St. John the Baptist (Adenau)
The Catholic parish church of St. John the Baptist in Adenau , a town in the Ahrweiler district ( Rhineland-Palatinate ), was originally built in the Middle Ages . The building stands in the middle of the village at Kirchstrasse 1 and is a protected cultural monument .
history
The church consecrated to John the Baptist probably already existed in the 10th century. In 1224 Gerhard von Are donated his own church to the Johanniterkommende in Adenau on the Nürburg . In the 12th century, two side aisles were added and in the 13th century a new choir , which was used exclusively by the Johanniter. The nave was probably vaulted at the end of the 15th century . In 1908/09 the old choir and sacristy were torn down and a new building was built. In a bomb attack on January 27, 1945, the old nave was completely destroyed, so that in 1969 a new building was built according to plans by the architect Otto Vogel . Parts of the old outer walls were converted into an atrium .
literature
- Paul Clemen (Hrsg.): The art monuments of the Rhine province . The art monuments of the Ahrweiler district. 17th volume, 1st department, published by L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1938, pp. 49-61.
- Manfred Reinnarth: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist Adenau . In: The church in the middle of town. Churches and chapels in the Verbandsgemeinde Adenau , ed. from the Verbandsgemeinde Adenau, Adenau 2001, ISBN 3-9804818-5-9 , pp. 13-14.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 58 ″ N , 6 ° 55 ′ 49 ″ E