St. Johannis (Vlotho)

View from the west

St. John in Vlotho is the parish church of the Evangelical Reformed Church of St. John, which the church district Vlotho the Evangelical Church of Westphalia belongs.

Building history and architecture

Layout

Sanctuary

In 1732 Reformed people who immigrated from neighboring Lippe founded a community in Vlotho. With the support of the Prussian King Friedrich II , they had the church built in 1783. It is a baroque central building with an octagonal floor plan ( octagon ) and a semicircular apse on the east side. Inside there is a wooden ceiling, windows and entrances have been renewed.

In 1884 the tower was added to the west .

Furnishing

The pulpit and the communion table date from the time it was built .

literature

• Georg Dehio (Ed.): Handbook of German Art Monuments , North Rhine-Westphalia, II. Westphalia, Munich 1969, p. 564.
• Albert Ludorff : The architectural and art monuments of Westphalia . Volume 24: The architectural and art monuments of the Herford district. Münster iW 1908, p. 90.

Web links

Commons : St. Johannis (Vlotho)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• http://www.geschichtevlotho.de/kirche-vlotho-ref.htm

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Vlotho church district
2. ↑ ^{a b} Dehio, p. 564.
3. ↑ Ludorff, p. 90.

Coordinates: 52 ° 10 ′ 5.5 ″  N , 8 ° 51 ′ 43.4 ″  E