St. Lubentius (Kobern)

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St. Lubentius in Kobern
Coffered ceiling

The Catholic parish church of St. Lubentius in Kobern , a local community in the district of Mayen-Koblenz ( Rhineland-Palatinate ), was built in 1827/28.

history

The church replaced the dilapidated become Romanesque parish church that stood in the cemetery. The capitals under the gallery , the baroque baptismal font (around 1700) and the iron grating on the right in the chancel are preserved from this church .

architecture

Exterior construction

St. Lubentius was built as a hall church from rubble stones according to the plans of the architect Johann Claudius von Lassaulx . The unplastered masonry contains decorative elements made from local types of stone: Grauwacke , Mayen basalt and Laacher tuff . The church has no tower , just a roof turret . The four doctors of the church Gregorius , Hieronymus , Ambrosius and Augustine are depicted in large porthole windows on the long sides . The window above the main portal shows St. Lubentius , the patron saint of the church.

inner space

The coffered ceiling with the zodiac signs in the individual fields is striking inside the church . The artist J. J. Potthast from Wiesbaden painted the church in 1907. Above the triumphal arch is a banner with a Latin text that translates as: This is the house of God and the gate of heaven ( Genesis 28:17). The signs of the four evangelists can be seen in the dome of the choir .

Interior of St. Lubentius. Left and right the side altar paintings by the church painter Settegast from the 1st half of the 19th century.

The two side altar portraits of St. Lubentius preaching to the Gentiles (right) and Mary's conception (left) are by the Nazarene Joseph Anton Nikolaus Settegast . Both murals were painted between 1836 and 1839 and cost 130 thalers.

literature

  • Catholic parish of St. Lubentius Kobern (ed.): Short guide for the Catholic parish church of St. Lubentius Kobern , Kobern 2010.

Individual notes

  1. ^ Directorate Landesmuseum Mainz (ed.), Travel routes to the Nazarenes in Rhineland-Palatinate , Mainz 2012, p. 56, ISBN 978-3-7954-2649-1

Web links

Commons : St. Lubentius (Kobern)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′ 36 ″  N , 7 ° 27 ′ 26 ″  E