Evangelical Reformed Church Leopoldshöhe

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Ev.-ref. Leopoldshöhe Church

The Evangelical Reformed Church Leopoldshöhe is a Reformed parish church in the municipality of Leopoldshöhe , Lippe district . It is located in today's district of Leopoldshöhe. On the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone of the church by Prince Leopold II , the congregation founded at the same time was given the name Leopoldshöhe . It was not until 1921 that a political community founded from parts of the Hovedissen and Greste farmers received the same name.

Market square in the foreground, to the right of the church the parish hall and the rectory

The Ev.-ref. Parish church was built from 1850 to 1851 according to plans by Ferdinand Ludwig August Merckel . It served as a model for a number of other parish churches in Lippe ( Bega , Almena , Augustdorf and Schlangen ). It is a three-aisled plastered stepped hall in Gothic style elements with the windows and doors with a west tower and octagonal choir . The foundation stone was laid by Prince Leopold II on May 21, 1850. At the same time the parish of Leopoldshöhe was founded. After 17 months of construction, the church was put into service on October 12, 1851.

prehistory

Initially in 1668 there were considerations to build a church in Krentrup . In 1718 it was to be built in Hovedissen . Construction had already started there in 1719, but it was discontinued due to claims on the building site. In 1777 a letter was sent to Prince Simon August , but in the end they could not secure the financing.

The meeting point of the paths from Schötmar to Oerlinghausen and from Heepen to Lage was chosen as the building site for the church .

organ

After 1952, an older organ in the Leopoldshöher Church was replaced by a new one from Gustav Steinmann , Vlotho . The disposition is structured as follows:

Main work
Quintad 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Reed flute 8th'
octave 4 ′
Wooden pipe 4 ′
Gemshorn 2 ′
Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Mixture IV
Breastwork
Wooden dacked 8th'
recorder 4 ′
Prizipal 2 ′
Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Sharp III
pedal
Sub bass 16 ′
Open bass 8th'
Quintad 8th'
Quintad 4 ′
Octave cornet 2 ′ + 1 ′
Dulcian 16 ′

Bells

When the church was founded, the community received two bells that were lost in World War I. They were replaced by the current three steel bells in 1924.

No.
 Casting year
 Caster
 Chime inscription
1 1924 Bochum Association e 1 The old bell went into battle,
we new ones arose in Germany's darkest night
2 g 1 love
3 a 1 Unity

literature

  • Meier, Burkhard (Ed. On behalf of the Evangelical Reformed Parish Leopoldshöhe on the occasion of its anniversary) (2001), Postillon-Verlag, Lage, ISBN 3-926311-83-5

Web links

Commons : Evangelical Reformed Church Leopoldshöhe  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dorothea Kluge, The Lippe Building Councilor Ferdinand Ludwig August Merckel (1808-1893) and his church buildings. In: Historicism in Lippe (materials on art and cultural history in North and West Germany, Volume 9), Marburg 1994, pages 85-102, cited in B. Meier, p. 17
  2. ↑ Dieter Wiele: The bells of Kilian's Church in Schötmar (bells in the old parish of Schötmar. Page 14) . Dröge Schotmar GmbH, Schötmar 1989.

Coordinates: 52 ° 0 ′ 45.5 ″  N , 8 ° 41 ′ 56.1 ″  E