St. Johannes Baptist (Oesdorf)

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High altar of the Church of St. John Baptist at Christmas time

The Catholic parish church of St. Johannes Baptist is a listed church building in Oesdorf , a district of Marsberg in the Hochsauerlandkreis ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

History and architecture

The place was first mentioned in 1034 as Oistrup. Originally the community belonged to the Corvey monastery , it was then awarded by Abbot Trutmar von Corvey to the newly founded St. Magnus Church in Marsberg. The church was first mentioned in a document in 1250; it was named among the churches to which the knight Adam von Aspe made a gift. This church was probably destroyed in the feuds on the Sintfelde in the 14th or 15th century. A former tithe barn of the Dahlheim monastery with an attached choir then served as a church room until 1883. The barn church had no tower, the bells hung in an old linden tree. In a police order from the Royal Government of Minden on December 28, 1882, the church was declared dilapidated and the church was closed. The Hansmannsche Scheune was set up as an emergency church next to the sheepfold. Because of controversial questions about the obligation to build churches and parish efforts by the municipality of Meerhof , this provisional solution was retained for ten years.

The neo-Gothic, three-aisled, high-vaulted hall church made of ashlar masonry closes with a 5/8 apse with colorful choir windows. It was built in 1892 according to plans by Arnold Güldenpfennig . The tower stands to the west, the building is covered with hipped cross- gable roofs. In its stylistic unity with the aesthetically balanced proportions, the towering structure is characteristic of the townscape.

Furnishing

The neo-Gothic fittings and glazing have largely been preserved.

  • The high-quality sandstone figures of saints from the first half of the 15th century come from Dalheim Monastery . A standing Madonna , a St. Augustine , as well as Peter with a key and open book, who was probably also created by the unknown master who created the beautiful Madonna, and Antonius
  • The artistically most valuable work of the church is the so-called beautiful Madonna. The well-preserved stone figure is about one meter high. The baby Jesus is seated on the right arm. With one hand it grabs a grape that is held out for it by its mother. The large garment covers the body far. The hems and crown are richly decorated and gold-plated. This rare representation of the Mother of God with dove and grape is a work of high Gothic and was probably made at the beginning of the 15th century.
  • A St. Paul from 1480 to 1490
  • An Anna selbdritt also from the period 1480 to 1490. The group of figures made of sandstone is a testimony to the cult of Anne. Mother Anna carries her daughter Maria on her left arm. This in turn holds the baby Jesus with both hands.
  • A carved altar from the time it was built
  • Two almost life-size chandelier angels on the pillars of the triumphal arch . The left angel figure of this late Gothic work was improperly restored. In a picture from 1894 she can be seen without wings as a male figure dressed in a decorated dalmatic . It was attributed to a Rhenish master from the beginning of the 16th century by the then provincial curator Körner in 1926. The angel on the right is a copy probably made in the 1930s as a passport figure

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ursula Quednau (arrangement): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, North Rhine-Westphalia, Volume II: Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , p. 639 f.
  2. ↑ Description and photos

Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 25.9 ″  N , 8 ° 52 ′ 33.6 ″  E