St. Pankratius (fore helmet)
St. Pankratius is a Roman Catholic church in the Ahlen district of Vorhelm in the Warendorf district . It is used by the Catholic parish of St. Pankratius Vorhelm. Church and parish belong to the diocese of Münster .
history
In 1193, residents of the knight's seat on Vorhelm built a private church. It was dedicated to St. Pancras, a patron who was particularly popular with the knights. In 1193 the bishop elevated the Vorhelmer private church to a parish church.
The old church
It is unknown when the "Old Church" was built. It is only known that the church was consecrated in 1521 and that it was a Romanesque church. It was destroyed by fire in the Thirty Years' War and reopened in 1655.
The New Church
Since the old church had become dilapidated and too small, it was demolished in 1891. On October 25, 1893, the "new church" was consecrated. It is twice as long and twice as wide as the "Old Church". It was built in the neo-Gothic style. The high altar, the side altars and the pulpit of the church were dismantled on June 9, 1969 in the course of renovation measures, the high altar is now in the St. Antonius Church in Herten .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann Honermann: From the own church to the parish church - patron, provisional and church director of St. Pankratius in Vorhelm. Catholic parish Sankt Pankratius Vorhelm, accessed on May 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Herbert Rüsing, Wolfgang Große Jäger: Institutions of the parish of Sankt Pankratius Vorhelm. Retrieved May 6, 2018 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 48 ′ 32.4 " N , 7 ° 56 ′ 42.3" E