Holthuser Church

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Church in Holthusen
Bell tower from the west

The Evangelical Reformed Holthuser Church in Holthusen in the East Frisian Rheiderland was built in 1882 as a neo-Gothic hall church.

history

In church terms, Holthusen originally belonged to Weener and only became independent in 1899. Since 1873, however, she had her own preacher, Fr. Julius Vog (e) t, who led the branch congregation. Pastor Voget made calls for donations and the widow Dirksen donated the property, so that the brick church could be built in 1881 and inaugurated in 1882. The financing of the entire equipment was made possible by an anonymous donation. Because of this, the church was also given the name "Gottesgabkirche". After 14 years as a parish assistant, Voget was appointed pastor in 1887 and worked in the Holthus parish for 50 years. He died in 1940 at the age of 89.

The parish was a center of the East Frisian Confessing Church . The church suffered severe damage during World War II. In addition to Holthusen, the catchment area of ​​the municipality also includes Holthuserheide and Tichelwarf. The interior was renovated in 1990. The parish has around 2250 members.

architecture

The red brick hall building is covered by a gable roof. The gables have a console frieze. The long sides are divided by pilaster strips and the pointed arched windows are provided with iron tracery . There is a console frieze under the eaves.

The bell tower with a gable roof and the distinctive stepped gable is built on the western side of the street and also serves as an entrance. A bell was cast by the Radler company from Hildesheim and hung up as early as 1881.

Furnishing

Führer organ from 1970 behind a historic case

The interior is closed off by a trapezoidal wooden ceiling. The pulpit is attached to the east wall.

The Vasa Sacra include two goblets, two jugs and a paten from the 19th century.

Johann Diepenbrock built an organ on the west gallery behind a classically designed prospect in 1892 . During the First World War, the prospect pipes had to be handed in for armament purposes. The Friedrich Klassmeier company then carried out a renovation. The interior was badly damaged due to moisture damage and vandalism during World War II, when the church was used as a cinema for Canadian soldiers and the projector was installed in the organ. After the war the instrument was only poorly repaired. In 1970 the organ building workshop Alfred Führer built a new organ with 13 registers on two manuals behind the preserved prospectus.

See also

literature

  • Monika van Lengen: Rheiderland churches. Journey of discovery to places of worship from eight centuries in the west of East Frisia . H. Risius, Weener 2000.
  • Insa Segebade: Reformed churches on the Ems . Evangelical Reformed Church, Leer 1999, ISBN 3-00-004645-3 .

Web links

Commons : Holthuser Church  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Segebade: Reformed Churches on the Ems. 1999, p. 43.
  2. ↑ a b c Paul Weßels (local chronicle of the East Frisian landscape ): Holthusen (PDF file; 36.7 kB), accessed on November 4, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b Segebade: Reformed Churches on the Ems. 1999, p. 44.
  4. ^ Homepage of the parish , accessed on November 4, 2018.

Coordinates: 53 ° 9 ′ 1.2 ″  N , 7 ° 18 ′ 59.1 ″  E