Bedekaspeler Church
The Evangelical Reformed Bedekaspeler Church is a rectangular brick hall in Bedekaspel from 1728. It is the only church building of the Reformed in the otherwise Lutheran community of Südbrookmerland in the district of Aurich , East Frisia .
History and description of the building
In the Middle Ages Bedekaspel belonged to the diocese of Münster . Originally the Brookmerland the shelter provost Hinte, some communities were but his right after clashes with the bishop in 1250 Offizial assumed; Bedekaspel followed later with other localities. In the course of the Reformation , the community turned to the Reformed Confession.
A brick cruciform church was built in the 13th century, of which only the Gothic west tower has survived. As a result of the Christmas flood in 1717 , the church was so badly damaged that it was demolished and rebuilt in 1726. The west wall of the tower was also renewed. In 1728 the new church was consecrated. Further storm surges in the 18th century led to a partial demolition and renovation of the church with a lower saddle roof in 1768.
The south side of the one-room church is broken through by four, the north side by three and the east wall by two arched windows. The compact, multi-storey tower is provided with sound arcades and collar bars and a large arched portal and serves as an entrance. The nave can then be entered through a smaller arched portal.
Furnishing
The interior is closed off by a wooden barrel with a haunch and is largely painted in a light blue. On the north side there is an epitaph that commemorates the fallen of the First World War . The oldest piece of furniture is the pulpit with a hexagonal sound cover, dated 1653, which comes from the previous building. On the east side there is a gallery on which the organ stands. Several tombstones are placed underneath, one of which dates from 1596. The first organ was made in 1869 by the Rohlfs brothers from Esens with six registers on a manual and attached pedal after the community's desire for a pipe organ became louder and louder. Obviously for reasons of cost, Rohlfs compiled different material from his inventory and, in contrast to his organs in Rorichum (1867–69) and Cirkwehrum (1877–1879), processed it in a rough manner. Except for the factory gamba, which was installed after the First World War, all registers have been preserved in their original form. In 1999 a restoration was carried out by Bartelt Immer . The disposition is:
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See also
Web links
- Genealogy forum: Bedekaspel
- Northwest travel magazine : Bedekaspel
Individual evidence
- ^ Menno Smid: Ostfriesische Kirchengeschichte (= East Friesland in the protection of the dike. Vol. 6). Deichacht Krummhörn, Pewsum 1974, p. 43.
- ↑ Genealogy forum: Bedekaspel ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , seen May 14, 2011.
- ↑ Gottfried Kiesow : Architectural Guide Ostfriesland. Verlag Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz, Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-86795-021-3 , p. 237.
- ↑ Walter Kaufmann : Die Orgeln Ostfriesland, organ topography (= treatises and lectures on the history of Ostfriesland. Vol. 48, ISSN 0724-9772 ). East Frisian Landscape, Aurich 1968, p. 72.
Coordinates: 53 ° 26 ′ 14.5 " N , 7 ° 18 ′ 39.2" E
