Gutskapelle Niedergandern

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The chapel from the west side. Above the non-public entrance there is a stone tablet with the inscription "This chapel was built by Heinrich Bodo von Bodenhausen in 1800"
Stone tablet above the main entrance (east side) with the coats of arms (from left to right) of the von Oheimb, von Bodenhausen and von der Wense families
The whitewashed former chapel to the left of the entrance to the manor in Niedergandern, now used as an apartment

The manor chapel in the village of Niedergandern was built at the end of the 18th century in the classical style. It belongs to the Niedergandern manor and is still owned by the von Bodenhausen family who live here . The Evangelical Lutheran congregation celebrates its services in the chapel.

History and architecture

The chapel of the manor was originally located in a building erected in 1616, which today serves as an apartment as part of the manor complex. A much larger chapel was built by Heinrich Bodo von Bodenhausen in the years 1798 to 1802 on a hill (called the "hop garden") around 100 meters away from the manor.

The very even structure is square. It consists of a cellar crypt and the church room located about one meter above the hill floor. The gallery can be reached via stairs in the church room and via the non-public area behind the altar. The chapel has a central entrance with stairs and two-winged door on the east front and the west rear. On the north side there is also a central access to the crypt. On the north and south sides there are four windows each in the church space and the gallery floor. On the west and south sides there are only two windows above and below because of the doors and the stone tablets above.

The church room consists of three-quarter-round, height-staggered church stalls, which with two rows of four benches in the middle and three rows of benches on each side offer space for around 80 worshipers. The effective arrangement in a small space is reminiscent of an amphitheater . Around 40 more people can sit on the gallery that follows the church stalls. The pulpit is located above the altar. Opposite in the gallery is an organ with 12 registers , which was built in 1811 by Johann Wilhelm Schmerbach the Middle . It was renovated in 1984/1985 by Martin Haspelmath , 4 registers were reconstructed.

There is a marked than tower on the roof ridge turret , crowned by a ball-bearing steel weather vane. When the top was repaired, this flag with its copper wind blade (with the Lower Saxony steed ) was partially replaced in 1999/2000 and again gilded with gold leaf.

Around the turn of the century, the chapel was first extensively renovated. In the 1960s the interior was overhauled and in 1971 the tower - which originally had a clock - had to be re-covered. The crypt under the church was used to bury members of the von Bodenhausen family until 1912. There are still coffins here today. After giving up the burial there, family members are now buried on the northern part of the church hill or in the cemetery of the nearby Church of Hottenrode . The chapel is available to the congregation in Niedergandern for church services. Weddings can also be held here.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heinrich Bodo von Bodenhausen was married to an uncle in his first marriage and to a Wense in the second
  2. ↑ according to Brief description of the chapel in Niedergandern at Galerie Goettingerland
  3. ↑ according to Information about the Gutshof von Niedergandern ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rittergut-niedergandern.city-map.de 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. to the manor at City-Map.de
  4. ^ Johann-Wilhelm Schmerbach the Middle (1765–1831) came from a family of organ builders. Since 1825 he was the Hessian district organ builder in the Hofgeismar and Wolfhägen districts, and he also worked in the Eschwege district.
  5. ↑ according to Keyword Gutskapelle Niedergandern / Lower Saxony in the online directory of the Scientific Image Archive for Architecture
  6. ↑ according to Information about the tower crowning Gutskapelle, Niedergandern from the executing silversmith's workshop at Haas-gestaltet.de

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Coordinates: 51 ° 23 ′ 32.6 ″  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 12.6 ″  E