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Rietberg Abbey
Rietberg Monastery was a Franciscan monastery in Rietberg in the district of Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia.
After the County of Rietberg belonged to the Protestant faith for 70 years, the Catholic faith was proclaimed in the county from 1610. Initially, Jesuits were stationed in Rietberg for missionary work. In 1618, Count Johann III and his wife Sabina Catharina founded a Franciscan monastery to strengthen the faith. The monastery buildings were completed by 1621. In 1726, the monastery buildings south of the church were erected.
In 1969, the Franciscan monastery was finally dissolved, and on September 15, 1969, the Rietberg Youth Work took over the buildings, which it had already been using since July 1, 1969.
Monastery Church of St. Katharina+
The foundation stone for the church was laid in 1618, and the consecration took place on November 15, 1629, by the Paderborn auxiliary bishop Johannes Pelcking. The church was damaged in the monastery fire of 1935. The last comprehensive interior restoration was in 2007.
St. Katharina is a single-nave, four-bay hall church with a 3/6 apse, spanned by a wooden ceiling. Inside, there are three Renaissance stone altars with reliefs and figures. The high altar was installed in 1629.
Organ
The organ of the monastery church dates from 1747. The builder is unclear. Adolph Cappelmann (Geseke) or Johann Patroclus Möller (Lippstadt) are considered possibilities.
The instrument initially had 22 stops on two manuals and an attached pedal. In 1850, the instrument was rebuilt by Bernhard Speith (Rietberg) and expanded with a free pedal. Some pipe material was also renewed. In 1927, pneumatic cone chests were installed. In 1991, the instrument was reconstructed. The instrument has 29 stops on two manuals and pedal, of which 16 stops date from 1850 or 1927.
Bells
The church has a roof turret in which the two bells are housed. The older of the two bells measures 43 centimeters in diameter and is inscribed with in honora dei b. mariae f.s. cathr. me fieri fecitis 1697 maria ernest francisca fries orien et ntb comitis ... rennevat sub guward r herronimo rawenstein anno 1732.
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