High Church (Lemgow)
The Evangelical Lutheran High Church in the municipality of Lemgow in Wendland stands in an open field at a slightly elevated point between the round villages of the Lemgow moraine plateau and the glacial valley adjacent to the south . The actual name, 'Johanneskirche', is hardly used by the parish any more.
The structure is almost exactly geosted and was built in the 13th century as the central church for twelve villages, at least partially from field stone .
From around 1450, the Gothic brick tower was built at the west end of the ship . Its floor plan is rectangular, the edge length transverse to the longitudinal axis of the church the larger. He resembles the churches of the Altmark and Brandenburg frequent west building . On its south side, today under the bend of the neighboring mansard roof, it has a typical late Gothic window opening with rounded corners. Its bell storey has Biforien of narrow pointed arch windows in almost uniformly round blind arcades .
In the 18th century the nave was so dilapidated that it barely offered the community any protection from the weather. As a result, it was replaced in 1770 | 1771 by today's nave in a simple baroque style , except for the brick base area.
The polygonal choir, mainly made of field stone, has baroque windows and a baroque ceiling, but still has its Gothic floor plan with buttresses, as they were more used for a Gothic vault. It contains a baroque pulpit altar .
Two galleries extend one above the other on both long sides of the nave. The lower ones still receive light from the wall windows closed with segmental arches , the upper ones from mansard windows . The organ was built in 1856 by the Hanoverian organ builder Eduard Meyer (1806–1889).
The center of the cemetery around the church is in front of the west tower and is bordered to the north by an avenue of lime trees.
literature
- Working group Lüneburg Heath of the Church Service in Leisure, Recreation and Tourism, Office for Community Service of the Evangelical Lutheran. Landeskirche (Hrsg.): Churches and monasteries in the Lüneburg Heath . 3. Eastern area, 1995.
Web links
- Evangelical in Wendland → leaflet High Church Lemgow (PDF)
- Photo page by Günter Ludewigs: St. Johanniskirche, called Hohe Kirche, in Lemgow (Wendland)
Coordinates: 52 ° 54 ′ 11.37 " N , 11 ° 16 ′ 55.74" E