City Chapel St. Georg (Arnsberg)
The Stadtkapelle St. Georg is a Catholic church in the old town of Arnsberg . The Arnsberg bell tower belongs to it as the symbol of the city.
church
The first town chapel undoubtedly existed before 1173. Until then, it was a subsidiary of the original parish in Hüsten . After that, the Premonstratensians of Wedinghausen Abbey were responsible for pastoral care in the city. The current building dates from 1323. It was built in the style of an early Gothic hall church. A sacristy was added in 1730.
Today's furnishings come almost exclusively from the end of the 17th century and are entirely in the baroque style. The refurbishment was necessary as a replacement for the iconoclasm that took place under Gebhard Truchsess in 1583. In addition to the main altar by master Johann Brune from Menden from 1692, the estates of the Duchy of Westphalia and the mayor Johan von Bilefeldt donated further altars in 1668.
Bell tower
The bell tower was a gate tower of the former town fortifications of Arnsberg and today serves as the bell tower of the Catholic town chapel St. Georg.
The tower is one of the oldest structures in the city of Arnsberg and formed the southernmost defense and gate tower of the oldest part of the city. He assumed this role from around 1170. It is first mentioned in writing in a document from Count Gottfried III. from the year 1236 (or 1238), in which it was about the expansion of the city area in the direction of the Wedinghausen Abbey .
With the execution of this plan, the tower lost its function as a defensive tower and only served as an inner-city gate.
The tower got a new function after the collapse of the old town chapel. In its place, today's chapel was built as the only inner-city church in 1323. The immediately adjacent tower has served as a bell tower since then. Apart from the hood, the shape of the tower , which can be attributed to the early Gothic style , has remained largely unchanged to this day. For centuries, the spire consisted of a tent-like roof with four small corner towers.
After the great city fire of 1600, it was rebuilt in its old form by the "tower master" Hermann von Plettenberg . After another fire in 1709, the restoration was delayed until 1723. It was only at this point in time that the tower received its baroque onion dome, which was retained until 1945. After a fire in the tower, the hood was destroyed and was not renewed until 1948, not least due to the procurement of the necessary building materials by District President Fritz Fries . After the Second World War , the tower cock from 1830 was reinstalled instead of the swastika that was put on in 1937 .
Bells
The bell tower houses two historical bronze bells:
- 1.Mary's bell, tone g 'cast year 1767 (hour strike of the clock)
- 2.George's bell, tone a 'cast year 1639 (quarter-hour strike of the clock)
Bell of the roof rider of the town chapel: Ton a ", 45 kg cast year 1517 or 1616 (unclear chronogram of the inscription)
literature
- Uwe Haltaufderheide: The architectural monuments of the city of Arnsberg. Collection period 1980–1990. City of Arnsberg, Arnsberg 1990, ISBN 3-928394-01-0 , pp. 19-21.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '52 " N , 8 ° 3' 49.5" E