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Soest
Lkr. Soest
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Petrikirchhof
(Sankt-Petrikirche - Nordportal)

Reformationsportal

Reformation Portal

Walter Casanova
1968

Beschreibung / Description

Bronze door with eight reliefs, four large reliefs show persons from the Reformation in Soest, the four smaller reliefs scenes from the reformation and coats of arms.

Soest - Reformationsportal

Philipp Nicolai
(Mengeringhausen 1556 - Hamburg 1608)
German Lutheran pastor, poet, and composer (Wikipedia).
Heinrich Aldengrever
Paderborn 1502 - Soest 1555/61
German painter and engraver
(Wikipedia).

Thomas Borchwede*
Dominican monk from Osnabrück, protestant preacher in Soest Soest - Reformationsportal
Gerhard Omcke* (Gerd Oemeken)
(Kamen c. 1500 - Güstrow 1562)
Protestant theologian and reformer (Wikipedia).

Coats of arms of (?) and Soest (right)
Coats of arms of Nordrhein-Westfalen (left) and (?).
* identification not sure.

Künstler*in / Artist

Walter T. Casanova (Chur 1918 - Zürich 1999), Swiss sculptor and painter (Website).

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Wikipedia, St. Petri (Soest).
St. Petri-Pauli Soest, Kirchen - St. Petri - Ein Rundgang.
Evangelischer Kirchenkreis Soest, Das Reformationsportal der Petrikirche.
Evangelischer St. Petri-Pauli Kirchengemeinde Soest, Gemeindebrief 35, Advent 2018 (PDF on-line).

Stichworte / Tags

Town: Soest
Kreis: Lkr. Soest
Land: Nordrhein-Westfalen
Country: Germany

Lage / Location (N 51°34'17" - E 8°6'26") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw688; Photograph: 15 October 2018
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Philipp Nicolai (Mengeringhausen 1556 - Hamburg 1608) German Lutheran pastor, poet, and composer (Wikipedia).	Heinrich Aldengrever Paderborn 1502 - Soest 1555/61 German painter and engraver (Wikipedia).

Thomas Borchwede* Dominican monk from Osnabrück, protestant preacher in Soest	Gerhard Omcke* (Gerd Oemeken) (Kamen c. 1500 - Güstrow 1562) Protestant theologian and reformer (Wikipedia).
Coats of arms of (?) and Soest (right)	Coats of arms of Nordrhein-Westfalen (left) and (?).