St. Johannes Baptist (Züschen)
St. Johannes Baptist in Züschen (Winterberg) in the Hochsauerlandkreis is a Catholic parish church, the construction of which is dated to the 12th century. In its current form, it was built after a new building in 1857. Konrad Martin , Bishop of Paderborn, consecrated the new church on September 2, 1857.
History and Development
At the time of missionary work in the Sauerland (from the 9th century), Züschen was one of the early parishes after Medebach . Therefore the first parish church is dated around 1100. The church was first mentioned in a document in 1310.
The church patronage was due to Count von Waldeck around 1520 , while the collation was carried out by the official of the Soest provost's office. 1800 took archbishop of Cologne , the presentation in front of the pastor.
For a long time the parish included the branches Liesen and from the 18th century Mollseifen . Hesborn was co-administered from the time of the Reformation until 1731.
Building history
The old parish church consisted of a single-aisled hall that was twelve meters long, six meters wide and five meters high. To the east was a choir built in 1304, which was almost six meters long and just as wide. The walls were about three feet thick. The vault was made of wood and covered with slate. The church tower adjoined the nave to the west and was used during the service. It was about four meters long, just as wide and about 13 meters high. It was completed by a blunt tower helmet.
During a church visit in 1800 the idea of a new church building for the now dilapidated and too small parish church arose for the first time. A corresponding order from the last Archbishop of Cologne, Max Franz, on May 6, 1801, was no longer implemented due to the occupation of the country by the Hessians soon afterwards. Due to a lack of funds, an attempt was made in 1831 to make makeshift repairs to the old church. After the financing had been clarified, the new church was built in the neo-Gothic style in the years 1855 to 1857 after the old church was demolished. It is a single nave nave with four bays, a 5/8 choir closure and a west tower. Master mason Robert Lange from Marsberg managed the new building . The stones for the church building ( Grauwacke ) were quarried from small quarries in the immediate vicinity of Züschen. The Grauwacke could not be walled up for the corners because of its brittleness. These were built from red sandstone, which was partly obtained from Nordenbeck and partly from Frankenberg (Eder) . The church roof is covered with slate. It was last renewed in 1952.
The old churchyard fell away with the enlarged new building. From 1852 onwards, the dead were buried in the pastor's acre.
Furnishing
Altars
The saint of the church is John the Baptist . The parish fair is June 24th. The second patron is Saint Severin , Archbishop of Cologne. Saint Agatha , the patron saint against conflagrations, was venerated later . That is why the decapitation of John the Baptist was found in the middle picture on the main altar and the figures of the other two patrons on the sides. This main altar was erected in 1711 by the artist Papen from Giershagen . In addition to a figure of a saint, it has been taken over as the only piece of furniture in the new church.
There were three altars in the old church in 1744. One was the side altar consecrated in honor of the apostles Peter and Paul, the main altar consecrated to St. John and an altar of Mary. There is also evidence of an urban altar for 1772.
Bells
The old church had four bells . They were used again in the new church. In 1917 the two largest bells had to be delivered. After the First World War, they were replaced by two new bells from the Humpert company from Brilon . In 1942, the three largest bells had to be returned, of which only the oldest from 1847 returned in 1945. The parish church received replacements for these bells in 1949 from the Albert Junker company from Brilon. Since the casting did not go well, the municipality ordered four new bells from the same company. These were cast on December 9, 1955 in the so-called Brilon special bronze , a brass - silicon alloy. According to its dimensions, the large bell was planned to be in the key of c sharp ′, but came out of the cast half a tone higher.
|
No. |
Surname |
Diameter (mm, approx.) |
Mass (kg, approx.) |
Strike tone (a ′ = 435 Hz ) |
inscription |
| 1 | Mother of God | 1,500 | 1,830 | d ′ | LOVE MARY WITH THE CHILD, GIVE US ALL YOUR BLESSES |
| 2 | St. John | 1,270 | 1,130 | e ′ | ST. JOHN, HIGH IN GRACE, GUIDE US ON CHRIST'S PATHS |
| 3 | St. Agatha | 1,130 | 755 | f sharp ′ | ST. AGATHA WE HONOR, HELP SAVE THE FIRE |
| 4th | St. Severin | 1,000 | 550 | g sharp ′ | ST. SEVERIN, HEAR MAN OF GOD, TAKE CARE OF THE CHURCH |
organ
The church received an organ for the first time in 1726. This had eight registers. For the new church, the organ builder Josef Oestreich (1817–1870) from Bachrein near Fulda was commissioned in 1850 to build a new organ with 16 registers. The old organ was sold. After the Oestreich organ was hardly usable in 1939, it was restored and rebuilt by the Fabritius company in Düsseldorf. It could only be consecrated again in 1949 because of the Second World War.
Others
The pulpit was decorated with pictures of the four evangelists. Two confessionals, six choir pews and 30 pews stood in the church. There were also seats on the organ stage.
A picture of Our Lady hung on the north wall of the church. In 1770 a picture of Saint Anthony of Padua was commissioned from the Paderborn master Stratmann.
A figure of Saint Barbara contained relics from the 16th century. Two other figures of the apostles Peter and Paul came from the 18th century. A confessional was first set up in the church around 1737.
The font was made of white marble.
In the new church there are two figures made of softwood from the 18th century, both about 1.10 meters high, depicting Saints John Nepomuk and Aloysius. Another figure made of softwood (90 centimeters high) represents Saint Barbara. It contains a recess for a reliquary capsule and dates from the 16th century.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Gerhard Best and Theo Halekotte: The former Albert Junker bell foundry - formerly Heinrich Humpert - in Brilon / Westphalia 1918 to 1957 . In: Konrad Bund (among others): Jahrbuch für Glockenkunde , Vol. 3/4, MRV, Brühl 1992, p. 63.
literature
- Heinrich Dobbener: History of the Free County , the parish and parish Züschen, district Brilon , Züschen 1957.
- Albert Hömberg: Ecclesiastical and secular state organization , Münster 1938.
- Wilhelm Rave (ed.): Architectural and art monuments of Westphalia. Volume 45: Kreis Brilon , edited by Paul Michels, Münster 1952, pp. 439–447.
- Jakob Torsy: The ordinations of the Cologne auxiliary bishops 1661–1840 according to the auxiliary bishop's protocols , Düsseldorf 1969, p. 536.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 9.4 ″ N , 8 ° 33 ′ 40 ″ E