Harkenbleck Chapel

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The chapel in Harkenbleck

The chapel is a listed building in Harkenbleck , a district of Hemmingen in the Hanover region in Lower Saxony . The former fortified chapel is considered to be the most important building in the district.

history

View of the chapel from the west

The chapel was built in 1412 on the western edge of Harkenbleck. Today it stands in a loosely built area with several large courtyards west of the old town center on the street An der Kapelle .

During later renovations in the post-Middle Ages, the window openings were significantly enlarged. The roof area was redesigned in the early 17th century. Another renovation took place in 1863.

According to canon law, the chapel in Harkenbleck belonged to the St. Vitus Church in neighboring Wilkenburg . Like Wilkenburg, Harkenbleck belonged to the Archdeaconate Pattensen . The introduction of the Reformation in the Principality of Calenberg took place around 1543.

Until 1983 the von Reden family had church patronage . Harkenbleck was incorporated into Hemmingen in 1974. The town acquired the chapel, which was extensively renovated in 1938, from the family in 1983 for DM 30,000 . For a symbolic price she left them to the Friends of the Chapel Harkenbleck eV, founded in the same year. V.

The association carried out a renovation with its own work and had a heater installed. The access area of ​​the chapel was redesigned to be barrier-free and handicapped accessible between 2007 and 2008 . The church wall was renovated in 2012. In July 2013, the ceiling, walls and windows were painted.

description

North side of the chapel

The Harkenblecker Chapel is a quarry stone building with corner blocks. The 10.0 m long and 6.8 m wide building was erected on a rectangular floor plan as a fortified chapel. Chapels of a similar design and size have been preserved with the chapels in the neighboring towns of Hemmingen , Arnum and in Devese , greatly modified .

In keeping with its design, the building, with equally three- foot- thick outer walls, initially only had a few small windows. In later times, large square windows were added and the loopholes in the walls of the ground floor and first floor, still recognizable as traces of the medieval state, were closed. The outer walls were plastered in earlier times.

The lintel over the entrance on the south side of the chapel with a roof-like underside bears the year mccccxii in Gothic minuscules . The year of construction 1412 of the building is therefore definitely occupied.

In the early 17th century, the previously existing stone gables were removed. The roof structure, which was constructed as a replacement at that time, has half-timbered gables and crooked hips . The roof and gable sill beams on all four side walls cantilever a long way and rest on curved Taustab knaggen . The gable trapezoids are hung with pans. A hexagonal wooden roof turret sits in the middle of the tiled roof . The weather vane on it bears the inscription "OH v R" and the year 1868.

The interior used to have an inlaid wooden beam ceiling . This has been removed. The preserved 20 cm thick wall ledge on the inner wall at a height of 3.1 m served as a support. In the fortified chapel there was an upper floor about 2.5 m high. It was used to store supplies in the event of a siege. In later years the Harkenbleck sexton lived on the upper floor .

In the chancel a rectangular niche and the remains of a piscina show that the building was intended for worship purposes from an early date .

A large unadorned crypt lies under the prayer room that forms the chapel's ground floor . There are about ten coffins inside . The man-high room, spanned by a flat vault, served as the family crypt of those from speeches. The last burial took place around 1895. Until 1184 the crypt was entered from inside the chapel. Since then, the crypt has been accessible via its own brick-walled entrance building on the north side of the chapel.

Furnishing

altar

One of the most important pieces of equipment is a stone altar from the 16th century, which was donated to the chapel in 1687. The altar has a wooden altar wall. This colorfully treated wall in baroque or rococo forms is decorated with winding columns and cranked beams. It shows the images of the crucified as well as Mary and John. At the top of the altar wall, which was renovated in 1840 by JW Hakemeyer from Eldagsen , there is the coat of arms of those of Estorff, below the inscription Eleonora Elisabeth von Rehden, born by Estorff Drostin in 1687 .

On the altar there are four wooden free-standing angel figures with typical symbols of the crucifixion. The two larger ones should have come into the chapel together with the altar, the other two, possibly designed by the same artist, probably later.

pulpit

The other important piece of equipment is a baroque pulpit donated by Eleonora von Reden in 1687. The age of the pulpit is unknown. The wooden pulpit on the south side is decorated with pillars and angel heads, the panels show the four evangelists. with their attributes. The sound cover is also decorated with angel heads.

Further interior fittings

On the pew to the north of the altar were two coats of arms and underneath the inscriptions Jobst Friederich von Rehden , Eleonora Elisabeth von Estorff and Anno 1687 .

The baptismal font bears the year 1751. It was previously used as a Kleikotze .

