Carolinensieler Church

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Carolinensieler Church from the north-west
Church from the southwest

The Evangelical Lutheran Carolinensieler Church in Wittmund - Carolinensiel is one of only two churches in the world that was built on a dike. It was built in 1776, is part of the Carolinensieler Museumsweg and is a listed building .

History and description of the building

When the first residents settled on the dike in 1730, one year after the dike was dyed and the town was founded, they attended the service in Funnix or Werdum . It was not until 1770 that they received permission to build a church. The simple brick hall church has a hipped roof over the western and eastern narrow sides . It was inaugurated on October 20, 1776. Four large arched windows have been inserted into each of the two long sides of the rectangular building . The only portal of the church is on the west side and also has a basket arch.

Tower and bells

The brick tower was built in 1793 west of the church and has large openings with basket arches that reach down to the ground. It has been deliberately kept low because of the violent storms and thus stands in the tradition of the medieval bellhouses and open brick bell stalls in East Frisia. The spire is adorned with a swan, a Lutheran symbol. It houses a two-part bell ringing with the tone sequence f sharp-a , the small bell is new (2001), the big one is considered historical.

Furnishing

The interior has a simple design and is closed off by a blue wooden barrel vault . It still has all of the original furnishings in the late Baroque style . These include the baroque pulpit altar with side pilasters and the delicate gilding carving on the outside and on the sound cover. The altar is a testimony to the Enlightenment without any pictorial or figurative representations, similar to the pulpit altar in Woquart near Pewsum, which was also made in the second half of the 18th century. On the kneeling benches to the side of the actual altar, people were kneeling down to receive bread and wine at the Lord's Supper. The nave is the west of the western gallery with the Baroque organ and a lateral Prieche determined. The red box stalls, which are set off in white and form a color contrast to the rest of the white interior, also come from the construction period.

To the left and right of the altar there is special seating in the form of open roofed church chairs, for selected parishioners, called Prieche . A votive offering in the form of ship models can be seen on each . These are the brig Venus (1776) and the frigate Alje Mehrings (1921). There is another model of a ship on the north wall, the Bark Marie Emilie (1985).

organ

Müller organ on the west gallery from 1781

Hinrich Just Müller from Wittmund built the organ in 1780/81 , which was inaugurated together with the gallery in 1782. Like the pulpit altar, it is decorated with tendrils on the side and crowning it . The instrument has eleven stops on two manuals with attached pedal . Repair work with modifications typical of the time were carried out in 1897/98 by Johann Diepenbrock and in 1950 by Alfred Führer . Hermann Hillebrand carried out a partial restoration in 1975/76, which was completed in 2004/05 by Heiko Lorenz with the return to its original state.

I main work C – c 3
1. Principal 0 08th' 0 M, L
2. Drone 16 ′ M, L
3. Octava 04 ′ L, M
4th Quinta 03 ′ M.
5. Mixture IV H
6th Trumpet B / D 08th' L.
II upper structure C – c 3
7th Principal 0 04 ′ M.
8th. Gedact 08th' 0 L, M
9. Nassat 03 ′ M, L
10. Whale flute 02 ′ M.
11. Dulcian B / D0 08th' L.
Tremulant M.
Pedal C – d 1
attached
  • Remarks
M = Hinrich Just Müller (1780/1781)
H = Hermann Hillebrand (1976)
L = Heiko Lorenz organ building (2005)

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Genealogy Forum: Carolinensiel ( Memento from February 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 9, 2019.
  2. ↑ The other is the Old Catholic Church on North Beach .
  3. ↑ Gottfried Kiesow : Architectural Guide Ostfriesland . Verlag Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz , Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-86795-021-3 , p. 335 .
  4. ↑ Photo of a little package with a ship model .
  5. ↑ Presentation at museumsweg.de , seen June 19, 2011.
  6. ↑ Reinhard Ruge (NOMINE eV): Carolinensiel, Lutheran. Deichkirche - organ by Hinrich Just Müller (1780/1781) , as seen on February 6, 2011.
  7. ^ Organ of the Carolinensieler Kirche on Organ index , accessed on September 30, 2018.

Coordinates: 53 ° 41 ′ 30.3 "  N , 7 ° 48 ′ 1.9"  E