Evangelical Church of St. Laurentius (Hohenhameln)

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Ev. St. Laurentius Church in Hohenhameln

The Evangelical Lutheran St. Laurentius Church in Hohenhameln is the town's landmark. The two tops of her tower are also the coat of arms of the community. The parish today belongs to the south-west region of the Peine parish .

history

The parish of St. Lawrence was in the 9th or 10th century during the Christianization of Saxony of Hildesheim founded out. The patronage of St. Laurentius indicates a great age. The church had been an archdeaconate since 1225 . By this time at the latest, the Romanesque predecessor of today's church was completed. The impressive double tower front comes from this building.

During the Reformation century, Hohenhameln belonged to Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel as a result of the Hildesheim collegiate feud and became Lutheran with the entire duchy . This did not change after the restitution of the Großer Stift . However, the bishop had a small Catholic church built in the village in 1712 , which was also named St. Laurentius and was replaced by today's neo-baroque building in 1912/13 .

In the 18th century, the Romanesque nave of the old Laurentiuskirche, which had long since become too small and dilapidated for the growing community, was demolished. In 1778 today's baroque quarry stone church was inaugurated, which impresses with its largely original furnishings and especially with the ceiling paintings . In 2005/06 the interior of the church was extensively restored.

organ

The organ behind the historic prospectus by Johann Conrad Müller from 1780 was built by the organ building company Steinmann (Vlotho). Main and pedal work follow in the disposition of the first organ by Johann Conrad Müller. The instrument has 25 stops on two manuals and a pedal .

I Hauptwerk C, D – d 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Viol 8th'
3. Flauto traverso 8th'
4th Gedact 8th'
5. Octave 4 ′
6th Flute 4 ′
7th Quinta 3 ′
8th. Octave 2 ′
9. Sesquialtera II
10. Mixture III
11. Trumpet 8th'
II Hinterwerk C, D – d 3
12. Gemshorn 8th'
13. Quintad 8th'
14th Principal 4 ′
15th Flute dues 4 ′
16. Forest flute 2 ′
17th Mixture III
18th oboe 8th'
Pedals C, D – d 1
19th Sub bass 16 ′
20th Principal 8th'
21st Gedactbass 8th'
22nd Octave 4 ′
23. Mixture III
24. trombone 16 ′
25th Trumpet 8th'

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the organ , accessed on November 21, 2017.

Web links

Commons : Ev. Church of St. Laurentius (Hohenhameln)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 52 ° 15 '28.9 "  N , 10 ° 3' 48.3"  E