Blomberg Church
The Blomberg Church is in the eponymous parish of the East Frisian joint community of Holtriem . It was built in 1870.
history
The Blomberg settlement was created by the Prussian inland colonization from 1765, the immediately following Neuschoo from 1799. The inhabitants of both places were looked after by the parish of Ochtersum without being properly parish. They had to pay double the fees for the services. The establishment of an own parish was delayed further and further. After a dispute about the building of a church in the village, which ultimately did not materialize, 55 people from Neuschoo changed faith and founded a Methodist congregation . This congregation was able to inaugurate its own house of worship, the Bethlehem Church, in May 1869 - less than a year after it was founded .
The number of Lutherans in the two bog colonies continued to increase and around 1860 reached a level that required the establishment of a separate church for both places. A bigger problem arose with the choice of the location for the church, because both political communities claimed this for themselves. This dispute repeatedly delayed the construction. A compromise was found around 1870. Following this, the church building was erected on the Blomberg side of Wallumer Helmer (today Kirchweg) and the rectory on the Neuschooer side of this path. On June 19, 1870 the house of God was inaugurated by General Superintendent Gossel. The construction costs of the rectory amounted to 2775 Reichstaler. 3700 Reichstaler were spent on the church. At first only one building without a tower could be realized. Together with the two structures, the new cemetery was laid out next to the church building.
In the early 1920s, the community first tried to raise money for the construction of a tower through a collection. However, the hyperinflation in the first half of the 1920s completely devalued the capital saved. In addition, the church roof had to be completely renewed in 1928.
A second attempt to build a tower was made in the 1950s. Finally, the building was erected in 1954 according to the original plans from the time the church was built. The gilded spire on top of the tower is hollow inside and contains contemporary documents.
Today the Blomberg-Neuschoo parish has around 2000 members.
description
The church was built in the neo-Gothic style in skeleton construction. It is structured accordingly with external columns, pointed arch windows and door reveals.
Furnishing
Originally the pulpit was on the right side of the chancel. Its location was moved to the north side as part of a redesign in 1963. Since the old pulpit was badly damaged, it was replaced by a pulpit from the church in Plaggenburg .
The altarpiece is a work from 1893 and shows Jesus crucified. The altar table was redesigned in 1980 as part of a major church renovation.
The organ was built by Johann Diepenbrock and handed over to the parish on Palm Sunday 1893. A harmonium had been in use up to that day. The organ has nine stops on a manual and pedal , plus a pedal coupler and a tutti step (full work). The prospect pipes of the neo-Gothic case were originally made of pewter, but were delivered for armaments during the First World War and then replaced by zinc pipes. Otherwise the instrument is completely preserved.
See also
Web links
- Official website of the Holtriem community with an article on the church in Blomberg
- Genealogy forum: Blomberg
- Church district Harlingerland: Blomberg Church
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Christian R. Salewski (working group of local chronographs of the East Frisian landscape ): Neuschoo, Samtgemeinde Holtriem, district Wittmund (PDF file; 79.3 kB), viewed on November 30, 2010.
- ↑ a b c Harlingerland Church District: Blomberger Church , accessed on September 15, 2019.
Coordinates: 53 ° 34 ′ 30 ″ N , 7 ° 32 ′ 45 ″ E