Protestant church

The Protestant church in Lüdinghausen was built between 1857 and 1859 and consecrated in 1859. Only a few years earlier, a small Protestant congregation had been founded in Lüdinghausen. The building is one of the first neo-Gothic Protestant churches in Westphalia, which was attended by parishioners from the surrounding area.

The family of Count Adolph von Bodelschwingh-Plettenberg, who lived at Sandfort House, had the church built at their own expense for the Lüdinghausen congregation. This is commemorated by the coat of arms and memorial plaque above the altar. The altar, pulpit and baptismal font in neo-Gothic form have been preserved from the original furnishings. The church is a listed building.

The stained glass windows were made in 2010 according to designs by the artist Joost Caen from Flanders. The church has two bells, one of which dates back to 1857. A bell from the same period was melted down during the First World War, as was a replacement cast during the Second World War. The current replacement bell dates from 1995. The belfry was in need of renovation, meaning that only one bell was rung by hand for several years. Since Easter 2014, however, the renovation work has been completed and both bells have been ringing again.