Reformed Church (Ihrhove)

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Reformed Church in Ihrhove

The Reformed Church in Ihrhove , East Frisia , was built on a terp around 1250 .

History and description of the building

North side
Ihrhover bell tower

Archaeological investigations suggest that the settlement with church was founded in the middle of the 13th century, which was assumed by your mother settlement. Investigations could not confirm any evidence that a wooden church existed before the current construction. The east- facing brick church was built around 1250 as a rectangular hall with a retracted east apse . The console fries is largely preserved. The central bars and the walled-up Romanesque arched windows and portals can also be seen on the long sides . The church had a portal and three small high-rise windows on the north and south sides. Based on archaeological excavations, a ring-shaped enclosure ditch with an average width of seven meters was assumed. It is assumed that the trench is not served defense purposes, but as a boundary of the area Church a function in the sanctuary filled. The assumption of enclosing trenches has not, however, gone unchallenged.

In the pre-Reformation period, the church belonged to the Leer provost in the Münster diocese . In the course of the Reformation around 1530, she accepted the Reformed Confession . A pastor Wyert (* around 1520, † around 1590) is mentioned for the year 1548, who was in office until around 1580. During his tenure in 1572, the church was redesigned to meet the needs of Reformed worship. A renovation stone in the east wall of the church indicates the renovation. The year 1572 and the inscription "W: P: J:", which can be interpreted as "Wyert Pastor Jhrhaue", are carved on the flat side of a brick under a vertical picture stone, which represents a Gothic frame window . Stylistically, this renovation was still influenced by the late Gothic. The apse on the east side was removed and the nave shortened on the west side. The east wall received two narrow, ogival windows. The western wall was indented by about 3 meters. The interior was also redesigned, as the sermon and the Lord's Supper were now the focus.

In 1789 the walls were raised to accommodate a flat wooden barrel vault. In the course of this, larger arched windows were broken through, two on the south side and three on the north side. There are also three small, deep-seated windows on the south side and one on the north side, whereby the two windows on the east side of the south and north wall on the former apse protrusion are so-called hagioscopes . The two portals on the long sides were bricked up, as were the Romanesque windows. The community purchased its first organ in 1790. In 1907 a small porch was added to the west as a vestibule for the entrance and the seating gallery was created.

The late Romanesque church probably had no masonry, but at most a wooden belfry. Today's free-standing bell tower, which serves as a passage to the church area, dates from the 14th century and probably dates to around 1300. The year "1482" above the entrance, which is formed from anchor numbers, probably does not indicate the year of construction. Until the 1950s, the year "1842" could be read there, which is the year in which renovation work was carried out on the tower and the west wall was rebuilt. With the number shift in the 1950s, the tower should possibly look older and more dignified. In the passage you can still see the beginnings of the original ribbed vault, which was replaced by a stone tunnel vault in the 17th century. Three bells that were cast in 1951 hang in the belfry. To the left of the bell tower is the former school today, the community office and on the right is the morgue from 1911.

Interior

The font made of Bentheim sandstone was made at the beginning of the 13th century and is therefore older than the church building. The cylindrical basin rests on four stylized lions and is decorated with a frieze of plant ornaments, which is finished with herringbone ribbons (dew sticks) at the top and bottom. During renovation work, a bowl-shaped holy water font from the pre-Reformation period was discovered, which was carved out of a granite block.

The Vasa Sacra includes a late Gothic, gilded silver chalice, a jug and two tin boxes (1682), a baptismal chalice (1868) and two new plates and a jug. Despite the inscription, which refers to an otherwise unknown donor by the name of Habbo Eves and names the year "MCVII", the year the chalice was founded is unclear. The six-pass foot is continued in the six-sided shaft and pommel. It is noteworthy that it is the only chalice of a Reformed church in East Friesland that was not later reworked.

