St. Johanniskirche, Halle
Facts and practical information
St. Johannis Church in Halle, built in Gothic, late Gothic and neo-Gothic styles, is located in the center of the town in what is known as Haller Herz. It is the home of the city's Evangelical Lutheran parish.
It was first mentioned on May 9, 1246 in a deed of exchange. The background to the documented exchange of the churches of Halle and Rheda was that Bishop Engelbert of Osnabrück wanted to prevent an illegal appropriation of the church in Rheda by the Bishop of Paderborn. He gave the monastery of Iburg the "tor Halle" located at the southern edge of his diocese with all rights and accessories for the acquisition of ownership of the church in Rheda with all associated rights and income.
After the Reformation took place in Halle in the years 1540 to 1595 due to the establishment of the rule of the County of Ravensberg, the church was used by the Protestant community. The remaining citizens of Catholic faith had only the church in Stockkämpen at their disposal for over 300 years until the completion of the Sacred Heart Church in Halle in 1907.
North Rhine-Westphalia