The church is open during daylight hours. You can walk up to the inner barrier (further viewing is by appointment possible).
But here we give you a look inside:
We will post more pictures here soon. But you can also see something here:
Construction history:
Today's Catholic parish church of St. Nicholas was originally part of the former Premonstratensian women's monastery (dissolved in 1804) in Arnsberg-Rumbeck.
The collegiate church was built around 1200 and is considered to be one of the first vaulted hall churches in Westphalia. The straight, five-bay hall was built from quarry stone and plastered. The church building is covered with a gable roof that is hipped in the east and has an octagonal ridge turret in the west. The monastery church is entered via a pointed arch portal in the north.
The simple hall church shows evidence of various construction phases: essentially Romanesque, but with Gothic elements (some windows), it was partially rebuilt in the Baroque style in the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1960, late Gothic vault paintings were uncovered in the side aisles.
The simple interior with its wide central nave and the strikingly narrow side aisles rises steeply, with the side aisles being barrel-vaulted. The groin vault is supported by square pillars without templates. Originally, the women's gallery was set further forward in the room in the east. During renovations at the end of the 17th century, half-height walls were built into the eastern bays between the choir and the side aisles to create a stepped choir.
The spatial layout of the naves of equal height in combination with the simple wall elevation is without parallel.
The carved interior is baroque and dates from 1698/99; this includes the choir and congregation stalls, the main and side altars, the confessional, the pulpit and the west gallery. The organ was made by Hinrich Klausing and dates back to 1700. It was restored in 2005/2006.
Author: Editorial staff baukunst-nrw,
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