St. Michael (Holsen)
St. Michael is a church in the Holsen district of the East Westphalian town of Bünde in the Herford district . It is the parish church of the same Catholic parish that the Pastoralverbund Bünder country in the deanery Herford-Minden of the Archdiocese of Paderborn belongs and the municipality Roedinghausen and the neighborhood Holsen includes the city frets.
history
The Catholic parish in the north-western part of the Herford district was created as a result of the population shifts after the end of the Second World War . Before that, their area belonged to the parish of St. Joseph in Bünde. In 1947 the first pastor was appointed for the area, and in 1948 the Holsen Curate was founded.
Initially, the services were held in makeshift rooms, schools and in the Protestant churches of Rödinghausen and Bieren . In 1950 a building site was acquired in Holsen, on which the first Michael’s Chapel was built in 1952 with the support of the Bonifatius Association in Paderborn .
The church building, which still exists today, was erected in 1966. The former chapel was converted into a parish hall in 1986 .
Furnishing
Interior
The Way of the Cross with 18 stations (1986) and a sculpture of the church patron St. Michael made of red Ibbenbürener sandstone (1987) are by Joseph Krautwald . The altar cross with bronze body was created by Heinz Bergkemper from Langenberg in 1974.
Bells
The two bells were cast in Gescher by Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock in 1987 :
- Of
- Clay: Des, weight: 230 kg, diameter: 70 cm, inscription: LORD JESUS CHRIST MAKE OUR HEART ACCORDING TO YOUR HEART
- It
- Clay: Es, weight: 170 kg, diameter: 63 cm, inscription: HL. MICHAEL, PROTECTOR OF THE CHURCH AND THE GERMAN PEOPLE, PLEASE FOR US
A bell from 1777, which hung in the old Michaelskapelle until 1986, is now in the St. Marien chapel in Rödinghausen, which also belongs to the parish of St. Michael.
Web links
- Information on the congregation from the Bünder Land pastoral network
- Chronicle of the pastoral association Bünder Land
Coordinates: 52 ° 12 ′ 30.5 ″ N , 8 ° 30 ′ 49.2 ″ E