Rellinger Church
The Evangelical Lutheran Rellinger Church in the center of Rellingen is one of the most important baroque buildings in Schleswig-Holstein . Outside of church services, the church is regularly used for concerts and similar events.
history
Rellingen was probably Christianized in the 9th century. However, there are no sources about it, so that one can only assume that the Romanesque stone church was built in the 2nd half of the 12th century , remains of which can still be seen on the round tower . This church was extended by a southern extension in 1584, but over the centuries it was too small and dilapidated, was also damaged by the storm of February 14, 1648 and was only poorly restored afterwards. In the 18th century, Frederick V of Denmark , who was sovereign of Holstein at the time, ordered a new building for the Rellinger parish.
tower
The foundation walls and parts of the tower core are Romanesque and still come from the old stone church. This original building can still be recognized on the north side of the tower by means of the granite stones visible up to about three meters in height. The mighty round shaft was supposed to serve as a defense tower . The tower is sheathed with brick and supported by buttresses , under the guidance of the Altona carpenter Jacob Bläser (1650–1712) it was given a new roof from 1702 to 1703. Bläser put a slender, multi-sided pyramid on a baroque curved hood. The characteristic rotation of the spire that can be seen today came about after the roof structure warped as a result of the weather. When the octagon was rebuilt, the new main portal was created on the ground floor of the tower in 1755. The tower is 57.5 meters high.
Baroque church
In 1754 the old church was demolished and the new building was erected by 1756, including the tower. The church was inaugurated in 1756 by Georg Philipp Telemann with the cantata Singet Gott, praising his name TWV 2: 9 . The Holstein architect Cay Dose was hired as the architect for the new church . Dose was one of the leading baroque architects in the region and had designed the main church of St. Trinitatis in Altona (which was also already fitted with a new dome by Jacob Bläser) and the church in Brande-Hörnerkirchen a few years earlier . The Brander Church, like the Rellinger Church, is a central building and the direct predecessor of Dose's work; however, the new building in Rellingen was larger in size. The octagonal brick building was provided with large double windows by Dose and received a dome-shaped and windowed mansard roof , which was crowned with a high lantern . The church building is literally flooded with light through these diverse window openings.
The interior is supported and structured by eight mighty pillars, the east side is still occupied by the large altar wall, in which the pulpit, organ and altar are united. The church thus corresponds to the ideal of a Protestant preaching church . A double gallery was drawn between the pillars , which, together with the stalls in the church hall, should offer space for up to 2000 worshipers. Below the galleries there are boxes that can be entered through their own external doors . The late baroque interior is decorated with paintings and a variety of Rocailles decorations, the paintings and stucco work were done by the Italian brothers Francesco and Carlo Donato Martini from Meride .
The Rellinger Church is one of the most important church buildings in Schleswig-Holstein and together with the Pinneberger Drostei , the Uetersener Klosterkirche and the Holy Spirit Church in Barmstedt, it is one of the most important examples of the Baroque in the Pinneberg district . The church on Niendorfer Markt in Hamburg was modeled on the Rellinger church.
useful information
According to a rumor, the builder of the tower is said to have hanged himself because he was ashamed of the tower that had turned a little crooked. However, this could never be proven, he died on May 30, 1712 in Altona with an unknown cause of death.
literature
- Johanna Ways: The Rellinger Church. Boyens & Co, 1990.
- R. Hootz (Ed.) Picture Handbook of the Art Monuments Hamburg & Schleswig-Holstein. German art publisher.
- Günther Thiersch: The church in Rellingen. Published by the Synodal Committee of the Probstei Pinneberg, 1949.
- Hermann Heckmann : Builder of the Baroque and Rococo in Mecklenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Hamburg. 2000.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 38 ′ 55.6 " N , 9 ° 49 ′ 46.4" E