Reformed Church (Borssum)

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The Reformed Church.

The Reformed Church in Borssum , a district of the East Frisian city ​​of Emden , was built in 1912/13.

history

North-west side of the Art Nouveau church

The church is at least the second church in Borssum. The St. Nicholas Church from the 13th century has been preserved in the village to this day . This fell into disrepair over the centuries, so that it had to be closed and the community decided to build a new building on the site of the medieval church of Klein-Borssum, which was demolished. The new church was built in Art Nouveau style in 1912/13 according to plans by the Berlin architect Otto March . The construction drawings are still in the municipality's archive to this day. The Reformed Church on Borkum , built in 1896/97, was also designed by March and is considered a sister church.

description

The east-facing Reformed Church consists of the nave, a retracted choir and a massive transverse structure. This in turn is divided into the sides covered with gable roofs, in the center of which the church tower rises. The entrances are to the right and left of the tower in the transverse building in high niches, the center of which is decorated with a curved band. This pattern also occurs in three zones in the gables of the transverse building. The niche is closed at the top by a group of three windows in the form of a three-pass arch. In the middle of the tower there are four small arched windows. The flowing Art Nouveau shapes of the entrance areas also characterize the church tower, which has four narrow panels with segmental arches in the middle, which are broken through in the lower third by four segmented arched windows. The four round arcades above are closed off by a three-pass-like arch. The long sides are each provided with three two-zone window groups, which were set in high niches with segmental arches.

Furnishing

inner space

The almost square interior is divided into three naves by the pillars of the gallery. At the top it is closed by a barrel vault, which is painted in lively colors. At the height of the lower polygonal apse in the east of the building compared to the rest of the building, the organ and pulpit were arranged one below the other.

The oldest piece of furniture is the baptismal font, which was transferred from the old church. It dates from the 13th century and is made of Bentheim sandstone . It belongs to the so-called Blersumer Group, which is characterized by a conical cupola , short pilaster strips between the four lion-shaped feet and a simple ring between the friezes .

organ

The first organ was built in 1913 by Ph. Furtwängler & Hammer . The pneumatic instrument had 18 stops , divided into two manuals and a pedal . In 1966, the Emil Hammer company created a new organ with eleven stops on one manual and pedal. The Krummhörner organ workshop carried out a repair in 1990, Bartelt Immer another in 2009. The disposition is:

Manual C – g 3
Praestant 8th'
Dumped 8th'
octave 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Nassat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Super octave 2 ′
Mixture IV-V
Trumpet 8th'
Pedal C – f 1
Sub-bass 16 ′
Gedackt-Pommer 8th'
Gemshorn 4 ′

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Reformed Church  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Karl-Ernst Behre, Hajo van Lengen : Ostfriesland. History and shape of a cultural landscape . Ostfriesische Landschaftliche Verlags- und Vertriebsgesellschaft, Aurich 1995, ISBN 3-925365-85-0 , p. 285.
  2. ↑ Robert Noah: God's houses in East Friesland . Soltau-Kurier, Norden 1989, ISBN 3-922365-80-9 , p. 74 .
  3. ↑ Gottfried Kiesow: Architectural Guide Ostfriesland . Verlag Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz, Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-86795-021-3 , p. 55.
  4. ↑ Justin Kroesen, Regnerus Steensma: Churches in East Friesland and their medieval furnishings . Michael Imhof, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-159-1 , p. 218 .
  5. ↑ Ralph Nickles: Organ inventory of the Krummhörn and the city of Emden . Hauschild Verlag , Bremen 1995, ISBN 3-929902-62-1 , p. 503 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 20 '36.2 "  N , 7 ° 13' 28.4"  E