St. Johannes Baptist (Lüchtringen)

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The Church of St. Johannes Baptist in Lüchtringen

The Catholic parish church of St. Johannes Baptist in Lüchtringen was built in the neo-Gothic style at the beginning of the 20th century after the previous building was struck by lightning and completely destroyed. Because of its spacious design, it is also known as the Weser Cathedral . Church and congregation belong to the Corvey Pastoral Association in the Höxter deanery of the Archdiocese of Paderborn .

history

Lüchtringen has had its own church for around 1100 years, as evidenced by a Romanesque baptismal font that is now in the Diocesan Museum in Paderborn .

In 1901 the baroque church from 1698 was struck by lightning and completely destroyed. The present church was built in the same place. About a year after the foundation stone was laid on August 24, 1902, a Holy Mass was celebrated in the new church for the first time on the feast of the Birth of Mary . Bishop Wilhelm Schneider from Paderborn consecrated the church on May 11, 1906.

Furnishing

Interior view of the Sankt-Johannes-Baptist-Kirche in Lüchtringen

Its exterior is effective thanks to the tower, which is visible from afar, with the interior lighting at the top. Above the main entrance is the oldest landmark of the church, a coat of arms from 1701, which reminds of the builder, Abbot Florentinus von Velde from Corvey .

Today's interior design goes back to the major renovation in 1983. The side altars, "Mother of God" and "Sacred Heart", the Pietà , the fourteen stations of the Cross and the pews are still original from the time they were built. The baptismal font also dates from the time it was built. It is characterized by a beautifully crafted foot, a masterpiece of Gothic stone carving. The lid depicting John the Baptist was made in 1988.

Numerous original pieces of equipment were reworked and can still be seen today. This includes parts of the communion bench , which include the stone altar consecrated in 1981 by Mission Bishop Bernhard Schilling. This altar contains relics of Saint Afra .

Parts of the old confessional and other pieces of equipment are incorporated into the high altar. The Gothic arches are characteristic. Saint John the Baptist found a worthy place in the middle. The four evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke and John come from the former pulpit. Originally, the entire furnishings were made of light-colored wood, as can still be seen today in the pews. In the course of the renovation in 1983, many things were colored and decorated with gold leaf.

The side church windows were renewed in the neo-Gothic style. They show representations of saints, the good shepherd and the prodigal son. The church windows in the choir are new. They were designed in 1998 based on a design by the artist Hermann Gottfried . They contain depictions of the risen Christ, Saints Ansgar and Vitus, and scenes from the Old and New Testaments.

In 2012 the interior of the church was completely renovated. Since then, the church has had two groundwater heat pumps that supply the church interior with heat instead of the old oil heating. This heating technology is unique in a church in the Archdiocese of Paderborn . In the course of the renovation, the two ceiling paintings of Saints Vitus and Ansgar were also renewed, which remind of the solidarity of the church with the Corveyer Land .

organ

Anton Feith organ with 35 sounding registers

The Anton Feith - Organ from 1905 was with 20 registers equipped. In 1942 it was rebuilt and in 1962 it was expanded to three manuals and pedal with a total of 35 stops:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Pommer 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Wooden flute 8th'
4th Delicately packed 8th'
5. octave 4 ′
6th Cane quintad 4 ′
7th Forest flute 2 ′
8th. Night horn 1'
9. Sesquialter 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ + 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
10. Mixture 5 times
11. Trumpet 8th'
II Swell C – g 3
12. Violin. Principal 8th'
13. Beat 8th'
14th Reed flute 8th'
15th Prefix 4 ′
16. Coupling flute 4 ′
17th recorder 2 ′
18th Super-fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
19th Sif flute 1'
20th Zymbel 3-fold
21st Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
III Rückpositiv C – g 3
22nd Darling Covered 8th'
23. Principal 4 ′
24. Dulz flute 4 ′
25th Oktavlein 2 ′
26th Sharp 3-4 times
27. musette 8th'
Pedal C – f 1
28. Sub-bass 16 ′
29 Principal 8th'
30th Bass flute 8th'
31. Chorale bass 4 ′
32. Flat flute 2 ′
33. 4-way rear set
34. trombone 16 ′
35. Dulcian 16 ′
  • Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P

Bells

In the two world wars, the community lost its bronze bells; they were remelted into guns and cannons. With great financial efforts by the entire village community in the deprivation of the post-war period, a completely new, complete chime with four large steel bells (a ′, fis ′, e ′, cis ′) was already in operation in 1949 .

literature

  • A. Ludorff: The architectural and art monuments of the Höxter district . In: Provinzial-Verbande der Provinz Westfalen (Hrsg.): The architectural and art monuments of Westphalia . Munster i. W. 1914, p. 145-146 .

Web links

Commons : St. John Baptist  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Newspaper article in the Neue Westfälische of December 13, 2012

Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 37.7 "  N , 9 ° 25 ′ 17.1"  E