Church to Scholen
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The church in Scholen is a Protestant church in the Lower Saxony municipality of Scholen ( joint municipality of Schwaförden ). It is the symbol of the community and also appears in its coat of arms.
description
In the late Gothic hall church with its just closed choir , the unusual position of the broad, mighty tower above the middle of the three bays is particularly striking . The choir and the wider tower yoke from the 2nd half of the 15th century are made of field stones and bricks , the west yoke of bricks dates from the 16th century. Around 1900 a narrow extension was built on the north side of the tower yoke, which houses the organ.
The church was renovated in 1913/14 and from 1952 to 1956. In 1960/61 a heater was installed.
Painting
The church in Scholen is characterized by its almost completely preserved painting. It was uncovered in 1908 and restored with heavy additions in 1914. Restorations took place in the 1950s and 1985. The paintings in the choir and tower yoke date from the 2nd half of the 15th century and the paintings in the west yoke from the beginning of the 16th century.
The vault of the choir yoke is dedicated to St. Dedicated to women, as there are the saints from left to right: Barbara with the tower, Elisabeth of Thuringia with a rose bush and basket, Mary as Queen of Heaven with child, Margaret of Antioch with the staff of the cross, but without a dragon, Catherine of Alexandria with wheel and sword , and Lucia of Syracuse with her throat pierced. Angels praying next to the baroque retable with a cross. Everything framed by many flowers and tendrils.
On the walls of the choir yoke, the apostles are standing around the altar, on the left, Matthew or Judas Thaddäus with a cross flag on a pole, James the Elder with a walking stick and Philip with a cross staff, James the Younger with a fulling pole, Simon the Zealot with a saw and Peter with a key . On the right side is John the Evangelist with a chalice, Andrew with the Andreas cross, Matthias with an ax, Bartholomew with a knife, Thomas with a square and Paul with a sword.
In the eastern part of the vault of the tower yoke, the Last Judgment is shown with Christ as the judge of the world sitting on the rainbow, surrounded by Mary and John the Baptist as intercessors. Among them the resurrection of the dead, to which angels blow the tuba. To the left of the judge of the world one sees hell with devils tormenting the damned, among them the woman with the butter churn. A group of damned people are tied with a rope and dragged into hell's jaws by devils. To the right of the judge of the world you can see the heavenly Jerusalem as an unarmed city into which the blessed move after the soul weigher St. Michael has cleared the way there.
On the walls of the entrance to the choir, on the left, St. George is shown fighting the dragon and thus saving a princess. On the right side you can see St. Martin sharing his coat. Right next to it you can find the crucifixion of Jesus with Mary and John the Evangelist in a wall niche.
Veronica's handkerchief is depicted above the arch to the west yoke. An event not mentioned in the NT on the Way of the Cross of Jesus, the depiction of which was very popular in the Middle Ages because one could win an indulgence from it.
In the vault of the west yoke are in circles the fall of man, the expulsion from paradise, the preaching of the archangel Gabriel to Mary, the birth of Jesus, the capture, the crowning of thorns and the carrying of the cross as well as the crucifixion of Christ with Mary and John the Evangelist. You can also see four angels with unreadable tapes. The window that was later broken into the southern wall is framed by the Saints Christophorus and Sebastian
Literature (selection)
- SCHOLEN Kr. Diepholz. In: Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments . Bremen Lower Saxony. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1992, p. 1183; ISBN 3-422-03022-0
- (without author :) leaflet Die Kirche zu Scholen. o. O., o. J. (approx. 2009; 4 pp. 1 ill.)
- Rolf-Jürgen Grote - Kees van der Ploeg: Wall painting in Lower Saxony, Bremen and in the Groningerland. Berlin-Munich 2001, pp. 203-204
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Coordinates: 52 ° 44 ′ 26.3 " N , 8 ° 46 ′ 2.9" E