Esklumer Church

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Esklumer Church

The Evangelical Reformed Esklum Church in Esklum, East Frisia, in the municipality of Westoverledingen , was built around 1250 as a hall church.

History and architecture

In the arable of Werden Abbey from the 10th century Land is in already Ascala mentioned (Esklum), which at the Leda confluence was located in the Ems cheap. The first church was a wooden church, which gave way to today's brick building around 1250. Gottfried Kiesow attributed the outer walls to the Romanesque , although in the middle of the 13th century in northern Germany building was also gothic (e.g. the vaulting of the Bremen Cathedral ). Some window openings were later partially redesigned (see below). The church was built or rebuilt in the Gothic style by the 14th century at the latest .

The rectangular hall church has two small lateral blind windows on the south side, the western one has a Gothic pointed arch , the eastern one, probably later bricked up, a rather round arch at the front and a pointed arch at the back. The three larger windows with pointed arches in the middle were enlarged later. Some of the remains of the old arched windows can still be seen, but they are walled up. On the north side, the windows, arranged in pairs, suggest pointed arches and possibly point to a former vault .

The bell tower with a gable roof was added as a defense tower in the 15th century. This is indicated by the loopholes and the chimney on the upper floor , the shaft of which protrudes above the church entrance. In 1526 the congregation switched to the Reformed creed. The portal dates from 1711. Since 1987, the Reformed parishes Ihrhove, Esklum, Driever and Grotegaste have been combined and shared by two pastors.

Interior decoration

The oldest piece of furniture is the Romanesque baptismal font made of granite (13th century), which was originally used as a holy water font. Several tombstones from the 17th and 18th centuries are set in the floor. In 1771 the interior was redesigned, a wooden barrel vault was installed and the east gallery was built. According to tradition, the pulpit with rocaille ornaments comes from the demolished garrison church in Leer . The Lord's Supper table dates from 1782.

organ

Organ in Esklum

The first organ was made by Gerd Sieben Janssen , who in 1855 created a work with seven registers on one manual and attached pedal . Only the prospectus with 19 original pipes and the wind chest were preserved, while the pipe interior was lost in the course of a renovation by the Rohlfing company in 1935 . Organ builder Bartelt Immer reconstructed the organ back to its original state in 2008. In 2015/2016, the comprehensive restoration of the organ was completed in a second construction phase. The side-playing console was relocated to the front with the stops, the missing rear wall was reconstructed and the missing trumpet 8 'was installed. The sub-bass 16 ′, which was added in 1935, is pneumatically controlled and has been retained. Since then, according to Janssen's offer, the organ has had the following early romantic disposition :

I Manual C – f 3
1. Bordun B / D 16 ′ I.
2. Principal 8th' J / I
3. Viol 8th' I.
4th Double flute 8th' I.
5. flute 4 ′ I.
6th octave 2 ′ I.
7th Trumpet 8th' I.
Pedal C – d 1
8th. Sub bass 16 ′ R.
J = Gerd Sieben Janssen (1855)
R = Rohlfink Brothers (1935)
I = Bartelt Always (2005/2016)

See also

literature

  • Hans-Bernd Rödiger, Menno Smid : Frisian churches in Emden, Leer, Borkum, Mormerland, Uplengen, Overledingen and Reiderland , volume 3. Verlag CL Mettcker & Söhne, Jever 1980, p. 104.
  • Hermann Haiduck: The architecture of the medieval churches in the East Frisian coastal area . Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1986, ISBN 3-925365-07-9 .
  • Robert Noah: God's houses in East Frisia . Soltau-Kurier, Norden 1989, ISBN 3-922365-80-9 .

Web links

Commons : Esklumer Church  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Segebade: Reformed Churches on the Ems. 1999, p. 84.
  2. ↑ a b Kiesow: Architectural Guide Ostfriesland . 2010, p. 177.
  3. ↑ Noah: God's houses in East Frisia . 1989, p. 149.
  4. ^ Haiduck: The architecture of the medieval churches . 1986, p. 177.
  5. ^ Segebade: Reformed Churches on the Ems. 1999, p. 87.
  6. ^ Segebade: Reformed Churches on the Ems. 1999, p. 85.
  7. ↑ Esklumer Organ at NOMINE eV , as seen on September 13, 2010.

Coordinates: 53 ° 12 ′ 39.5 ″  N , 7 ° 26 ′ 29.2 ″  E