St. Martin (Wankum)
Neo-Gothic hall church in Wankum, consecrated in 1905 — designed by Caspar Clemens Pickel.
since 1903
The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Martin stands in Wankum in the Kleve district of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a Neo-Gothic hall church dedicated to Martin of Tours.
At a Glance
- Type
- Roman Catholic parish church
- Location
- Wankum, Kleve district, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Architectural style
- Neo-Gothic hall church
- Construction period
- 1903 to 1905
- Architect
- Caspar Clemens Pickel (Düsseldorf)
- Organ
- Mechanical slider-chest organ from 1989
Age comparison
Age compared with other places in Wachtendonk.
History and Consecration
The present-day parish church was built starting in 1903 and completed in 1905. On 29 August 1905, Bishop Hermann Dingelstad of Münster performed the consecration. The church's patron saint is Martin of Tours.
Organ
The mechanical slider-chest organ was built by the Bertold Prengel organ workshop in Sprockhövel. It features 18 stops across two manuals and pedal, along with three standard couplers and a tremulant.
Gallery
Map
Blue dots: other places nearby — tap to explore.
Address
Martinsplatz 2
47669 Wachtendonk
Comments
- Loading comments…
Sources & links
Auto-generated, last verified: 2026-07-03
How this page is made
This page draws on open sources — Wikipedia, Wikidata, official websites and the city’s open data. Every statement is checked against the sources linked here, and pages are refreshed regularly.
Spotted a mistake anyway? Tell us below — we read every submission.