Evangelical Church Bega
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The Evangelical Church Bega from 1864/65 is an evangelical-reformed church building of the class east of the Lippe regional church in the Dörentruper district Bega . The church and the church wall have been listed as architectural monuments in the list of architectural monuments in Dörentrup since January 6, 1994 .
history
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The church in Bega stands directly on the stream of the same name , a location that was ideal for baptisms in earlier times. The first church building was probably made of wood, probably before 1299 a stone church was built in the same place. During excavation work for today's church building, wooden coffins placed on top of each other were found at a depth of around four meters, which were preserved in the ground. The municipality of Barntrup also belonged to the parish of Bega until 1317 . As was often the case in Carolingian times, the church was dedicated to Saint Peter. On July 27, 1650, the tower partially collapsed; the year 1650 in the old tower entrance, which can be seen on drawings by Emil Zeiß , indicates this event. Repairs to the tower and church are also documented from 1726. After a storm damaged the tower on November 6, 1756, the tower clock was also replaced as part of the repairs.
Mid-19th century, the church became too small: In the period 1590-1835, the number of parishioners of 980 to 2,078 more had doubled, in the church were temporarily Priechen for the owners of goods Mönchshof and Wendlinghausen and the dairy oil Entrup created been. In addition, the building was becoming increasingly dilapidated. Pastor Mörs, who had been in Bega since 1858, therefore wrote to the consistory on January 30, 1862, asking for a new building. The wish was approved. After Easter, the church elders from Bega visited the building of the building in Leopoldshöhe in the presence of the builder Merckel . It was approved, and in November of that year the construction plans for the new building were completed. At the request of the pastor and the church clerks Krop and Wiemann, Prince Leopold III of Lippe donated . the lumber. A bond was issued for the construction costs and repaid over the next 40 years.
The old building was demolished within three weeks from April 7, 1863, after the foundation was erected, the foundation stone for the new building was laid on July 1. The certificate for this was laid down together with the foundation stone. The topping-out ceremony was held in January 1964, and the inauguration took place on December 1, 1864. The Romanesque tower was preserved from the old church. A lightning strike in April 1890 set it ablaze and it had to be rebuilt. The foundation stone in the foot of the new tower bears the year 1891.
A major renovation took place in 1958 according to plans by the Wirsing government building council. The clay floor was insulated and covered with a wooden floor, the distance between the pews was increased and these were slightly inclined. The organ loft was lowered and widened, and the sound cover over the pulpit was removed. The side galleries have been lengthened, replacing the lost space in the nave. In addition to a fresh coat of paint, a new communion table was also installed.
The last major renovation to date was carried out in 1995.
Rectory
The first rectory was built at the latest when the church was built and, like this one, should have been made of wood. A new building is documented for 1584. The next tradition dates from 1699 and reports that it was destroyed by fire. The new building exceeded the financial resources of the community despite the manual and tensioning services performed , on July 19, 1701 the church dechen asked the consistory for aid. But in 1721 the new building was still in poor condition. After all, it had to be replaced as early as 1772. The rectory from 1773 was also built sparingly and poorly. It was too close to the Bega, so it was damp and required constant repairs. When the pastor was filled in 1856, builder Merckel also planned a new rectory on better ground. After this was ready for occupancy in 1858, the old building was demolished. Another new building was built in 1952/53. At the same time, the half-timbered part of the previous rectory was demolished and a kindergarten was set up on its ground floor. The new building received a community hall, an apartment for the community nurse and two youth rooms. The kindergarten has been supported by the Eben-Ezer Foundation since 2012 .
school
The parish school was probably set up at the beginning of the 17th century. It is mentioned in a visitation report from 1620. The school management took over the sexton . In 1767, Count Simon August issued school regulations by which school lessons were ordered from the 7th to the 14th year of life. Two years later, the teachers' seminar was founded in Detmold . From 1806, sexton Franz Heinrich Tintelnot was the first teacher trained in seminars in Bega. In 1848 a new school building was built on the church square, but it suffered severe damage in a fire in 1850 and was only usable again from autumn 1851. In 1919 the church and school were separated. In 1937 a new school and teachers' house was built on Betzer Weg, and in 1961/62 the school moved to Sommerseller Straße. It was dissolved in 1968 when Begas was incorporated into Dörentrup. The old school building by the church was demolished when the church square was redesigned.
jug
The jug by the church, built in 1759 according to the archway inscription, was Bega's oldest surviving building. After a long period of vacancy, it was acquired by the Dörentrup community in December 2013 with the aim of demolishing it. The Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe, as the upper monument authority, granted the four-column half-timbered building the status of a monument and asked the municipality in February 2014 to include the jug in the list of monuments. However, after no economic perspective was seen and the district approved the project, the LWL waived a ministerial decision and the building was demolished in June 2018.
architecture
The church building consists of a three-aisled, plastered stepped hall with a west tower and an octagonal choir on the east side. The supposed vault consists of plastered wood. Windows and doors are in the neo-Gothic style . On the north and south side of the eaves, the church has a gable in the middle, on which a cross marked 1863. The entrances are raised somewhat like a risalit and covered with a gable roof . Above it is a window modeled on the Lippe Rose . Around the roof, with the exception of the tower, there is a cornice . While the church is plastered or painted in a light shade, the tower is made of darker bricks. The tent roof changes into a pointed, octagonal helmet .
