Church to Nordwohlde

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Evang. Church of Nordwohlde

The Church of Nordwohlde is an Evangelical Lutheran church in the Nordwohlde district of the Lower Saxon town of Bassum in the Diepholz district .

description

In the Romanesque hall church with vorgestelltem west tower from coming fieldstone existing western parts of the church from the early 13th century. The brick eastern part with high arched windows is dated to the end of the 13th century. The 25 meter high tower replaced a previous one in 1852. The pulpit inside the church, which is decorated with evangelist reliefs , dates from the middle of the 17th century. The organ was bought in 1964 and has a manual.

Bells

A two-part bell hangs in the tower. In 1825 a bell was cast, which had to be specified in 1917 during the First World War. A new bell was ordered to replace it in 1925, but it too had to be handed in during World War II. In 1959 today's big bell was cast. The little bell survived both wars. It is a gothic bell in a pleasing shape and with an astonishingly clear structured partial tone structure.

Bell jar 1 2
Diameter (mm) 980 880
Weight (kg) 567 approx. 360
Caster Rincker unmarked
Casting year 1959 2nd half of the 14th century
volume g sharp'-8 h'-5

Literature (selection)

  • NORDWOHLDE City of Bassum, Kr. Diepholz. In: Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments . Bremen Lower Saxony. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1992, p. 997; ISBN 3-422-03022-0
  • Helmuth Meyer, Heinrich Peters, Ilse Mindermann-Wawrzinek, Ursula Rohlfs, Johannes Meyer and Heinz Rohlfs: Parish Nordwohlde. Ed .: Working group “Chronik Kirchspiel Nordwohlde”, Syke 1999

Web links

Commons : Kirche zu Nordwohlde  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 52 ° 54 ′ 16.9 "  N , 8 ° 44 ′ 6.9"  E