Nendorper Church

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The Evangelical Reformed Nendorper Church is located in Nendorp , Jemgum municipality , in the East Frisian Rheiderland . The classicistic brick church was built in 1820 and the bell tower in 1754.

History and architecture

Bell tower from 1754

Nendorp ("New Village") is first mentioned around 1325 AD as "Nyendarp". The parish was looked after by the provost of Hatzum until 1593 and thus belonged to the diocese of Münster . This year a first (Lutheran) preacher is attested. Due to the change with Hatzum to the Reformed Church, this preacher had to leave Nendorp in 1600. Around 1610 the first wooden church was built. The pulpit, dated 1611, was transferred to the new church. The first Lord's Supper was held around 1660 and Nendorp gained church independence, but officially remained a subsidiary of Hatzum until 1683. When many East Frisian parishes became vacant in the plague year of 1666 and appointed pastors from abroad , Petrus Dittelbach , who was influenced by the Labadists , came to Nendorp from Nijmegen and worked in the parish for ten years until 1676. He wrote various writings and came into conflict with the Coetus of the Reformed preachers in East Frisia .

In 1754 a squat brick bell tower with a small roof turret was built to the west , which was originally free. Immediately afterwards, today's rectangular hall church was built as a brick building with four arched windows in the classicism style.

Since 1911 Nendorp has been amalgamated with the neighboring municipality of Oldendorp . Today the parish is looked after by the Ditzum pastors.

Furnishing

Führer organ from 1963

The pulpit comes from the previous church and was made in 1611. A wooden barrel vault was drawn into the church . The only wall decoration is a Bible verse in brown letters: “The Lord is near to all who call on him” ( Ps 145,18  LUT ). The Vasa Sacra include a beaker from 1668, a bread plate from 1811 and a zinc jug from 1818. The baptismal bowl is not dated. The organ positive was built in 1963 by the Alfred Führer company and has five stops on a manual and attached pedal . In 1998 it was acquired by the municipality.

See also

literature

  • Anna Sophie Inden (text), Martin Stromann (photos): God's houses in the Rheiderland. In: Ostfriesland Magazin. 2/2015. SKN Druck und Verlag, Norden 2015, p. 48 ff.
  • 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. 152 .
  • Insa Segebade: Reformed churches on the Ems . Evangelical Reformed Church, Leer 1999, ISBN 3-00-004645-3 , p. 16-17 .

Web links

Commons : Nendorper Church  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ortschronisten der Ostfriesischen Landschaft : Nendorp , accessed on November 6, 2018 (PDF file; 26 kB).
  2. ^ Menno Smid : Ostfriesische Kirchengeschichte (= East Friesland in the protection of the dike. Vol. 6). Self-published, Pewsum 1974, p. 353.
  3. ↑ a b Segebade: Reformed Churches on the Ems. 1999, p. 16.

Coordinates: 53 ° 18 ′ 34.8 "  N , 7 ° 18 ′ 52"  E