St Petri Church 3D model

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The St.-Petri-Church in Dortmund is an Evangelical church in the city centre, directly on Westenhellweg. This three bay (or truss) construction was begun in the early 14th Century. The church is a typical example of a Westphalian hall church in High Gothic style. Today we are able to appreciate again the church's original, medieval form, with its almost quadratic layout.

Dortmund, Petrikirche The Golden Miracle of Westphalia... The Protestant St. Petri Church in Dortmund is an urban Westphalian hall church in high Gothic style. Approaching the ideal type of this church form, the nave and aisles are of equal height. The building has an almost square ground plan with a comparatively short choir. The sacred building is an important example of the special design of the hall churches in Westphalia.

The Petrikirche is, besides the Protestant Reinoldi church and the Protestant Marienkirche, another medieval church directly on Westenhellweg in the centre of Dortmund. The three-bay building was begun in 1322 and is made of light sandstone. In its present form, the church again shows the original, medieval shape of gabled roofs above the aisles, which presents the observer with a series of small pointed gables.

Remarkable is the tower helmet, which after a collapse in 1752 was not seen in this form for a long time and was only renewed at its historical height after the destruction of the Second World War on November 17, 1981. It is the product of an old competition for the highest church tower in the town between Reinoldi Church and Petri Church in the 15th and 16th centuries. The tower helmet has today a total height of about 60 meters. It consists of a 15 meter high substructure and a 48 meter high spire with globe and cross. The total height of the Petri church is 105 metres after the tower has been restored.