List of historical churches in East Frisia
This list is sortable. The presetting is based on the name of the place in which the church is located. In addition, it can be sorted by the name of the church (alphabetically), the name of the city or parish (alphabetically), the date of construction of the building (chronological) and the denomination (alphabetical). The name of the church follows the official naming of the church by the respective parish. If the church has no name, it is listed under the adjective of the place in which it is located (e.g. Amdorfer church). Special features of the building history, historical events, special items of equipment and other comments are listed under Comments. The abbreviations are as follows:
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The list of historical churches in East Friesland includes Christian church buildings in East Friesland, i.e. the districts of Aurich , Leer and Wittmund and the independent city of Emden .
All of the churches that were built up to 1933 and are still preserved in the more than 3,100 square kilometer region are recorded here. During the time of National Socialism , no new church buildings were built in East Friesland (with the exception of two new buildings for free church communities in Firrel and Bagband ). In addition, two sacred buildings erected after the Second World War are included because they have acquired a special historical or ecclesiastical importance (this is listed under Comments). A large number of churches are follow-up buildings for older churches that were previously mostly in the same place. Some church buildings were destroyed in wars, feuds or accidents in earlier centuries, and almost all synagogues in the 20th century . The last remaining building of its kind in Dornum , in 1938 profaned , is now a museum. In addition, several church buildings were bombed in the city of Emden, which was badly damaged in World War II .
The region is a predominantly Protestant region . While in the western parts of the region ( Krummhörn , Emden , Rheiderland , Moormerland and Leer ) the Reformed creed predominates or is at least very strongly represented, most of East Frisia is shaped by the Lutheran creed. There are also five old reformed congregations in the west of the region as well as a large number of other free church congregations, including Baptists and Mennonites . After the Reformation, Catholicism played no role in East Frisia for a long time; the first Catholic church in the region was not rebuilt until 1776 after the immigration of Catholics. The Catholics only received a noteworthy influx through the settlement of displaced persons from the eastern regions of the German Empire after the Second World War .
Churches in East Frisia are typically brick buildings . Imported tuff was also used more frequently near the coast (Arle, Nesse, Stedesdorf), and there are also a small number of granite square churches (Asel, Marx, Middels, Remels). The first high phase of (stone) church building as a successor to older churches, which were mostly made of wood, can be dated to the 12th to 15th centuries. In East Friesland there are a large number of Romanesque and Gothic churches (approx. 100). What is also remarkable about the church landscape is the large number of historical organs , which have made the organ landscape of East Frisia widely known.
In the march in particular, the wealth of the inhabitants, acquired through agriculture and trade, allowed the construction of a large number of churches. In the communities of Krummhörn (19 villages) and Jemgum (eleven villages), each village has its own churches - even in the smallest with a few dozen inhabitants.
Churches
Locality | Surname | image | (Velvet) municipality or city | Establishment | Denomination | Remarks |
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Amdorf | Amdorfer Church | Jümme | 1769 | ev.-luth. | Replacement for a previous Romanesque building from which the pulpit and altarpiece (17th century) were taken; Organ by Heinrich Wilhelm Eckmann (1773); Bell tower from 1870 | |
Ardorf | Ardorfer Church | Wittmund | first half of the 13th century | ev.-luth. | partly made of granite blocks ; Baptismal font from the 13th century, pulpit from the Norder Ludgeri Church ; Bell tower from 1807 | |
Arle | Boniface Church | Großheide | around 1200 | ev.-luth. | made of tuff , foundations made of granite blocks ; Font from the 13th century; 1778 removal of the vaults in favor of a flat ceiling; Organ by Hinrich Just Müller and Johann Gottfried Rohlfs (1799) | |
Asel | St. Dionysius Church | Wittmund | around 1200 | ev.-luth. | from granite blocks ; 1661 rebuilding of the bell tower; 1825 Reduction of the church to 22 meters in length and 11 meters in width | |
Aurich | Lamberti Church | Aurich | 1833-1835 | ev.-luth. | Classicist successor to the medieval predecessor church, built according to plans by Conrad Bernhard Meyer , houses the altar of the former Ihlow monastery from 1510–1515 , organ by Jürgen Ahrend (1960/61) | |
Aurich | St. Ludgerus Church | Aurich | 1849 | cath. | neo-Romanesque brick church with integrated bell tower | |
