The present three-nave, three-bay, typically Westphalian hall church dates from the middle of the 14th century and the first half of the 15th century. The oldest parts include the nave and the five-storey tower (around 1350). The choir is almost a century younger and was only completed in the second half of the 15th century. Around 1530, chaplain Johann Kelberg preached Protestant sermons in this church for the first time in Soest. When the Protestant doctrine finally took hold in 1552, it was once again the "Paulikirche" that was the first parish church in Soest to open its doors to the new doctrine
. The oldest stained glass windows in the church are among the oldest surviving Gothic paintings in Soest and date from around 1300.
In 1895, the famous Walcker company installed a new organ façade from 1675 in the then modern romantic style. The Renaissance pulpit from around 1580, the Priechen (wooden gallery for noble parishioners) and the altarpiece from around 1430 from the school of Conrad von Soest are also particularly worth seeing. The Second World War also left its mark on this church; many windows and a vault were destroyed. It took until 1950 to repair the damage
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