St. Laurentius (Lindlar-Hohkeppel)

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Parish Church of St. Laurentius in Hohkeppel
Interior

The Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius is a neoclassical hall church in the Hohkeppel district of Lindlar in the Bergisches Land .

Building history

The patronage of St. Lawrence suggests that it was founded in the second half of the 10th century. A first documentary mention supposedly comes from the year 958, in which the own church was transferred to the monastery of St. Severin in Cologne . The authenticity of this document is disputed. In the 12th century a three-aisled pillar basilica was built in the Romanesque style, which was named a parish church in the 15th century. The medieval building was demolished in 1835 and rebuilt as a neoclassical hall building in the shape of a normal Schinkel church by 1842 . Only the four-storey west tower of the Romanesque church remained. On the east side of the church there is a sacrament house for processions, which can be dated to the year 1722 via a building inscription. A comprehensive renovation took place between 1956 and 1959.

Furnishing

The inventory of the church includes an organ gallery with a three-tower organ front, a wooden pulpit from the 17th century and a statue of St. Lawrence.

Monument protection

The area of ​​the church is a ground monument according to the law for the protection and care of monuments in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (Monument Protection Act - DSchG) . Investigations and targeted collection of finds are subject to approval, and accidental finds are reported to the monument authorities.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In memory of Otto I's victory against the Magyars in the Battle of Lechfeld on August 10, 955, Laurentius Day, numerous Laurentius churches were built throughout the German Empire in the following years .
  2. ↑ Law on the protection and maintenance of monuments in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (Monument Protection Act - DSchG)

literature

  • Georg Dehio , Ernst Gall : Handbook of German art monuments. North Rhine-Westphalia, I. Rhineland. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1967. p. 242.

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Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 48 ″  N , 7 ° 18 ′ 39 ″  E