Fabian and Sebastian Church (Sülze)
The Fabian and Sebastian Church in aspic is a church of the Evangelical - Lutheran parish brawn in the parish of Soltau the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover .
History of the community
The villages of today's church play Sülze belonged to the Lamberti community in Bergen since the high Middle Ages . The poor road conditions and the resulting poor accessibility to the Bergen church led to the construction of a chapel dedicated to Saints Fabian and Sebastian in Sülze around 1475 at the instigation of Duke Friedrich the Pious of Celle . Initially, however, this was not yet equipped with its own pastor's office, but was looked after by the Bergen pastor, who came to mass once a week. In 1502 the church was founded by the brothers Carsten and Otto von Harling and the widow Gesche Vlothwedel from Evers. A larger sum, which was topped up two years later, was invested with the approval of Bishop Heinrich von Minden and the [current] church lord of Bergen for the hands of the St. Michaelis monastery in Lüneburg , and a separate pastor's office was set up from the interest. In the deed of foundation issued in 1504, the duties of the pastor as well as the rights of the St. Lamberti congregation, to which the Sülzer church was still assigned, and the rights of the patronage family von Harling are detailed. So the new pastor had to live in Sülze, hold three masses a week and pray prayers for the patron family. The rights of church patrons essentially consisted of the right to appoint church leaders and sacrificial people, the enfeoffment of the parishes belonging to the parish and the acceptance of church bills . The rights of the Bergen Church remained until a settlement in 1645. When exactly the Reformation was introduced in the parish of Sülze cannot be said with any certainty, but it can be assumed that the new teaching will be adopted in 1529 at the latest. In addition to the places Eversen and Sülze, Altensalzkoth in 1725 , Huxahl, Lindhorst and Diesten in 1869, Feuerschützenbostel in 1927 , Kohlenbach in 1963 , Hassel in 1971 and Miele and Rehwinkel in 2001 to the Sülze parish.
Today, in addition to the Sunday service, there are numerous offers. There are music groups, choirs, Bible study groups and various offers for young people. The current pastor is Sören Bein.
Church buildings
First chapel from 1475
The first chapel in Sülze was built around 1475 on the initiative of Duke Friedrich the Pious of Celle . The exact location of this church is not known. At the beginning of the 17th century, the chapel had to be demolished because it was dilapidated.
New building in the beginning of the 17th century
At the beginning of the 17th century, a new church was built in half-timbered construction under the direction of the bailiff Carl Dietrich . A bell tower was only built after the completion of the church, a little apart from it, around 1624. However, due to a sagging of the foundations and deterioration of the ground sleepers, it was dilapidated again in the middle of the 18th century. A report obtained in 1745 suggested a new building, so that planned renovation measures were canceled and a new building was planned.
The present church was built in 1754
- Church building
In 1753 an agreement was reached between the pastors , the church council and the patronage on the necessity of a new church building. A new bell tower was to be built parallel to the church, but it was not to be separate from the church, as it has been up to now, but to be integrated into the building. In order to secure the financing of the new building, petitions were submitted to various offices. For example, an inquiry was made to the royal chamber for oak, an application was made to the regional church for approval of a collection and the parish court owners were asked to accept donations and work. At the end of January 1754, the financing of the new building was secured, so that the main construction work could be completed in December 1754 and the church could be consecrated. In 1897 construction work took place during which the nave was extended from 19.3 meters to today's 27 meters. Extensive renovation work was also carried out in 1932 and 1954. In 2007 and 2008, further extensive renovation measures were carried out. The stud work and the compartments were renewed, the church tower was newly covered. The floor was completely renewed and in this context provided with underfloor heating and a retractable stage.
Furnishing
- Pulpit altar
The pulpit dates from the 17th century and was already present in the second Sülz church. When it was rebuilt in 1754, it was combined with a new altar wall to form a so-called pulpit altar, that is, a structural connection between the altar and pulpit . In the arcade panels of the hexagonal pulpit there are oil paintings by the evangelists Luke, Mark and Matthew. Above the pulpit there is a halo with the eye of God and a carved dove , which symbolizes the Holy Spirit .
- Saint sculptures
To the left and right of the altar there are sculptures of the namesake Fabian and Sebastian. The 1.09 meter tall figure of Sebastian dates from the late 15th century and was carved from oak . The original arrows as well as a forearm and hand are missing. The painting is only partially preserved. The figure of Saint Fabian dates from 2000 and was made by Erich Klages, also from oak.
- painting
There are numerous paintings by previous pastors in the church, including portraits from the early 17th century.
- Baptismal font
Consisting of sandstone made baptismal font dates back to 1608 and was donated by the builders of the second Sülzer Church, the bailiff Carl Dietrich. In 1898 the baptismal font was replaced by a neo-Gothic stone, but was placed back in the church during the renovation in 1966.
organ
The first organ was built into the church in 1820. The brochure and the case, which are still available today, come from the organ builder Georg Breust from Goslar. In the classicism style, it was created in 1864 in connection with a romantic new organ (15II + P) and used by the organ builders who followed. The Gemshorn 4 ′ also obviously dates from this time. Today's organ was built by the Hanover company Emil Hammer Orgelbau and inaugurated in 1986. The instrument has 16 stops on two manual works and a pedal.
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Rectory and the parish hall
Today's parsonage was built at the end of the 18th century on the initiative of the pastor Heinrich Schulze, who died of consumption a few years later and did not see the completion of the new parsonage. The parish hall, in which the confirmation classes and other services of the church take place, was built in 1939 after the previous building had to be demolished due to dilapidation.
graveyard
Since the second church was built in the 17th century, an area directly adjacent to the church has been used as a cemetery . Due to a lack of space, a new burial site became necessary in the 20s of the 19th century. After a long search, the choice fell on the green areas at the exit to Eversen and in 1825 the first burial was carried out in the new cemetery. In the course of the following decades, the cemetery had to be expanded several times. In the course of the expansion of the nave, the patronage burial in the church crypt was made available. The two lines of the von Harling family waived their right to be buried in the church in exchange for an inherited burial area. In 1965 a small chapel (expanded in 1974 and 1991) was completed in the cemetery, so that since then the funeral services no longer take place in the church, as was usual until the 1960s, but in the cemetery chapel.
literature
- Parish Sülze: Festschrift for the anniversary year 2004.
- Franz Rathmann: Village book Eversen. A house and reading book. 1998, ISBN 3-921744-09-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Rathmann: Eversen village book. P. 228
- ↑ Parish of Sülze: Festschrift for the anniversary year 2004. P. 30
- ^ Franz Rathmann: Eversen village book. P. 229
- ↑ Parish of Sülze: Festschrift for the anniversary year 2004. P. 31
- ↑ Parish of Sülze: Festschrift for the anniversary year 2004. P. 33
- ↑ Parish of Sülze: Festschrift for the anniversary year 2004. P. 49
- ↑ Parish of Sülze: Festschrift for the anniversary year 2004. P. 50
- ↑ Detailed information on the organ ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 52 ° 46 ′ 16.4 " N , 10 ° 2 ′ 18.6" E