Vicelin Church
As Vicelinkirchen (or "Vizelinkirchen") are the allegedly based on the founding / planning of the Slavic missionary Vicelin and his successors - usually built in the context of Christianization after the conquest of Wagrien in 1138/39 by the Holsten .
These are field stone churches / fortified churches from the 12th century, which were built in the Romanesque style as single-nave rectangular hall churches with a square choir , semicircular apse and an often no longer preserved round tower .
The round field stones limit the size of the structure - more than the construction of village churches was not structurally possible with this material and with this construction method.
These Vicelinkirchen include u. a. the
- Curau Church (rebuilt in 1683 and 1828/29)
- Petrikirche in Bosau (the round tower was destroyed in the Thirty Years War and rebuilt as a square)
- Vicelinkirche in Ratekau (best preserved)
- St. Laurentius in Süsel
- St. Johannis in Neukirchen / Bad Malente ( Ostholstein )
- St. Fabian in Rensefeld (largely rebuilt after destruction in 1234)
- Vicelinkirche St. Jacobi in Bornhöved
- Vicelinkirche (Pronstorf)
- Warder Church in Warder (Segeberg district)
Vicelin as namesake
Churches with the patronage or the name of Saint Vicelin are mainly found in northern Germany. This then continues to count
- Vicelin Church (Kiel)
- St. Vicelin (Lübeck)
- Vicelinkirche (Neumünster)
- Vicelinkirche (Hamburg-Sasel)
- St. Vicelin (Segeberg)
St. Petri in Bosau
Petrikirche Bosau - from the north
Field stone church Ratekau
St. Fabian, Rensefeld / Bad Schwartau
Field stone church of St. Laurentius, Süsel
Vicelinkirche Pronstorf
Vicelinkirche Neukirchen near Bad Malente
Vicelinkirche in Hamburg-Sasel
