Dortmund - Propsteikirche St. Johannes Baptist

The Propsteikirche is one of Dortmund's four inner-city churches.

A Dominican abbey was founded in Dortmund in 1330, and a first abbey church was built from 1331 to 1353. It was expanded to a Gothic hall church, begun in 1404 and consecrated in 1458. The church of a mendicant order, it was mainly a place for prayer and built simple and without a steeple.

During the Reformation, all four inner-city churches initially became Protestant. This church became the first Catholic parish church in Dortmund after the Reformation in 1819. During industrialization and the associated influx of primarily Roman Catholic workers from the East, the number of community members increased sharply.

During WW II, the church was destroyed down to its surrounding walls. However, the church's most important art treasures had been stored away beforehand, so they survived the war. The church was rebuilt between 1947 and 1964.
The church houses a folding altar, created around 1475 by Derick Baegat, an important German painter of the late Gothic period.

Unfortunately, during my visit, only the "everyday side" was visible; the altar was closed and folded.

Left wing

St. Peter Martyr, Inquisitor of the Order - St. John the Baptist with a Lamb - Dominic, the Founder of the Order - Prior John of Asseln (kneeling) - Christ as Salvator Mundi on the Globe

Right wing

St. Peter Martyr, Inquisitor of the Order - St. John the Baptist with a Lamb - Dominic, the Founder of the Order - Prior John of Asseln (kneeling) - Christ as Salvator Mundi on the Globe