St. Jacobi (Werther)
_Pfarrkirche.jpg) The Evangelical Church of St. Jacobi in Werther |
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| Basic data | |
| Denomination | Evangelical Lutheran |
| place | Werther (Westf.) , Germany |
| Regional church | Evangelical Church of Westphalia |
| dedication | St. Jacobi |
| Building description | |
| Construction type | Hall church |
| Function and title | |
| 52 ° 4 '20.1 " N , 8 ° 24' 50.6" E | |
St. Jacobi is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Werther in East Westphalia in the Gütersloh district . The community extends over 35.13 km² and includes around 7,000 believers (as of 2009). Church and congregation belong to the Halle parish of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia .
history
The place Werther was first mentioned in documents as "Wartera" in 1050 in a copy of the register of the Freckenhorst Abbey . The register regulated the tax obligations towards the Freckenhorster monastery. A church was first mentioned in 1312. Archaeological excavations under the St. Jacobi Church could, however, prove a previous building from the 9th century.
Today's church consists of a single-nave Gothic four-bay nave from the 14th century, the two eastern bays of which served as the choir. A transept and a choir in neo-Gothic forms were added to this simple hall church in 1876/77. The basement of the west tower dates from a Romanesque construction period and was dated to the first third of the 13th century during the archaeological excavation in 1980. It received its upper floor and the vaulting of the lower floor as part of the expansion of the church in 1876/77 and today, 44 meters high, it shapes the silhouette of Werther. As part of the enlargement of the church space, northern and southern extensions, which represented a side chapel and the sacristy, were demolished.
Longhouse facing west, 1908
Floor plan of the Gothic nave, 1908
literature
- Lobbedey, Uwe u. Neugebauer, Manfred, The excavation in the ev.-luth. Church in Werther, in: Westfalen 61 (1983) 1, pp. 175–188.
