Martin Luther Church (Emden)

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The Emden Martin Luther Church

The Martin Luther Church is following the destruction of a church from 1775 in World War II, the second Lutheran Church in Emden , a city in which after the Emden Revolution from 1595 to 1685, only the reformed religion could be taught.

Building history

In Emden, which had been reformed since the Reformation , Lutheran services were forbidden from 1595. It was not until 1685 that the magistrate allowed the Lutheran minority to hold a few services per year. For this purpose, a worship room was set up from two private houses in Mühlenstrasse, which was not recognizable as a sacred building from the outside . This provisional arrangement was soon too small and was replaced in 1774-75 by a representative new building in the bulwark, which was designed in the Rococo style. In 1773–75, Cornelius Geerds Wallies and Dirk Lohman built a small organ with seven registers for the new church . 1779–81, Johann Friedrich Wenthin and 1839–41 Wilhelm Caspar Joseph Höffgen expanded the instrument, which was replaced in 1892 by a new one by P. Furtwängler & Hammer . During the bombing raid on June 7th, 1942, this church and its interior were destroyed. After the end of the war, the community on Graf-Edzard-Strasse was able to acquire a disused wooden Wehrmacht barracks and transform it into an emergency church with a simple altar and a small organ . For this church built Paul Ott an organ positive with seven registers in the chest factory of the new organ of Alfred leaders were from 1955 largely adopted. The Führer organ was moved to the new church and expanded to 42 registers in 1959, but removed in 1994.

The new Martin Luther Church was built as one of the first post-war buildings of the Evangelical Regional Church of Hanover according to plans by the consistorial master builder in charge, the architect Ernst Witt (1898–1971).

On July 1, 1956, the foundation stone was laid for the new church, which was built on the old church site in Bollwerkstrasse. On December 14, 1958, the new building, a three-aisled basilica , was inaugurated by the then Hanoverian regional bishop Johannes Lilje .

Today the church is the sermon church of the state superintendent of the Evangelical-Lutheran district of Ostfriesland-Ems . Since 2007, Emden has been the seat of the Lutheran state superintendent in East Friesland-Ems; previously the official seat was in Aurich .

Building design

With 1,200 seats, the Martin Luther Church is the largest church building in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hanover after the Second World War . The church was built directly on the old city moat and, with its 50 m high church tower, shapes the cityscape of Emden. The main entrance is on the western gable wall. The nave with a floor plan of 44 × 20 meters and a saddle roof covered with brown tiles has a lower extension at its eastern end, which houses the choir .

The narrow, high and lead-glazed windows have a horizontal lintel. They give the church space in the high part a great abundance of light, while the lower window areas, which are kept small, only let in subdued light for the side aisles.

In contrast to the previous church, the new Martin Luther Church was rung by a bell. The five-part chime with the striking notes c sharp ', e', f sharp ', g sharp' and a 'was cast in 1958 by the Rincker brothers in Sinn in the Lahn-Dill district.

Interior

The stone sculptor Kurt Lettow ( Bremen ) created the sandstone relief above the south entrance, which is titled “Group of Listeners”. A round stained glass window in the western gable depicts the destruction of Emden and bears the name "Phoenix window". The licking flames merge into the flying bird Phoenix , which symbolizes the reconstruction of the city on the one hand and the resurrection of Christ on the other .

The altar is made of Anröchter dolomite and is kept very simple. The pulpit and baptism were made of sandstone. In the back wall of the altar there is a plaster cut made by Kurt Lettow, which depicts Jesus with his disciples on the Sea of ​​Galilee and bears the title “Calming the Storm”.

The interior of the church is closed off by a wooden coffered ceiling.

organ

Rudolf von Beckerath built today's organ in 1995 . It has 44 stops on three manuals and pedal , making it the largest organ in Emden and the third largest in East Frisia. Since the instrument has been designed especially for romantic symphonic music, it is an important asset to the historic organ landscape Ostfriesland . The Spieltrakturen are mechanical, the Registertrakturen electric. The disposition is as follows:

I main work C – a 3
1. Principal 16 ′
2. octave 8th'
3. Gemshorn 8th'
4th Reed flute 8th'
5. octave 4 ′
6th Pointed flute 4 ′
7th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
8th. octave 2 ′
9. Mixture V
10. bassoon 16 ′
11. Trumpet 8th'
II Positive C – a 3
12. Dumped 8th'
13. Dolce 8th'
14th Principal 4 ′
15th Reed flute 4 ′
16. Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
17th Gemshorn 2 ′
18th Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
19th Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
20th Sifflet 1'
21st Scharff III
22nd Dulcian 8th'
Tremulant
III Swell C – a 3
23. Bourdon 16 ′
24. Flûte harmonique 8th'
25th Bourdon 8th'
26th Viola da gamba 8th'
27. Voix célèste 8th'
28. Flûte octaviante 4 ′
29 Fugara 4 ′
30th Flageolet 2 ′
31. Flûte harmonique 8th'
32. Plein jeu V
33. Trompette harmonique 8th'
34. Hautbois 8th'
35. Voix humaine 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
36. Stand (No. 38) 32 ′
37. Principal 16 ′
38. Sub-bass 16 ′
39. Octave bass 8th'
40. Gemshorn 8th'
41. Chorale bass 4 ′
42. Rauschpfeife IV
43. trombone 16 ′
44. Trumpet 8th'

See also

literature

  • Ernst Siebert, Walter Deeters , Bernard Schröer: History of the city of Emden from 1750 to the present . Rautenberg Verlag, Leer 1980 (East Frisia under the protection of the dike; 7).
  • Hans-Bernd Rödiger, Menno Smid : Frisian churches in Emden, Leer, Borkum, Mormerland, Uplengen, Overledingen and Reiderland , volume 3. Verlag CL Mettcker & Sons, Jever 1980, p. 30 f.
  • Ralph Nickles: Organ inventory of the Krummhörn and the city of Emden . Hauschild Verlag , Bremen 1995, ISBN 3-929902-62-1 , p. 395-418 and 498 .

Web links

Commons : Martin Luther Church (Emden)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Menno Smid: East Frisian Church History . Self-published, Pewsum 1974, pp. 345–346 (Ostfriesland in the protection of the dike, vol. 6).
  2. ^ Nickles: Organ inventory, pp. 395-410.
  3. ^ Nickles: Organ inventory , p. 411.
  4. ^ Führer organ in Emden ( Memento from March 2, 2005 in the Internet Archive ).
  5. ↑ a b c d Karl-Ernst Behre / Hajo van Lengen : Ostfriesland. History and shape of a cultural landscape . Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1995, ISBN 3-925365-85-0 , p. 285.
  6. ^ Ernst Siebert / Walter Deeters / Bernard Schröer: History of the city of Emden from 1750 to the present . Rautenberg Verlag, Leer 1980, p. 372 (Ostfriesland in the protection of the dike; 7).
  7. ^ Homepage of the parish , as seen on December 4, 2009.
  8. ^ A b Karl-Ernst Behre / Hajo van Lengen: Ostfriesland. History and shape of a cultural landscape . Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1995, ISBN 3-925365-85-0 , p. 286.
  9. ↑ organ on NOMINE eV , seen April 22, 2011.
  10. ^ Organ of the Martin Luther Church (as of December 4, 2009).

Coordinates: 53 ° 22 ′ 8.3 "  N , 7 ° 12 ′ 26.5"  E