Berghausen - St. Cyriakus

The village of Berghausen is part of larger Schmallenberg since some decades. It existed already around 1200, when St. Cyriakus was erected, a very small basilica. The church was built on the floorplan of a "greek cross" and originally had three apses. The small right apse got lost, when the sacristy was added.

During a renovation in 1936 frescoes were discovered under the plaster. Most remarkable is this large apse fresco. Christ Pantocrator in a mandorla.