St. Petronilla, Handorf
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St. Petronilla is a Catholic church in Handorf, now part of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The present building dates back to around 1700, expanded in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The first church in Handorf, a small wooden structure, was built around 1030 and dedicated to Saint Petronilla.[1][2] It was replaced by a stone church around 1300, after Handorf had become a parish in 1282. The present church was built around 1700, with a tower added in 1864/65 in Gothic revival style. In 1913 the church was expanded by a transept, with a new choir and sacristy.[1]
In 1942 the tower was ablated to an order by the Luftgaukommandant, because it was in the way of air traffic to the military airport nearby. It was restore in 1976/77, as part of major restoration and expansion.[1]
The baptismal font is a Romanesque work made probably in the 13th century from Baumberger Sandstein..[3] A large oil painting of a crucifixion group in the choir belongs to the church since 1886. It was possibly painted around by an unknown artist before 1850.[4] The organ, in the transept, was built in 1980 by Romanus Seifert from Kevelaer, with 16 stops on two manuals and pedal.[5]
