Brunstein Chapel

The Brunstein Chapel is a listed former church building in the district town of Soest. It is the last of about 20 medieval citizens' chapels that once existed in Soest.

The building was first mentioned in a document in 1225. It is a foundation of the Brunstein family, called Schönkind, who also had the right of patronage and presentation. The rights were transferred to the van der Molen family in 1291 and to the official Bernt von Salzkotten in 1399. On 11 October 1408, the chapel became the property of the council of the city of Soest, and it was confirmed in 1420 by Archbishop Dietrich von Moers. The re-Catholicization of Soest began in 1548. At the request of the citizens, the council made the chapel available in 1552 as a place of worship for the distribution of Holy Communion under both forms. The church was therefore called the Heretic Church. The new Lord's Supper was celebrated for the first time in 1552 by the Protestant pastor Walter von Stolwyk. Due to a lack of space, the congregation moved to the Protestant Paulikirche. Divine services were held in the chapel only irregularly, and so the slow decay of the chapel began.

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