Canum Church

reformed Church

The Evangelical Reformed Canumer Church in the East Frisian town of Canum in the Krummhörn was built in the second half of the 13th century as a late Romanesque hall church on a terp .

History and description of the building

The Canumer Church was built in 1260–1270 as a vaulted rectangular building made of brick. The church was once dedicated to St. Jan, as the inscription on an old Canum bell is said to have indicated. The original domical vault of three square yokes with pointed shield and belt arches has been preserved. The choir vault ends in a double closing ring. The middle one of the vault yokes is more richly decorated. The walls are closed by a frieze and corner pilasters . There are two niches in the south wall, four in the east and three in the north wall. In the east wall that just ends there are three equally large, arched windows; the gable is decorated with a herringbone pattern and a rising arched frieze. The original small and tall Romanesque windows on the long walls were enlarged downwards during the Reformation . The church used to have a round arch portal in the north for women and one in the south for men. In the 18th century a gallery was built on the screen wall , which was attached to the west wall together with the organ in the middle of the 20th century.

The church grounds include the adjoining cemetery and a small, free-standing bell tower of the "closed type", which was built a few meters from the church for structural reasons and dates from the time the church was built.

Interior

The inside is kept simple. The ribs of the vaults are set off with brick-red paint; the original painting can still be seen in places. Most of the furnishings date from the end of the 16th century and reflect the new commitment of the Reformation. The three-seat with canopy dates from 1584 and was intended for the preacher and two elders. The Renaissance pulpit was probably made around 1560, making it one of the oldest preserved pulpits in East Frisia. The sound cover was removed in 1773, and the pulpit and communion table were replaced in 1878. The wooden barrier to the choir area was installed in the 17th century using the old double door from the 16th century. The late Gothic folds have been preserved in the lower area . The Lord's Supper table on the east wall in the form of a wooden chest from 1584, in which the Vasa Sacra are kept, replaces the original high altar and stands on brightly glazed tiles. In contrast to other Reformed churches, the pews face east.

organ

Holy organ in Canum

It was not until 1855 that the municipality received its first organ from Brond de Grave Winter with eight stops on a manual and attached pedal, which was lost after the Second World War . In 1964 Alfred Führer built a new organ with six registers.

In 2010, the master organ builder Bartelt Immer created a new organ with 15 stops on two manuals and a pedal based on works by Gerhard von Holy . The disposition was based on the lost Holy Organ in Nesse (1709–1710). In addition, the community acquired the preserved prospectus with some original prospectus pipes from Holy from Wetter (Ruhr) (1723). The original parts served as the basis for the reconstruction, while the missing registers were recreated using the original parts of the organ in Dornum and the organ in Marienhafe . In a second construction phase, three vacant registers were added in 2012/13, so that the work has had 18 registers since then.

I main work C – d 3 1. Principaal 8th' 2. Reed flute 8th' 3. Octave 4 ′ 4th Spits-Fleute 4 ′ 5. rhino 3 ′ 6th Octave 2 ′ 7th Mixture III 8th. Sesquialter II 9. Trumpet B / D 8th'

II breastwork C – d 3 10. Gedact 8th' 11. Flute 4 ′ 12. Spits-Fleute 2 ′ 13. Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 14th Sharp II 15th Krumhorn 8th'

Pedals C – d 1 16. Sub.Bas 16 ′ 17th Octav-Bas 8th' 18th Trumpet 8th'

• Coupling : II / I ( sliding coupler ), I / P (Manubrien), II / P (Manubrien)
• Secondary register: nightingale , tremulant (whole organ), Kalkantzug (motor switch )
• Wind pressure: 65 mm water column
• Mood :
  • Height a ¹ = 440 Hz
  • Vallotti mood ( ¹ ⁄ _6-point )

See also

• List of historical churches in East Frisia

literature

• Hermann Haiduck: The architecture of the medieval churches in the East Frisian coastal area . Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1986, ISBN 3-925365-07-9 .
• Hermann Schiefer / Gottfried Kiesow : Architectural Guide East Friesland . Verlag Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz , Bonn 2018, ISBN 978-3-86795-107-4 , p. 187-188 .
• Justin Kroesen, Regnerus Steensma: Churches in East Friesland and their medieval furnishings . Michael Imhof, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-159-1 (translation from Dutch).

Web links

Commons : Canumer Church  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Church website
• Ortschronisten der Ostfriesischen Landschaft Canum (PDF file; 21 kB)
• Genealogy forum: Canum

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Homepage of the parish: History of the Church of Canum , seen on November 26, 2010.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Kiesow: Architectural Guide Ostfriesland . 2010, p. 83.
3. ↑ Kroesen, Steensma: Churches in East Friesland. 2011, p. 17.
4. ^ Organ project of the Canum parish , seen November 25, 2010.

Coordinates: 53 ° 25 ′ 33.1 ″  N , 7 ° 6 ′ 48.5 ″  E