St. Jodokus (Saalhausen)

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St. Jodokus

The Catholic parish church of St. Jodokus is a listed church building in Saalhausen , a district of Lennestadt in the Olpe district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

History and architecture

The first establishment of a Beneficium took place on March 17, 1781, the foundation of the position with income took place in the years 1778-1780. In 1781 the community was raised to a branch community of Lenne, with its own clergyman. The elevation to the parish took place in 1836 by Bishop Friedrich Klemens .

From the small, low, nave vault of the transition style of the Romanic to Gothic eastern is yoke and the retracted chorus with 5 / 8 -Schluss obtained. The former choir is used as a baptistery . Late Gothic and early Baroque wall paintings were uncovered in the old part . The late Gothic painting from around 1480 consists of tendril decorations and figurative representations. The early baroque paintings are window frames. The Gothic canteen has been reconstructed. In 1909 the church standing directly on the Lenne was under water, it was severely damaged and demolished in the same year. The foundation stone for the new building was laid in June 1909. In October 1910, the church, built according to plans by Prof. Joseph Buchkremer , was inaugurated by Bishop Karl Joseph Schulte . The tower is 42 m high. The new church is about 20 × 26 m.

Furnishing

High altar

The high altar dates from the 18th century. In the white marble base there are reliefs with the Old Testament depictions of the sacrifice of Isaac and the sacrifice of Melchizedech . The wooden altarpiece depicts scenes from the suffering of Christ: flagellation, crowning of thorns, carrying the cross and Christ's encounter with his mother Mary.

The handcrafted side altars date from the 17th century. The pulpit was built in 1791.

The organ was built in 1859 by the organ builder Franz Wilhelm Sonreck (1822–1900), and restored in 2009 by the organ builder Krawinkel, with the instrument being expanded. In particular, the instrument received an independent pedal mechanism, which was placed behind the organ case, and also a swell mechanism. The instrument has 28 registers on three manual works and a pedal.

I Gregor. Piano C – f 3
1. Thought (= No. 9) 8th'
2. Viol (= No. 10) 8th'
3. Octave (= No. 11) 4 ′
4th Travers Flute (= No. 12) 4 ′
II Hauptwerk C – f 3
5. Drone (bass) 16 ′
6th Drone (treble) 8th'
7th Principal 8th'
8th. Salicional 8th'
9. Gedact 8th'
10. Gamba 8th'
11. Octave 4 ′
12. Traverse flute 4 ′
13. Fifth 3 ′
14th Octave 2 ′
15th Trumpet (bass) 8th'
16. Trumpet (treble) 8th'
III Swell C – f 3
17th Drone 8th'
18th Salicional 8th'
19th Principal 4 ′
20th Reed flute 4 ′
21st Pointed flute 2 ′
22nd Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
23. Euphon 8th'
Pedals C – f 1
24. Violon 16 ′
25th Sub bass 16 ′
26th Violon 8th'
27. Drone 8th'
28. trombone 16 ′

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georg Dehio ; Dorothea Kluge; Wilfried Hansmann ; Ernst Gall : North Rhine-Westphalia . In: Handbook of German Art Monuments . tape 2 . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 1969, OCLC 272521926 , p. 497 .
  2. ↑ Information about the organ on the website of the organ builder

Web links

Commons : St. Jodokus (Saalhausen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 3 ″  N , 8 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  E