Aurich | Methodist Church | Aurich | 1878 | methodist. | 1966 dissolved as an independent district of Aurich and united with the Methodist community in Neuschoo | |
Aurich | reformed Church | Aurich | 1812-1814 | ev.-ref. | built according to plans by Conrad Bernhard Meyer | |
Aurich-Oldendorf | St. Peter's Church | Großefehn | 1270-1280 | ev.-luth. | Baptismal font from the 13th century, pulpit from 1698 | |
Backemoor | St. Laurentius and St. Vincenz | Rhauderfehn | 13th Century | ev.-luth. | 15th century tower; Organ by Johann Friedrich Wenthin (1783) | |
Bagband | Bagbander Church | Großefehn | around 1250 | ev.-luth. | Tower from 1895, pulpit from 1654, font from the 13th century, organ by Heinrich Wilhelm Eckmann from the years 1774–1775 | |
Baltrum | Old island church | Baltrum | 1826 | ev.-luth. | Use only for casuals and cultural events | |
Baltrum | Baltrum island church | Baltrum | 1929/30 | ev.-luth. | later additions; Successor building to the Old Island Church | |
Bangstede | Bangsteder Church | Ihlow | Late 13th century | ev.-luth. | Organ by Johann Gottfried Rohlfs (1794–1795) | |
Bargebur | Bargebur Church | north | 1684 | ev.-ref. | built against the massive resistance of Northern Lutherans, protected by Brandenburg troops | |
Bedekaspel | Bedekaspeler Church | South Brookmerland | 1728 | ev.-ref. | Pulpit from 1653 probably from the previous building | |
Berdum | Mary Magdalene | Wittmund | 1801 | ev.-luth. | Replacement for a previous building, from which the two carved figures presumably also come (around 1650, by Jacob Kröpelin?) | |
Berumerfehn | Berumerfehner Church | Großheide | 1895 | ev.-luth. | Built for the bog colonists of the new fen colony; uniform wood-view interior furnishings | |
Bingum | Matthäikirche | Empty | Early 13th century | ev.-luth. | Baptismal font from the 14th century, pulpit from 1691 | |
Blersum | Blersum Church | Wittmund | 1250/70 | ev.-luth. | lower area of granite ashlars , above bricks; Baptismal font from 12th century, pulpit from 1649 | |
Blomberg | Blomberg Church | Holtriem | 1870 | ev.-luth. | Tower from 1954 | |
Böhmerwold | Šumava Church | Jemgum | 1703 | ev.-ref. | Organ (1828) by Johann Gottfried Rohlfs | |
Borkum | Christ Church | Borkum | 1899 | ev.-luth. | 1958 Extension of the bell tower and organ gallery | |
Borkum | Maria sea star | Borkum | 1880-1882 | cath. | 1905, 1954 and 1987/88 expanded | |
Borkum | reformed Church | Borkum | 1896/97 | ev.-ref. | only ref. Island church; built in the beginning Art Nouveau | |
Borssum | St. Nicholas Church | Emden | 13th Century | ev.-ref. | the altar area is increased, as including a grave vault for the local chiefs is | |
Borssum | reformed Church | Emden | 1912/13 | ev.-ref. | The reformed church, built in Art Nouveau style , based on designs by the Berlin architect Otto March.
The small medieval church of Klein-Borssums stood in this place until 1812. |
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Breinermoor | St. Sebastian and St. Vincenz | Westoverledingen | 1784 | ev.-luth. | as a replacement for the demolished previous church in the old cemetery; Pulpit from 1686 | |
Bundles | reformed Church | Bundles | 13th Century | ev.-ref. | Long ship , extended to a cruciform church around 1280; later alterations and removal of the vaults ; originally with choir side towers , today's tower built in 1840 | |
Burhafe | St. Florian Church | Wittmund | 1821 | ev.-luth. | Replacement for the medieval predecessor church, the interior of which was taken over; the freestanding wooden bell tower was probably built in the first half of the 15th century | |
Buttforde | St. Mary's Church | Wittmund | approx. 1220-1240 | ev.-luth. | from granite blocks ; Organ by Joachim Richborn (1681) | |
Camp | Old Reformed Church | Krummhörn | 1905 | ev.-old ref. | Church planted in 1854, first pastor in 1901; 1977 Extension of a community center | |
Camp | reformed Church | Krummhörn | 13th Century | ev.-ref. | in the separate bell tower is one of the oldest bells in East Frisia, which is dated from 1295; Vaults richly designed and painted, pulpit from 1794 | |
Canhusen | Canhuser Church | Back | 1789 | ev.-ref. | Replacement for previous building from 1560; Completely rebuilt in 1789: crypt walled up, west side shortened; Bell (1501) from Sielmönken Monastery , pulpit from 1684 | |
Canum | Canum Church | Krummhörn | second half of the 13th century | ev.-ref. | Domical vault preserved; Renaissance pulpit probably around 1560; Interior from the end of the 16th century | |
Carolinensiel | Carolinensieler Church | Wittmund | 1776 | ev.-luth. | only church in East Frisia that was built on a dike; Bell tower (1793) built low because of the risk of storms | |
Circwehrum | Cirkwehrum Church | Back | 1751 | ev.-ref. | simple hall church in baroque style as a replacement for the previous Gothic church | |
Collinghorst | Trinity Church | Rhauderfehn | 13th Century | ev.-luth. | Choir at the end of the 15th century; Winged altar from 1659 | |
Critzum | Critzum Church | Jemgum | 13th Century | ev.-ref. | Remodeling in the 15th century; Pulpit from the second half of the 17th century | |
Detern | St. Stephen's and Bartholomew Church | Jümme | 1806 | ev.-luth. | The church had two previous buildings, one of which was a bell from the 13th century and a font from the 14th century | |
