St. Petrus (Hommersum)

Front view of the parish church of St. Peter

The Catholic parish church St. Petrus is a listed church building in Hommersum , a district of Goch in the Kleve district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

History and architecture

Rear view of the church and the rectory, which is also a listed building

The church was incorporated into the Graefenthal monastery from 1300 . The one-bay reticulated choir from the 15th century and the west tower have been preserved from the previous building.

The three-aisled, neo-Gothic brick building was built in 1895. The central nave vault was destroyed in World War II and replaced as a pliest barrel. During the renovation in 1986, the vault was provided with wooden ribs.

Furnishing

• A crucifix from the beginning of the 16th century is attached to the renewed cross above the triumphal arch .
• The high-quality standing figure of Our Lady is a Maasland work from around 1320. The version has been lost, some places have been added.
• St. Antony from around 1500 to 1520 was captured more recently

literature

• Georg Dehio , edited by Claudia Euskirchen, Olaf Gisbertz, Ulrich Schäfer: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia I Rhineland . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich / Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03093-X

Web links

Commons : St. Petrus (Hommersum)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Description of the monument on the pages of the city of Goch

Coordinates: 51 ° 40 ′ 55.1 ″  N , 6 ° 2 ′ 3.8 ″  E