St. Stephanus, Bork

St. Stephanus is a church and a former parish in Bork, now part of Selm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

[1] Dedicated to St. Stephen the Martyr, it belonged to Cappenberg Abbey from 1175 to 1803, with convent brothers serving as ministers in Bork.

[1] The tower, with the bells, collapsed in 1716, falling on the church and damaging it so severely that the building was unsafe and beyond repair.

From 1884 to 1886, the building was expanded by adding further aisles, on a design in Romanesque-Revival style by Kirchenbaumeister (master church builder) Wilhelm Rincklake [de].

A large wooden 18th century crucifix, which had served as a wayside cross, was positioned behind the new altar.

Choir with windows from the nave