St. Johann Baptist (Kronenburg)

St. Johann Baptist in Kronenburg

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View to the choir tower

St. Johann Baptist is the Roman Catholic parish church in the Kronenburg district of the Dahlem community in the Euskirchen district (North Rhine-Westphalia).

The church is registered as an architectural monument under number 66 in the list of architectural monuments in Dahlem (Northern Eifel) .

history

The Kronenburger church was built from 1492 to 1508 in the late Gothic style as a two-aisled single-pillar church. The order for the construction came from Countess Mechthild von Virneburg , who thereby fulfilled the last will of her husband, Count Kuno I. von Manderscheid and Schleiden . The bell tower also served as a defense tower during raids . In addition, located Choir in the basement of the tower, which including a choir tower represents. The sacristy was added in 1517.

Probably this is not the first church building at this point in Kronenburg. The church was renovated in 1899 and 1952 , with murals and a relief being exposed in the interior .

Furnishing

Inside are the keystones of the vaults . Among other things, they represent St. Eligius , a coat of arms, Mary with child Jesus, the parish patron John the Baptist and St. Sebastian . There is also a wall painting from the 16th century in the church. It shows the struggle of St. George against the dragon. There is also a relief depicting the parable of the wise and foolish virgins . The windows were created by the glass painter Wilhelm de Graaff around 1952.

Bells

No.	Surname	Diameter (mm)	Mass (kg, approx.)	Percussive ( HT -¹ /₁₆ )	Caster	Casting year
1	Maria	1,043	750	g ^' +5	-	1385
2	Francis	1,019	720	as ^' +9	Heinrich von Overraide, Cologne	1478
3	John	862	420	b ^' +7	Eifel bell foundry Johannes Mark, Brockscheid	1965

literature

Andreas Britz: A cardinal and his building idea. Nikolaus von Kues and the one-pillar churches in the Eifel. In: Rheinische Denkmalpflege . Vol. 53, No. 3, 2016, ISSN 0342-1805 , pp. 173-184, here 178-179.