Evangelical Church Bergkirchen (Bad Salzuflen)

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Evangelical Church Bergkirchen
Aerial view of the church tower, looking west towards the Werre lowland, Eikberg on the left
Interior of the church

The Evangelical Church Bergkirchen is a Lutheran church in the district Retzen mountain churches of the city of Bad Salzuflen in Lippe , North Rhine-Westphalia . It belongs to the Lutheran class of the Lippe regional church , which is one of the smaller regional churches in the association of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD). The church building has been a listed building since 1987.

history

The small community of Bergkirchen has its origins in the Minden-Ravensberg revival movement . After the church was founded in 1850, the church was built in a forest clearing "on the mountain" (Eikberg) in the same year. The church thus gave its name to the community and locality "Bergkirchen", which was officially recognized by the sovereign under this name in 1874 . Around 1900 a church tower based on a design by the Bielefeld architect Karl Siebold was added.

architecture

The half-timbered church, with its gable roof and rectangular floor plan, is designed similar to a larger farmhouse. The stone church tower with a rhombic roof , which was added later, is designed in the neo-Romanesque style.

Furnishing

The church interior is provided with a wooden ceiling, which was designed with rich ornamentation in 1906 and painted in the color scheme that is still preserved today in 1929/30.

Church music

A varied music program is offered in the church throughout the year. The focus here is on three series of concerts ("Music for Strollers", moonlight concerts, winter concerts). Due to the wooden construction, the church has ideal acoustics for chamber music.

organ

The baroque organ of the church, built in 1897 , originally comes from a Lutheran church in Detmold and was built in 1805 by the organ builder Johann-Markus Oestreich . In 1954, 1973 and 2007 the organ was renovated and partly rebuilt. The instrument has 24 registers on two manuals and a pedal; three registers of the main work stand on alternating loops and can thus be played on the pedal. The actions are mechanical.

I substation C – g 3
1. Wooden dacked 8th'
2. Wooden flute 8th'
3. Pointed flute 4 ′
4th Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
5. Principal 2 ′
6th octave 1'
7th Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
II Hauptwerk C – g 3
8th. Drone 16 ′
9. Principal 8th'
10. Hollow flute 8th'
11. Viol 8th'
12. Beat 8th'
13. Reed flute 8th'
14th Principal 4 ′
15th Lead-covered 4 ′
16. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
(Continuation)
17th Forest flute 2 ′
18th Cornett IV 4 ′
19th Mixture IV 2 ′
20th Trumpets 8th'
Tremulant
nightingale
Pedal C – f 1
21st Sub bass 16 ′
22nd Drone (No. 8) 16 ′
23. Principal (No. 9) 8th'
24. Gemshorn 8th'
25th octave 4 ′
26th bassoon 16 ′
27. Trumpet (No. 20) 8th'

See also

Web links

Commons : Evangelical Church in Bergkirchen (Bad Salzuflen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ulrich Althöfer: The architect Karl Siebold (1854–1937). On the history of Protestant church building in Westphalia. Luther-Verlag, Bielefeld 1998, ISBN 3-7858-0394-X
  2. ↑ Information on the organ

Coordinates: 52 ° 4 ′ 45.4 "  N , 8 ° 49 ′ 5.3"  E