Reformed Church (Wymeer)

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Church in Wymeer from the west
Ivy-covered south side

The Reformed Church in Wymeer in the East Frisian Rheiderland was built in 1886 as a neo-Gothic hall church. The bell tower dates from 1788.

history

Although the Kommende Dünebroek was nearby , Wymeer formed an independent parish of the provost Hatzum in the diocese of Münster in the Middle Ages . The church building was relocated to the southeast several times as a result of the spread of the dollar . The late Gothic predecessor building was erected in 1590 on a terp . It had 253 seats and had become too small in the 19th century.

In 1788 the church was given new vaults and a free-standing brick bell tower after the wooden tower collapsed. Today's brick church from 1886 was built in the neo-Gothic style on the same site according to plans by the architect H. Vespermann from Weener.

architecture

Building inscription from 1788 on the bell tower

The neo-Gothic hall church made of red brick is built south of the main street. The shield gables have a console frieze and a sandstone summit crowning. The long sides are structured by pilaster strips with support elements. The 14 ogival windows are characterized by iron tracery . The gable ends also have pilaster strips and pointed arch windows, and a raised round window in the middle field. Of north and south sides are small polygonal Stems as a windscreen for the two entrance doors.

The closed-type bell tower to the north from 1788 has been preserved. A Dutch building inscription above the arched south entrance of the tower reads as follows: “Deeze Toorn is Gebouwt van de Gemeente te Wymeer int Jaar 1788 Toen Beernardus Hesse Predikant En Hinderk Hinderks Smit En Beerend A. Boelman Kerkvoogden wararen.” (This tower was built by the municipality Wymeer built in 1788 when Beernardus Hesse was pastor and Hinderk Hinderks Smit and Beerend A. Boelman were elders). The tower houses two bells. A smaller bell from Schoneborg was cast in 1521 ( strike tone on a 1 ), Simon Laudy cast a new bell in 2005 (g 1 ). As with the churches of Landschaftspolder, Nüttermoor and Böhmerwold, a horse serves as a weather vane.

Furnishing

Interior towards the organ gallery
Pulpit on the west side

Contrary to the thousand-year-old tradition in East Frisian church construction, the interior is oriented from west to east: the pulpit and communion table are in the west and the organ on a gallery in the east. The pulpit probably dates from the 16th century and was restored to its original white and gold frame during the last renovation work. The last supper table from the 16th century was also taken over from the previous church.

The interior is closed off by a wooden barrel vault . The wooden church stalls are painted turquoise. The turquoise-colored east gallery, which serves as the installation site for the organ, consists of three parts and protrudes and curves in the middle. The coffered panels of the parapet show nuns' heads . Two grave slabs are placed under the gallery: one for Pastor Bernardus Hesse (1735–1806), during whose time in office the bell tower was built, and one for the pastor's wife Eke Moerkramer, née. Buseman († 1754).

The Vasa Sacra includes a decorated cup from the 17th century, which was probably made by Master Claes Hoppenbrouwer from Emden, a pewter jug ​​from the Baroque and one from 1875, a cup and two plates by Gerhard Oostheim (1863) and a pewter baptismal bowl in the Empire style by Master Janshen from Emden.

organ

Diepenbrock organ

Johann Diepenbrock built the organ with 15 stops on two manuals and a pedal in 1888 . The neo-Gothic prospectus and tongue registers were built by other companies. The movement has a mechanical cone drawer and is almost completely preserved. Only the prospect pipes had to be ceded for armament purposes during the First World War. The conception without swell and the disposition with mixture and trumpet refer to the sound aesthetics in the middle of the 19th century. In 1992 the organ was restored by the Alfred Führer organ building workshop .

I Manual C – f 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Drone 16 ′
3. Gamba 8th'
4th Hollow flute 8th'
5. Octav 4 ′
6th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Octav 2 ′
8th. Mixture III
9. Trumpet 8th'
II Manual C – f 3
10. Darling Gedact 8th'
11. Salicional 8th'
12. Gemshorn 4 ′
13. Clarinet 8th'
Pedals C – d 1
14th Sub-bass 16 ′
15th Principal bass 8th'
Trumpet (vacant) 8th'

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Reformed Church (Wymeer)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Paul Weßels (local chronicle of the East Frisian landscape ): Wymeer (PDF file; 55.9 kB), accessed on November 4, 2018.
  2. ^ Harm Wiemann: From bygone days. Chronicle of the combined community of Bunde . Ed .: Samtgemeinde Bunde. Self-published, Bunde 1983, p. 83 .
  3. ^ Ostfriesland.de: Wymeer Church , accessed on November 4, 2018.
  4. ^ Segebade: Reformed Churches on the Ems. 1999, p. 30.
  5. ^ Segebade: Reformed Churches on the Ems. 1999, p. 29.
  6. ↑ Organ on NOMINE eV , accessed on November 4, 2018.
  7. ^ Harald Vogel , Reinhard Ruge, Robert Noah, Martin Stromann: Organ landscape Ostfriesland . Soltau-Kurier-Norden, Norden 1995, ISBN 3-928327-19-4 , p. 117.

Coordinates: 53 ° 8 ′ 5 ″  N , 7 ° 14 ′ 24 ″  E