Kreuzkirche Herne

"The origin church of the Protestant parish was the Romanesque St. Dionysius church in the middle of the village of Herne, which was not dilapidated in 1872, but too small for the steadily increasing number of parishioners On January 25, 1869, the presbytery of the parish, of 1870 to accumulate an annual church tax levy of 1,000 thalers for a new building, but only in July 1871, the plans got started and the church building fund was raised to 1,500 thalers.After the mining community grew enormously and the old church was bursting at the seams, the problem of the site had to be solved; one party insisted on the old location, the other then concluded with the new garden behind the Pastorei.After a site visit in July 1872, the Essen architects Julius Flügge and Peter Zindel were commissioned with design and construction management, the plans and the estimated cost of 64,300 thalers were approved on 13 December 1873 by the Arnsberg district government and on 2 May 1873 transferred the community the mason master Dieckhoff and the Zimmermann trunk construction execution.On May 15, 1873, the new building began with the demolition of the old church tower to reuse its stones for the foundation of the new church. After the walls were already one meter high, the foundation stone was laid on October 5, 1873 (Thanksgiving). In November 1873 Pastor Dransfeld found a cost plan of around 90,000 Taler, this sum should be covered by bonds. Ultimately, the total cost was well over 100,000 dollars or 300,000 marks. On 3 July 1875 the tower was completed, set on 2 October 1875 the weathercock and on 2 December 1875 the new church consecrated.The church is 44 meters long and 27.5 meters high. The tower measures 57.5 meters to the tap. The church was built in exposed brick masonry, and the structures are made of sandstone. The interior is designed as a hall church with galleries and a hexagonal apse. For more than 80 years, the church was simply called the Protestant Church, until it was officially named Kreuzkirche in 1963. "Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreuzkirche_(Herne)

After the previous church of St. Dionysius became too small, today's Kreuzkirche was built in 1873-75 using material from the previous church.More info: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreuzkirche_(Herne)#Baugeschichte

The new construction of this evangelical church was completed in 1875 after the Romanesque St. Dionysius Church had become too small for the community.