Trinity Church (Kirchwehren)

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The Kirchwehrener Dreieinigkeitskirche

The Dreieinigkeitskirche ( listen ? / I ) is the listed church in the Kirchwehren district of the city of Seelze in the Hanover region in Lower Saxony . The church is named after the Trinity . Her parish in the Garbsen / Seelze parish in the Hanover district of the regional church of Hanover includes church brigades, Lathwehren since the 16th century and Almhorst since 1960 . Audio file / audio sample

history

The oldest mention of a church in Wegerthe , today's Kirchwehren, is a document from 1221. Bernhard II von Wölpe donated the church to the Mariensee monastery . During the Reformation the monastery had the right of collation and until 1889 exercised the church patronage over the Kirchwehrener church.

Original building

The northwest view shows the location on a small hill

The location of the church on a small hill and the construction of the lower half of the tower preserved from the original structure, including narrow loopholes, suggest that the church building, which was largely demolished in 1753 , was built as a typical late Romanesque fortified church . This points to a construction period around the year 1200, when numerous smaller half-timbered churches were replaced by massive stone buildings in the then diocese of Minden .

A cross stone walled up on the south side of the tower should come from the previous church built around 1200 and was walled up here around 1500 when it was rebuilt after the great fire.

New building around 1500

According to oral tradition, it was recorded in the 17th century that there was a time when the people of Kirchwehr had to visit the church in Seelze, for example to have a child baptized. After a family tragedy associated with such an arduous journey, the local landlord von Ketelhodt founded a new church in Kirchwehren.

A medieval coat of arms stone with a kettle hat visible in the east gable of the church could have been the origin of the legend of the building.

Written documents were lost in a major fire in the church defense around 1500. When this church was demolished in 1753, relics were found in statues of saints standing on the altar, so this church building should have been completed before the Reformation in the Principality of Calenberg in 1542 .

New building 1753–1755

The tower of the church

From April 25, 1753, the church nave , which was too small for the increased number of inhabitants and also dilapidated , was demolished and replaced by a new building. A plan recommended by the consistory for implementation in May 1753 came from the master carpenter Pfister from Hanover. The year could also be found in an inscription on a lintel on the east side. The dedication service took place on October 2, 1755.

The sandstones required for the construction were brought from Barsinghausen , bricks from Poggenhagen or Herrenhausen and lime from Hanover . Whenever possible, the demolition material was reused. The graves in the church cemetery had been leveled so that the area could be used for carpentry work.

The new nave building was 2  feet wider, 21 feet longer, and 14 feet higher than the old church. The church tower was raised accordingly, the lower part was retained from the previous building.

The construction costs amounted to 2429 thalers , 6 Mariengroschen and 2 pfennigs . As a financial support, the consistory had arranged a collection in the principalities of Calenberg , Göttingen and Grubenhagen and in the counties of Hoya and Diepholz .

Renovations

In 1971/72 the church roof was renewed and the masonry plastered again. The interior of the church was renovated in 1975/76. The church tower had already suffered damage from a low-flying attack in World War II . The roof beams of the tower had to be extensively renovated in 2005/07.

The organ was restored and refurbished between 2011 and 2014.

The church bell was fetched from the tower for repairs in 2018 and hung up again in a new bell cage in 2019 together with two new bells .

description

The south facade

The Dreieinigkeitskirche is a rectangular hall church built from rubble stones with corner blocks with a three-eighth end on the east side.

The tower on the west side has a square floor plan. It consists of the preserved medieval lower part made of quarry stone masonry, the upper part, which was renewed in the 18th century, and a pyramid-shaped tower spire . The outer walls of the nave and the upper part of the tower are plastered.

The ship has five flachbogige, high lattice windows with jambs of sandstone on each long side and three more in Ostschluss. A door is installed under the middle window on the south side. The white interior has a high, horizontal ceiling. There are wooden galleries on both sides .

Graves

The von Alten family, who lived on Gut Dunau , had a hereditary burial in the tower of the church. The last occupation there took place in 1858. Since 1875, the private cemetery on the estate has been used instead.

Since the Middle Ages, the deceased from Kirchwehren, Lathwehren and Esedinghausen, which later fell desolate , were buried in the churchyard around the Trinity Church. Lathwehren has had its own cemetery since 1856 and Kirchwehren has had its own cemetery on Lenther Weg outside the village since 1878 .

Furnishing

The wooden pulpit altar, created in 1755, was made by court sculptor Johann Friedrich Blasius Ziesenis . Embedded in the altar is a depiction of the Last Supper from the workshop of Johann Alexander Thiele , court painter from Dresden. On both sides of the altar there are wooden priechen boxes .

The baptismal angel hanging in the choir room, created around 1755, also comes from the workshop of Ziesenis . The western gallery, kept entirely in white, is decorated with painted foliage.

organ

The organ from 1793 was made by Wilhelm Heinrich Bethmann and, like the organist's salary, was a legacy of Major General Ernst Adam von Alten from Dunau. As an organ player, the respective teacher from Lathwehren should supplement his income.

The organ's metal prospect pipes were confiscated and melted down in 1917 . They were replaced in 1938/39.

Bells

For centuries there had been two bells in the church in Kirchwehr. In 2018 the bell cage was replaced by a new one made of seasoned oak. Three bells have been hanging in it since the beginning of 2019.

