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Protestant Church of St. John the Baptist (Neuengeseke)
Church
For more than 800 years, the Church of St. John the Baptist has been the focal point of the villages of Opmünden, Beusingsen, Enkesen im Klei, Herringsen, Ellingsen, Brüllingsen, Altengeseke and Neuengeseke. A visit to this beautiful old Romanesque church is well worthwhile!
Address
Protestant Church of St. John the Baptist (Neuengeseke)
Schluppergasse 2
59505 Bad Sassendorf
Telephone: 02927-189504
Properties:
The congregation has been worshipping here for more than 800 years. Many people have spoken to God here, given thanks and prayed for help, baptized their children, begun their lives together at the altar and mourned their deceased. Every generation has left its mark and helped to shape this place.
Three embrasures can still be seen at chest height on the outer wall, and if you have entered the church through the heavy north portal, you will see a mighty crossbeam in the wall on the inside of the door. In times of war, this room was a shelter where people could take refuge.
You now enter a high, wide and light room, which nevertheless radiates warmth and security with its thick walls and round pillars. This tells us something about the time when the church was built. The building is still dominated by the earthy Romanesque style, and yet it is already light and airy, as in the later Gothic period, to which the pointed vaults already belong.
The first thing you notice is the richly decorated altar, which was created shortly after the Thirty Years' War in 1661. It shows Jesus on the way to the cross in the middle, with the Last Supper below and the Resurrection above. The church's pulpit is a particular gem. It shows Christ and the four evangelists with their symbols at the bottom and the virtues, which are the fruits of the sermon, on the sounding board. Another special feature is the hanging font, which can be lowered for baptism. The old baptismal font from 1691, in the shape of a chalice, stands at the front of the left aisle.
Three embrasures can still be seen at chest height on the outer wall, and if you have entered the church through the heavy north portal, you will see a mighty crossbeam in the wall on the inside of the door. In times of war, this room was a shelter where people could take refuge.
You now enter a high, wide and light room, which nevertheless radiates warmth and security with its thick walls and round pillars. This tells us something about the time when the church was built. The building is still dominated by the earthy Romanesque style, and yet it is already light and airy, as in the later Gothic period, to which the pointed vaults already belong.
The first thing you notice is the richly decorated altar, which was created shortly after the Thirty Years' War in 1661. It shows Jesus on the way to the cross in the middle, with the Last Supper below and the Resurrection above. The church's pulpit is a particular gem. It shows Christ and the four evangelists with their symbols at the bottom and the virtues, which are the fruits of the sermon, on the sounding board. Another special feature is the hanging font, which can be lowered for baptism. The old baptismal font from 1691, in the shape of a chalice, stands at the front of the left aisle.
Service: usually Sundays, 09:00 Source
Business hours
Church service: usually Sundays, 09.00 a.m.