St. Laurentius (Süsel)
The St. Laurentius Church in Süsel is a church in the municipality of Süsel in the Ostholstein district in Schleswig-Holstein . It is one of the Kolonialisationzeit incurred Vicelinkirche churches , stands on the church green in the town center and is the oldest building Süsels.
The church was probably built between 1160 and 1180 in the late Romanesque style. The originally round tower of the church was first shortened in 1735 and replaced by a square one in 1844.
description
The square tower was built from brick on a foundation of hewn natural stone and has a classicistic portal above which the notice "RENOVATED 1844" is attached. The tower, which tapers upwards through a step covered with roof tiles, has a roof covered with roof tiles, which merges into a roof turret. There is a tower clock on each side.
The nave, which has been preserved in its original state, consists of a nave with a choir and a semicircular apse and is made of field stones. Only on the south side of the church are larger areas made of brick, while retaining walls made of brick have been added on the north side.
Others
In the immediate vicinity of the church is located
- a memorial to the fallen of the First and Second World Wars
- three memorial stones for Kaiser Wilhelm I , Otto von Bismarck and von Moltke
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- Süsel, Kr.Ostholstein - Local History ( Memento from February 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Helge Lehmkuhl: 850 years of St. Laurentius Church in Süsel. In: Jahrbuch für Heimatkunde 2008 ( Heimatverband Eutin ), Eutin 2009, pp. 266–288
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Coordinates: 54 ° 4 ′ 33.3 " N , 10 ° 43 ′ 2.8" E