Michaeliskirche (Wolfsburg-Fallersleben)

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Michaelis Church from the north

The Evangelical Lutheran Michaeliskirche is a building inaugurated in 1805 by Christian Gottlob Langwagen in Wolfsburg - Fallersleben in Lower Saxony . It is a rare example of a classical transverse church and has largely been preserved in its original state.

history

There were also churches on the site of today's Michaeliskirche. A church was mentioned as early as 942, when Faller's life was first mentioned as Valareslebo . The previous building of the Michaeliskirche, which also served as the castle church of the neighboring Fallersleben Castle , was built in 1474, but had become so dilapidated in the 18th century that the tower collapsed in 1735. In 1797 Johann Friedrich Paulsen from Hoya designed a new building based on the scheme of a transverse church. The altar and pulpit should be on the southern long side. The design was not implemented, but Christian Gottlob Langwagen's design also provided for a transverse church and the south-facing altar and pulpit.

The church was built from 1802 to 1805 according to Langwagen's plans. It is considered to be his most important sacred building. The old church was demolished in 1803; only the wall on the south side could be preserved up to the window parapet. The mayor Heinrich Wilhelm Hoffmann, Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben's father, was responsible for the construction of the Michaeliskirche .

Initially a borrowed organ was used, in 1814 a new organ with an organ prospectus was built. It was replaced in 1907. In 1926 today's tower clock was installed. In 1955 the choir was enlarged by removing the altar wall. In 1969 the organ was almost completely renewed by the organ builders Schmidt and Thiemann. From 1983 to 1986 the church was completely renovated. The wooden altar was also rebuilt according to old plans. On the altar are a crucifix and a candlestick, both made of bronze , which were also procured in 1986. From 2003 to 2005 Rowan West built a new organ behind the organ front from 1814.

Until 1965 the church was the seat of a superintendent , then it was moved to Wolfsburg.

Architecture, equipment and use

Church and castle pond

The early classicist Michaeliskirche is located in a park landscape with listed deciduous trees between the castle and the castle pond. It has the address Schloßplatz 2 and is laid out as a cross church. The rectangular hall church has a hipped roof , which is covered with red roof tiles.

The 46 meter high tower stands in the middle on the northern long side. It has a cylindrical shaft and an eight-sided helmet with an open tip and is covered with copper plates . There are two bells and a tower clock in the tower. In front of the tower is a portico with four Ionic columns , which forms the main entrance. The number 1804 is written in Roman numerals above the pillars.

The new organ of the church
Michaeliskirche seen from the west entrance
Bell of the Michaeliskirche

On the south side, at the height of the altar, there is a low, also brick-roofed extension for the sacristy . There are side entrances on both narrow sides. The facade is largely undivided. There are cornices above the entrances and plastered areas above the high, rectangular lattice windows . The edges are decorated with gray corner pilaster strips. The church is illuminated at night.

The interior has no picture decorations and is held in the colors light gray, old pink and gold. The pulpit altar wall in the middle of the southern long side is adorned with a gilded decoration of vine leaves and ears of wheat with motifs from the service. A book with the inscription "God is love" is shown. Except for the pulpit altar wall, a gallery supported by columns and pillars runs around the entire interior. The wooden benches point from both sides towards the center of the church, the benches under the gallery face the altar side, the benches on the gallery face away from the wall.

The church is used for regular church services, casuals and concerts with sacred music . Every autumn the “Fallersleber Barockfest” takes place, where baroque music is played.

Altar of the Michaeliskirche

organ

Compared with the wooden altar located Rowan-West - organ on the gallery. It has two manuals and 27 stops . The disposition is based on the organ from 1814, of which the historical prospectus has been preserved. The proportion of tongue registers is noticeably high .

I Manual C-g 3
Quintadon 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Gemshorn 8th'
Octave 4 ′
recorder 4 ′
Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Octave 2 ′
Mixture IV
bassoon 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
II Manual C-g 3
Covered 8th'
Quintadon 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Flauto trav. 4 ′
Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Forest flute 2 ′
Sesquialtera II
Sharp IV
Hautbois 8th'
Vox humana 8th'
Pedal C – f 1
Sub bass 16 ′
Quinta 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Octave 8th'
Octave 4 ′
trombone 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Trumpet 4 ′
Church viewed from the west side of the gallery

literature

  • Peter Steckhan, Gregor Peda: Michaeliskirche in Fallersleben. Kunstverlag Peda, Passau 2003, ISBN 3-89643-205-2 .
  • Nicole Froberg, Ulrich Knufinke, Susanne Kreykenboom: Wolfsburg. The architecture guide. Braun Publishing, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-03768-055-1 , pp. 22-23.

Web links

Commons : Michaeliskirche (Wolfsburg-Fallersleben)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Nicole Froberg, Ulrich Knufinke, Susanne Kreykenboom: Wolfsburg. The architecture guide. Braun Publishing, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-03768-055-1 , p. 23.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Description of the church on the parish website
  3. ↑ a b Organ in Fallersleben , accessed on November 17, 2013.
  4. ^ Ernst Pauer: Church history and church art. In: Historical-regional excursion map of Lower Saxony, sheet Wolfsburg. Erhard Kühlhorn, Hildesheim 1977, ISBN 3-7848-3626-7 , explanatory booklet p. 116.
  5. ↑ Michaeliskirche shines again waz-online from February 24, 2011, accessed on February 12, 2016

Coordinates: 52 ° 25 ′ 3.1 ″  N , 10 ° 43 ′ 1.5 ″  E