Ditzum | Ditzum Church | Jemgum | 13th Century | ev.-ref. | the free-standing octagonal tower with an open lantern dates from 1846 and was probably also used as a navigation mark for ships on the Ems | |
Ditzumerverlaat | Baptist Chapel Ditzumerverlaat | Bundles | 1899 (1889?) | bapt. | the chapel, which has remained unchanged from the outside, threatened to be expropriated during the Second World War and converted into a prison camp, which was prevented by a process in Berlin in 1941 | |
Ditzumerverlaat | reformed Church | Bundles | 1896 | ev.-ref. | Church of the Reformed Parish Ditzumerverlaat, founded in 1885. Since 1853 the community was a more or less independent branch church community of Ditzum. Services were held in the local school building until the neo-Gothic church was built. | |
Dornum | St. Bartholomew Church | Dornum | 1270/90 | ev.-luth. | originally with domical vault (demolished in 1750); Organ by Gerhard von Holy (1710/11) | |
Driever | reformed Church | Westoverledingen | 1875 | ev.-ref. | Successor to the previous church, of which the west tower from 1696 is still standing | |
Dunum | Dunum Church | Esens | 1200/1220 | ev.-luth. | made of brick, renovated in 1712; Baptismal font from the 13th century, pulpit from 1769/70 | |
Eggelingen | St. George Church | Wittmund | 14th Century | ev.-luth. | Brick walls are about 13 m meters high; In 1836 the church suffered severe storm damage | |
Hurry | Eilsumer Church | Krummhörn | 1240-1250 | ev.-ref. | the only choir tower in East Frisia; Ceiling paintings on the vault from the 13th century; copper cauldron of the font from 1472 | |
Emden | Big church | Emden | 13-15 Century / 1992-1995 | ev.-ref. | today Johannes a Lasco Library , which was built 1992–1995 in the ruins of the church that was destroyed in December 1943 | |
Emden | Martin Luther Church | Emden | 1958 | ev.-luth. | Sermon church of the country superintendent of the ev.-luth. Sprengels Ostfriesland-Ems ; The previous building from 1775 was destroyed in two bombing raids on June 7, 1942 and September 6, 1944 | |
Emden | New Church | Emden | 1643-1648 | ev.-ref. | Partially destroyed during the devastating bomb attack on Emden on September 6, 1944 | |
Engerhafe | St. John the Baptist | South Brookmerland | 1260/90 | ev.-luth. | one of the six sending churches of Brokmerland ; originally about 60 meters long, almost twice as large as it is today, but lost its vault in a collapse in 1775 ; Pulpit from 1636, bronze baptismal font from 1646 | |
Esens | St. Magnus Church | Esens | 1854 | ev.-luth. | Organ by Arnold Rohlfs (1848–1860) | |
Esklum | Esklumer Church | Westoverledingen | 13-14 century | ev.-ref. | Replacement for wooden previous church; Bell tower built as a defense tower with loopholes and chimney | |
Etzel | St. Martinus Church | Friedeburg | around 1230 | ev.-luth. | below made of granite blocks , above made of bricks; Bell tower from 1666 | |
Filsum | St. Paul Church | Jümme | around 1250 | ev.-luth. | Choir and winged altar from the 15th century, pulpit from 1660 | |
Firrel | Andreas Church | Hesel | 1906/07 | ev.-luth. | Building for the Lutheran parish founded in 1896 | |
Firrel | Firrel Baptist Chapel | Hesel | 1936 | bapt. | Replacement building for the previous chapel from 1896 | |
Flax Sea | St. Bernhard | Westoverledingen | 1860/61 | cath. | 1904 The choir and sacristy are added and expanded in 1978 | |
Forlitz-Blaukirchen | Lutheran Church | South Brookmerland | 1848 | ev.-luth. | built in brick in the classicism style | |
Freepsum | Freepsumer Church | Krummhörn | Mid 13th century | ev.-ref. | simple rectangular hall; the original window shape is still on the north side | |
Fulcum | Maria Magdalena Church | Esens | 1862 | ev.-luth. | Replacement for the previous building from the 13th century, before that three wooden churches; Baptismal font from the 12th century, bell tower from the 13th century | |
Funnix | St. Florian | Wittmund | 1330/1400 | ev.-luth. | Organ by Johann Friedrich Constabel and Hinrich Just Müller (1760–1762) | |
Gandersum | Gandersum Church | Moormerland | 14th Century | ev.-ref. | The choir was torn down in the 18th century , the roof of the church collapsed on February 22nd, 1944 due to war damage, and was rebuilt in 1958–1962 | |
Greetsiel | Greetsieler Church | Krummhörn | 1380/1410 | ev.-ref. | Pulpit probably from 1738 | |
Grimersum | Grimersum Church | Krummhörn | second half of the 13th century | ev.-ref. | Romano-Gothic hall church , separate bell tower older; Pulpit from 1639 | |
Groothusen | Groothuser Church | Krummhörn | 15th century | ev.-ref. | Bronze baptismal font from 1454, organ by Johann Friedrich Wenthin (1798–1801) | |
Great Midlum | Great Midlum Church | Back | 1270-1280 | ev.-ref. | built in the transitional style of Romano-Gothic ; eastern apse added; a crypt was built in the 17th century ; 1876 demolition of the bell tower | |
Big wolves | Großwolder Church | Westoverledingen | 1250-1350 | ev.-ref. | built partly with stones from an older church; Baptismal font made of Bentheim sandstone around 1250 | |
Grotegaste | St. John Baptist | Westoverledingen | 1819 | ev.-ref. | Classicist successor building for a previous church, tower from 1800 with bells from 1352 and 1364 | |
