Pogum Church

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Church in Pogum from the southwest
View from the northwest

The Evangelical Lutheran Pogumer Church was built in 1776 and is located in Pogum in the northwest of the Rheiderland at the mouth of the Ems in the Dollart , in southwestern East Friesland .

History and architecture

In the Middle Ages Pogum belonged to the provost in the diocese of Münster and owned a small church. The provost in Hatzum was also a pastor in Ditzum and Pogum in the 16th century . Following the patronage family of Rippersa from Petkum , the parish turned to the Lutheran faith. The predominantly Reformed congregation was able to enforce the right to freely choose pastors in 1667.

In 1776 the simple brick church was built on older foundations of the previous medieval building. Wide pilaster strips structure the outer walls. The southern wall of the baroque hall church is characterized by pilasters and arched windows . There are also two arched east windows, while the other two walls have no windows.

The gate tower with a gable roof and pointed arched portals dates back to the late Gothic period and originally provided the only access to the pacified parish, which was surrounded by a defensive wall.

Furnishing

Interior to the east
Pulpit from 1681

Inside, a wooden beam ceiling completes the room. The eastern part of the church is separated by a Latvian-like wooden organ loft , in whose parapet the organ rests on two wooden pillars. There is a patronage prieche on each side .

What is unusual for a Lutheran church is that instead of a stone altar there is a wooden communion table in the eastern part. Hindrick Eben's pulpit dates from 1681 and comes from the previous building. The pulpit fields between rotated free columns show reliefs of the four evangelists under round arches . The Vasa Sacra includes a beaker from 1634 (or 1684), the maker's mark AB could refer to the Aurich master Albert Borcher. The brass chandelier was made in 1769. The oldest part of the furnishings are two trapezoidal tombstones made of red sandstone from the 12th century with geometric diamond patterns, St. Andrew's crosses and hexagons.

organ

Berner organ in the sunlight

The small one-manual organ with side play was built in 1758/1759 by Johann Adam Berner from Jever for the old church and then transferred. The many small pipe fields, which are gradually stepped laterally around the large central tower, as well as the type of foliage carved on the side, point to Westphalian influence. The work has six registers and no pedal . Three registers and the magnificent prospectus have been preserved in the original. The other three registers were lost in the 20th century. Around 1900 the mixture was replaced by an 8 ′ viol in line with contemporary tastes and the other voices were re-voiced with numerous core stitches. Because in 1917 the trumpet goblets were given away for armament purposes instead of the prospect pipes, at least the external appearance of the organ was preserved. Major repairs were carried out in 1929 by P. Furtwängler & Hammer and in 1946/1947 by Karl Puchar. After the condition of the organ continued to deteriorate, Alfred Führer renovated the instrument in 1960/1961, restoring the mixture and trumpet, albeit not in the original design. Further changes were made to the original substance and the original octave 2 ′ was replaced. In 1999 Martin ter Haseborg restored the original condition, reconstructed the lost registers and action and built a new bellows system. The disposition of 1999 corresponds to that of 1759:

Manual C – f 3
Principal 4 ′ B.
Dumped 8th' B.
flute 4 ′ B.
octave 2 ′ H
Mixture IV H
Trumpet B / D 8th' H
B = Johann Adam Berner (1759)
H = reconstruction of Martin ter Hasenborg
  • Action :
    • Tone action: mechanical
    • Stop action: mechanical
  • Wind supply:
    • Two wedge bellows
    • Wind pressure: 64 mm water column
  • Mood :

See also

literature

  • Hans-Bernd Rödiger, Menno Smid : Frisian churches in Emden, Leer, Borkum, Mormerland, Uplengen, Overledingen and Reiderland. Volume 3. Verlag CL Mettcker & Sons, Jever 1980, p. 86.
  • Harald Vogel , Reinhard Ruge, Robert Noah, Martin Stromann: Organ landscape Ostfriesland . Soltau-Kurier-Norden, Norden 1995, ISBN 3-928327-19-4 .
  • 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, p. 26 .
  • Gottfried Kiesow : Architecture Guide East Friesland . Verlag Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz , Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-86795-021-3 , p. 154 .

Web links

Commons : Pogumer Kirche  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Menno Smid : Ostfriesische Kirchengeschichte (= East Friesland in the protection of the dike. Vol. 6). Self-published, Pewsum 1974, p. 42.
  2. ↑ a b Ortschronisten der Ostfriesischen Landschaft : Pogum , accessed on November 6, 2018 (PDF file; 36 kB).
  3. ^ A b 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, p. 26 .
  4. ^ A b Gottfried Kiesow: Architectural Guide East Friesland . 2010, p. 154.
  5. ↑ a b Harald Vogel , Reinhard Ruge, Robert Noah, Martin Stromann: Organ landscape Ostfriesland . Soltau-Kurier-Norden, Norden 1995, ISBN 3-928327-19-4 , p. 50 .
  6. ↑ Reinhard Ruge (NOMINE eV): Pogum, Ev.-luth. Church - organ by Johann Adam Berner (1758/59) , accessed on November 6, 2018.

Coordinates: 53 ° 19 ′ 9.8 ″  N , 7 ° 15 ′ 31.9 ″  E