Jarßumer Church

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Jarßumer Church.

The Evangelical Reformed Jarßumer Church in the East Frisian town of Emden was built in 1797 as a successor to the first brick church from around 1300.

history

The first known brick church was built in Jarßum around 1300. The oldest evidence of this building is a bell from around 1300 that hung in the brick building. Its shape can only be reconstructed with great difficulty. Drawings or descriptions are not yet known. The building had two towers that were on the east and west sides. One was believed to have had a clock, while the other served as a bell tower.

Over the centuries the church became more and more dilapidated, which is why it was decided in the 18th century to rebuild the church. For this purpose, the old church was demolished and the successor building was built using the old building material. This has a length of 18.10 meters and a width of 7.80 meters. This makes the building smaller than its predecessor and has therefore always been referred to as a small church in various protocols . The number of pews in the church was also reduced when it was rebuilt. Originally, the building had a roof that was pointed at both ends and also had a roof turret with a striking bell and a tower clock. It was demolished between 1838 and 1841 and the roof was changed to its present shape before the beginning of the 20th century.

description

The building has four windows on each of its long sides, the north and south. The bell room is located above the entrance on the west side and has a sound window on each side. There are two smaller windows next to the front door. A memorial stone hangs above the entrance door, which, like the iron numbers attached to the church, refers to the laying of the foundation stone of the church.

The interior of the hall building is closed at the top with a tunnel vault. It protrudes into the roof structure and leaves the beams open.

Furnishing

The oldest piece of equipment is a bell that was cast around 1300 and still comes from the old church. The second bell was cast in 1646. One of the most valuable possessions is a communion cup from 1630, which was created by an Emden master in the Renaissance style and is now on loan from the Johannes a Lasco library in Emden. The Vasa Sacra also includes a pewter jug, which was created in 1850 by the pewter founder J. Janshen from Emden.

The community bought the brass chandelier in the nave in 1878 from the Swarte company in Emden.

The church received its first organ in 1857. It was built by the Emden organ builder Brond de Grave Winter on the west gallery and had nine registers. There is a document from 1935 describing the poor condition of the instrument. In 1948 a new building was finally commissioned from Paul Ott for 7,500 DM , who reused parts of the old organ. Another organ was built in 1971 by the Potsdam organ builder Alexander Schuke . The instrument has a manual, an attached pedal and five stops. To this day, regular services are celebrated in this church every Sunday.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Benjamin van der Linde: Jarßum, Stadt Emden (PDF file; 48 kB), accessed on May 15, 2011.

Coordinates: 53 ° 20 ′ 9.9 ″  N , 7 ° 14 ′ 58.5 ″  E