Hage | St. Ansgari Church | Hage | Late 12th or early 13th century | ev.-luth. | West tower added in the first half of the 13th century; in the 15th / 16th In the 19th century, the original apse was enlarged to a rectangular shape; only organ by Dirk Lohman (1783) | |
Hatshausen | Maria Magdalena Church | Moormerland | 1783 | ev.-luth. | built together with the neighboring town of Ayenwolde exactly on its borderline, which runs through the center of the pulpit, altar and door | |
Hatzum | St. Sebastian Church | Jemgum | Late 13th century | ev.-ref. | originally a cruciform church, which lost its side arms in the 17th century; Bell tower from 1850; 1945 destruction of the roof | |
Hesel | Liudgerikirche | Hesel | 1742 | ev.-luth. | Replacement for the previous building, the stones of which were reused for the new church; Pulpit from 1653 | |
Back | Behind church | Back | Late 15th century | ev.-ref. | next to the Norder Ludgerikirche most important late Gothic church building in East Friesland; 13th century bell tower, 17th century altar table and pulpit | |
Hollen | Christ Church | Uplengen | 1896 | ev.-luth. | neo-Gothic successor building for the pre-Reformation church | |
Holtgaste | Liudgeri Church | Jemgum | first half of the 13th century | ev.-luth. | in the separate bell tower is one of the oldest bells in East Frisia, which is dated before 1300; the choir was added around 1290 | |
Holthusen | Holthuser Church | Weener | 1882 | ev.-ref. | first church in Holthusen; Construction made possible by donations | |
Holtland | Marienkirche | Hesel | 13th Century | ev.-luth. | Choir from the 15th century, organ by Johann Gottfried Rohlfs from the years 1810–1813 | |
Holtrop | Holtrop Church | Großefehn | Mid 13th century | ev.-luth. | large village church with a rood screen ; Organ by Hinrich Just Müller (1772) | |
Clumps | St. Mauritius Church | Friedeburg | Mid 13th century | ev.-luth. | Brick church on a base of granite blocks ; Pulpit by Jacob Kröpelin (1655), altar from 1666, organ by Samuel Schröder (1731–1733) | |
Ihlowerfehn | Ihlower Church | Ihlow | 1902 | ev.-luth. | in the style of historicism with screens , buttresses and arched frieze ; built-in west tower with rosette as a cover | |
Their | Baptist Chapel yours | Westoverledingen | 1854 | bapt. | oldest Baptist church in East Frisia; 1921 and 1977 additions | |
Your field | Ihrerfeld Church | Westoverledingen | 1907/08 | ev.-ref. | Pulpit Bible (1908) with a dedication by Empress Auguste Viktoria | |
Ihrhove | reformed Church | Westoverledingen | around 1250 | ev.-ref. | Font made of Bentheim sandstone (13th century), separate bell tower from the 14th century | |
All around | Jarßumer Church | Emden | 1797 | ev.-ref. | Replacement for the first brick church around 1300 | |
Jemgum | reformed Church | Jemgum | 14th Century | ev.-ref. | originally Johanniter chapel; Additions in 1661 and 1769 in the shape of a cross; rebuilt several times from scratch (most recently 1930) | |
Jennelt | Jennelter Church | Krummhörn | second half of the 13th century | ev.-ref. | houses the sarcophagus of Dodo zu Innhausen and Knyphausen , organ (1738) by Johann Friedrich Constabel | |
Jennelt | Jennelt Baptist Chapel | Krummhörn | around 1900 | bapt. | formerly a horse stable, consecrated as a place of worship around 1900; Rebuilt in 1928, new front and extension in the 1970s | |
Jheringsfehn | Jheringsfehner Church | Moormerland | 1864 | ev.-luth. | stands in the middle of the border to Boekzetelerfehn (as with Hatshausen / Ayenwolde) | |
Juist | To the holy guardian angels | Juist | 1909-1910 | cath. | in the style of neo-romance; To half 1960/61 rotunda extended | |
Kirchborgum | Kirchborgum Church | Weener | 1827 | ev.-ref. | Tower from 1765 | |
Landscape polder | Landscape polder church | Bundles | 1768 | ev.-ref. | Tower from 1829 | |
Langeoog | Island church | Langeoog | 1888-1890 | ev.-luth. | It is now the fifth church to replace a much smaller previous building from 1859, which stood around 20 m to the southeast. The third church fell victim to the Christmas flood in 1717 | |
Langholt | Trinity Church | Ostrhauderfehn | 1901 | ev.-luth. | the wooden church of the Johanniterkloster in Langholt burned down in 1690 | |
Larrelt | Larrelter Church | Emden | 15th century | ev.-ref. | Tower around 1300; Tympanum from around 1200 from the previous building; Romanesque stone coffin; the organ goes back to Johannes Millensis (1618/19) | |
Empty | Christ Church | Empty | 1901 | ev.-luth. | the growing population of Leer required a second church to the east of the city; After repairs to the war damage, the bells were installed in 1952 | |
Empty | Big church | Empty | 1785-1787 | ev.-ref. | octagonal floor plan; Tower from 1805; the organ has been expanded more and more over the course of four centuries, the old substance being preserved | |
Empty | Luther Church | Empty | 1675 | ev.-luth. | Extension by a southern (1738) and northern cross arm (1883), since then a building in the form of a Greek cross | |
Empty | Mennonite Church | Empty | 1825 | mennonite. | in the style of classicism held | |
Empty | St. Michael Church | Empty | 1776 | cath. | First new Catholic church in East Friesland after the Reformation, extension from 1951 | |
