Bagbander Church

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Bagbander Church
Church tower with Pleishof

The Bagbander Church in Bagband in the municipality of Großefehn , East Frisia , is a brick church building in the Romanesque style . It was made in the middle of the 13th century on an artificial hill (terp) from stones in the form of a monastery. Since 2010 it has been called the Martin Luther Church .

History and architecture

The medieval church was dedicated to St. Barbara consecrated, as well as the nearby Barbara Church in Strackholt .

The current shape of the church is that of a rectangular nave . In earlier times there were still some additions, such as an apse on the east side and a roof over the entrance door on the north wall. The vaults were renewed in the 16th century. On the eastern edge of the south wall are a hagioscope and a window that was broken in after 1774 to illuminate the organ floor. The nave is crowned with a gilded swan, as can be found on many East Frisian churches. The swan is a symbol of Luther and the Lutheran Church.

Originally there was a belfry to the northwest of the church , in which the three bells from Bagband were located. At the end of the 19th century this was so badly dilapidated that it could no longer be used. The then church council then decided to tear down the old belfry and replace it with a new, slim, around 50 meter high church tower in the neo-Gothic style on the west gable. The church tower was completed in 1895 and has been a symbol of Bagband ever since.

Today the church is the focal point for around 660 church members of the Evangelical Lutheran Martin Luther parish.

Furnishing

Crucifixion group
Double Madonna in a halo

Inside the church there are some sculptures from the 15th century such as the crucifixion group with life-size figures and the double Madonna in a halo - also from the 15th century.

The font , made of Bentheim sandstone , dates from the 13th century. It is considered to be the oldest inventory item in the Bagbander Church. Four lions are depicted in the base area. The animals - like all the other decorations - are difficult to recognize: the sandstone baptism is badly weathered because it stood in the parish garden for many years. In 1983 she was brought back to church. A well-preserved, similar baptism with a comparable motif - also made of Bentheim sandstone - is in the church in the neighboring village of Strackholt (around two kilometers from Bagband). For baptisms in the Bagbander Church, a bronze bowl is set into the sandstone basin. This baptismal bowl is a foundation from 1635.

The pulpit dates from 1654. The four evangelists can be seen on it. Below the organ, on the gallery parapet, Jesus Christ is depicted , to the right and left of him the four evangelists and the 12 apostles .

organ

View to the organ gallery

There is also a historic organ by Heinrich Wilhelm Eckmann , built in 1775, which is located on a gallery on the east wall above the altar. The organ builder from Quakenbrück in East Friesland became famous in 1772 with the construction of an organ for the church in Amdorf . The organ has 14 stops on a manual and an attached pedal .

I Manual CD – c 3
1. Principal 8th' E.
2. Drone 16 ′ E, F
3. Gedact 8th' E.
4th Octave 4 ′ E.
5. Reed flute 4 ′ E.
6th Fifth 3 ′ E.
7th Octave 2 ′ E.
8th. Forest flute 2 ′ E.
(Continuation)
9. Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 2  ′ E.
10. Cornett III E.
11. Mixture IV E.
12. Cimbel III AF
13. Dulcian B / D 16 ′ AF
14th Trumpet B / D 8th' AF
Tremulant AF
Pedal CD – c 1
attached

Remarks:

E = Register of Heinrich Wilhelm Eckmann (1774/1775)
F = register by Alfred Führer (1975)
AF = register from Alfred Führer (1949)

Church records

From the church records , the books on baptisms , weddings, death books and communions from 1696 onwards have been preserved. The cases up to 1900 were compiled and published in a local family book.

See also

literature

  • Hans-Bernd Rödiger, Heinz Ramm: Frisian churches in Auricherland, Norderland, Brokmerland and in Krummhörn. Volume 2. Verlag CL Mettcker & Sons, Jever (2nd edition) 1983, p. 40 f.
  • Erhard Schulte (Hrsg.): The families of the parish Bagband (1696-1900). Ostfriesland Ortssippenbücher, No. 27, Aurich 1991, ISBN 3-925365-62-1 .
  • Hermann Haiduck: The architecture of the medieval churches in the East Frisian coastal area . 2nd Edition. Ostfriesische Landschaftliche Verlags- und Vertriebs-GmbH, Aurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-940601-05-6 , p. 69 .
  • Gottfried Kiesow : Architecture Guide East Friesland . Verlag Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz , Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-86795-021-3 , p. 244-246 .
  • Albert Kroon : Bagband - The story of an East Frisian farming village. Bagband 1995, pp. 20-23.
  • Justin Kroesen, Regnerus Steensma: Churches in East Friesland and their medieval furnishings. Michael Imhoff Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-159-1 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ingeborg Nöldeke: Hidden treasures in East Frisian village churches - hagioscopes, rood screens and sarcophagus lids - overlooked details from the Middle Ages . Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7308-1048-4 , p. 53 f.
  2. ↑ Oliver Vorwald: 450 years of the Reformation in the Bagband parish . Ed .: Parish of Bagband. 2010, p. 46 .
  3. ↑ Reinhard Ruge (NOMINE eV): Bagband, St. Barbara - Organ by Heinrich Wilhelm Eckmann (1774/1775) , accessed on April 5, 2019.

Coordinates: 53 ° 21 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 36 ′ 31 ″  E