The historical bell

The historical bell that was taken over from the previous church was cast by Joachim Schrader in 1612.

The approximately 300 kg bell with a diameter of 72 cm bears the text in a frieze on its neck in lapidary writing

Master * Jochim Schrader * me fieri fecit * anno * domini * 1612

During the 400th anniversary of the bell in 2012, various damage to the bell became known.

In 2018 the bell was hung. A new brass knuckles were installed in a welding plant in Nördlingen . Afterwards, it was sound-technically renovated and overhauled in a bell foundry in the Eifel while preserving its patina .

Other bells

As old church accounts show, the church already had an older, smaller bell in 1612.

The bell founder Peter August Becker from the Aegidienneustadt of Hanover cast a bell with a diameter of 72 cm as a new small bell in 1779. It had to be delivered in 1917 for armament purposes. The new bell, consecrated in 1935 as a replacement, had to be delivered during World War II .

At the beginning of 2019 the Trinity Church received two new bells. Together with the restored historic church bell, the ringing consists of three bells: A new one with a weight of 650 kg, the new, radio-controlled peace bell with a weight of 260 kg from the cemetery and the old bell that announces the time as before.

Clock

There was a chiming clock on the church tower as early as 1620 . This is evidenced by regularly booked repair and maintenance expenses. A new watch purchased in 1870 was no longer functional after almost 50 years. It was replaced by a watch donated in 1919. Its dial and hands were re-gilded in 1990 and 2007.

See also

Web links

Commons : Dreifaltigkeitskirche (Kirchwehren)  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Herbert Möller (ed.), Henner Hannig (arrangement): Landkreis Hannover. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony , Volume 13.1.) Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden, 1988, ISBN 3-528-06207-X , p. 256, as well as p. 143 (map) and p. 305 ( Index)
  2. ^ Homepage of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Dreieinigkeit Kirchwehren. Dreieinigkeit Kirchwehren, accessed October 17, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Chronicle of the Kirchwehrener Church. Dreieinigkeit Kirchwehren, accessed October 17, 2019 .
  4. ^ A b Waltraut Krumfuß, Ralf Nietert: Church Chronicle. (PDF; 403 kB) in 400 years of church bells in church wards. 1612-2012 . Church council and parish council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Dreieinigkeit Kirchwehren, 2012, pp. 3–4 , accessed on October 17, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Helga Lindner, Ralf Nietert: A guide through the church and its history. Dreieinigkeit Kirchwehren, 1996, accessed October 17, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b The village of Kirchwerderen (Kirchwehren) in: Karl Kayser (ed.): The Reformation church visits in the Guelph lands 1542-1544 . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1897, p.  407–408 ( online [PDF; 25.9 MB ; accessed on October 3, 2019]).
  7. ↑ a b c d Norbert Saul, City Archives: Village Chronicle. www.kirchwehren.de, accessed on November 17, 2019 .
  8. ↑ a b Kirchwehren . In: H. Wilh. H. Mithoff (ed.): Art monuments and antiquities in Hanover . First volume: Fürstenthum Calenberg. Helwing'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Hanover 1871, p.  111 ( online [PDF; 15.1 MB ; accessed on March 11, 2017]).
  9. ^ Stefan Amt: The building administration of the Hanover consistory up to the time of Conrad Wilhelm Hase. (PDF; 306 kB) bhb-Hannover, p. 3 , accessed on November 10, 2019 .
  10. ↑ a b c d e f g Kirchwehren . In: Carl Wolff (ed.): The art monuments of the province of Hanover . Issue 1: Districts of Hanover and Linden . Self-published by the provincial administration, Theodor Schulzes Buchhandlung, Hanover 1899, p.  91–92 ( online [PDF; 10.0 MB ; accessed on October 26, 2018]).
  11. ^ Norbert Saul, City Archives: Gut Dunau. www.seelze.de, accessed on November 17, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Wolfgang Puschmann (Ed.): Hanover's churches: 140 churches in the city and the surrounding area . Evangelical Lutheran City Church Association, Hanover 2005, ISBN 978-3-937301-35-8 , p. 159 .
  13. ↑ Interior views. Dreieinigkeit Kirchwehren, accessed on October 17, 2019 (photos).
  14. ↑ a b Stefanie France: There is silence in the tower of the Trinity Church. www.haz.de , March 2, 2018, accessed on November 17, 2019 .
  15. ↑ a b c d e Thomas Tschörner: Kirchwehren's new bells are here. www.haz.de, January 24, 2019, accessed on November 17, 2019 .
  16. ↑ a b c Waltraut Krumfuß, Ralf Nietert: 400 years of church bells in the church service. 1612-2012. (PDF; 403 kB) Church council and community advisory board of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Congregation Dreieinigkeit Kirchwehren, 2012, accessed on October 17, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Hanoverian advertisements of all kinds of things, the publication of which is necessary and useful for the common being. Dated 1778 . Schlueter, Hanover 1779, p.  317 ( online [accessed November 17, 2019]).
  18. ^ Photo album of the consecration of the bell. Dreieinigkeit Kirchwehren, accessed on October 17, 2019 (with photos of the bells).

Coordinates: 52 ° 22 '2.2 "  N , 9 ° 34' 1.9"  E