Empty harbor | Cäcilien- and Margarethenkirche | Wittmund | 15th century | ev.-luth. | Partly granite blocks from the previous church (around 1200), three wooden churches before that | |
Loga | Friedenskirche | Empty | 1891 | ev.-luth. | kept in neo -Gothic style | |
Loga | reformed Church | Empty | 13th Century | ev.-ref. | Choir from the 15th century with a tomb crypt | |
Logabirum | Logabirum Church | Empty | 14th Century | ev.-luth. | built as a hall church ; later renovation of the windows and installation of the barrel ceiling; Tower from 1879 | |
Logumer Vorwerk | Logumer Vorwerker Church | Emden | 1884 | ev.-ref. | after the fall of Logum this church was built; the bell (1495) still comes from the old church, as does the pulpit | |
Loppersum | Loppersumer Church | Back | 1866 | ev.-ref. | Replacement for the Gothic brick church from the 14th century, of which the steeple is still preserved; the oldest bells date from 1411 and 1454 | |
Loquard | Loquard Church | Krummhörn | second half of the 13th century | ev.-luth. | Baptismal font from the 13th century, carved altar from the early 16th century; Tower added at the end of the 15th century, lowered at the height of the nave in 1717 and united under one roof | |
Manslagt | Manslagter Church | Krummhörn | around 1400 | ev.-ref. | Font from the early 13th century, pulpit from 1714, organ by Hinrich Just Müller (1776–1778) | |
Marcardsmoor | Kreuzkirche | Wiesmoor | 1907 | ev.-luth. | Bell tower from 1930 | |
Marienchor | St. Mary Church | Jemgum | 1798 | ev.-ref. | classicist including the east wall from 1668; Presumably already a church in pre-Reformation times because of the place name and because the bell dates from 1479 | |
Marienhafe | Marienkirche | Brookmerland | 1250/70 | ev.-luth. | one of the six sending churches of Brokmerland ; formerly three- aisled basilica with a six-story tower; 75 meters long and 23 meters wide ( nave ) once - up to extensions to the north Ludgerikirche - the largest sacred building in East Frisia; Partial demolition due to dilapidation in 1829; Baptismal font from the early 13th century, pulpit from 1669, organ by Gerhard von Holy (1710–13) | |
Marx | St. Marcus Church | Friedeburg | around 1200 | ev.-luth. | one of the few granite ashlar churches in East Frisia, built as a hall church with an apse ; 1841 Renewal of the west wall with bricks | |
Middels | Middels Church | Aurich | around 1200 | ev.-luth. | one of the few granite square churches in East Frisia, font from the 13th century, organ by Hinrich Just Müller (1784–1786) | |
Midlum | Midlum Church | Jemgum | Early or mid-13th century | ev.-ref. | separate tower (before 1300) with three-storey arcades is considered to be the most crooked bell tower in the world; the hall church with apse was rebuilt several times | |
Mitling Mark | Mitling marker church | Westoverledingen | 13th Century | ev.-ref. | probably 1520 renewal of the eastern part; Baptismal font from around 1200, pulpit from 1723 | |
Middle size | Mittegroßefehner Church | Großefehn | 1857 | ev.-luth. | Construction after the founding of the Lutheran congregation in 1855; Bell tower from 1865 | |
Möhlenwarf | Möhlenwarfer Church | Weener | 1909 | ev.-ref. | Construction after the establishment of the ref. Parish 1905 | |
Moordorf | Martin Luther Church | South Brookmerland | 1893 | ev.-luth. | built in neo-Romanesque style | |
Moorhusen | Moorhusen Baptist Chapel | South Brookmerland | 1900 | bapt. | later modifications and additions | |
Münkeboe | Church of the Good Shepherd | South Brookmerland | 1900 | ev.-luth. | Brick church in neo -Gothic style | |
Neermoor | Old Reformed Church | Moormerland | 1865 | ev.-old ref. | one of the smallest church buildings in East Frisia; oldest old reformed church building in East Frisia | |
Neermoor | reformed Church | Moormerland | 1797 | ev.-ref. | as a replacement for the small church at the old cemetery, from which the pulpit was taken; 1875 Increase of the bell tower to 45 meters | |
Nendorp | Nendorper Church | Jemgum | around 1820 | ev.-ref. | Replacement for previous wooden building; Tower from 1754 | |
Nesse | St. Mary's Church | Dornum | around 1200 | ev.-luth. | from tuff ; the original apse gave way to a late Gothic choir with a rood screen ; Baptismal font from the 13th century | |
Neuburg | Neuburg Church | Jümme | 1779 | ev.-luth. | rectangular hall church ; Winged altar around 1700 | |
Neuschoo | Bethlehem Church | Holtriem | 1869 | methodist. | 1975 expanded | |
north | Christ Church | north | 1900 | bapt. | The building has been officially called a church since 1957, previously a chapel | |
north | Ludgeri Church | north | 1230-1250 | ev.-luth. | With a total length of 80 meters, the largest church in East Frisia; Nave and transept completed in 1318, choir 1445–1453; Pulpit from 1712; Organ from 1686–1693 is the largest in East Frisia and the second largest in Germany preserved by Arp Schnitger | |
north | St. Ludgerus Church | north | 1885 | cath. | After the Christmas flood in 1717 , people first met in a makeshift facility on Norder Sielstrasse | |
north | Mennonite Church | north | 1662 | mennonite. | consecrated as a Mennonite church after reconstruction in 1795 | |
