Evangelical Church (Lichtenau)

Lichtenau - September 4th 2017 - Evangelical Church

The Protestant church Lichtenau is located in the place of the same name Lichtenau (Westphalia) , Paderborn district . The church is located next to the Lichtenau Castle , in the middle of the village.

history

The hall church on a stepped base with profiled cornices, which dates from 1853 to 1854, is one of the oldest Protestant churches in the Paderborn region . It was opened on November 16, 1854 inaugurated .

organ

The organ of the church was made by the organ builders Balthasar Conrad Euler and Georg Carl Kuhlmann from Gottsbüren and inaugurated together with the church. The instrument with its ten registers is largely original.

Manual C– 1. Principal 4 ′ 2. Dumped 8th' 3. Distance flute 8th' 4th Gemshorn 4 ′ 5. Flute 4 ′ 6th Octave 2 ′ 7th Mixture III

Pedal C– 8th. Sub bass 16 ′ 9. Principal bass 8th' 10. flute 4 ′

• Coupling : Pedal coupling

The builder of the church building was probably Clemens August H. Uhlmann. The church tower was handed over in 1890. In the church tower there is a round window with a window frame made of stone in the shape of a Star of David . The church tower received a bell in the same year as a gift from Emperor Wilhelm II . In 1963 two more bells and an electric bell were purchased. The last renovation of the church took place in 1980–1989.

Web links

• Website of the Protestant parish of Lichtenau

• Website of the church district of Paderborn on the occasion of the 150th birthday of the Protestant church in Lichtenau with a detailed list of the history of the church structure

literature

• Brochure accompanying the Sintfled-Höhenweg, 2006, page 50 (The Evangelical Church)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information on the Euler / Kuhlmann organ

Coordinates: 51 ° 36 '57.3 "  N , 8 ° 53' 53.6"  E