St. Nicholas (Nieheim)

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Parish Church of St. Nicholas

The Catholic parish church of St. Nikolaus is a listed church building on Marktstrasse in Nieheim , in the Höxter district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). Church and congregation belong to the pastoral network Nieheim-Land of the Höxter deanery in the Archdiocese of Paderborn .

History and architecture

The community was probably founded together with the city. A church was first mentioned in 1262. They were parish off from Pömbsen in 1299.

The building stands on the brick plateau of a sloping terrain to the north. With the construction of the three-bay hall made of quarry sandstone with main and secondary choirs in the 5/8 end, the hall in the west began in the 13th century. The east yokes and choirs followed around 1300 . The west tower made of sandstone blocks with a pyramid helmet was built in the 14th century. The main choir was expanded after a designation in 1497; square sacristy buildings were added on both sides . According to a designation in the western keystone, the central nave was newly vaulted in 1591. The north sacristy was expanded in 1969. The interior was extensively renovated from 1991 to 1992.

The base and the coffin cornice surround the building in multiple protrusions. The nave stood without buttresses until around 1890. The west wall was partly renewed using a rectangular construction. The south portal is oriented towards the city. It is located in a wall template in a slightly ogival frame, on chamfered vestments with capital-like fighters. The pointed arched step portal with a strong transom profile was integrated into the younger extension. This was probably expanded in the 16th century. The walls of the former doors were reused for a pair of ogival windows. The choirs, angled to the south, are surrounded by deep buttresses. The windows of the side choirs, equipped with rich, arched tracery, have two lanes. The three-lane windows in the main choir are decorated with burr-shaped bars and fish bubbles over nested lancet arches. The keel-arched niche in the apex of the choir is marked 1497. The mighty west tower is divided by coffin cornices. The pointed arch windows were partly renewed around 1900. The concept of a three-bay hall was adopted from the Romanesque predecessor and continued. Narrow aisles with brushed groin vaults stand between wide, rectangular beams on transom brackets and pillars with profiled bases and transoms. In the east yoke, pear-shaped cross ribs rest between stepped, beveled belt arch beams on leaf consoles. The central nave vaults, which were renewed in 1591, partly rest on small head consoles, a design that is unusual for the Westphalian region. The neo-Gothic tendril painting from 1927 was uncovered in 1970. The neo-Gothic leaded glass windows by Henning & Andres are labeled 1892 and 1900. The windows were restored from 1990 to 1991.

Furnishing

  • On the altar plate from the 13th century is a neo-Gothic carved retable .
  • The sacrament house from 1521 made of Baumberger sandstone is decorated with a rich fial structure . It was restored in 1994.
  • The sandstone baptism from the beginning of the 16th century is remarkable. The eight-sided basin is decorated with partly sculptural reliefs from the Old and New Testament; the apex was replaced. The foot shows female saints in niches.
  • The backs of the two rows of Gothic choir stalls with carved knobs were renewed in the late 19th century. In 1977, flower painting was uncovered in a backrest in the left row.
  • The southern sacristy door is provided with Gothic fittings.
  • Wooden figures: a Madonna enthroned from the 15th century, a St. Lucia from the 17th century, a female saint with a crown of thorns from the 17th century, a St. Nicholas from the 18th century
  • An epitaph by Schulten Burghard († 1563) made of limestone; a figure of a knight stands in the niche

literature

Web links

Commons : St. Nicholas  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 48 ′ 16.3 "  N , 9 ° 6 ′ 40.2"  E