Holy Spirit Church (Barmstedt)

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The Holy Spirit Church in Barmstedt

The Holy Spirit Church in Barmstedt in southern Schleswig-Holstein is the most important building in the city and, along with the Rellinger Church , the Pinneberger Drostei and the Uetersener Monastery Church, is one of the few Baroque buildings in the Pinneberg district .

The Barmstedt Church

prehistory

The first church in Barmstedt is mentioned in a document around 1140, the construction was probably driven by the knights of Barmstede . Today's church is the second and possibly also the third building at this point. As a direct predecessor, the so-called “St. Margarethen-Kirche “, whose foundations date back to the 13th century. It formed the center of the small settlement of Barmstedt.

Built out Feldstein Margaret church over the centuries for the growing community too small and also satisfied the representative claims the ruling here Rantzauer not so at the beginning of the 18th century a new church was needed. The old church was almost completely demolished for the new church, only the tower and parts of the western wall remained and integrated into the new building. The church was built quickly by Johann Lorentz Nerger on behalf of Count Wilhelm Adolfs zu Rantzau from 1717 to 1718 and was consecrated at Pentecost in 1718, which is why it was henceforth known as the Holy Spirit Church.

The construction

View to the west on the organ prospect and the gallery

The Barmstedt Church is a rectangular, baroque hall building made of brick, 34 meters long with a polygonal end. The nave is illuminated by arched windows and the interior is covered with a wooden barrel vault. Access to the ship is via the main portal in the tower and another portal on the north and south walls.

The furnishings from the time of construction are almost unchanged. The ceiling is painted with a sky tent and scenes from the Old Testament , which, however, had to be renewed as early as 1754. The ceiling painting was later whitewashed and only exposed and restored in the 1980s. The eastern area of ​​the nave is framed with a wooden gallery , the pillars of which mark the ground plan of the previous building. The gallery is decorated with 32 paintings depicting events from the Bible. The names of the donors are written under the gold-framed frames. Another gallery is located in the northern area of ​​the hall.

The count chair of the Rantzau family

The center of the church hall is a high altar decorated with putti with a figure of Christ and the apostles Peter and Paul . Noteworthy is the high patron s box on the south wall of the church. This Grafenstuhl, or sometimes called the Prince's Chair , was the personal, heatable chamber of the Rantzauer Counts , who had their residence on the nearby Barmstedt Castle Island . The count's family could attend the service from here without having to come into contact with the peasant people. The Grafenstuhl therefore has its own entrance on the southern outer wall.

The most important piece of equipment in the church is the large organ, which was made by the Arp Schnitger student Johann Hinrich Klapmeyer from 1719 to 1720. The organ has 2196 pipes and 31 registers and has been restored several times.

The tower

The interior of the 53-meter-high round tower is partly from the Romanesque period and should probably once also serve as a defense tower . However, it is unclear whether he ever had to exercise this function. It was not given the cladding that is visible today until around 1842. The slim, Gothic helmet was popularly referred to as a shoemaker's awl, which refers to Barmstedt's old function as a shoemaker's town . However, this term is rarely used today.

Open Church

Outside of church services, the church is open to visitors on the afternoon of every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month. It is also a regular venue for various musical performances.

useful information

The father of the poet of the Schleswig-Holstein-Lied , Matthäus Friedrich Chemnitz , served as assistant preacher in the Holy Spirit Church. His grave is on the outer north wall of the church building.

literature

Web links

Commons : Holy Spirit Church  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the city of Barmstedt
  2. ↑ Hartwig Beseler (ed.): Art Topography Schleswig-Holstein , Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1969

Coordinates: 53 ° 47 ′ 19.5 "  N , 9 ° 46 ′ 31.2"  E