During the renovation of the chapel in the 1980s, traces of ornaments in red, black and green were found next to a window, but they were painted over with white paint. A permit from the monument protection authority would be required to search for the paintings that were therefore presumed to have been whitewashed before the renovation in 1938 .

Bell jar

The bell was cast in 1837. It bears the year and "Harkenbleck" as an inscription.

Tower clock

In 1886, a tower clock with three striking mechanisms and a clockwork in the attic from the company JF Weule in Bockenem were installed for the first time in the roof turret below the bell . The clock and bell have been driven by two electric motors since 2001, the mechanical clockwork remained unused on site, and the old drive linkage continues to be used for monument protection reasons. The clock drive was replaced in 2018 due to irregular running. In addition, the dial and hands were renewed using the Arnum fire brigade turntable ladder .

Support association

The Friends of Chapel Harkenbleck e. V. was founded on March 10, 1983 with eight members. In the same year the association became the owner of the chapel. At the beginning of 2019, the association had 218 members. The purpose of the association is to preserve the chapel and use it according to its character.

Church services

Regular services of both major denominations have been held in the chapel since 1984 . There are two Protestant Sunday services a month. The Evangelical-Lutheran St. Vitus parish of Wilkenburg-Harkenbleck is responsible. Once a month there is a Catholic evening mass . The parish of St. Augustine in Hanover is responsible .

The chapel with up to 75 seats is also used for weddings , baptisms and anniversaries. The cemetery in Harkenbleck, administered by the city of Hemmingen, also has a cemetery chapel .

Events

The association has been organizing two fixed events every year since 1983. In summer there is Chapel Day, a village festival on the farm across from the chapel. During the Advent season , the Harkenbleck nativity play is performed several times in a neighboring barn.

In addition, there were events for the chapel's 600th anniversary and repeated participation in the day of the open monument . The development association organizes concerts or readings in the chapel several times a year.

See also

literature

  • Rolf Tostmann: 750 years of Harkenbleck . Self-published, Hemmingen 1976.

Web links

Commons : Harkenbleck Chapel  - Collection of images
  • Website of the ev-luth. Parish of St. Vitus Wilkenburg and Harkenbleck

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Hans-Herbert Möller (Ed.), Henner Hannig (Ed.): Landkreis Hannover. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony , Volume 13.1.) Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1988, ISBN 3-528-06207-X , p. 213.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Rolf Tostmann: 750 years of Harkenbleck , 1976, p. 33 (see literature) quoted in: Harkenbleck, Ort der rauschenden Quelle. www.folker-wagner-mummenthey.de, accessed on October 2, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Tobias Lehmann: Woodworms no longer gnaw in the angel figures. www.haz.de, October 14, 2017, accessed on October 27, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e Thomas Böger: Tower clock should display the time correctly again. www.haz.de , March 25, 2018, accessed October 27, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h The historic chapel at Harkenbleck. Förderverein Kapelle Harkenbleck eV, January 2019, accessed on October 27, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b c Harkenbleck . In: H. Wilh. H. Mithoff (ed.): Art monuments and antiquities in Hanover . First volume: Fürstenthum Calenberg. Helwing'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Hanover 1871, p.  97-98 ( online [PDF; 15.1 MB ; accessed on March 11, 2017]).
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Harkenbleck . In: Carl Wolff (ed.): The art monuments of the province of Hanover . Issue 1: Districts of Hanover and Linden . Self-published by the provincial administration, Theodor Schulzes Buchhandlung, Hanover 1899, p.  21–23 ( online [PDF; 10.0 MB ; accessed on October 26, 2018]).
  8. ↑ Jens Schade: Walks in the Leineaue: Harkenbleck - fortified chapel from the Middle Ages. www.myheimat.de, May 25, 2012, accessed on October 27, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Thomas Böger: Does the chapel still hold a surprise? www.haz.de, May 4, 2018, accessed October 27, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Torsten Lippelt: Harkenbleck is up to date again. www.haz.de, December 10, 2018, accessed October 27, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Burials in the cemeteries of the city of Hemmingen. (PDF; 836 kB) City of Hemmingen, accessed on October 27, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Thomas Böger: Förderverein invites you to the 35th Chapel Day. www.sn-online.de , June 18, 2019, accessed on October 27, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Tobias Lehmann: 30 children perform crib plays. www.neuepresse.de , November 27, 2018, accessed on October 27, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Harkenbleck Chapel opens its doors to the Open Monument Day. www.leine-on.de, September 2, 2019, accessed on October 27, 2019 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 28.9 ″  N , 9 ° 45 ′ 57.2 ″  E