St. Quirinus (Niedersalwey)

The Catholic Chapel of St. Qurinus is a listed church building in Niedersalwey , a district of Eslohe in the Hochsauerlandkreis ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

History and architecture

The chapel, which is almost intact in terms of its historical status, was built in the second half of the 13th century. It is probably the oldest building in the Eslohe community. The early Gothic hall with three narrow bays is 21 meters long. Groin vaults rest on pointed arches . The medieval furnishings were destroyed during the Truchsessian Troubles or the Thirty Years War . The chapel must also have been very badly damaged because it was not mentioned during a visit to the Eslohe community, during which the auxiliary bishop Bernhard Frick consecrated various village chapels. The chapel was rebuilt in the middle of the 17th century. Remains of three paintings known since 1927 were uncovered and preserved between 1971 and 1973. The chapel was listed as a historical monument in 1985. The building was extensively renovated in 2003. The newly gold-plated weathercock was put back on.

Altars

Around 1680 the chapel was equipped with three altars. The high altar was 5.5 meters high and 2.5 meters wide. The three altars stood on a masonry base and were decorated with images and figurative decorations. Before 1855, the altars were painted white and the figures were colored. The bodies were colored 1855 passed . The altars are proven in the chapel until 1899. Then they were demolished and replaced by a high altar, consisting of a new substructure up to tabernacle height and parts of the broken altars. This was removed again in 1911 and the current altar was rebuilt.

Painting

Painting from the end of the 13th century

The ridges were provided with white, jointed, red bands, the front sides and the lower layers of the arches were square. The depiction of the Last Judgment shows an angel with the scales, in the right pan there is a person with raised hands, the good soul . In the left pan you can see the evil soul , the devil . Two more devils try to pull the scale down.

Second painting, a little later

The original painting was probably roughly renewed. The belt arch sublayers remained white. Twelve fragmentary, life-size figures with red contoured robes were painted in the vaulted cap of the choir and in the southern cap of the eastern yoke. Another figure can be seen above the east end of the choir polygon . Our Lady is depicted in a pointed arch niche on the north side of the choir , and the very fragmentary crowning of thorns on the south side. The representation of the Sebanstiansmarter , with the exception of the saint's head and shoulder, has been preserved on the southern rectangular template of the belt arch between the choir and nave . An imitation brocade in red with a stencil pattern was chosen as the background . A king with a crown and a hangman adorn the west side of the same template, he is part of the scene on the wall adjoining to the west. A reclining bishop, possibly St. Erasmus, is flanked by two executioners who are turning on a winch. Above this scene you can see two women meeting, probably the representation of the visitation . To the right of the window you can see St. Michael with the soul scales , on the belt template Michael with the dragon. A small figure with a wide skirt and wide sleeves, with a sword in his left hand and three horns on his head is painted on the western belt arch template on the south side. The areas of the lower scenes on the south wall are decorated with carpet patterns in red, triangles, diamonds and circles.

Third painting

The third painting was made in the 16th century, it shows a succession of apostles , which was probably limited to the walls and templates in the east yoke of the ship. Further depictions are the Man of Sorrows in the east flank of the south window and the martyrdom of St. Sebastian in the west flank of the south window.

literature

Wilma Tillmann in Salweyer Chronicle, 650 years of two places - one story, Niedersalwey-Obwersalwey . Editor: Heimat und Förderverein Salwey, 2004, pp. 89–91