Evangelical Church in Lienen

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Protestant church

The Protestant church is a listed church building on Kirchplatz in Lienen , a municipality in the Steinfurt district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ).

History and architecture

The Romanesque west tower is from the end of the 12th century. It stands in the basement on four pillars that are connected by Romanesque arches. The tower room closes at the top with a Romanesque vault. Three of the arches end with receding masonry, the arch to the ship is open. The tower room was previously used as a baptistery . It survived four different churches. Excavations in 1994 and 1995 show the first Romanesque church in the 12th century. The interior was about 5.80 meters wide and at least 10 meters long. The next previous church was probably built in the first half of the 14th century and replaced in 1703. In the new building from 1703, the nave was widened by about three meters to the north and lengthened to the east. 200 new seats were created in this way. The nave was vaulted , the design of the choir has not survived. A memorial stone above the north portal commemorates this new building. The heavy and too shallow vault pushed the south wall away. For this reason, the nave had to be torn down in 1802 and replaced by a new building. The roof of the old church barely extended beyond the approach to the belfry, today's nave looks oversized across from the tower.

The seven-axis, classicist hall with sloping eastern corners is surrounded by linden trees. The nave from the early 18th century was largely rebuilt in 1802 and expanded to the south and east. These extensions are documented by inscription stones. In the wall of the north arch there is a conically narrowing niche; it served as a storage place for the baptismal equipment. The simple plastered building is structured by two-lane windows, the older walls in the west and north are structured by arched windows. Inside, the flat ceiling was drawn in over a cove . The church got its current seating in 1876. The organ was placed on the gallery on the tower side , the pulpit and the communion table were placed in the choir. A total of 1173 seats were now available. During the renovation of the interior in 1958, the neo-Gothic ornamentation was removed from the choir. The organ was rebuilt by Steinmann from Vlotho, using the pipes from the previous organ. The neo-Gothic organ case was replaced by a simple one. The gallery, which was built far into the ship, was withdrawn. At the same time, the ship was given a transverse passage in the rear area. The seats were reduced to around 1,000. In 1995, a community hall was installed under the west gallery as a glass and steel construction. The hall of honor set up in 1925 for the fallen soldiers of the First World War had to be abandoned for this purpose. The memorial plaques found a new place on the north staircase and on the gallery. By relocating the staircases to the galleries, the Romanesque tower room of the church became accessible again.

Furnishing

  • The gallery with neo-Gothic cast iron columns was built from 1875 to 1876.
  • One chandelier is from 1657, the others are marked 1703, 1733 and 1864.
  • Two richly decorated coat of arms stones, one with the Tecklenburger coat of arms, the other with the Prussian coat of arms, are marked 1706 and 1707.
  • The two trumpet angels from around 1860 come from Hardehausen.
  • The organ was rebuilt in 1969 by the organ building company Gustav Steinmann, Vlotho.

Tower clock

The tower clock was installed around 1661, a plaster mark underneath the tower helmet proves this. At the same time, the sandstone relief dials were probably embedded in the masonry. The closely placed Roman numerals indicate a single-hand watch that was in use before 1700 , the movement of which was around two meters wide and high. The hammer struck the middle bell on the hour. The builder of the clockwork is not known. A new movement was made by Johann Heinrich Howe in 1825. The current clockwork was installed in 1935 by Eduard Korfhage from Buer.

Bells

The first known bell broke in 1640; the reason is not recorded.

The oldest surviving bell is the so-called pingel bell, tuned to g ' , which means small bell. It was cast by Hans Meyer in 1622 and bears the inscription Hin geidt die Zeit her kompt der doth och Menche thue Recht und fruchte Godt , the additional Latin inscription reads si deus pro nobis quis contra nos? (Is God for us, who can be against us?). This bell was rung mainly for funerals. Because of its desperate condition, it is only rung very rarely.

The second bell was cast in 1637. It bears the inscription Selig sindt de God's word hear and preserve and the names of the bell founders Hilebarnt Vanderhorst and Evert Stickfort. The bell is tuned to f '

The third bell was cast by Michelin in Bielefeld in 1663. it is tuned to the tone Es' and bears the inscription Praise the Lord with kettledrum and pipes, praise him with strings and cymbals

The two large bells were dismantled in 1942 and stored in the courtyard of the Kayser copper works in Lünen. They should be melted down. They were hung up again in 1947 unharmed.

At the turn of the millennium, two smaller, new bells were cast to complete the ringing. The larger of the two bears the inscription Oh stay with us with your grace , Lord Jesus Christ and the smaller one, My soul exalts the Lord .

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Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ 48.5 "  N , 7 ° 58 ′ 29.4"  E