Furnishing
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Shortly after it was built, the church received a chandelier from an unknown donor. A second chandelier was donated by the warrior associations Bega and Humfeld. It is still unchanged today, i.e. not electrified, in the church, while the older one was handed over to the Lippe State Museum .
There is a font from the pre-Reformation period, which was removed during the new building in 1864 and placed in the garden of the merchant Haase. He's back in church today.
Three parts of the sound arcades of the old tower are walled into the interior of the tower.
Friedrich Christoph von Hammerstein was associated with the Lippe Counts' House from 1646 . Hammerstein and his uncle had lent the Count 20,000 Reichstaler and in return received a gradient in the Detmold and Varenholz offices. After the war , Count Hermann Adolf needed this gradient for himself and instead, on February 21, 1653, signed the Oelentrup dairy to Hammerschmidt for all time , where Hammerstein lived from 1663 until his death. Hammerstein was an important benefactor of the community. Among other things, he donated a communion chalice and a bread plate with the Hammerstein coat of arms and the letters FCVHKSGM (Friedrich Christoph von Hammerstein, Royal Swedish Major General), both of which have survived.
organ
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Since the beginning of the 17th century, the Romanesque church had a single-manual organ with four registers, which was probably rebuilt several times. A new instrument from Paderborn organ builder August Randebrock was purchased for today's church in 1865 . The mechanical slide organ comprises 18 stops on two manuals and pedal. After minor repairs by Klaßmeier and Hammer , the organ building workshop Gustav Steinmann carried out a fundamental renovation in 1977/78 .
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
Bells
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The church at Bega has had bells since at least the 14th century. There are drawings of them that show inscriptions that correspond in shape to those of the bronze bell in the blunt tower of Lemgo. When the tower was destroyed by a lightning strike in 1890 and was rebuilt larger, the two previous bells were melted down and three new bronze bells were made by the Radler Bell Foundry . The two larger had the First World War given are for them Radler again made in 1925 substitute. During the Second World War , these bells had to be returned; only the smallest bronze bell with a weight of 383 kg remained in the possession of the church. The given bells did not survive the war. Two cast steel bells were purchased from the Bochum Association in 1950, but their sound did not want to harmonize with the bronze bell, which is why this was also replaced by a steel bell. The bronze bell with the inscription “In joy and sorrow, in need and death, I ring and call to your God. Cast by JJ Radler and Sons in Hildesheim, Superintendent Mörs, Kirchendechen Corbach, Petig, Küster Kleine. ”Is today at the base of the tower.
| No. | Weight | diameter | pitch | inscription |
| 1 | 940 kg | 135 cm | e | Jesus Christ yesterday and today, and the same forever. O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord. Seek the Lord, and you will live. |
| 2 | 515 kg | 110 cm | G | s. O. |
| 3 | 270 kg | 92 cm | a | s. O. |
literature
- Friedrich Wiehmann: The parish Bega. From the history of the upper Begatales (= Lippe cities and villages . Volume 3 ). FL Wagener, Lemgo 1961.
- Friedrich Wiehmann: 750 years of the Bega parish (= Lippe cities and villages . Volume 8 ). FL Wagener, Lemgo 1981, ISBN 3-921428-38-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Friedrich Wiehmann: The parish Bega . S. 128-141 .
- ↑ Friedrich Wiehmann: The parish Bega . S. 159-165 .
- ↑ Friedrich Wiehmann: 750 years parish Bega . S. 213-214 .
- ↑ Jens Rademacher: Houses are being demolished for a better view of the church. lz.de, November 19, 2016, accessed on July 28, 2019 .
- ^ Documentation from the Lippische Landesbibliothek. Retrieved July 4, 2019 .
- ^ Dörentruper "Schandfleck" remains in conversation. lz.de, May 6, 2014, accessed on July 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Karl-Heinz Krull: "Begakrug" demolition is off the table for the time being. lz.de, September 19, 2015, accessed on July 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Axel Bürger: Begakrug disappears piece by piece . In: Lippische Landes-Zeitung . June 20, 2018, p. 19 .
- ↑ Friedrich Wiehmann: The parish Bega . S. 288-290 .
- ↑ Alexander Wagner, Klaus-Peter Fliedner: Orgeln in Lippe (= special publications of the natural science and historical association for the land of Lippe . Volume 80 ). Detmold 2008, ISBN 978-3-924481-18-6 , pp. 45 .
- ↑ Friedrich Wiehmann: The parish Bega . S. 144-147 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 0 ′ 21.9 ″ N , 9 ° 3 ′ 55.5 ″ E