Peter and Paul Church (Thomasburg)
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The Peter and Paul Church is a stone church in Thomasburg in the Lower Saxony district of Lüneburg .
location
The church is located on the so-called Kirchberg, a hill in the valley of the Neetze river , within a medieval castle wall. Directly to the west is the old school building, which is now used as a residential building, on the hill otherwise mainly occupied by a meadow and trees. The cemetery is east across the street. The Neetze runs directly west of the Kirchberg.
history
The previous building was first mentioned in a document in 1059 and burned down completely in 1621. It is unclear whether the round tower of the previous building used to be part of a fortified tower or a fortified church. The patronage of the Peter and Paul Church initially belonged to the Lüne Monastery .
In 1644 a simple stone church was built. The field stone church had a rectangular tower and a right-angled choir attached to the nave . In addition to field stones , the masonry also contained granite .
Between 1907 and 1909, the church was given its present-day appearance through renovations by the architect Wilhelm Matthies from Bardowick . The church tower was also added to the west. At the time of the renovation, the altar, the pulpit and other pieces of equipment were purchased through donations.
Between 1990 and 1993 the church was renovated. Old paintings in the church from the renovation work from the beginning of the 20th century were restored.
architecture
The church has a massive church tower with a clock tower in the west . A recessed polygonal choir adjoins the rectangular nave in the east. The sacristy borders the choir to the north . To the northeast, the church has an entrance porch that was only added during the renovation work at the beginning of the 20th century. The facade of the building consists of field and bricks. The roofs of the church are covered with red tiles.
The choir contains four windows with stained glass from 1908. Directly behind the altar, a window shows Jesus Christ . On the altar in the choir is a small wooden altarpiece , which shows the cross of Jesus in the middle and two biblical scenes to the side. The choir opens to the nave with a round arch . The nave of the hall church contains a gallery in the west and in the northern entrance porch . The church organ is located on the western gallery . The blue wooden ceiling is supported by crossbeams painted in brown.
The church is decorated with various recurring paintings. Large white crosses, anchors and hearts are depicted on a dark blue background in the galleries. Ribbons of red roses with green leaves can be seen on the white walls.
gallery
View of the gallery with the organ
Choir room
Altarpiece
pulpit
Detail of the murals
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Church organization
To Ev.-luth. In addition to Thomasburg, the parish of Thomasburg also includes Bavendorf , Radenbeck , Neu-Radenbeck , Wennekath and Wieelte . The parish is connected to the parish of Neetze and is also looked after from Neetze .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Carolin George, Berit Neß: God's houses: From the tower made of field stones to the glass altar . Ed .: Ev.-luth. Church district Lüneburg. Evangelical Lutheran Church District Lüneburg, Lüneburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-00-054672-3 , p. 128 .
- ↑ a b c Peter and Paul Church Thomasburg. In: kirchenkreis-lueneburg.de. Retrieved June 21, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d Gerd Weiß: District of Lüneburg . In: Hans-Herbert Möller (Hrsg.): Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Architectural monuments in Lower Saxony . Vieweg, Braunschweig 1981, ISBN 978-3-528-06201-9 , pp. 110 .
- ^ A b Hector Wilhelm Heinrich Mithoff: Fürstenthum Lüneburg . In: Art monuments and antiquities in Hanover . tape 4 . Helwing, Hannover 1877, p. 251 .
- ↑ Ev.-luth. Parish of Thomasburg. In: kirchenkreis-lueneburg.de. Retrieved June 21, 2020 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 13 ′ 51.8 ″ N , 10 ° 39 ′ 29.9 ″ E