Lutheran Church (Forlitz-Blaukirchen)
The Lutheran Church in Forlitz-Blaukirchen (community Südbrookmerland , district Aurich ) is a church built in the classicism style from 1848.
history
Today's church is the successor to two village churches whose origins go back to the Middle Ages. At that time, both Forlitz and the neighboring Süd-Wolda (which later became Blaukirchen ) had their own church. After the severe destruction of the Christmas flood in 1717 , the parishes appointed a joint pastor from 1719. He then preached alternately on Sundays and holidays in Forlitz and in Blaukirchen. Church and poor assets initially remained separate. A schoolmaster taught in each village.
Structurally, both buildings were in poor condition and were again affected by the February flood of 1825 . The parish of Forlitz saw itself prompted by the high contribution burden of the Niederemsische Deichacht to apply for re-parish in the neighboring parish of Blaukirchen. Negotiations about this dragged on for a long time, so that the union into a parish could only be completed in 1844. During this time, plans began to replace the already dilapidated churches in another location.
The former church of Blaukirchen
The church of Südwolde ( called Blaukirchen after the bluish shimmering slate roof of the church at least since the early 18th century ) used to stand close to today's Blaukirchen cemetery on the east bank of the Great Sea. It was built before 1633 and was 11 meters long and 5.5 meters wide. It was probably covered with a slate roof, which shimmered bluish and gave the place Südwolde its later name. The building is said to have been more splendidly designed than the church in Forlitz. The bell tower stood west of the church and housed two bells, one of which had to be sold after the Christmas flood in 1717. During the storm surge, the very high church in Blaukirchen served as a place of refuge for the residents displaced by the water. After the February flood of 1825, the church was so damaged that it was decided to demolish it. This began in autumn 1846 and was completed in spring 1847. Until recently, slate remains were found when graves were being excavated in the Blaukirchen cemetery.
The former Forlitz church
The oldest church building in Forlitz is believed to be in the northeast corner of today's cemetery. While digging a grave, two larger boulders and a half-sarcophagus lid made of Bentheim sandstone, which is decorated with a barbed cross, were discovered on the exposed side. It is dated to the second half of the 12th century and indicates the burial of a high-ranking person. The sarcophagus lid may have been put to a new use during the construction of the foundations for the house of God and thus indirectly indicates a previous building. Several large-format bricks were also found, which indicate the medieval church building. This had to be replaced by a new building in 1684, which was also so badly damaged by the Christmas flood in 1717 and the February flood in 1825 that it had to be demolished in 1845 because it was dilapidated.
Today's church in Forlitz
In 1847 the construction of the new church in Forlitz began. Construction materials from the two old churches and steeples that had been demolished were reused. The church was consecrated in 1848 around a year after construction began. It is a simple brick building in the classicism style. The stalls, organ, altar and pulpit are painted pale blue and white. The interior is kept in wood colors and finished with a simple cove ceiling .
The community remained small even after the two parishes were merged. In 1926 the last pastor left the congregation. The position then remained vacant until 1970. During this time, the community was looked after by representations that had been taken over by the pastor of Wiegboldsbur since 1948. In 1970, under the pressure of a threatened union with the parish of Victorbur, both parishes created a joint parish with its seat in Wiegboldsbur, which has only been filled with half a post since 2002. Both communities are still legally independent. The parish of Forlitz-Blaukirchen is the smallest parish in the Aurich parish with 170 parishioners.
Furnishing
The oldest piece of equipment is a Romanesque font of the Bentheim type, which provides information on the minimum age of the previous church. It dates from the first half of the 13th century. A fragment of a stone sarcophagus may date from the 12th century. The historical furnishings also include the pulpit (1744) and a brass chandelier (1733). The organ, on the other hand, was only installed after the classical church was built; it dates from 1869. The Rohlfs brothers built it with six registers on a manual and attached pedal . In 1979/82 the organ, which is still almost completely intact, was restored by Martin Haspelmath .
See also
Web links
- Peter Feldkamp (local chronicle of the East Frisian landscape ): Wiegboldsbur, community Südbrookmerland, district Aurich (PDF file; 46 kB)
- Genealogy forum: Forlitz-Blauenkirchen
- Genealogy forum: Blaukirchen
- Ev.-luth. Church district Aurich: Wiegboldsbur and Forlitz-Blaukirchen
Individual evidence
- ↑ Back then in den Wolden , in: Ostfriesland Magazin No. 10/2000, p. 122, here quoted from archiv-heinze.de , viewed on April 26, 2011.
- ^ Church district Aurich: Wiegboldsbur and Forlitz-Blaukirchen , viewed on April 27, 2011.
- ↑ Genealogy forum: Blaukirchen ( Memento of the original from November 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 27, 2011.
- ↑ G. Kronsweide, archaeological service of the East Frisian landscape : Forlitz-Blaukirchen (2004) , accessed on April 26, 2011.
- ^ Georg Dehio: Dehio - Handbook of German Art Monuments: Handbook of German Art Monuments, Bremen, Lower Saxony . German art publisher; Edition: revision, greatly expanded edition. Munich, Berlin (January 1, 1992). ISBN 3422030220 . P. 474
- ↑ Peter Feldkamp (local chronicle of the East Frisian landscape ): Wiegboldsbur, community Südbrookmerland, district Aurich (PDF; 47 kB), accessed on April 27, 2011.
- ^ Gottfried Kiesow : Architekturführer Ostfriesland , Verlag Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz, Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-86795-021-3 , p. 237
Coordinates: 53 ° 25 ′ 29.6 " N , 7 ° 19 ′ 22.8" E