Norderney | Evangelical island church | Norderney | 1879 | ev.-luth. | built in neo -Gothic style as a replacement for the previous wooden building from 1518, three bells, 620 seats | |
Norderney | St. Ludgerus | Norderney | 1883 | cath. | Built in neo-Gothic style, 1946 enlargement, 2008 redesign of the interior and the entrance area | |
Norderney | Stella Maris | Norderney | 1931 | cath. | built according to plans by the architect Dominikus Böhm in the New Objectivity style | |
Nortmoor | St. George Church | Jümme | 1751 | ev.-luth. | Previous building from the 13th century; Winged altar and pulpit from the 17th century, organ (1773–1775) by Hinrich Just Müller | |
Nüttermoor | reformed Church | Empty | around 1200 | ev.-ref. | until 1725 the south and north portals, which are now walled up, were used as separate entrances for men and women; in the 18th century the west tower was renewed and an entrance was created in the east | |
Ochtelbur | Ochtelburer Church | Ihlow | second half of the 13th century | ev.-luth. | 1742 shortening of the church, 1861 renewal of the north wall; Baptismal font from the 13th century, bell tower from 1897 | |
Ockenhausen | Friedenskirche | Uplengen | around 1897 | ev.-luth. | In the course of the renovation from 1988–90, the choir room was expanded by five meters | |
Oldendorp | Oldendorper Church | Jemgum | Early 14th century | ev.-ref. | Baptismal font from the 16th century, pulpit from 1645 | |
Oldersum | Oldersum Church | Moormerland | 1921/22 | ev.-ref. | Successor to a single-nave church built around 1400, which burned out in 1916 due to a technical defect and was demolished | |
Osteel | Warnfried Church | Brookmerland | 1260-1270 | ev.-luth. | Cross ship and chorus 1830 canceled, thereby shortening the church by 20 to 43 meters; Pulpit from 1699, organ by Edo Evers from 1619 | |
Ostgroßefehn | Ostgroßefehner Church | Großefehn | 1894/95 | ev.-luth. | in neo -Gothic style | |
Ostrhauderfehn | Petrus Church | Ostrhauderfehn | 1896 | ev.-luth. | Building for the Lutheran congregation founded in 1889 | |
Peccum | St. Anthony Church | Emden | 13th Century | ev.-luth. | Font from the 13th century; 1470 extension of the choir with a painted net vault ; 15th century tower | |
Pewsum | Nicolai Church | Krummhörn | 15th century | ev.-luth. | Reconstruction in 1862, during which a. the walls were renewed; Late renaissance pulpit from 1618 | |
Pilsum | Pilsum Kreuzkirche | Krummhörn | Late 13th century | ev.-ref. | large crossing towers , which are rather rare in the coastal area; Bronze baptismal font from 1472, pulpit from 1704, organ by Valentin Ulrich Grotian (1694) | |
Plaggenburg | Andreas Church | Aurich | 1904 | ev.-luth. | first church in Plaggenburg for the moor colonists | |
Pogum | Pogum Church | Jemgum | 1776 | ev.-luth. | Older foundations, organ by Johann Adam Berner (1758–1759) | |
Potshausen | St. Martin Church | Ostrhauderfehn | 1865 | ev.-luth. | In 1409 Focko Ukena had the church and village cremated; Pietà (around 1500), altarpiece dated 1647 | |
Reepsholt | St. Mauritius Church | Friedeburg | 13th Century | ev.-luth. | Created in three construction phases; Granite pedestal; Tower destroyed in 1474; Organ by Johann Friedrich Wenthin (1788/89) | |
Remels | St. Martin Church | Uplengen | Early 13th century | ev.-luth. | partly made of granite and tuff , neo-Gothic tower from 1897–1898 | |
Resterhafe | St. Matthew Church | Dornum | Late 13th century | ev.-luth. | Foundation of granite stones ; Tower a little later; 1584–1603 David Fabricius worked | |
Rhaude | Rhauder Church | Rhauderfehn | 14th Century | ev.-luth. | Winged altar from the 17th century, pulpit from 1796 | |
Riepe | Riepster Church | Ihlow | 1554 | ev.-luth. | The roof of the tower is also called "Riepster Teebüs" (tea caddy) because of its shape | |
Roggenstede | Roggensteder Church | Dornum | Mid 13th century | ev.-luth. | the original vault collapsed in the 17th century; the pulpit was built in the 15th century; the altar (16th century) was previously in the church of Dornum | |
Rorichum | Nicolai Church | Moormerland | 14th Century | ev.-ref. | probably had a previous building as the church tower is much older | |
Rysum | Rysumer Church | Krummhörn | 15th century | ev.-ref. | houses one of the oldest recordable organs in the world (1457); Tower renewed in 1585 | |
Seal sum | Siegelsumer Church | Brookmerland | 1822 | ev.-luth. | the medieval predecessor building was demolished in 1820 and replaced by a new building; Pulpit from 1613 integrated; Organ from the years 1842–1845 comes from Arnold Rohlfs | |
Simonswolde | Simonswoldmer Church | Ihlow | after 1287 | ev.-ref. | octagonal choir extension in the 15th century; Grave slab from the 12th / 13th centuries Century; Originally preserved organ by Hinrich Just Müller (1777) on a specially built-in gallery | |
Spiekeroog | Old island church | Spiekeroog | 1696 | ev.-luth. | oldest church on an East Frisian island, replaced by a new building in 1961 | |
Pile bog | Stapelmoorer Church | Weener | third quarter of the 13th century | ev.-ref. | Central building in the shape of a Greek cross ; Baptismal font from the 13th century, pulpit around 1600, organ after Franz. Model (1734) by Bartelt Immer , Reinalt Johannes Klein and Claude Jaccard | |
