St. Jakobus (Ramsloh)

View from the southeast

St. Jakobus in Ramsloh , municipality of Saterland , is the parish church of the Catholic parish of St. Jakobus, Saterland, which belongs to the Friesoythe deanery of the diocese of Münster .

history

The old church, representation from 1897

A church building existed in Ramsloh until the end of the 19th century, which was probably built in the 13th century. A beam in the tower was dated 1383, but the tower and church were probably built at different times. The current church was built from 1899 to 1900 according to plans by the architect August Rincklake . The tower was restored from 1967 to 1968 after war damage.

description

View from the southwest

The neo-Gothic hall church made of red brick with ashlar structure has a four-bay nave , which is structured by cross pillars and equipped with ribbed vaults . The retracted choir has a polygonal finish. The west tower stands on a wide base.

Furnishing

Much of the furnishings are neo-Gothic from the time the church was built, including the high altar , the stations of the cross and the baptismal font . The stained glass in the choir from 1900 is by Wilhelm Derix , the wall painting was created in 1923 by Gerhard Lamers .

The upper part of a baptismal font from the 13th century, which was converted into a holy water font, was taken over from the previous building . The former baroque high altar from the 17th century and an extended Gothic tabernacle from the 15th century act as side altars . Also carved representations of the Entombment of Christ and the third of Anna from the second half of the 15th century as well as a figure of the church patron James (around 1500) come from the old church.

literature

• The architectural and art monuments of the Duchy of Oldenburg . III. Issue: Amt Cloppenburg and Amt Friesoythe, reprint of the 1903 edition, Osnabrück 1976, p. 167 ff.
• Georg Dehio (Hrsg.): Handbook of the German art monuments . Vol. 2: Bremen / Lower Saxony, new work., Munich 1992, ISBN 3-422-03022-0 , p. 1106.

Web links

Commons : St. Jakobuskirche (Ramsloh)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Architectural and art monuments, p. 167 f.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Dehio, p. 1106.
3. ↑ Architectural and art monuments, p. 169 f.

Coordinates: 53 ° 6 ′ 10.3 "  N , 7 ° 40 ′ 45"  E