Evangelical Reformed Church Brake
The Evangelical Reformed Church is a listed church building in Brake , a district of Lemgo in the Lippe district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).
History and architecture
The church was originally the patronage of St. Subordinate to Nicholas . The two-bay hall building with west tower was built at the end of the 12th century and then gradually expanded to form a three-aisled hall with transverse gables. The north aisle was added in 1660 and in 1896 the south aisle and the choir apse were added after it fell into disrepair . At the same time the entire building was passed over in neo-Romanesque forms. A comprehensive renovation was carried out in 1977/78.
The quarry stone building with ashlar structure is plastered. The sound arcades in the tower are decorated with cube capitals , the baroque tail hood and the lantern were renewed in 1896. The uniform hall space with round arched dividing arches and domed vaults appears depressed. The interior is illuminated through large arched windows.
Furnishing
The coat of arms stones for Count Kasimir zur Lippe and his mother Margarete von Nassau, on the south side, are marked 1660.
The stone epitaph for Count August zu Lippe-Brake († June 19, 1701), Landkomtur of the Ballei Hessen of the Teutonic Order and Hessen-Kassel General Field Marshal , is an important work by the Frankfurt sculptor Johann Bernhard Schwarzeburger . The count is shown as a full-length figure in the pose of a general. The finely crafted hanging epitaph made of sandstone is richly framed. The work from the beginning of the 18th century shows the raising of Lazarus .
In the crypt of the Counts of Lippe, there is, among other things, the decorated tin coffin for Count Moritz zu Lippe-Brake († 1666).
A bell was cast in the 14th century; it was tuned to tone g -1.
literature
- Georg Dehio , under the scientific direction of Ursula Quednau: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. North Rhine-Westphalia II Westphalia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 .
Web links
- History (accessed May 6, 2012)
Coordinates: 52 ° 0 ′ 57.4 ″ N , 8 ° 55 ′ 18 ″ E