Hattenser Church

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Hattenser Church seen from the north-west. The different widths of the building are clearly visible.

The Hattenser Church is located in the Feldmark, about one kilometer north of the Ottenstein patch on the Ottenstein plateau in the Holzminden district in Lower Saxony . It is surrounded by a cemetery .

Building description

The building is made of quarry stone in the late Romanesque style and covered with sandstone slabs. The 13th century is presumed to be the time of origin, other sources put the construction time even earlier. While the small windows are arched, the entrance door already has a Gothic arch.

A much narrower choir adjoins the two central bays of the nave . The west yoke is also made narrower. It is called the tower yoke by Dehio because it probably originally supported a massive tower. Today's roof turret was only created during a restoration in the 19th century and had to be rebuilt after a lightning strike in 1899.

The nave is covered by a groin vault. The floor of the choir is raised by one step. There is a Romanesque altar table there . A pulpit altar with paintings from a later period rises above it.

New use

The coat of arms of Ottenstein shows the Hattens church.

The place Hattensen probably fell in desolation at the end of the Middle Ages . It is assumed that the inhabitants of Ottenstein have moved to the shelter of the castle. No building remained from Hattensen, except for the church, the only stone building in the village. This has served the Ottensen area as a chapel for the surrounding cemetery since 1840 and is therefore also known as the Hattens chapel. Services are occasionally held here today.

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  • Georg Dehio , adaptation Gerd Weiß: Handbook of German Art Monuments, Bremen, Lower Saxony. Revised 1992, ISBN 3-422-03022-0
  • Information board on the church building

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The 13th century is stated on the website of the Ottensteiner Plateau. On the information board on the church building, an age of 900 to 1000 years is assumed, which corresponds to the 11th to 12th centuries.
  2. ^ Georg Dehio , arrangement Gerd Weiß: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Bremen, Lower Saxony. Revised 1992, p. 1080

Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 26.6 "  N , 9 ° 24 ′ 25.3"  E