St. Martin (Dünschede)
The Catholic parish church of St. Martin is a listed building in Dünschede , a district of the city of Attendorn , in the Olpe district , in North Rhine-Westphalia .
History and architecture
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The original church was probably built as a hall church with a rectangular choir in the 11th century , evidence from excavations in 1974 speak for it.
The building is a small Romanesque hall church with three bays . It was built in the second half of the 13th century. The interior is 8.8 × 12 m. The building with a semicircular apse was made of quarry stone and later plastered white. In 1924 the church was expanded to the west. The Romanesque building was preserved, the destroyed tower was rebuilt. In the nineties of the twentieth century the church was extensively renovated. The hall is characterized by round pillars without plinths and ribbed cross vaults. The exposed remains of Romanesque wall paintings with scenes from the life of Jesus and St. Martin.
Furnishing
- In the choir a wall painting by the Leverkusen artists Paul Weigmann and Werner. The Pentecost scene as well as the church patron St. Martin and the village patron St. Agatha are shown.
- Wooden figures from the 16th century: Anna selbdritt , St. Barbara and baroque figure of St. Martin.
literature
- Ursula Quednau (edit.): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, North Rhine-Westphalia II: Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , p. 41.
- Ralf Breer, Otto Höffer: Churches and chapels in Attendorn, Lennestadt and Kirchhundem. Attendorn 1999, p. 36 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Georg Dehio (greeting), Ursula Quednau (arrangement): North Rhine-Westphalia, Vol. 2: Westphalia. ( Handbook of German Art Monuments ), Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , p. 41
Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 9 ″ N , 7 ° 58 ′ 33.1 ″ E