St. Johannes (St. Goarshausen)
St. John the Baptist is a Catholic parish church in Sankt Goarshausen am Rhein . It has been part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002 .
history
The quarry stone church was built in the years 1923–25 according to plans by Hans (1872–1952) and Christoph Rummel (1881–1961). It consists of a baroque hall with a semicircular choir and a square west tower. The rectory connects to the west .
Furnishing
Inside, a cove ceiling crowns the hall. A remarkable depiction of the Holy Trinity was acquired in 1925 by Pastor Sand (1919–1929) from private ownership. It is assigned to the circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder .
In the years 1925 to 1932 Otto Linnemann created the high windows of the nave in the so-called Beuron style .
organ
The organ was built in 1963 by the organ builder Franz Wagenbach (Limburg).
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
literature
- Hans Caspary , Wolfgang Götz, Ekkart Klinge (arrangement): Georg Dehio . Handbook of German Art Monuments. Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1984, ISBN 3-422-00382-7 , p. 918 f.
- Paul-Georg Custodis , Kurt Frein: St. Goarshausen with Katz Castle and Patersberg. (= Rheinische Kunststätten, issue 258) Ed. Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz , Cologne 1981, ISBN 3-88094-389-3 , p. 11 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ St. John the Baptist in the church database at www.kirchbau.de , accessed on October 30, 2012.
- ^ Paul-Georg Custodis, Kurt Frein: St. Goarshausen with Katz Castle and Patersberg. (= Rheinische Kunststätten, issue 258) Ed. Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz , Cologne 1981, ISBN 3-88094-389-3 , p. 12.
- ^ Organs in St. Goarshausen Christian Binz
Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 10.5 ″ N , 7 ° 43 ′ 8.8 ″ E