Evangelical Reformed Church of the Holy Churches

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Protestant church

The Evangelical Reformed Church is a listed church building in Heiligenkirchen , a district of Detmold in the Lippe district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

History and architecture

The Romanesque church around 1863, painted by Emil Zeiß .

A hall church with a semicircular apse was excavated as the first building . It probably dates from the 10th century. Originally the church was under the patronage of Saints Cosmas and Damian . The place was mentioned as Halogankirkan between 1015 and 1036 . The building served the residents as a fortified church in the Middle Ages , and four loopholes can be seen in the tower .

Niche with wall painting

The core of the current church probably dates from the second half of the 12th century. It originally consisted of two arched nave bays and a just closed choir . The west tower was added in the first half of the 13th century . The south aisle was added in the 14th century . In the second half of the 15th century the choir was rebuilt and new vaults were drawn into the nave . During the renovation in 1863, the east portal was broken into and the three-step south portal changed. The massive, unplastered tower stands on a strong base profile. A domed vault rests on wall templates with heavy fighters in the tower . The nave and the choir are vaulted with ribs . Ridge vaults can be found in the side aisle. Extensive renovations were carried out from 1969 to 1970. During the renovation work, a wall niche was exposed next to the pulpit, in which a late Gothic fresco with the painted Arma Christi can be seen. These and other wall paintings were made during the Reformation in Lippe under Count Simon VI. Painted over or covered at the beginning of the 17th century. A fire bell , which originally hung in the extension of the tower roof, was melted down during the First World War. Three new bells were cast in 1965. The ringing now has the tone sequence e - g - a - h. The lower part of the tower was redesigned as a hall of honor for the fallen of the two world wars.

organ

Church organ

The old organ was dismantled in 1969. The tin pipes had to be surrendered in the First World War . After the provisional restoration in 1919, the instrument was no longer fully functional. Hinrich Klausing from Herford built a baroque case for the organ in the church in Bösingfeld in 1700. Together with the still preserved parts of the prospectus , a new organ with two manuals and 15 stops was made from this case by the Walcker organ building company in 1971 .

Disposition:

Main work
1. Principal 8th'
2. Reed flute 8th'
3. Octave 4 ′
4th Hollow flute 2 ′
5. Mixture 4f
Substation
6th Wood-covered 8th'
7th Flute covered 4 ′
8th. Principal 2 ′
9. Chamois fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
10. Cymbal 3f
11. Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
pedal
12. Sub bass 16 ′
13. Covered 4 ′
14th Chorale flute 4 ′
15th Rauschpfeife 2f

Furnishing

  • The pulpit, the altar and the baptismal font were made in 1969 by the sculptor Karl Ehlers from Hiddes .
  • The organ prospectus on the choir gallery was created by Hinrich Klausing in 1700 .
  • Two grave tablets belonging to the von Hammerstein family are the remains of a grave vault.
  • The first bell was cast in the Grawick workshop around 1400.

literature

See also

Web links

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

Coordinates: 51 ° 54 ′ 35 ″  N , 8 ° 52 ′ 19 ″  E

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Organ Atlas Ostwestfalen-Lippe. Retrieved July 28, 2013 .