St. Martin (Griethausen)
The Catholic parish church of St. Martin is a listed church building on Martinusplatz in Griethausen , a district of Kleve in the Kleve district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).
History and architecture
The core of the vaulted , three-aisled brick basilica is the central nave , which was built as a single-nave chapel in the second quarter of the 15th century . Around 1500 the north aisle was added and the west tower was added. The south aisle was added in 1850. The three-story tower is accompanied by a polygonal stair tower . The tower is divided by pointed arches and was closed with a slate pyramid in the 18th century. The cross-rib vaulted tower hall is open in large pointed arches to the central nave. Above this was the west window of the original chapel building, which is now walled up. On the central nave is the choir with a 5/8 end. The old sacristy on the north aisle, in the form of a polygonal closed choir, is currently used as a baptistery . The church was restored until 1953 after being damaged in World War II .
Furnishing
Sacrament house
The late Gothic tabernacle from sandstone was built in the early 16th century. The four-sided housing on a structured pedestal is crowned by a cantilevered three-storey tower in rich late Gothic shapes that extends into the vault . The figures in the base have been renewed. In the throats of the sides of the case there are statuettes in high relief on consoles and under canopies .
Other equipment
- The copper baptismal font from 1808 on a wrought iron base stands in the tower hall and is used as a holy water font .
- The crucifix from the middle of the 15th century is in the baptistery, the setting is lost.
- At the Mother of God from the end of the 15th century, the crown and scepter of Mary and the upper body of the child were renewed. The frame is new.
- St. Antonius Abbas from the beginning of the 16th century was recast .
- St. Johannes Evangelist from around 1520 is attributed to the sculptor H. van Holt. The version is no longer available.
- The altar cross from the first quarter of the 16th century was attributed to H. Douverman.
- The Vespers picture from around 1530/40 is attributed to the workshop of H. van Holt.
- The oil painting depicting the Calvary was created in the third quarter of the 16th century as a successor to M. van Heemskerk.
literature
- Dehio, Georg , edited by Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia I Rhineland . Deutscher Kunstverlag , 2005 ISBN 3-422-03093-X
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Coordinates: 51 ° 49 '23.4 " N , 6 ° 10' 7.1" E