St. Petronilla, Handorf

St. Petronilla is a Catholic church in Handorf, now part of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

The first church in Handorf, a small wooden structure, was built around 1030 and dedicated to Saint Petronilla.

[1] In 1942 the tower was ablated to an order by the Luftgaukommandant, because it was in the way of air traffic to the military airport nearby.

[1] The baptismal font is a Romanesque work made probably in the 13th century from Baumberger Sandstein [de]..[3] A large oil painting of a crucifixion group in the choir belongs to the church since 1886.

[4] The organ, in the transept, was built in 1980 by Romanus Seifert [de] from Kevelaer, with 16 stops on two manuals and pedal.