Blersum Church

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Blersum Church.

The Evangelical Lutheran Blersum Church is in Blersum , a district of the East Frisian town of Wittmund . The Romanesque brick church was built between 1250 and 1270, making it one of the oldest in Harlingerland . It is a listed building .

history

The Blersum church goes back to a hall church with a semicircular retracted apse. It was built between 1250 and 1270 on an artificially raised terp on the border between Marsch and Geest. The building rests on a base made of granite stones, over which the brick church was erected in monastery format . These were burned in the immediate vicinity of the church. The church has largely been preserved in its original state. The Romanesque windows are still in their original shape, but have been extended downwards. In the south facade there is a hagioscope on the apse side , which - as the cut stones show - was broken in later. Of the two previously existing round arched portals in the north and south walls, the southern one was bricked up. The missing rood screen gallery was removed in 1679. The two originally pointed gables gave way in the Baroque period hipping . The bell tower, which stands a bit apart from the church, was built in 1689 from stones burned on the spot after the wooden predecessor was destroyed in a thunderstorm in 1685.

A few years later (1698) the stone vault with the three yokes of the church collapsed . It was then replaced by the wooden ceiling that still exists today. Today Blersum is a chapel congregation without its own parish and forms a parish together with Burhafe.

Furnishing

Organ in Blersum

The baptismal font comes from the pre-Reformation period. Like so many baptismal fonts in East Friesland in the 13th century, it was made from Bentheim sandstone . The basin, decorated with tendrils and foliage, rests on a base with lion figures.

The altarpiece stands on a brick block, the substructure of which has two decorative niches. It was created in 1649 by master Jacob Cröpelin from Esens and shows a relief depicting the Last Supper in its center. Above it are the crucifixion, the entombment, two evangelists and the resurrection.

The simple pulpit dates from the 18th century. It shows images of the four evangelists. A wooden sound cover is attached above it . The ornate lectern is a donation from a local.

The organ was built in 1890 by the Oldenburg organ builder Johann Martin Schmid , who is considered the last member of an East Frisian family of organ builders who originally came from Pewsum and who built or repaired numerous organs in East Friesland, Oldenburg and the Osnabrück region. It was extensively restored in 2000 by the organ building workshop Führer .

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Blersumer Kirche  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Church district Harlingerland: Blersumer Church , accessed on September 15, 2019.
  2. ^ Ingeborg Nöldeke: Hidden treasures in East Frisian village churches - hagioscopes, rood screens and sarcophagus lids - overlooked details from the Middle Ages . Isensee Verlag , Oldenburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7308-1048-4 , p. 72 ff.
  3. ^ Kroesen: Churches in East Friesland. 2011, p. 168.
  4. ↑ a b Kiesow: Architectural Guide Ostfriesland. 2010, p. 350.
  5. ^ Kroesen: Churches in East Friesland. 2011, p. 43.
  6. ↑ Ralph Nickles: Organ inventory of the Krummhörn and the city of Emden . Hauschild Verlag , Bremen 1995, ISBN 3-929902-62-1 , p. 136 f .

Coordinates: 53 ° 35 ′ 55.8 "  N , 7 ° 44 ′ 29.9"  E