Stedesdorf | St. Aegidien Church | Esens | around 1150 | ev.-luth. | from tuff ; one of the sending churches of the former diocese of Bremen ; originally with a retracted rectangular east choir and a half apse , which was replaced in the 15th century by adding a brick choir ; separate tower from the 17th century; Baptismal font from 1260/70, two wooden sculptures from the 15th century, altar and pulpit from the early 17th century, organ by Valentin Ulrich Grotian (1696) | |
Steenfelde | Steenfeld Church | Westoverledingen | 14./15. century | ev.-luth. | after the collapse in 1429 it was rebuilt using an indulgence ; Font from the 15th century | |
St. Georgiwold | St. Georgiwolder Church | Weener | 1689 | ev.-ref. | Replacement for previous wooden building; 1960 Re-erection of the church on the old foundations | |
Strackholt | Barbara Church | Großefehn | around 1240 | ev.-luth. | Kreuzkirche; Reconstructed in 1853; Winged altar from 1654, organ by Gerhard Janssen Schmid (1798–1799); Workplace of Remmer Janssen | |
Suurhusen | Suurhuser Church | Back | 13th Century | ev.-ref. | originally apse without tower; Church tower from the 15th century, listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the most crooked church tower in the world; Baptismal font and grave slab probably from the 13th century | |
Tergast | Tergaster Church | Moormerland | 13th Century | ev.-ref. | Previous construction proven; Around 1400 a rood screen with four arches was installed, the original apse was extended to a rectangular shape | |
Thunum | St. Mary's Church | Esens | 1842 | ev.-luth. | Replacement for previous building from 1558, bell tower around 1600 | |
Tido field | Mercy Church | north | 1945/1961 | ev.-luth. | initially a barrack church in one of the largest displaced persons camps in north-west Germany, new building in 1961, a listed building since 2007, exhibition on the history of the displaced persons | |
Timmel | Peter and Paul Church | Großefehn | 1736 | ev.-luth. | Tower from 1850 | |
Twixlum | Twixlum Church | Emden | 15th century | ev.-ref. | Tower around 1400, communion table from the late 17th century; badly damaged during the Second World War | |
Uphusen | Uphuser Church | Emden | around 1440 | ev.-ref. | Replacement of an older building from the 13th century; Organ by WCJ Höffgen (1825–31) | |
Upleward | Uplewarder Church | Krummhörn | first half of the 14th century | ev.-ref. | with blind windows and partly original narrow pointed arch windows ; Pulpit from the 18th century; Bell cage from 1854 | |
Uttum | Uttum Church | Krummhörn | 13th Century | ev.-ref. | Tower from 1527, bronze baptismal font from 1474, pulpit from 1580, important late renaissance organ around 1660 | |
Veenhusen | Veenhuser Church | Moormerland | around 1290 | ev.-ref. | The church originally stood on the Emsinsel Osterwinsum and was demolished due to the threat of flooding due to the changing course of the Ems and rebuilt in Veenhusen; Tower from 1869 | |
Vellage | Vellager Church | Weener | 13th Century | ev.-ref. | only surviving monastery building of the Johanniter ; Tower in the 15th / 16th centuries Century grown | |
Victorbur | St. Victor Church | South Brookmerland | around 1250 | ev.-luth. | originally a hall church with apse and separate west tower, which was connected to the nave in the 14th century ; choir extension in the 14th century ; in the 19th century the tower was demolished and a separate tower was built; Altar retable from 1657, pulpit from 1697 | |
Visquard | Visquard Church | Krummhörn | Late 13th century | ev.-ref. | Tower around 1300; in the 18th century the vaults in the nave were torn down in favor of a wooden barrel ceiling, the vaults of the choir preserved; Pulpit from 1729 | |
Full | Peter and Paul Church | Westoverledingen | 15th century | ev.-luth. | Bell from 1330, Holy Communion chalice from 1440, altarpiece from the 2nd half of the 15th century, defense tower from 1559 | |
Völlenerkönigsfehn | Christ Church | Westoverledingen | 1907 | ev.-luth. | Building for the Lutheran parish founded in 1905 | |
Warsingsfehn | Jacobi Church | Moormerland | 1894 | ev.-luth. | Building for the Lutheran parish founded at the end of the 19th century; Tower from 1929 | |
Weene | Nikolaikirche | Ihlow | late 13th century | ev.-luth. | various additions and modifications; Choir extension in 1499, which was replaced by an apse in 1890 ; three late Gothic wooden sculptures | |
Weener | Evangelical Reformed Church | Weener | around 1230 | ev.-ref. | Original church built as a Romanesque apse , enlarged in 1462 in the late Gothic style and expanded with a choir ; further extensions and conversions; Arp Schnitger organ from 1710, tower from 1738 | |
Weener | St. Joseph | Weener | 1842/43 | cath. | in the style of romantic historicism | |
Weenermoor | Weenermoorer Church | Weener | 1824 | ev.-ref. | already the third church in the town at a different location; the two predecessors had to give way to peat extraction one after the other | |
Become | St. Nicolai Church | Esens | 1327 | ev.-luth. | Choir from 1476, tower from 1763, pulpit from 1670; Altarpiece and baptism from the 2nd half of the 18th century | |
