Christ Church Nettelkamp
The Christ Church Nettelkamp is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Nettelkamp , a district of the Wrestedt community in the Uelzen district in Lower Saxony . It belongs to the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church .
Location and surroundings
The Christ Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church ( St. Martin Church ) in Nettelkamp can be recognized from afar by their high church towers. The Christ Church is in the north-western part of the village (Papenstieg 2).
Next to the church building are the rectory and the parish hall .
history
On April 4, 1878, the Christ Congregation Nettelkamp was founded. The parish had 300 parishioners and decided to build the church building and the rectory. Three months after the church was planted , the topping-out ceremony of the Christ Church was celebrated and the foundation stone was laid under the altar. On December 13th, 1879, the consecration of the Christ Church was celebrated.
architecture
A half-timbered church was built in 1878 according to plans by master carpenter W. Schoenecke from Holdenstedt . The church tower, in neo-Gothic style, was not added to the nave until 28 years later.
The neo-Gothic half - timbered church was modernized in the 1950s. The redesign of the church was carried out by senior building officer Kath from Celle . The nave was doing an about five feet deep massive brick - apse extended. In each of the two side walls, two windows were installed from the floor to the ceiling vault.
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The gleaming white ceiling of the chancel was designed as a tent roof supported by ten delicate columns. The motto of this design is the Bible verse: "And the word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we saw his glory, a glory as the only begotten Son of the Father, full of grace and truth." ( Jn 1:14 EU ) The altar table is standing on a step that is covered with valuable and hand-made sheep's wool carpet. On the altar, next to the Bible, there are six candlesticks and a crucifix made of copper and ebony . Every Sunday the altar is decorated with fresh flower arrangements.
Between the nave and the apse is the baptismal font with the inscription: “Let the children come to me”. ( Mt 19.14 EU ; Mk 10.14 EU ; Lk 18.16 EU ) The baptismal font is the only piece that was adopted from the church of origin. Opposite, on the right, is the pulpit .
Nave
The nave has a matt yellow vaulted ceiling. The vault of the ceiling is supported by six slender columns. The transition from the column to the vaulted ceiling was made of valuable wood in a warm copper tone . During the renovation, the benches were also replaced to make it easier to kneel.
The gallery rises above the rear third of the nave and provides space for the community's singing and trombone choirs . The large organ, which can be seen from the chancel, stands on the gallery.
Stained glass window
The mosaic window on the main entrance door shows four symbols and a lamb. The lamb represents the lamb of God , the four symbols stand for the four evangelists : Matthew , Mark , Luke , and John . The mosaic window on the side entrance door shows three symbols of the sacraments: a vine , a grapevine and a host and quotes the Bible verse: "Jesus Christ yesterday and today and the same forever" ( Heb. 13.8 EU ).
Furnishing
organ
The first musical accompaniment of the church was the harmonium , which was inaugurated with the introduction of the church in 1878. In 1933 a pneumatic organ replaced the harmonium.
In 1959 an organ from the organ building company Friedrich Weißenborn (Braunschweig) was installed. This organ has two manuals , a pedal and a bellows .
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
In addition, the small organ was purchased in 2011. This organ comes from the St. Johannis Chapel of the SELK in Heide / Holstein and was made by organ master Andreas Andresen in 1986. The organ was overhauled by the Beckerath company and placed in the church on the font side in front of the choir . The organ has three registers: 8 ′, 4 ′, 2 ′.
Bells
There are three bells in the church tower. In 1906 the D-bell named "Friederike" replaced the small bell. In 1965 the largest bell came into the church tower, a deep A-bell. The smallest (H) bell is between the other two bells.
Pastors
Six pastors have worked at the Christ Church in Nettelkamp since the congregation was founded.
| Surname | Parish Pastor |
|---|---|
| Karl Emil Adolf Heicke | 1878-1918 |
| Heinrich Albrecht Arthur Ludwig Rennekamp | 1920-1961 |
| Peter Heitmann | 1961-1972 |
| Wolfgang Schmidt | 1974-1989 |
| Michael Schätzel | 1989-1993 |
| Andreas Eisen | Since 1993 |
Current usage
church service
In the church the service is celebrated every Sunday morning . Before the sermon , the children are invited to attend children's services . In the parish hall , the supervisors celebrate a service designed for children.
Children's Bible Days
Every year at the beginning of the autumn vacation , from Thursday to Sunday, there are children's Bible days. The divine service co-organized by the children is also the end of the children's Bible days.
literature
- Dorfgemeinschaft Nettelkamp eV (Ed.): 1000 years of Nettelkamp - 100 years of volunteer fire brigade. Druckhaus Harms, Groß Oesingen 2006.
- Church magazine "Unter dem Kreuz" from 1962
- Christian Wiechel-Kramüller: Churches, monasteries and chapels in the Uelzen district. Bahn-Media Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-940189-14-1 .
- Congregation letter of the Christ Congregation Nettelkamp, October / November 2011 edition.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Dorfgemeinschaft Nettelkamp eV (ed.): 1000 years of Nettelkamp - 100 years of the volunteer fire brigade. Druckhaus Harms, Groß Oesingen 2006, p. 86 ff.
- ↑ a b Christian Wiechel-Kramüller: Churches, monasteries and chapels in the district of Uelzen . WieKra Edition, Suhlendorf 2015, ISBN 978-3-940189-14-1 , p. 120.
- ^ Dorfgemeinschaft Nettelkamp eV (ed.): 1000 years of Nettelkamp - 100 years of the volunteer fire brigade. Druckhaus Harms, Groß Oesingen 2006, p. 90.
- ↑ a b Church magazine “Unter dem Kreuz”, 1962, p. 31.
- ↑ Congregational Letter of the Christ Congregation Nettelkamp, October / November 2011 edition, p. 5.
- ^ Archives of the Christ Church in Nettelkamp.
- ^ Dorfgemeinschaft Nettelkamp eV (ed.): 1000 years of Nettelkamp - 100 years of the volunteer fire brigade. Druckhaus Harms, Groß Oesingen 2006, p. 92.
Coordinates: 52 ° 52 ′ 54.5 " N , 10 ° 34 ′ 56.7" E