Trinity Church (Oldenburg)
The Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church is the second oldest church in the city of Oldenburg after the Lambertikirche and the oldest church in the Easter castle district .
history
The church was donated in 1616 by Count Anton Günther . The church building has a single nave in brick. The church has a sandstone plaque with the coat of arms of the donor above the entrance on the south side. In 1734 the church was extended to include a window axis and the tower to the west. A four-line stone slab with the text “God be gracious to us and bless us is embedded in the brickwork on the west side of the tower under the sound window. Ps. 67. Anno 1734 ".
In 1927 the tower received a new copper roof. Above it is a decorated double cross with the abbreviation XVIA ("Christ lives in eternity") and a weather vane with the year 1927.
Inside the church, the colorful baroque beamed ceiling (1634), a carved and painted gallery (1636), the altar wall, a sandstone pulpit with the coat of arms of the count couple (1616) and a sandstone baptismal font with a brass basin (1667) are striking. As evidenced by his signature, the paintings on the ceiling, galleries and the altar were carried out from 1634 by the Oldenburg painter and scribe Johannes Kirchring (the younger) , to whom the figures on the epitaph Balthasar Dugend from 1645 are ascribed.
preacher
Extensive records exist of the preachers from the beginning. Their names are also given below the pulpit with names and years of activity (from 1616 to 1978).
organ
A first organ in the Trinity Church is mentioned in 1714. Since then the organ has been replaced and expanded several times. Today's organ was built in 1956 in Alfred Führer ’s organ workshop. The organ consists of 27 registers . The organ gallery is accessible via an outside staircase.
| Upper work | Main work | pedal |
|---|---|---|
| Krummhorn 8 ' | Dulcian 16 ' | Bassoon 16 ' |
| Gedackt 8 ' | Principal 8 ' | Subbass 16 ' |
| Quintade 8 ' | Reed flute 8 ' | Octave bass 8 ' |
| Trumpet 8 ' | Small box 4 ' | Thought Bass 8 ' |
| Octave 4 ' | Octave 4 ' | Choral bass 4 ' |
| Reed flute 4 ' | Mixture 4-6f. | Trumpet 4 ' |
| Scharff 4f. | Nasard 2 2⁄ 3 ' | Rauschpfeife 3f. |
| Flat flute 2 ' | Principal 2 ' | Night horn 2 ' |
| Terzian 2f. | Third 1 3/5 ' | |
| Octave 1 ' |
Bells
Two bells hang in the belfry. The larger bell, named Trinity bell after the Latin inscription , was cast in August 1650 by the Lorraine bell founders Claudius Voillo and Gottfried Baulard. The bell has a diameter of 95 cm and weighs approx. 520 kg. The smaller bell hung in Kieslingswalde in Silesia since 1474 . It was supposed to be melted down for armament purposes in World War II, but was spared and came to Easter castle in 1951. The bell has a diameter of 82 cm and weighs 330 kg.
Churchyard
The church is surrounded by the old Osternburg cemetery, where the rectory and school were originally located. Some grave steles have been preserved over the centuries. A burial cellar on the south side of the church is dated to 1710. A military cemetery is partitioned off at the northwest corner.
window
To the south, there are three stained glass windows with biblical images, which were made by the Ferdinand Müller glass painting company .
See also
literature
- Architectural monuments in Lower Saxony, Volume 31, City of Oldenburg . CW Niemeyer, Hameln 1993, ISBN 3-87585-253-2 .
- Eberhard Crusius: From the early days of the Easter castle community . Holzberg, Oldenburg 1984, ISBN 3-87358-186-8 .
- Wolfgang Runge: Churches in the Oldenburger Land Volume 3 . Holzberg, Oldenburg 1988.
- Wolfgang Runge: Talking stones . Holzberg, Oldenburg 1979, ISBN 3-87358-110-8 .
- Matthias Schachtschneider: Easter Castle, a place with many faces . Isensee, Oldenburg 2001, ISBN 3-89598-655-0 .
- Wilhelm Stählin : The Way of Truth: Bible Studies . Storm, Bremen 1948.
- Christine Krahl: Dreifaltigkeitskirche Oldenburg-Osternburg from 1616 . Ev.-luth. Kirchengemeinde Osternburg (Ed.), Oldenburg 2016.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The preachers of the Duchy of Oldenburg since the Reformation. Retrieved March 21, 2014 .
- ^ A. Rauchheld , Glockenkunde Oldenburgs, in Oldenburger Jahrbuch 29 (1925).
- ↑ Wolfgang Runge: Churches in the Oldenburger Land , Volume 3, page 192.
Coordinates: 53 ° 7 ′ 48.9 ″ N , 8 ° 13 ′ 18.9 ″ E