Church of St. Kilian (Iserlohn)

Researchers believed that some fragments of the previous church, which stood on the site of a modern building and destroyed in 1914, were built earlier than the XIV century. The laying of the first stone in the foundation of the modern church building, the construction of which was completed in 1917, took place on July 12, 1914; however, construction work was partially delayed due to the outbreak of World War I. The building project in the "Rhine tradition" was completed by the Aachen architect Joseph Buchkremer ( German: Joseph Buchkremer , 1864-1949). As a result, the church was consecrated by Bishop of Paderborn Heinrich Heling von Lansenauer ( German Heinrich Haehling von Lanzenauer ) November 11, 1917 ^[1] .

The church of St. Kilian was built from local sandstone , known as it. Westhofener Sandstein : the exterior of the building is a structure made of rusticated stone (stone hewn under the fur coat), while the walls inside are sanded . The main hall of the church is divided into three naves . On the northwest side there is a tower 73 meters high, of which the spire is 19. The portal of the church is made in the form of a tower.

In 1978, the church of St. Kilian underwent a significant reconstruction: repair was required primarily the exterior of the building, since sandstone was exposed to weather for a long time. The interior of the church was also restored and slightly redone in order to adapt it to the reforms adopted at the Second Vatican Council . The local architect Heinrich Stiegemann ( German: Heinrich Stiegemann , 1909-1989), who actively collaborated with the Paderborn community, became the contractor for the renovation of the church.

The church has four cast steel bells made by Bochumer Verein ( Bochum ) in 1948. By the centenary, in 2017, two small bronze bells were additionally purchased by the church community. The organ of the church of St. Kilian was built in 1938 according to the design of Anton Feit ( German: Anton Feith , 1872-1929); the tool was repaired by Westfälischer Orgelbau S. Sauer ( Höckster ) in 1979. In 2001, the body again needed repairs, which were carried out by Gebrüder Stockmann ( Verl ).

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• Peter Trotier: Geschichte der katholischen Pfarrgemeinde St. Kilian, Letmathe. Beiträge zur Westfälischen Kirchen- und Ortsgeschichte. Letmather Nachrichten, Schäfers & Gerbe oHG, Iserlohn-Letmathe 1988.
  • Peter Trotier: Die Pfarrkirche St. Kilian zu Letmathe. Ein Kirchenführer. 3. Auflage. Iserlohn-Letmathe 2003.

• Katholische Kirchengemeinden. St. Kilian (German) . Stadt Iserlohn . Date of treatment November 2, 2018.
• Geschichte der kath. Pfarrgemeinde St. Kilian (German) . Pastoralverbund Letmathe (2003). Date of treatment November 2, 2018.