Greetsieler Church
The Evangelical Reformed Church of Greetsiel is in the East Frisian port of Greetsiel , in the Krummhörn .
history
The Greetsieler Church was built in two construction phases between 1380 and 1410 as the own church of Chief Haro Edzardsna in the Gothic style . In 1401, long before its final completion, the church was opened by Pope Boniface IX. approved. The St. Mary consecrated hall church from brick belonged then to the Reformation for Muenster diocese . An extension was made under the rule of Count Edzard II . As in many East Frisian churches, the brick bell tower stands apart from the actual church building. When visiting the Greetsieler Church, the steep side slopes of the church walls are striking.
Above the east gable, the church has a roof turret equipped with a clock and bell, at the top of which is a special ship weather vane made of gold-plated copper. The weather vane dates from around 1730 and is shaped like a three-masted hooker with set square sails. According to the church, it is the oldest ship weather vane in Lower Saxony.
The church in Greetsiel acquired a special significance for the cadastral survey at the beginning of the real estate cadastre in East Friesland (approx. 1870) . Exact cadastral maps were the basis for the fair taxation of land. In East Friesland, a trigonometric point of the Gaussian triangulation was therefore set as the zero point of its own coordinate system in each of the three administrative districts at that time . For the district of Emden , this zero point was the spire of the Greetsiel church. The coordinate system was only replaced by the Gauß-Krüger coordinate system after 1945 with the production of new cadastral maps.
Furnishing
The originally flat beam ceiling was later replaced by a wooden barrel vault and in 1852 by a slightly curved mirror ceiling. As an evangelical reformed preaching church, today's church dispenses with a cross and an altar. The center of the church is the pulpit from 1669. It shows garlands of flowers in baroque carving. The organ gallery is located inside above the east entrance. The family coat of arms of the Cirksenas from Greetsiel and the coat of arms of the Swedish royal house Wasa , with which the Cirksenas were connected by marriage, can be seen above the west entrance of the church . Another gallery is built into the west side of the church and is decorated with sayings from the Bible.
Apart from the pulpit is Epitaph of bluestone placed the deceased at the 1684 preacher Johann Michael Knottner recalls. Above the coat of arms with crest and visor, which shows two birds with twigs in their beak, is a Latin inscription, according to which Knottner fled the Palatinate and was a preacher in Pilsum for six years before he served in Greetsiel for 39 years and died at 69 .
organ
The first organ was taken over by the Aland monastery in 1555 . This was replaced by a new organ from 1694–95 by the organ builder Valentin Ulrich Grotian . The organ prospectus from 1738 is by Johann Friedrich Constabel and shows, like the pulpit built in 1669, artistic baroque carved motifs. In 1914 only the case of the organ was kept and replaced by a new organ by Friedrich Klassmeier . Despite its ornate baroque decorations, the actual organ is a modern instrument. It was built in 1960 by the Karl Schuke Berlin organ building workshop with six registers and an attached pedal . The disposition is as follows:
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Pastors in Greetsiel
Information since the Reformation
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Period | Surname | Remarks |
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1547-1572 | Emmo Dieken | married to Elke Tjarda, mayor's daughter from the north (East Friesland) and father of Ubbo Emmius |
1571-1587 | Nicolaus Sopingius | later pastor in Utrecht |
1579-1587 | Johann Wachtendink | previously pastor in the Logum Vorwerker church in Emden |
158 * −1590 | Johann Wesselius | |
1591-1609 | Hermann Bernhardi | later pastor in the Westerhuser church |
around 1602 | Johannis | |
1605-1646 | Petrus Rhodius | |
around 1634 | Henricus Gerlachi | |
1645-1684 | Johann Michael Knottnerus | previously pastor in the Pilsum Kreuzkirche |
around 1650 | Johann Martin Seveder | |
around 1664 | Daniel Wagner | |
1685-1691 | D. Johann Swarte | previously pastor in Larrelt and later in Leer |
1692-1702 | Ludovicus Hunnius | |
1702-1706 | Paulus Wilkens | previously pastor in the Grimersum church |
1707-1728 | Georg Stelmann | |
1728-1734 | Dietrich Jacobs | later pastor in Leer |
1734-1774 | Occo Arnoldi Hildenberg | previously pastor in Nijmegen |
1775-1777 | Jacob van der Werf | previously pastor in Sellingen near Westerwolde |
1777-1807 | Hermann Klugkist | |
1808-1824 | Lucas Leendert's Wychgram | previously pastor in the Logum Vorwerker Church in Emden and in the Veenhuser Church |
1824-1856 | Ubbo Mennenga | previously pastor in the Cirkwehrum church |
1856-1882 | Heye Jansen Mennenga | Son of Pastor Ubbo Mennenga and previously Pastor in Poortvliet near Tholen |
1883-1924 | Jan Friesemann Vietor | |
1925-1927 | Johann Boekholt | |
1928-1930 | Rudolf Tuente | later pastor in Emlichheim |
1931-1950 | August Schaefer | |
1952-1962 | Lübbo Akkermann | later pastor in Lingen (Ems) |
1962-1972 | Hermann Züchner | later pastor in the Wolthuser church |
1972-1983 | Friedrich Weber | from 2002 to 2014 regional bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Braunschweig |
1984-2019 | Gebhard Vischer | |
since 2019 | Andreas Focke | Only for a 1/4 position, otherwise as a religion teacher at BBS Emden. |
See also
literature
- Hans-Bernd Rödiger, Heinz Ramm: Frisian churches in Auricherland, Norderland, Brokmerland and in Krummhörn , Volume 2. Verlag CL Mettcker & Söhne, Jever (2nd edition) 1983, p. 78.
- Hermann Haiduck: The architecture of the medieval churches in the East Frisian coastal area . 2nd Edition. Ostfriesische Landschaftliche Verlags- und Vertriebs-GmbH, Aurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-940601-05-6 , p. 187 ff .
- Günther Gerhard Meyer: “Parts of our church live on” - Greetsielers bought used bronze bells from the Mannheim parish. In: Ostfriesischer Kurier from January 23, 2012.
Web links
- Genealogy forum. Greetsiel
- Ortschronisten der Ostfriesischen Landschaft : Greetsiel (PDF file; 65 kB)
- Northwest travel magazine : Greetsiel
- Monika van Lengen (ostfriesland.de): Ev.-ref. Parish Greetsiel
Individual evidence
- ↑ gll.niedersachsen.de: Greetsieler Kirche als Nullpunkt (PDF file; 349 kB), accessed on September 14, 2012.
- ↑ organ on NOMINE eV , seen April 22, 2011.
Coordinates: 53 ° 30 ′ 2 " N , 7 ° 5 ′ 37.1" E