Church of St. Victor ( German: St.-Viktor-Kirche ) - a church in the center of the Ruhr city of Schwerte ( North Rhine-Westphalia ), founded in 1050 as an auxiliary church of the Xanten Cathedral of St. Victor ; in the 13th century, the temple building was expanded and became a Romanesque basilica ; in the XV century it was rebuilt into a Gothic hall temple ; is an architectural monument.
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Content
- 1 History and description
- 2 See also
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
History and Description
The history of St. Victor's church in Schwerth began in 1032 - with the donation of the farm by Matrona Reinmod from Kappenberg (today - the district of Zelm ) to the Xanten Cathedral . In 1050, the church in Schwerth was founded as an auxiliary church at the collegiate church of Xanten [1] . About a hundred years later, the construction of a modern nave followed - the oldest surviving fragment of the building. In the XIII century, the temple was expanded and became a Romanesque basilica . During the heyday of Schwerte as a Hanseatic city - in the 15th century - St. Victor's Church was expanded to a three-nave Gothic hall church . In the same period, the highest bell tower was built, which today is one of the symbols of the city. After the Reformation, the temple became a Lutheran church.
The center of the temple is the Antwerp "golden" altar , created by artists and sculptors from the guild of St. Luke : it was installed on Easter 1523; it contains the relics of St. Victor . The predecessor altar, created in 1518, has not been fully preserved (its predecessor has been preserved). He is one of the few altars known today that were created by Westphalian craftsmen. The fresco of the Crucifixion , also known as the Westphalian master, preserved until 1943 dates from 1310. A baroque pulpit was added in 1666.
See also
- Rormeister
- Church of St. Michael in Luneburg
- Church of St. John
- Church of St. Mary
Notes
- ↑ Schwerte 1397-1997: Eine Stadt Im Mittleren Ruhrtal Und Ihr Umland . - Klartext, 1997 .-- S. 93 .-- 762 p. - ISBN 9783884744925 .
Literature
- Karl Ewald: Rund um St. Viktor. Viktor-Verlag, Schwerte 1985.
Links
- St. Victor-Kirche am Markt (German) . schwerte.de . Stadtverwaltung Schwerte. Date of treatment April 19, 2019.