Egernsund Kirke
.jpg) Egernsund Kirke (2006) |
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| Basic data | |
| Denomination | Evangelical Lutheran |
| place | Egernsund near Gråsten , Denmark, Denmark |
| Regional church | North Schleswig community of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany |
| Building history | |
| Client | Egernsund municipality |
| architect | Richard Dethlefsen |
| construction time | 1907-1909 |
| Building description | |
| inauguration | September 22, 1909 |
| Architectural style | Neo-Gothic |
| Construction type | Hall church |
| 54 ° 54 '14.9 " N , 9 ° 36' 32.8" E | |
Egernsund Kirke ( German Church to Ekensund ) is an Evangelical Lutheran parish church in Egernsund near Gråsten in the municipality of Sønderborg in North Schleswig (Denmark).
history
The church in Ekensund was consecrated on September 22nd, 1909 when the keys to the house of God were handed over by General Superintendent Theodor Kaftan to Pastor Nissen. Up to this point there was only one church in Broager on the Broagerland peninsula .
The construction of the church is due to the initiative of the population and especially of the architect Richard Dethlefsen , who was born on August 24, 1864 in Greenland near Egernsund. The church ministry had only tolerated the new church and only accepted the building as a chapel . The believers therefore had to accept that they were looked after by only one of the two pastors of the church in Broager. It was not until 50 years later, when Ekensund became Egernsund after the referendum in Schleswig in 1920 across the German-Danish border and the church had long been part of Denmark, that Egernsund received the status of an independent parish with its own pastor in 1959.
To this day, the brick building, which was built under pressure from the local people, has remained a place of solidarity. The church was and is well attended. Up to 100 people took part in the church services. The community has demonstrated cohesion and that is why the church is still so valuable to Egernsund: It has remained a place of social cohesion.
Building the church
The material for the construction of the church came primarily from the local brickworks Hüttmann and Rennberg and was made available by these companies free of charge. The residents of Egernsund had asked for the church to be built and with their labor they helped to build the church. The Egernsunders feel closely connected to the building to this day. “This is our church - we built it ourselves” - under this motto, parishioners successfully defended themselves in 1998 against the addition of a parish hall. The dispute was dubbed the "Egernsunder Faith War".
The initiator Richard Dethlefsen was a scion of the Dethlefsen brick dynasty in Egernsund and created the building plans for the church. As an architect, he was responsible for the reconstruction and restoration of the Königsberg Cathedral until 1907 . Inspired by this cathedral, he realized his dream of a "small edition" of this church building in Ekensund, Germany, and designed the new church in the neo-Gothic style in the following two years . The decorative glazed stones and shaped stones that frame the windows and the entrance portal and decorate the altar table show the great skill of the important Rennberg brickworks. The red bricks from the Hüttmann brickworks are hand-painted.
Interior of the church
Much of the furnishings give an original impression despite the renovations: the pulpit with those floral ornaments that also entwined and overran the nave to the chancel and were once painted by artists from Hanover. The wooden altarpiece from South Tyrol with the crucified Jesus made of wood or the church bell forged in Lübeck. The history of the border region of North Schleswig is part of everyday life in the Egernsund church.
altar
The altar is a wood carving from South Tyrol and shows the crucified Christ, at his feet Maria Magdalena and to the right or left of him Maria and Johannes .
During church services there is a silver-clad Bible on the altar table , which the Empress Auguste Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg gave the church with a handwritten inscription for its inauguration. The altar table and the rectangular baptism with the bronze baptismal bowl are made of bricks.
organ
In 1966 the church received an organ from the workshop of the Danish organ builder Marcussen & Søn , which is installed in the western gallery . In the front of the gallery the saying from Isa 64,1 LUT is attached in Latin : "Utinam a facie tua montes defluerent" (German: Oh, that the mountains melted away before your face).
Glass mosaic window
The widow of the Broager provost Reuter gave the church the glass mosaic windows in the choir. They have been provided with a dedication by the founder.
Votive ship
A model of the five-master »København« hangs in the church as a votive ship . The sailing ship disappeared without a trace in 1928 just before Christmas on its voyage from Buenos Aires to Australia .
location
The unique location directly on and above the Flensburg Fjord makes the church in Egernsund appear to be a very special gem. Directly next to the main portal there is direct access to the beach of the fjord via a wooden staircase and from the parking lot in front of the church you have a wonderful view of the German side of the fjord to the Holnis peninsula .
Egernsund Kirke, main portal, 2019
Egernsund Kirke, main portal detail, 2019
Memorial stone for the construction of the church, embedded in the gable on the right above the main portal
Altar of the Egernsund church from South Tyrol
View from Holnis over the Flensburg Fjord to Egernsund Kirke, 2015
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Church of Ekensund. The North Schleswig community, accessed on May 14, 2020 .
- ↑ sk: 100 years Egernsund Church: Magnificent bricks and rebellious citizens. In: Schleswig-Holstein newspaper publisher. shz.de, September 30, 2009, accessed on May 14, 2020 .
- ^ Church of Ekensund. The North Schleswig community, accessed on May 14, 2020 .
- ^ Church of Ekensund. The North Schleswig community, accessed on May 14, 2020 .