Greetsieler Church

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View from the southwest of the church building and the former bell tower (right) of the reformed church

The Evangelical Reformed Church of Greetsiel is in the East Frisian port of Greetsiel , in the Krummhörn .

history

Interior with its steeply sloping side walls
Organ prospectus

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:

Manual C – f 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Dumped 8th'
3. Octave 4 ′
4th Octave 2 ′
5. Mixture IV-V
6th Trumpet 8th'
Pedal C – d 1
attached

Pastors in Greetsiel

Information since the Reformation

Friedrich Weber , Regional Bishop of Braunschweig 2002–2014, was pastor in the church from 1972 to 1983
Period Surname Remarks
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

Commons : Greetsieler Kirche  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ gll.niedersachsen.de: Greetsieler Kirche als Nullpunkt (PDF file; 349 kB), accessed on September 14, 2012.
  2. ↑ organ on NOMINE eV , seen April 22, 2011.

Coordinates: 53 ° 30 ′ 2 "  N , 7 ° 5 ′ 37.1"  E