Middels Church

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Middels Church (from the north)
Middels Church (from the south)
Middels Church (from the east)
Baptismal font (13th century)
Chancel with triumphal arch
Müller organ (1786)
pulpit
Royal Prussian cadastral measuring point on the bell tower

The Evangelical Lutheran Middels Church in Middels , a district of Aurich , was built around 1200 as a Romanesque hall church made of granite ashlars .

History and description of the building

The parish of Middels belonged to the diocese of Bremen in the pre-Reformation period and was subordinate to the Sendkirche in Wittmund .

The Middels Church was built around 1200 as a replacement for a previous wooden building on a pre-Christian burial ground. The north side is still completely preserved as a granite facade, while brick masonry was partially inserted on the south side as part of a renovation. The small high-seated arched windows with funnel embrasures point to the Romanesque character . The apse was renewed in the 13th century on a polygonal ground plan. The granite stones have been preserved in the substructure; the upper part was redone with bricks. The old arched portal in the south wall is bricked up. Instead, in 1935, a central west entrance was created to the west with a small porch and the entire west side was newly clinkered. In the free-standing bell tower there is a bell from 1748, which dates back to a first from 1502. The latter shattered and had to be poured over.

Furnishing

The interior of the church is simply designed and is closed off by a slightly arched wooden ceiling. The old church stalls with doors and traljean grilles were replaced by modern benches in the course of a renovation. On the west wall there is a plaque on which the clergy of the parish from 1576 to 1978 are listed. A second plaque attached to the south wall continues this list until 1990.

Baptismal font

The Romanesque (more precisely: early Gothic) baptismal font from the 13th century, which has few parallels in the German coastal area for this period and is characterized by its dramatic movements in the biblical scenes depicted, is of great artistic importance . The baptism of Christ , the crucifixion , the so-called descent into hell and the resurrection of Jesus Christ are shown . The individual scenes from the life story of Jesus are not divided by arcades and give the impression of an overall picture. A tendril frieze forms the upper edge of the baptismal font, which alternates between birds (symbol of the soul) and human heads. Damage can be seen in the area where the baptism stands. The baptismal font, which has certain similarities with that of St. Mary's Church in Nesse , is dated from 1260 to 1270.

Sanctuary

The carved crucifixion group (around 1480) was restored to its original color in 1985 and found its old location on a beam in the triumphal arch .

organ

The organ was built by Hinrich Just Müller from 1784 to 1786 . The instrument is largely preserved (pipe material, wind chest, wedge bellows) and was restored in several phases by the organ building company Alfred Führer in 1983/85/89. It has eight stops on a manual and an attached pedal .

I Manual C – c 3
1. Principal 4 ′
2. Dumped 8th'
3. Reed flute 4 ′
4th Fifth 3 ′
5. Octave 2 ′
6th Mixture IV
7th Dulcian 16 ′
8th. Trumpet 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – c 1
attached

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Middelser Kirche  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Menno Smid : Ostfriesische Kirchengeschichte , Volume VI in the series Ostfriesland im Schutz des Deiches (Ed. Jannes Ohling on behalf of the Niederemsische Deichacht and its legal successor of the Deichacht Krummhörn), Pewsum 1974, p. 37.
  2. ↑ Genealogy forum: Middels ( Memento of December 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), as of October 9, 2010.
  3. ↑ Menno Smid: Ostfriesische Kirchengeschichte , Volume VI in the series Ostfriesland im Schutz des Deiches (Ed. Jannes Ohling on behalf of the Niederemsische Deichacht and its legal successor to the Deichacht Krummhörn), Pewsum 1974, p. 67.
  4. ↑ Gottfried Kiesow: Architectural Guide Ostfriesland . Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-86795-021-3 , p. 257.
  5. ^ Friedrich Petersen: Romanesque baptismal fonts in Ostfriesland , Leer 1997, ISBN 3-928612-32-8 , p. 92.
  6. ↑ Hans-Bernd Rödiger, Heinz Ramm: Frisian Churches , Volume II ( Auricher Land, Norderland, Brokmerland and in Krummhörn ), Jever ² 1983, p. 33
  7. ↑ Reinhard Ruge (NOMINE eV): Middels, Ev.-luth. Church - organ by Hinrich Just Müller (1784-86) , as seen April 23, 2011.

Coordinates: 53 ° 32 '13 "  N , 7 ° 37' 17.4"  E