Matthäikirche (Bingum)

Matthäi Church in Bingum

The Lutheran Matthäikirche in Bingum ( East Friesland ) was built at the beginning of the 13th century and extensively rebuilt several times over the centuries.

history

The church was built in the first quarter of the 13th century as a Romanesque hall church and replaced the previous wooden church. On the east side it received an apse with a half-dome and three windows. In the Middle Ages, the community belonged to the Propstei Hatzum in the diocese of Münster until it joined the Lutheran faith around 1525. However, the majority of the church was Reformed . This resulted in 1653/54 during a new calling of a pastor at a Eucharistic controversy . Probably around 1700 the upper part of the walls was removed and a lower ceiling was put in. The bell tower from 1766 corresponds to the "parallel wall type". In 1793 the western front was renewed, the side portals bricked up and a new entrance was created on the western side. Due to the threat of flooding through the Ems , the floor is now one and a half meters higher. In the course of an extensive church renovation from 1959 to 1969, the wooden flat ceiling and the smaller round-arched windows on the north side were restored to match the original Romanesque church. The meanwhile enlarged windows on the south side were preserved. In 2012, a new triple bell was cast by Simon Laudy.

Furnishing

Organ from 1969

A baptismal font made of yellow Bentheim sandstone from the 14th century has been preserved. It is octagonal and has bas-reliefs . The red sandstone cafeteria on the altar probably dates from the pre-Reformation period. The pulpit dates from 1691 and was made by Frerick Albers. In 1966 the artist Joachim Schubotz (1933–2018) from Hanover designed the three leaded glass windows in the apse and in 1968 the altar cross. The church stalls were made in 1969. In the same year the organ was built by Jürgen Ahrend & Brunzema in the style of structuralism . The work has 13  registers on two manuals and pedal .

I main work C – f 3 1. Praestant 8th' 2. Reed flute 8th' 3. octave 4 ′ 4th Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 5. octave 2 ′ 6th Mixture III

II Oberwerk C – f 3 7th Dumped 8th' 8th. Reed flute 4 ′ 9. flute 2 ′ 10. octave 1' Zimbelstern

Pedal C – f 1 11. Sub-bass 16 ′ 12. octave 8th' 13. Trumpet 8th'

• Coupling: II / I, I / P, II / P

See also

• List of historical churches in East Frisia

literature

• Hans-Bernd Rödiger, Menno Smid : Frisian churches in Emden, Leer, Borkum, Mormerland, Uplengen, Overledingen and Reiderland , volume 3. Verlag CL Mettcker & Söhne, Jever 1980, p. 79.
• Hermann Haiduck: The architecture of the medieval churches in the East Frisian coastal area . Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1986, ISBN 3-925365-07-9 .
• Monika van Lengen: Rheiderland churches. Journey of discovery to places of worship from eight centuries in the west of East Frisia . H. Risius, Weener 2000.
• Gottfried Kiesow : Architecture Guide East Friesland . Verlag Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz , Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-86795-021-3 , p. 147 f .
• Ingeborg Nöldeke: Hidden treasures in East Frisian village churches - hagioscopes , rood screens and sarcophagus lids - overlooked details from the Middle Ages . Isensee Verlag , Oldenburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7308-1048-4 , p. 153 ff .

Web links

Commons : Matthäikirche (Leer-Bingum)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the parish
• Church guide Matthäikirche Bingum (PDF file; 541 kB)
• The Lutheran Matthäikirche in Bingum (East Friesland) at youtube.com
• Paul Weßels (local chronicle of the East Frisian landscape ): Bingum (56.6 kB; PDF)

Individual references and references

1. ↑ Homepage of the parish , accessed on June 26, 2019.
2. ↑ Matthäikirche Bingum , accessed on June 26, 2019 (PDF file; 541 kB).
3. ↑ Organ on NOMINE eV , accessed on June 26, 2019.

Coordinates: 53 ° 13 ′ 21.1 ″  N , 7 ° 24 ′ 47.7 ″  E