Ahlerstedt Church
The Ahlerstedt Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church building in Ahlerstedt in the Stade district ( Lower Saxony ).
prehistory
A church or a chapel probably already existed in Ahlerstedt around 1200. That church was destroyed in the Thirty Years War .
In 1656 a new church was built from the remains of the old church. This church was simple and unadorned and had a free-standing bell tower. The only distinctive feature were stained glass windows showing biblical stories. By 1860 the dilapidated church building had become too small, as Ahlerstedt was able to record a large increase in population. From 1753 to 1853 the number of households had almost quadrupled from 65 to 231. Therefore, on December 22nd, 1860 , the church council decided to build a new building. From the previous church only is baptismal font of granite preserved; Today it is in front of the Ahlerstedter parish hall.
Building history
After the demolition of the old church, a barn was built from the building material of the old church, which served as an emergency church from 1862 to 1865.
From 1862 to 1865 the new church was built in neo-Gothic style according to plans by the architect Edwin Oppler . It is Oppler's only non-Jewish sacred building . The brick church has one nave and four yokes . It also has a choir and a 28 m high church tower , making it the tallest building in Ahlerstedt. The construction costs amounted to 9,370 thalers ; Large donations came from the merchant Friedrich Huth (300 thalers), the pastor , Count Eduard von Kielmansegg from Gut Wiegersen (750 thalers) and the Hanoverian King Georg V (500 thalers).
Marie , the king's wife, donated the stained glass windows for the chancel . 3000 people, including King George V and his son, Crown Prince Ernst August , attended the inauguration on November 12, 1865.
The tower clock was installed in 1909.
At Christmas 1937, the Fitschen family from Bokel donated two electric chandeliers that replaced the old kerosene lamps .
The stained glass windows destroyed by bomb fragments in 1944 have been replaced.
In 1954 the cemetery was moved outside.
In 2015 the church square with its ensemble consisting of the church, parish hall and rectory was redesigned.
Furnishing
altar
The altarpieces with the birth of Jesus , the crucifixion and the resurrection were given to the church in 1865 by the artist Bergmann from Hanover .
Bells
The oldest bell stayed in the tower from 1639 to 1909, weighed 580 pounds and had the inscription in 1639 cast by M. Pawal in Lüneburg . In that year the church got two new bells, weighing 1045 kg and 623 kg. One of the two bells was melted down in 1916 in World War I and one in World War II . The first bell was replaced by a new one in 1934. The current bell mechanism dates from 1959.
organ
The organ was created in 1865 by Johann Hinrich Röver . The tin pipes were melted down in 1916 during the First World War. In 1927 new pipes and a motor for the blower were installed.
The organ had warped and the sound changed, it was sold in 1970 and is in the Lambertus Church in Kirchtimke . The current organ made by Hermann Eule Orgelbau Bautzen has two manuals and 16 registers .
local community
The church was once a branch of Bargstedt , around 1100 they were still parish in Mulsum .
Today the church is Ahlerstedt with Ottendorf , Klethen , Bokel , Ahrenswohlde , Wangersen , small Wangersen , Hohenhausen and Ahrensmoor for Lutheran parish Ahlerstedt. The parish Ahlerstedt belongs to the parish of Buxtehude in Sprengel Stade of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover .
Neighboring parishes are the parishes of Bargstedt , Harsefeld, Apensen , Heeslingen and Sittensen.
Pastors
- 1760–: Martin Kratzsch
- ~ 1890: Arfken
- 1932-1961: hair
- 1963–1975: Baden
- February 1, 1976–1984: G. Ostermeier
- July 1, 1984 – June 1995: Willi Kalmbach
- July 1995 – November 2009: Jürgen Riepshoff
- September 2010–: Detlef Beneke
Web links
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 53 ° 24 ′ 25.5 ″ N , 9 ° 27 ′ 10.8 ″ E