Martinskirche (Beedenbostel)

Martinskirche with the bell tower

Interior with a view of the altar

Flemish wood carved altar

the pulpit

The Martinskirche Beedenbostel is an ev.-luth. Church in Beedenbostel ( Celle district , Lower Saxony ). Your name comes from Martin von Tours , who shared his belongings with the poor. The church was built in 1735 during the tenure of pastor Johann Pflug. The wooden bell tower is older and dates from 1565/66.

history

The Martinskirche is the third church in this place. The baptistery from 1051 was the first. The second church was built before 1481. On March 21, 1735 the foundation stone of the current church was laid. The area increased from 60 m² to 360 m². The altar and organ were taken over from the old church.

Furnishing

The church has a Flemish wood carved altar (probably) from the 15th century. It was restored in 1989/90 and is of great artistic value. The church also has a pulpit on the south side next to the sacristy . The base of the pulpit is probably 1,000 years old. The organ is on the gallery on the west side.

Bells and tower

The bell tower dates from 1565/66. Before it was just a scaffolding made of tree trunks. In it are two bells and the tower clock . After the first bell from 1567 broke in 1801, a bell was cast from its and additional material. It bears the inscription:

               Höret und Kömt
               Ich rufe zur Weisheit
               und festlichen Freude
               Stimme die Herzen zur Trauer
               Und wecke zur schnellern Hülfe

After the successor to the bell that cracked in 1724 was melted down in 1918, another bell was cast. It bears the inscription:

                O Land, Land, Land, höre des Herren Wort !
                Geopfert für Deutschlands Wehr 1918,
                'wiedererstanden zu Gottes Ehr 1935

organ

Organ with the original Furtwängler brochure

The organ that was taken over from the second church was too small for the large space of the new church. The first organ had seven registers . The prospectus of the second organ ( Philipp Furtwängler , 1855) is still today the prospectus of the current organ. Due to the rediscovery of baroque music at the beginning of the 20th century, the old organ with its Romanesque sound was not suitable for this. There were also difficulties with the technology. In January 1928 the dismantling of the old organ began. The new organ with pneumatic action was built by the organ building company Wetzel (Hanover) according to the planning of Christhard Mahrenholz and inaugurated on May 6, 1928. Tonal changes were made in 1958/59. At the beginning of the 1960s, signs of deterioration became noticeable until it was no longer playable in 1968. In 1972 the Hammer company (Hanover) installed the new, fourth and now up-to-date organ in the 1855 prospectus. Now 26 registers are distributed over 2 manuals (main work, upper work) and pedal .

I main work C–

Pommer

16 ′

Principal

8th'

Wooden flute

8th'

octave

4 ′

Capstan whistle

4 ′

Pointed flute

2 ′

Mixture III-V

Trumpet

8th'

II upper structure C–

Dumped

8th'

recorder

4 ′

Nasat

2 ² ⁄ ₃  ′

Principal

2 ′

Oktavlein

1'

Cymbal II-III

Dulcian

8th'

Tremulant

Pedal C–

Sub bass

16 ′

octave

8th'

Reed flute

8th'

Night horn

4 ′

Octave Cornet III

trombone

16 ′

Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P

literature

BEEDENBOSTEL Kr. Celle. Ev. Martinskirche. In: Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments . Bremen Lower Saxony. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1992, p. 203; ISBN 3-422-03022-0
Ernst Mertsch: Chronicle of the community of Beedenbostel . Volume 1: Church and School . o. O. [1984]

Web links

Commons : Martinskirche in Beedenbostel - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ The organ of the Martinskirche Beedenbostel on orgelinformation.de

52.64412 10.25692Coordinates: 52 ° 38 ′ 38.8 ″ N , 10 ° 15 ′ 24.9 ″ E

[1] The organ of the Martinskirche Beedenbostel on orgelinformation.de