Ihlower Church
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ihlow is in the East Frisian town of Ihlowerfehn , Ihlow parish . The current building was erected in 1902 in the style of historicism .
history
The place was founded in 1780 as a fen colony . The name "Ihlower Vehn" is first recorded in 1804 and goes back to the neighboring Ihlow monastery .
In ecclesiastical terms Ihlowerfehn belonged 1780-1790 to parish Weene and 1790 to 1898 for the parish Bangstede . The bog colonists from Ludwigsdorf joined Weene.
From the 1870s onwards, a dispute arose over the amount of church taxes to Bangstede. The synod granted the establishment of a separate congregation and the establishment of a parish collaboration for the vicar Siefkes, who was appointed on December 19, 1898. The services were held on Sunday mornings in the schools in Ihlowerfehn and Ludwigsdorf. The independent parish of Ihlow was founded on June 22, 1899.
Due to the insufficient space available in the schools, plans were soon made to build a tower-free “prayer room with a parish apartment”. However, the Ihlower managed to get a larger church with a tower approved. The foundation stone of the Ihlower church was laid on August 6, 1901 and the inauguration on February 9, 1902. At the end of March 1902 the parish collaboration was converted into an independent parish office, the parsonage was completed on April 29, 1902 and Pastor Siefkes was introduced in May 1902. An extension to the rectory in 1912 served as a classroom for the confirmands, who until then had been taught in a room in the pastor's apartment. Between 1988 and 1989 a larger parish hall was built, which was attached to the north side of the church by means of a passage.
At the end of the 1960s, the church was renovated and adapted to the tastes of the time. In addition, the church received underfloor heating. This was replaced in 2019 by a new heating system with radiators under the benches.
The parish today comprises about 2500 parishioners and belongs to the Aurich parish.
Building description
The hall church in the style of historicism made of brick with a saddle roof and built-in west tower is characterized by numerous white panels and round arch friezes .
The outer walls are structured on the long sides by three ogival windows and by strikingly stepped buttresses that extend to the round arch frieze under the eaves. The last section in the west has two narrow round arched panels and is designed without a frieze.
The west side is lavishly designed. The built-in and slightly protruding tower also serves as an entrance. Above the profiled portal with its wing doors is a round-arched glare field in which two round arches and a round panel are incorporated. A large rosette in the form of a panel adorns the tower in the middle . The tower is flanked in the middle by three arched panels that fill the entire triangle of the gable. The inner two are broken through by small windows in the lower area. The tower has a transverse gable roof, which is crowned by a wooden roof turret. The ringing consists of two bells. On the west side of the tower there is the same round arch frieze as on the ship. The sound arcades on the south and north sides are surrounded by three narrow panel niches and small round panels.
The indented narrow choir extension with a saddle roof is decorated on the east side by three blind niches, which are broken through by small windows in the lower area. Nine white blind niches rising towards the center fill the entire eastern triangle of the gable. In the middle there are four small windows next to each other.
Interior
The interior, which offers space for around 400 visitors, is closed by the uniformly wood-like interior. The ship is closed off by a trapezoidal wooden ceiling , the anchor beams of which rest on wooden consoles. The beam construction of the ceiling is underlined by horizontal green painted stripes and vertical flower friezes. Solid wooden beams support the gallery on the west and south walls.
The choir is connected to the nave by a large arch. It is slightly raised by a bricked-up step and has three small windows on the east side in an arched area, the shape of which corresponds to the choir arch and how it is overwritten with a Bible verse. A wooden ceiling has been drawn into the choir.
For the new church building, tiles were donated for the chancel, the altar cross and the hangings, the candlesticks, baptismal font and baptismal font and the pulpit cladding as well as three stained glass windows for the choir. The large altar Bible with an autograph dedication was donated by Empress Auguste Victoria .
The wooden pulpit has a simple staircase and a small sound cover. The polygonal pulpit has a cloverleaf arch in the fields and rests on five turned feet. There is a table in the choir room. A three-pass decorates the outer cheeks of the church stalls .
Between 1972 and 1973 G. Christian Lobback built a small organ with six registers and an attached pedal behind a three-axis prospect . When it was built, the plant had 448 pipes and replaced the previous pneumatic instrument made by P. Furtwängler & Hammer in 1902. In 2008 Martin ter Haseborg added a 16 ′ subbass to the pedal.
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the parish
- Johannes Bunger: Chronicle of the parish Ihlowerfehn and Ludwigsdorf
- Local chroniclers of the East Frisian landscape : Ihlowerfehn (PDF file; 744 kB)
- Genealogy forum: Ihlowerfehn
Individual evidence
- ↑ Local chroniclers of the East Frisian landscape : Ihlowerfehn (PDF file; 744 kB)
- ↑ Genealogy forum: Ihlowerfehn ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , seen February 10, 2012.
- ↑ a b c d Johannes Bunger: Chronicle of the parish Ihlowerfehn and Ludwigsdorf , as seen on February 10, 2012.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 24 ′ 31.4 " N , 7 ° 26 ′ 37.4" E