St. Peter and Paul (Halverde)

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St. Peter and Paul

The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul is a listed church building in Halverde , a district of the municipality of Hopsten , in the Westphalian region of Tecklenburger Land ( Steinfurt district ). It houses a memorial to Sister Maria Euthymia, who was born in Halverde and was later beatified .

History and architecture

The church building was erected in 1788 with the permission of the King of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm II. He approved a prayer house without a tower. The first mass was celebrated in 1792. The parish has been a parish since 1824 .

The church is a simple, plastered quarry stone hall with a flat-arched wooden ceiling. The 26 meter high west tower was added in 1854, its upper floors were renewed after a designation in 1881. The oldest remaining bell was cast in 1854. A spiral staircase was built into the tower in 1954. The five-axis building was extended to the east by two additional axes with a choir closed on three sides (11.4 meters), and a sacristy was added from 1959 to 1963.

Furnishing

Interior
Choir
Figure of St. Theodora
  • A high altar from the 18th century, with the image of the holy family, a chronogram is hidden by the tabernacle .
  • The pulpit , stalls and communion bench were made at the beginning of the 19th century.
  • An octagonal baptismal font was made from Ibbenbürener sandstone according to the name in 1784.
  • The organ was installed by Joachim Wenthin in 1817 ; In 1875 it was expanded. The prospectus is decorated with draperies and vases, the soundwork was renewed in 1971 using the former registers.
  • The crescent moon Madonna was donated from private property after 1945.
  • The Radiant Madonna (Double Madonna) was carved in the first half of the 18th century.

Others

At Christmas time, a spacious nativity scene is set up in the church, which extends over three levels. This tradition was founded in 1932 by a joiner and cabinet maker who moved from the Ruhr area and who took the nativity scene built in the Franciscan Church in Essen as a model. The figures in the Nazarene style were obtained from the Fathers of St. Arnold near Rheine. From a group of cast-like angels in different colors, each one carries a banner with the opening verse of a popular Christmas carol. For the first of January, the former feast of the circumcision of the Lord, the figure of a Levite is placed at the manger, formerly directly behind the depiction of the Christ child.

In addition to the Corpus Christi procession, there is also the so-called “Great Procession” on the Sunday after the Assumption of Mary , during which an above-average custom with regard to the design of the blessing altars and z. Some of the decorations on the processional path were also preserved, such as the erection of a triumphal arch . The canopy of the community has neo-Gothic finials as the end of the supporting poles, the light beige fabric has probably been renewed and apart from a surrounding border has no special ornamentation of an ornamental or figurative kind on its outside.

  • Blessing altar of the "Great Procession"

  • Triumphal Arch of the "Great Procession"

  • High Mass on Euthymia Day

  • Halverd pastor Peter van Briel (right) with Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff , the preacher at the second Euthymia Day in 2014

  • Procession along the Sister Maria Euthymia Memorial Path on Euthymia Day

literature

  • Ursula Quednau (arrangement): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, North Rhine-Westphalia, Volume II: Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2
  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments, North Rhine-Westphalia . Volume 2, Westphalia, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1969

Web links

Commons : Saints Peter and Paul  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments, North Rhine-Westphalia . Volume 2, Westphalia, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1969, page 200
  2. ↑ History of the Church and the Congregation ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dorf-halverde.de
  3. ^ "The Halverder Crib", Anni Tebben, Halverde (2005); booklet to be bought in the church

Coordinates: 52 ° 25 ′ 7.3 "  N , 7 ° 40 ′ 5.9"  E