today's main entrance, were built in 1760. The organ was built in 1779.
architecture
The three-bay plastered hall church with a choir closed on three sides has a roof turret attached. The stately Romanesque west tower was raised around 1200 and adapted to the new baroque building in the 17th century. The nave was built between 1664 and 1667 under the supervision of Nikolaus Tendel. The two-storey sacristy in the east was designed by Franz Christoph Nagel and built from 1755 to 1757. At the same time, the windows and doors in the nave were re-framed. The south portal with a coat of arms is marked with 1779. In the hall, a wide groin vault rests on stepped wall pillars and belt arches . The passage under the sacristy is barrel vaulted . The lower tower hall is vaulted with groin vaults, the hall, which was originally open to the nave through high round arches, was closed with a half-timbered wall. The side niches were also originally open. The sacristy and the clothing store are in the line of the choir. The 3/8 end of the choir can only be seen from the inside.
Furnishing
Extensive baroque furnishings were created by Johann Theodor Axer around 1750
- Large high altar, decorated with figurines and a painting depicting the veneration of the Eucharist , the painting is by Anton Joseph Stratmann. The altar is flanked by carved figures of the church patron
- Side altars by Johann Theodor Axer ; the southern one shows Mary Queen of Heaven, the northern one shows a late Romanesque Volto Santo made of silver and wood. The corresponding altarpiece from 1765 with the Cross of Christ is now on the north choir wall
- Carved pulpit
- In the sacristy there is a dressing table from the workshop with a crucifixion group from the Axer workshop
- Cross Herrgott von Altenrüthen , according to legend, there are particles of the cross of Jesus in it as a relic .
- The big bell was cast by Johannes de la Paix and Claudius Lamiralle in 1680 and rings in d '. The two small bells f 'and g' were made in 1948 in special tin-free bronze from Brilon.
organ
The instrument is one of the best preserved by the organ builder Johann Gottlieb Müller , who was born in 1727 as the son of the organ builder Johann Georg Müller. Johann Gottlieb built the organ from 1783 to 1784 as a Cölnischer Hoforganmacher , the instrument has 13 registers . From 1849 to 1850 Adolf Fischer made minor changes to the disposition . The range of the keyboard could be expanded to 54 tones by adding an additional drawer of five chambers. At the same time the organ was expanded to include a pedal with five registers and a substructure with seven registers. Between 1980 and 1981 the Siegfried Sauer organ workshop from Ottbergen carried out a restoration, the prospectus from 1783, as well as the stop action of the manuals and the wind chests could be preserved. The mechanical action mechanism has been replaced by a mechanical console. As part of the expanded concept from 1850, the main plant from 1784 was renovated.
literature
- Ursula Quednau (edit.): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, North Rhine-Westphalia II: Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , p. 942 f.
- Hannelore Reuter Measures on historical organs and organ cases in the years 1980 - 1984 in Westphalia Booklets for History, Art and Folklore Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung Münster, 67th volume 1989 ISSN 0043-4337
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ursula Quednau (arrangement): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, North Rhine-Westphalia II: Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , p. 942 f.
- ^ Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, North Rhine-Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1969, p. 12 f.
- ↑ History ( Memento of the original from April 17, 2016 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.
- ↑ Hannelore Reuter Measures on historical organs and organ cases in the years 1980-1984 in Westphalia Booklets for History, Art and Folklore Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung Münster, 67th volume 1989 ISSN 0043-4337 pages 318 and 319
Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 48.8 " N , 8 ° 24 ′ 31.3" E