Evangelical Church Valdorf

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The Evangelical Church in Valdorf, south side
The church in Valdorf from the north-west

The church in Valdorf belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Valdorf in the Herford district . Along with the former St. Stephan monastery church of the former Cistercian monastery Segenstal, it is the oldest sacred building in Vlotho.

history

The earliest documented mention of the Valdorf Church can be found in the founding deed of the Vlotho monastery in Segenstal in 1258, which Count Heinrich von Oldenburg and his wife Countess Elisabeth had issued. It has come down to us in the archive of the Loccum monastery . The document lists the facilities of the monastery, including "the church in Valdorf with everything that belongs to it" (ecclesiam in Valendorpe, cum omnibus suis attinentiis). The monastery church that was finally built was reserved for the nuns, while the church in the emerging town of Vlotho was still the one in Valdorf. The services were held there until the Reformation by clerics of the monastery.

The certificate clearly proves that there was already a sacred building in Valdorf in 1258. Romanesque remains of this building can still be found in the north wall of the nave in today's church. However, it has been handed down that at the time of the foundation, only the church in Wehrendorf was available to the believers in the parish of Valdorf . The church location in the parish was centralized by the foundation. The pastors continued to live in the rectory in Wehrendorf, about five kilometers away.

Stone carving marks in the north transept indicate that there was a lot of building activity in the church in the years 1250–1270, which is evidently related to Count Heinrich's donation. The cross-rib vaulted northern transept and the northern parts of the choir have been preserved from these construction measures. An early Gothic hall church was built. Nothing is known about the vault of this 13th century building.

Around 1500 the church was extended to the south and about three meters higher than the previous building. In the Thirty Years' War the church was badly damaged in 1638 during the Battle of Vlotho , also known as the “Battle of Valdorf”, and the late Gothic vault of the nave partially collapsed. During the reconstruction, the vault was not renewed and a flat beamed ceiling was installed. In 1839 a southern transept was added and the church tower and roof were fundamentally renewed. The old Gothic tracery window was reinstalled in the new transept.

The church from the southeast

In 1845 the Valdorf Church received a new organ. Around 1900, plans developed for a considerable expansion of the church ("Valdorfer Dom"), but these were ended by the events of the First World War . In 2006/07, the interior was completely renovated and redesigned.

Valdorf was also affected by the awakening movement of the 19th century. The prominent theologian Karl Kuhlo , who came to Valdorf as a pastor in 1851, was a prominent figure in the community . His nephew was the well-known "Trumpet General" Johannes Kuhlo . In 1868 he followed a call to Berlin. His equally important successor was Eberhard Delius (1868–1897 in Valdorf), who later worked as superintendent of the Synod Vlotho. His life's work included the establishment of the Simeonsstift nursing home for the elderly near the Valdorfer Church. Today it is sponsored by the Johanneswerk, Bielefeld . In addition to a memorial stone in the neighboring Wehrendorf (at that time the parsonage was located there), his gravestone in the Valdorf cemetery reminds of him.

  • Floor plan of the Gothic parts of the church in 1908

  • From the south 1903

  • From northeast 1903

organ

The organ of the Valdorfer Church is a Steinmann organ . It was built in 1964.

I Rückpositiv C – f
1. Dumped 8th'
2. Reed flute 4 ′
3. Principal 2 ′
4th Fifth 1 2 ⁄ 3  '
5. Cymbal 2-fold
6th shelf 8th'
II Hauptwerk C – f
7th Principal 8th'
8th. Reed flute 8th'
9. octave 4 ′
10. Gemshorn 4 ′
11. Forest flute 2 ′
12. Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
13. Trumpet 8th'
14th mixture 4-6 times
Pedals C – f
15th Principal 8th'
16. Sub bass 16 ′
17th octave 4 ′
18th Night horn 2 ′
19th bassoon 16 ′

Wind pressure:

Bells

The Valdorf Church has two bells.

  • Bell 1 - It is the successor to the bell drawn in during World War I, which was originally cast in 1514. This had to be poured over several times (1837 and around 1853). In 1924 it was replaced by a steel bell weighing around 1200 kg with the strike tone e ′.
  • Bell 2 - This late medieval bell weighing around 400 kg was cast in 1514 and escaped the metal collection because of its old age. For the same reason, it initially escaped smelting in the Second World War and returned to Valdorf after the end of the war and has the chime g ′.

literature

  • Ch. Beyer et al .: 750 years of the church in Valdorf , series of contributions to local history , ed. from the history workshop Exter, Vlotho 2008, ISSN  1619-7828 .
  • C. Krieger: Karl Kuhlo. Pastor in Valdorf 1851-1868 , series of contributions to local history , ed. from the history workshop Exter, Vlotho 2008, ISSN  1619-7828 .
  • M. Steinmann: Eberhard Delius. Pastor in Valdorf 1868-1897 , series of contributions to local history , ed. from the history workshop Exter, Vlotho 2009, ISSN  1619-7828 .

Web links

Commons : Evangelische Kirche Valdorf  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ch. Beyer et al.: 750 years of the church in Valdorf, series of contributions to local history , ed. from the history workshop Exter, Vlotho 2008, ISSN  1619-7828 , pp. 18/19.
  2. ↑ Ch. Beyer et al.: 750 years of the church in Valdorf , series of contributions to local history , ed. von der Geschichtswerkstatt Exter, Vlotho 2008, ISSN  1619-7828 , pp. 48–52

Coordinates: 52 ° 8 '32.4 "  N , 8 ° 51' 5.8"  E