St. Vitus (Südlohn)
The parish church of St. Vitus is a Catholic church building in Südlohn .
history
The parish of St. Vitus in Südlohn emerged from the original parish Lon with the parish church of St. Otgerus in Nordlohn (today Stadtlohn ), which was founded by St. Liudger , the first bishop of Münster. In view of the expansion of this ancient parish of Lon, a chapel was founded in the south of the parish, which was first mentioned in a document in 1231. In 1231, Bishop Ludolf von Münster raised the chapel to a parish church for the southwestern part of the mother parish, which was created as a new parish. St. Vitus was appointed parish patron . The patronage rights were initially exercised by the nobles of Lon , then fell to the cathedral chapter of Münster in 1316 . A village structure soon formed around the chapel.
Today's St. Vitus Church is a late Gothic hall church . The north portal was built in 1507. Parts of the church are much older. In 1936 a yoke was added to the church , the late Romanesque tower was torn down and replaced with a new tower.
The interior of the church
The interior is divided into a low entrance hall with an organ loft above it , a three-aisled, four-bay hall space with a southern extension and a choir slightly offset from the nave .
The pillars of the extension of the nave from 1936 are made of concrete and not, as in the late Gothic building, of sandstone.
Furnishing
With the construction of the choir and the nave, the church received a late Gothic interior, of which little has been preserved.
The Gothic vault paintings were not rediscovered until 1961. They are exemplary for the region. The cycle of images begins in the West with the fall of man . The following vaults carry four female saints: Barbara (with a tower and palm branch), Katharina (princely dressed, crowned and with a sword), Justina (with a book) and Lidwina (with a rosary on her head and a basket of roses). The four saints lead on to the second main motif: the Annunciation of Mary . In the east of the vault are the prophet Isaias , the parish priest St. Viktor (with book) and Antonius (with pig). The cycle ends on the front of the triumphal arch with the Madonna in a halo with child.
The oldest work of art in the church is a 70 cm high wooden Romanesque cross from the beginning of the 13th century. It's in the choir room. The Savior's head has an opening for relics at the back.
On the south side of the west building is the simple Gothic font in the shape of a cup. It was built around 1450 and has a modern copper cover.
The chandelier in the central nave is from the 17th century.
The magnificently carved pulpit shows the four evangelists as half-length figures.
The Radiant Madonna on the crescent moon , stepping on the serpent of the Fall , on the left front round pillar is from the 2nd half of the 18th century.
The eight windows of the southern extension, as well as the windows of the baptistery, date from the year the church was expanded in 1936. They were created based on designs by Anton Wendling .
The large windows in the nave were created around 1960 according to plans by the painter Josef Nienhaus.
The decoration with modern art was done by the sculptor Rudolf Breilmann . The altar stone, the tabernacle and the tabernacle column, the candlesticks, the columns of the candlestick angels and the ambo come from him .
There are 5 bells hanging in the tower. The Katharinenglocke is from 1390, the others from 1949, 1957 and 1996.
Anna Chapel
The Anna chapel is reached through the north aisle. On the vaulted areas are ornamental paintings from the beginning of the 16th century. Originally there were 12 consecration crosses , 11 of which were exposed in 1961, and the 12th was added in 2012.
organ
The late classicist organ in the Baroque tradition, one of the few still completely preserved and playable systems in the Borken district, is of importance. The organ was built in 1838 by the organ builder Johann Kersting (Münster), the organ case by the carpenter Hölker (Südlohn) based on plans by Johann Kersting. The instrument was last restored between 2010 and 2013. It has 20 stops on two manuals and pedal. The playing and register actions are mechanical.
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literature
- Ulrich Söbbing: St. Vitus in Südlohn. ( Westfälische Kunststätten , issue 55). Published by Westfälischer Heimatbund, 2nd edition, Münster 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the history ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 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. the parish on the parish website
- ↑ More information about the organ (PDF; 178 kB) and the disposition
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 56 ′ 40.2 " N , 6 ° 51 ′ 57" E