Westeraccum | Petrikirche | Dornum | 1270/1300 | ev.-luth. | Apse made of granite blocks and brick; the original vault has been preserved and has ornaments from the 13th century; Pulpit from 1694 | |
Westerbur | Westerbur Church | Dornum | 1753 | ev.-luth. | built on the foundations of the previous church (made of tuff ?) | |
Westerende-Kirchloog | St. Martin | Ihlow | Late 13th century | ev.-luth. | Baptismal font from the 12th / 13th centuries Century, altarpiece from 1652, pulpit from 1737, organ by Johann Friedrich Wenthin (1793) | |
Westerholt | Westerholter Church | Holtriem | 1250/70 | ev.-luth. | Brick church built on granite blocks ; 16th century pulpit | |
Westerhusen | Westerhuser Church | Back | 15th century | ev.-ref. | Tower from the 13th century; late Gothic frescoes ; Organ by Jost Sieburg (1642–1643) | |
West daughter | St. Materniani Church | Holtriem | 1260/90 | ev.-luth. | the original apse was not rebuilt after a lightning strike in 1675; in the 15th century the vaults were removed and a rood screen built, which was later lowered; Baptismal font from the 13th century, organ by Christian Klausing (1734–1737), altar from 1740 | |
Westrhauderfehn | Hope Church | Rhauderfehn | 1848 | ev.-luth. | Bell tower from 1885/86 | |
Westrhauderfehn | St. Boniface | Rhauderfehn | 1906 | cath. | Sculptures of a Pietà from around 1480 are repealed from the Franciscan Aschendorf come | |
Wiegboldsbur | Wibadi Church | South Brookmerland | 13th Century | ev.-luth. | one of the six sending churches of Brokmerland ; Bronze baptismal font from 1496, organ by Wilhelm Eilert Schmid (1818–1819) | |
Wiesens | John the Baptist Church | Aurich | Mid 13th century | ev.-luth. | The church originally had three naves ; the bells were cast around 1250 when the church was built and are the oldest bells in East Frisia that are still in use | |
Wiesmoor | Friedenskirche | Wiesmoor | 1929-1930 | ev.-luth. | built to save visitors the trip to Marcardsmoor | |
Willum | Willum Church | Brookmerland | 14th Century | ev.-ref. | Communion chalice from 1592, pulpit by Jacob Kröpelin (1699) | |
Wittmund | St. Nicolai | Wittmund | 1776 | ev.-luth. | Replacement for the previous building, from which the chandelier from 1605 and the altar from 1653 were taken over | |
Wolthusen | Wolthuser Church | Emden | 1784 | ev.-ref. | Replacement for the previous building from the second half of the 15th century, from which the Last Supper table from 1611, the bell from 1620 and the pulpit from 1648 were taken | |
Woltzeten | Woltzetener Church | Krummhörn | 1727 | ev.-ref. | Replacement for previous construction; Fragment of a baptismal font from around 1200 | |
Woquard | Marienkirche | Krummhörn | 1790 | ev.-luth. | Replacement for medieval church that had collapsed; Tower from 1865, organ by Hinrich Just Müller (1803–1804) | |
Wybelsum | Wybelsumer Church | Emden | 1700 | ev.-ref. | Pulpit, supper table, benches and bell (from 1494) come from the church of the village of Geerdswehr, which was submerged in the Ems in 1699 | |
Wymeer | reformed Church | Bundles | 1886 | ev.-ref. | Tower from 1788 |
See also
- List of former monasteries, monasteries and people to come in East Frisia
- List of former East Frisian synagogues
- List of historical organs in East Frisia
- History of church building in East Frisia
literature
- Hermann Haiduck: The architecture of the medieval churches in the East Frisian coastal area . East Frisian Landscape, Aurich 1986, ISBN 3-925365-07-9 .
- Peter Karstkarel: All middeleeuwse kerken. Van Harlingen dead Wilhelmshaven . Uitgeverij Noordboek, Groningen 2007, ISBN 90-330-0558-1 .
- Robert Noah, Martin Stromann: God's houses in East Frisia . Soltau-Kurier Verlag, Norden 1989, ISBN 3-922365-80-9 .
- East Frisian Landscape (Ed.): Kulturkarte Ostfriesland . Ostfriesische Landschaftliche Verlags- und Vertriebsgesellschaft, Aurich 2006, ISBN 3-932206-61-4 .
- Hans-Bernd Rödiger and Klaus Wilkens: Frisian churches. Volume 1: In Jeverland and Harlingerland. Mettcker, Jever 1978
- Hans-Bernd Rödiger and Heinz Ramm: Frisian churches. Volume 2: In Auricherland, Norderland, Brokmerland and in Krummhörn. Mettcker, Jever 1979, 2nd edition 1983
- Hans-Bernd Rödiger and Menno Smid: Frisian churches. Volume 3: In the independent city of Emden and in the district of Leer . Mettcker, Jever 1980, 2nd edition 1990
Web links
- Monika van Lengen: Churches and Organs . In: Ostfriesland Tourismus GmbH . Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- Doris Reuter: The Genealogy Forum . In: Genealogy forum . Retrieved May 2, 2009.
Individual evidence
- ^ Constitution of the East Frisian Landscape . East Frisian landscape. July 18, 2005. Accessed on September 3, 2012: "Article I (Principles), Paragraph 2: Ostfriesland comprises the local authorities of the districts of Aurich, Leer and Wittmund and the city of Emden."
- ^ History of the Evangelical Free Church Congregation of the Baptists Firrel . Evangelical Free Church Congregation Firrel KdöR.Retrieved on May 12, 2009.
- ^ Ortschronisten der Ostfriesischen Landschaft: Midlum (PDF; 690 kB). Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- ↑ Gnadenkirche Tidofeld . In: parish council of the ev.-luth. Church district north . Retrieved May 2, 2009.