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Dülmen, Kirchspiel, St.-Jakobus-Kirche, Chor und Altar -- 2022 -- 4184-8
Taken on 26 August 2022, 15:28
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- Sculpture
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- Wikimedia Commons
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- CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
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About this work
Choirs and altar in the St Jacob’s Church (Karthaus) in Weddern hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany The church belongs to the former Marienburg Charterhouse – the only Carthusian monastery in Westphalia. The order came to Weddern in 1476/77 after the knight Gerd von Keppel donated his castle to the order. The charterhouse was inhabited until 1803. Construction of the church itself began in 1477, but remained unfinished for a long time; the keystone in the western bay bears the date 1607. After the monastery was dissolved, the building remained standing and is now used as a parish and community center. The church is a late Gothic place of worship built of red brick. The building has a deliberately simple design: a single-nave hall with a vaulted ceiling, choir area, and characteristic tracery windows. A tower with an octagonal pointed roof and dormers characterizes the exterior appearance. In 1871/72, the church was expanded in the neo-Gothic style, with a crypt for the von Croÿ family added and the interior expanded. Particularly noteworthy is the old choir stalls, which probably originate from Cologne and date from around 1350. Also impressive is a Rococo…
