Easter Gate (Remels)

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The Ostertor ( Ostfriesisches Platt : Osterpoort ) is the gatehouse of the St. Martin Church in Remels . The building erected in the 14th century is a listed building. The gate depicted on the coat of arms of the municipality of Uplengen is the symbolized Easter gate of the old fortified church in Remels.

history

Remels had been the capital of the Lengenerland since the Middle Ages . It was the smallest landscape with the largest parish in East Friesland at the time. The nine Loogen (farmers) Poghausen, Spols, Bühren, Großsander, Kleinsander, Jübberde, Selverde, Kleinoldendorf and Großoldendorf are located within a radius of two to four kilometers like a wreath around the central church village of Remels. From the places streets ran in a star shape towards the church built in the 13th century . Construction of the church began in the early 13th century. Due to its location on the edge of East Frisia on the border with the Oldenburger Land , the population was repeatedly exposed to looting by the counts from abroad. The church was therefore laid out as a fortified church and expanded continuously. In addition to the church, the fortress was equipped with a defense tower, free-standing bell tower, churchyard, surrounding wall with moat and gate towers. The nave and the brick gate tower of the Ostertor, built in the 14th century, are the remnants of this fortification.

Building description

The Uplengen built the gate out of brick. Presumably it was once at least one floor higher and could be closed with a trap door on the east side. The necessary opening upwards and the side guides are still available. The adjoining cemetery wall was once certainly higher and wider. This is indicated by the remains of a connection point for the wall in the lower area of ​​the south wall of the tower. The upper floor was probably demolished at the end of the 15th or beginning of the 16th century.

Today the tower is 7.30 meters long and 5.35 meters wide. The Easter gate is covered with a gable roof. The ridge runs in a north-south direction and is closed by gables that tower above the roof. The passage is closed up on the east side by a 3.60 wide Gothic arch with three-stepped recesses. The western archway is kept simpler. There is a small vaulted hall between the two. The east side is designed as a show side with different colored bricks and two blind niches. The niches form two long crosses with short transverse arms in the middle. They are framed by edged bricked stones and have a herringbone pattern on the inside. The wooden lattice gates that exist today on the eastern side are probably from the 19th century.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Monika van Lengen: Uplengen - St. Martins Church in Remels . Retrieved February 20, 2016
  2. ↑ Landkreis Leer Kreisverwaltung (Ed.): Landschaftsbildgutachten 2013 . P. 21. Retrieved February 20, 2016
  3. ↑ Information from the Heraldry of the World page , information there comes from a link to the homepage of the community of Uplengen, which has now no longer existed, accessed on January 30, 2012.
  4. ↑ Uplengen.de: location, name, size and history Uplengen  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 8, 2012.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.uplengen.de  
  5. ↑ St. Martins parish Uplengen Remels: The St. Martinskirche in Remels , viewed on September 1, 2010.
  6. ↑ Michael Till Heinze: The Church in Remels . Retrieved February 20, 2016.

Coordinates: 53 ° 18 ′ 20.6 ″  N , 7 ° 45 ′ 6.4 ″  E