The baroque pulpit made of oak from 1572 has twisted columns and carved plant hangings. The chandelier was donated in 1687. The sitting gallery dates from 1907, the stalls from 1958. In 1990 the sandstone slabs of the floor were renewed.

organ

Fuehrer Organ in Ihrhove

The organ with slide chests built by Alfred Führer in 1967 replaced a 16-register pneumatic instrument from Sauer from 1935, which had been purchased second-hand. The work has 16 stops on two manuals and pedal ; it was overhauled in 1995 by Alfred Führer Orgelbau. The arrangement of the organ is as follows:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
Principal 8th'
Reed flute 8th'
octave 4 ′
recorder 4 ′
octave 2 ′
Sesquialtera II from g 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Mixture IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Trumpet 8th'
II Rückpositiv C – g 3
Dumped 8th'
Principal 4 ′
Flute 4 ′
Forest flute 2 ′
Scharff III  2 ⁄ 3 ′
Pedal C – f 1
Sub bass 16 ′
octave 8th'
octave 4 ′

See also

literature

  • Hans Joachim Albers, Heinrich Schaa, Heinz Schipper, Hermann-Josef Schleinhege: Ihrhove in the Middle Ages. Archaeological, historical and scientific search for traces . 1Druck, Leer 2011, ISBN 978-3-941578-19-7 .
  • Dieter Glatthaar: There are no enclosing ditches at the churches in Aschendorf and Ihrhove. In: Aschendorfer Heimatblätter. Issue 50, Aschendorf 2013, pp. 43–45.
  • Hermann Haiduck: The architecture of the medieval churches in the East Frisian coastal area . 2nd Edition. Ostfriesische Landschaftliche Verlags- und Vertriebs-GmbH, Aurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-940601-05-6 , p. 221 .
  • Gottfried Kiesow : Architecture Guide East Friesland . Verlag Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz , Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-86795-021-3 , p. 147-148 .
  • Hans-Bernd Rödiger, Menno Smid : Frisian churches in Emden, Leer, Borkum, Mormerland, Uplengen, Overledingen and Reiderland , volume 3. Verlag CL Mettcker & Söhne, Jever 1980, p. 105.
  • Insa Segebade: Reformed churches on the Ems . Evangelical Reformed Church, Leer 1999, ISBN 3-00-004645-3 , p. 98-99 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Albers, Schaa u. a .: Ihrhove in the Middle Ages. 2011, pp. 174-176, 180 f.
  2. ↑ a b c Kiesow: Architecture Guide Ostfriesland. 2010, p. 180.
  3. ↑ Albers, Schaa u. a .: Ihrhove in the Middle Ages. 2011, pp. 169-173.
  4. ↑ Dieter Glatthaar: There are no enclosing ditches at the churches in Aschendorf and Ihrhove. In: Aschendorfer Heimatblätter. Issue 50, Aschendorf 2013, pp. 43–45.
  5. ↑ Menno Smid: East Frisian Church History . Self-published, Pewsum 1974, p. 42 (Ostfriesland im Schutz des Deiches, Vol. 6).
  6. ↑ a b Albers, Schaa u. a .: Ihrhove in the Middle Ages. 2011, p. 191.
  7. ↑ a b c Homepage of the parish: building , seen June 23, 2011.
  8. ^ 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. 147 f.
  9. ^ Segebade: Reformed Churches on the Ems. 1999, p. 98.
  10. ↑ Albers, Schaa u. a .: Ihrhove in the Middle Ages. 2011, pp. 196-201.
  11. ↑ Albers, Schaa u. a .: Ihrhove in the Middle Ages. 2011, p. 210.
  12. ↑ a b Homepage of the parish: Treasures , viewed June 23, 2011.
  13. ↑ Albers, Schaa u. a .: Ihrhove in the Middle Ages. 2011, pp. 194, 283.
  14. ↑ Hermann Adams (local chronicle of the East Frisian landscape ): Ihrhove (47 kB; PDF), viewed January 10, 2012.
  15. ↑ Ihrhove, Reformed Church on orgelsite.nl, accessed on September 18, 2017

Coordinates: 53 ° 10 '4 "  N , 7 ° 27' 15.9"  E