Nikolaikirche (Weene)

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Nikolaikirche Weene

The Evangelical Lutheran Nikolaikirche is in the East Frisian town of Weene , municipality of Ihlow .

history

It is unknown when the church in Weene was built. It is presumed that there was initially a smaller wooden building on the site of today's church. According to the current state of research, the construction time of the first stone church is dated to the 2nd half of the 13th century. The small high-seated arched windows indicate the Romanesque architectural style. After numerous conversions, additions and repairs, only parts of the south wall and the western section of the north wall have been preserved from the original structure.

Originally the church stood isolated on a terp on Krummen Tief on an uninhabited place between Schirum and Ostersander. The settlement of the place began later. In 1499 a polygonal choir was added to it. This Gothic choir was replaced by a semicircular apse at the end of the 19th century and this was renewed as part of the renovation of the church between 1964 and 1966.

From 1964 to 1966 the church was extensively renovated. Excavations took place beforehand, during which it was found that in the Middle Ages the church also had a choir room in the west, i.e. it had two choirs. In addition, the circular foundations of a baptismal font were discovered and the remains of a rood screen on the walls , which may have been drawn in in 1499 when the choir was added, at the same time the two preserved hagioscopes were probably broken into the south and north walls .

Furnishing

Organ gallery with the Grotian prospect from 1699

The furnishings of the church are of national art historical importance. There are three carved wooden sculptures of the Gothic style: a crucifix from the 14th century shows the crucified Christ nailed to a cross of branches, on a Vespers picture from the end of the 14th century Mary holds the dead Son of God almost upright at eye level and an Anna herself shows Mary St. Anne (around 1500) seated on a simple throne and standing behind it ; the baby Jesus was renewed shortly after the discovery of wooden sculpture in 1897.

In the northern choir arch, a small wall niche was preserved, which served as a sacrament house and was created in the course of the first choir extension. The profiled sandstone frame is closed off by a Gothic keel arch above the barred door.

The organ prospectus of Valentin Ulrich Grotian from 1699 has been preserved in its original form. The pipe work comes from the organ company Alfred Führer from 1966 and includes 17 stops on two manuals and pedal .

Under the organ there is a panel , the folding of which probably dates back to the early 16th, while the frame dates from the 17th century.

See also

literature

  • Hans-Bernd Rödiger, Heinz Ramm: Frisian churches in Auricherland, Norderland, Brokmerland and in Krummhörn , Volume 2. Verlag CL Mettcker & Söhne, Jever (2nd edition) 1983, p. 46.
  • Marten Hagen (with the assistance of Heinrich Hagen): 550 years of the Weene parish 1451–2001. Contributions to the history of the Weene parish , Aurich 2001
  • Justin Kroesen, Regnerus Steensma: Churches in East Friesland and their medieval furnishings . Michael Imhof, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-159-1 (translation from Dutch).

Web links

Commons : Nikolaikirche (Weene)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b kirche-weene.de: History of the church building , accessed on January 14, 2010.
  2. ↑ Kroesen, Steensma: Churches in East Friesland and their medieval furnishings. 2011, pp. 171, 213.
  3. ^ 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. 64 f.
  4. ↑ Kroesen, Steensma: Churches in East Friesland and their medieval furnishings. 2011, p. 210.
  5. ↑ Kroesen, Steensma: Churches in East Friesland and their medieval furnishings. 2011, p. 128.
  6. ↑ Kroesen, Steensma: Churches in East Friesland and their medieval furnishings. 2011, p. 171.

Coordinates: 53 ° 25 ′ 37.6 ″  N , 7 ° 30 ′ 53.4 ″  E