Peter and Paul Church (Völlen)

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Church in Völlen

The Lutheran Peter and Paul Church in Völlen , municipality of Westoverledingen ( East Friesland ), was built as a late Gothic brick church at the beginning of the 15th century.

History and description of the building

A previous church was built on the southern edge of the village in the 12th century, which was moved to an elevated point on the northern edge of Völlen at the beginning of the 15th century. The old bricks were reused. The polygonal choir in the east and the choir yoke have a ribbed vault . Buttresses support the long sides and choir. The first church was only demolished in 1556. The stones were used to expand today's nave.

"Oock is de eene kercke tho Vollen nedergewurpen, and the Vollners the other daer mede tho prohibit toegestaen."

"One church in Völlen was also torn down and the Völleners were allowed to improve the other with it."

- Eggerik Beninga , Antonius Matthaeus : Chronyck oft Historie van Oost-Frieslant , edition of 1706, p. 838 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

In 1559, the fortified tower was added to the west of the nave on a square base with a gable roof . Stones from the old church were also used for this building, which serves as the entrance to the church.

There are no old portals on the long sides of the nave. The original windows on the south and north sides and in the choir were later walled up or enlarged. The Marienglocke dates from 1330 and is one of the oldest bells in East Frisia. A second, larger bell named "Peter and Paul" was cast in 1520 and used in Völlen from 1735 until it was melted down during World War II and replaced in 1973 by a new bell.

In the Middle Ages, Völlen was under the Sendkirche Aschendorf in the Diocese of Osnabrück . As early as 1521, the parish turned to the Reformed Confession. When Pastor Gerhard Vietor died in Völlen in 1652 after 50 years of service, a denominational dispute arose over the choice of a new pastor. After several years of legal dispute, the Lutheran majority of the parishioners were finally able to change to the Lutheran denomination in 1657 with the help of the authorities.

In 1905 the municipality of Völlenerkönigsfehn becomes independent. Since 1964 the parish of Völlen, which has a total of around 2,100 members, has had a second parish in Völlenerfehn in the Martin Luther House, which was inaugurated in 1963. In the bell tower there hangs a bell from 1749 from the former roof turret of the Völlener church. Due to the advancing bog colonization, around two thirds of the church members live in Völlenerfehn today.

Furnishing

Choir with altar

The interior is closed off by a flat wooden barrel vault . A grave slab probably still comes from the old church. The communion chalice was donated by Chief Koppe Hatten around 1440 and the silver communion plate by the Coeler couple from Esens in 1788. The simple cup-shaped baptismal font indicates that it was created during the Reformation period. Today's pulpit with a sound cover was created around 1600. The most important piece of furniture is the altar, whose cafeteria dates back to medieval times. The altarpiece with a canopy on a predella dates from the 2nd half of the 15th century. The original shrine was replaced by a painted Protestant winged altar in 1676, the center image of which shows the sacrament scene and the pages depicting childhood scenes of Jesus. On the canopy decorated with wood carvings the Ascension of Christ is depicted and on the baroque essay Christ as Salvator Mundi with the globe. On the back, the carvings have nautical symbols. The large brass chandelier made in Groningen was donated in 1800.

organ

1822–23 Wilhelm Eilert Schmid built the largely preserved organ with seven stops on one manual. The galleries and stalls were probably built in during this time. In 1869, the organ was expanded by Gerd Sieben Janssen , who added an independent pedal mechanism and thereby increased the number of registers to ten. Restorations were carried out by Alfred Führer (1969/70) and Bartelt Immer (2004).

I Manual C – f 3
1. Principal 4 ′ S.
2. Dumped 8th' S, F
3. Fifth 3 ′ S, F
4th Flutadus 4 ′ S.
5. Octave 2 ′ S.
6th Mixture II S.
7th Trumpet 8th' S ,?
Pedal C – d 1
8th. Sub bass 16 ′ F.
9. Octave 8th' F.
10. Octave 4 ′ J

Remarks:

S = register by Wilhelm Eberhard Schmid (1823)
J = Register by Gerd Sieben Janssen (1869/70)
F = register from Alfred Führer (1950 or after 1965)

See also

literature

  • Gottfried Kiesow : Architecture Guide East Friesland . Verlag Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz , Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-86795-021-3 , p. 178 f .
  • Hans-Bernd Rödiger, Menno Smid : Frisian churches in Emden, Leer, Borkum, Mormerland, Uplengen, Overledingen and Reiderland , volume 3. Verlag CL Mettcker & Söhne, Jever 1980, p. 108.
  • Menno Smid: East Frisian Church History . Self-published, Pewsum 1974, without ISBN (Ostfriesland im Schutz des Deiches; 6).

Web links

Commons : Peter and Paul Church (Völlen)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Kiesow: Architectural Guide Ostfriesland . 2010, p. 178f.
  2. ^ Critical edition: Eggerik Beninga: Cronica der Fresen . Vol. 2. Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1961 (sources on the history of Ostfriesland, Vol. 4).
  3. ↑ Smid: East Frisian Church History . 1974, p. 44.
  4. ↑ Smid: East Frisian Church History . 1974, pp. 305, 308.
  5. ↑ a b Homepage of the parish , as seen on September 25, 2010.
  6. ^ Genealogy forum: Völlen ( memento of September 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), as of September 26, 2010.
  7. ↑ organ on NOMINE eV , seen 25. September 2010.

Coordinates: 53 ° 6 ′ 31.9 ″  N , 7 ° 23 ′ 5.5 ″  E