Church of the Good Shepherd (Münkeboe)

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Church of the Good Shepherd

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Münkeboe , a district of the municipality of Südbrookmerland in central East Frisia , was built in the neo-Gothic style at the end of the 19th century , making it the youngest church in the political community.

history

Sanctuary
Organ loft

Occasionally people had already settled in the area of ​​today's villages Münkeboe and Moorhusen in the 17th century. The development of the places was given a boost by the reclamation edict of King Friedrich II , who came to power in East Frisia in 1744, as a result of which the two bog colonies were increasingly populated. Ecclesiastically they belonged to the Engerhafe communityassigned. The poor condition of the paths and streets until the early 20th century - partly because of the soil and drainage conditions, and partly because of financial deficiencies - made it difficult to visit the church in Engerhafe. The pastor therefore preached alternately in Münkeboe and Moorhusen. When a schoolhouse was built in Moorhusen in 1883 and in Münkeboe in 1885, both buildings each received an extension with a chapel, an altar and an epistle chair .

The inhabitants of the bog colonies complained several times about the long distance to the church of Engerhafe and called for the establishment of an independent congregation. In a letter to the responsible consistory in Aurich from the year 1866, it says: “ Given the great distance from the church, our youth are exposed to almost even greater disadvantages and dangers. It is well on the way to Sunday catechitation and confirmation lessons, left to its own devices without supervision, to seduction into recklessness and folly, probably even worse ... It is a recognized fact and is used by the better-minded in our communities felt with deep pain that unfaithfulness and, as a result, recklessness, savagery, immorality, especially in terms of sextu, ... threaten to take over. "

On August 1, 1896, both places were combined to form an independent parish. Shortly afterwards, the first assistant preacher was hired, who continued to alternate between the schools. The cemetery was inaugurated on March 24, 1897. The residents collected money for the construction of the church, so that almost 45,000 marks came together. In November 1899 the construction was approved and F. Jacob from Hanover began with the construction of the neo-Gothic building with west tower, polygonal choir and three-aisled nave with hipped transverse roofs. It was inaugurated in Advent 1900. To further finance the church, the pews were rented to the colonist families until 1934. The vaulted choir has three three-part colored windows. The middle window shows the Good Shepherd .

In 1927 the church tower, which was much taller at the time, was destroyed by lightning and replaced by a lower one, at the top of which a pan-covered hip roof was attached. The swan on the roof of the tower goes back to the legend of the Czech reformer Johannes Hus ( Hus means goose in Czech ).

In 1976 the church was extensively restored, trying to restore the original painting of the interior. In the course of the work, the windows were replaced, the outer masonry re-grouted, the ceiling insulated and the tower wing equipped with a new staircase.

See also

literature

  • Hans-Bernd Rödiger, Heinz Ramm: Frisian churches in Auricherland, Norderland, Brokmerland and in Krummhörn , Volume 2. Verlag CL Mettcker & Söhne, Jever (2nd edition) 1983, p. 51.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Genealogy Forum: Münkeboe ( Memento from December 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Monika van Lengen: Südbrookmerland - Church of the Good Shepherd in Münkeboe ( Memento of July 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), viewed on September 11, 2010.
  3. ^ Anita Franzen: From the history of the parish Münkeboe-Moorhusen. Written down by Anita Franzen on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the parish 1896-1996 , accessed on September 11, 2010.
  4. ^ Südbrookmerland Touristik GmbH: Churches in Südbrookmerland , viewed on September 11, 2010

Coordinates: 53 ° 30 ′ 57.2 "  N , 7 ° 22 ′ 10.8"  E