Loppersumer Church

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The Evangelical Reformed Loppersum Church in Loppersum , East Frisia , Hinte parish was built in 1866 in the neo-Gothic style.

History and description of the building

View towards the choir room

In the Middle Ages Loppersum belonged to the provost of Hinte in the diocese of Münster . In the course of the Reformation , the community switched to the Reformed Confession. The original Gothic brick church, a one-room church from the 14th century, is said to have been dedicated to St. Anthony. It was replaced by the current one in 1866 after the longitudinal walls of the old church became increasingly inclined. The current church was designed in the neo-Gothic style according to plans by architect Visser. The longitudinal walls are divided by buttresses and large ogival windows. The walls under the eaves are decorated with a frieze . The east apse is polygonal in design and has two pointed arch windows. The west side is richly structured and provided with a small porch that serves as a vestibule.

Next to the church is the bell tower from the 14th century with its rounded arcades. There are three bells in it that bear the dates 1411, 1743 and 1965, but some of them were cast later. The latter is a defective memorial bell because it was made of iron instead of high-quality bronze. The hour bell with the name Maria on the roof turret dates from 1454.

Furnishing

Interior of the Loppersumer Church

The interior is closed off by a flat arched wooden barrel. Opposite the church, a private gallery was built for the owners of Loppersum Castle in 1872, with six coats of arms. In the choir there are tombstones from the 16th to 18th centuries: from Chief Aepke Beninga and his wife Anna Jüchters (1566/67), the church bailiff Matthias Lehling and his wife (1691/1714), the family of Uldrich Sibrands (1617 / 1657) and by the preacher Petrus Schoormann (1795). The pulpit was made by a craftsman from Greetsiel in 1865, and it was baptized in 1904.

The Vasa Sacra include a baptismal bowl (1831), baptismal jug (1883), communion chalice (1841), plate (1875) and jug (1902). The Bible on the sacrament table dates from 1875.

organ

The organ with eleven registers was created in 1867/1868 by the Rohlfs brothers and is still largely preserved. The neo-Gothic prospect fits organically into the church building. In 1996 and 2018, the organ was restored by Bartelt Immer and returned to its original condition. The disposition is as follows:

I main work C – f 3
Drone 16 ′ R / I
Principal 8th' R / I
Reed flute 8th' R.
Dumped 8th' R.
Viol 8th' I.
Octave 4 ′ R.
flute 4 ′ R / I
Fifth 3 ′ R.
Octave 2 ′ R.
Pedal C – d 1
Sub bass 16 ′ R.
Violoncello 8th' R.

Remarks

  1. from c 1 original
  2. Inside pipes from dis 1 original
  3. low register merged with Gedackt 8 ′
  4. conical, from dis 2 original
R = Rohlfs (1867/1868)
I = always (2018)

See also

literature

  • 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. 179 f., 182 f .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Menno Smid : East Frisian Church History . Self-published, Pewsum 1974, p. 43 (Ostfriesland in the protection of the dike, vol. 6).
  2. a b c Ude Hangen (local chronicle of the East Frisian landscape ): Loppersum (PDF file; 108 kB), viewed June 12, 2011.
  3. ^ Homepage of the parish , viewed June 12, 2011.

Coordinates: 53 ° 25 '28.8 "  N , 7 ° 13' 55.4"  E